James Harrison says he won’t change his playing style. That’s OKAY with me.
James Harrison lays victorious after his 100 yard interception return for a touchdown in Super Bowl XLIII
In the wake of a one-game suspension handed down by Commissioner Roger Goodell, James Harrison is once again sticking to his guns in regards to the way he plays the game.
Jerome Bettis relayed Harrisons words on ESPN’s NFL Live, where Bettis said of James,
“He told me he cant, He tried to do it one time before and there was a problem with it. He felt very uncomfortable. He felt if he continued to do that, he would get himself hurt because he would not be [playing] 100 percent.”
Anyone who has played the game of football has been taught that when you play the game you play all out until the whistle.
This is the first rule of playing football. It’s not about trying to inflict pain on the opposition, but rather it’s self-preservation.
All it takes is one play at half speed for a knee, an ankle, or a head …
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