Last week, Titans owner Bud Adams was caught flipping the bird to the Bills faithful. Almost instantly he was fined by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for $250,000. I think it's good that he got fined because he was a bit out of line, but really what message is this sending? Is it Goodell holding owners accountable or reminding them whose boss? I like that Adams was taunting fans, especially after enduring the debacle in Foxborough earlier this year. Giving them an "explicit gesture" is going a little too far.
This isn't about Adams, however. This is about the pussification (emasculation) of the NFL. One week it's an owner being fined for being proud of his once 0-6 team. The next it's Rex Ryan bitching about Belichick and Co. throwing on third down. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you supposed to try and get first downs? As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game." He gets it and apparently Ryan doesn't. Granted there was under a minute to play and the Patriots could have simply run the ball, but that could have led to a punting situation. As we've seen in earlier games, Belichick doesn't like to chance anything and if given the opportunity to ice a game he'll go for the jugular. The NFL needs more no-nonsense coaches like him because guys like Ryan talk about being disrespected when they haven't even earned respect in the first place.
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