"This is a fantasy football league,'' Bennett said Wednesday. "That's how it's set up now. You take the play that Suh did. He did step on somebody's foot, but he gets fined because it's the quarterback. As a defensive lineman, people are always stepping on you. People always are hitting you in the head. There's always something happening to you, but nobody cares because we're defensive linemen."
Bennett said the rules are skewed in the favor of offensive players.
"You can't touch a quarterback here, can't put your hand on a receiver there,'' he said. "You have to let them run free.
"But if I get knocked to the ground, the referee just steps over me and says, 'That's part of the game.' If Peyton Manning falls to the ground, the referee helps him get up. I thought everybody was equal, but that's a lie."
Commentary:
NO one is treated equal in the NFL. That's why they're all paid different salaries. And quarterbacks like Rodgers, Manning, Brady, Romo, and Roethlisberger are the lifeblood of the league. Without them the NFL, as we know it, wouldn't exist. How could Bennet, a grown man NOT NOTICE that there are special rules in play just to protect the quarterback? Is he stupid? Does he not pay attention? And when there are over 30 million viewers watching one of your counterparts step on a fallen quarterback star (perhaps league MVP!) ON PURPOSE, in slow motion, from several angles of replay, you are going to get punished. Listen to what Bennet is saying. He says he doesn't like it when people do similar stuff to him, but when the league finally does something about it, he doesn't like that either.
Grow up Mr. Bennet. Work toward stopping this ongoing idiotic, accepted behavior. Thank the league for doing something about it, knowing it's only a first step. Ask for the league to do more to protect everyone. Don't whine when they DID protect someone. Make the NFL better.
Amen!
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