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Be Mean, or Else !!!
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Be Mean, or Else !!!
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"If something has to be said, I'm going to say it," Daniels said after a minicamp practice. "If somebody has a problem with it, we're grown men. We play a violent game. We get paid to be violent. So why not? If you deck somebody in the locker room because you have a disagreement, there's not going to be any sensitivity training.
"It's a barbaric sport. So that's how you're going to have to approach it. I'm tired of getting our face punched in by other teams. I'm not used to that."
I CAN SEE WHAT IT APPEARED IMPORTANT TO GET THIS GUY LOCKED UP
So teammates hear Daniels. They must play with a mean streak. Because, no, they don't want to risk a backhand.
"Yeah, I mean, he's probably going to do it," second-year linebacker Andy Mulumba said. "I don't see myself fighting that guy. He's pretty strong. I know his strength. I'm willing to do whatever he tells me to do."
Daniels is the right voice to force a real attitude adjustment
Its nice to hear but talk is cheap. Play your assignments.
If he was willing to knock people on their butt who abandoned gap control, I would feel better.
Talking intensity, physicality, toughness, whatever is one thing. But, threatening your teammates who don't meet your standards is a bit childish.
Lmao at ya'll taking what he said too seriously.
I guess everything depends on the result, and sometimes even then there is a fine line between the kind of aggressive defense you want to see and the kind that commits dumb penalties and gets distracted talking sh** with the opponents. Johnny Jolly was a good example of a guy who could fall on either side of that thin line on any given day. I haven't seen Daniels out of control on the field like Jolly sometimes was before his suspension, and as long as he can be productive I think he gets the benefit of the doubt.
I think every defense needs a nasty fellow to set an example for the rest of the team.
Every defense needs a Wayne Simmons. For Daniels, as long as there's bite in his bark, and he's slightly crazy, this could be okay.
Brock Lesnar was high-school, juco, and NCAA heavyweight amateur wrestling champ with a record of 139-5. He was a WWE and future UFC heavyweight champ. He also couldn't make it out of the Vikings' preseason camp (despite having their best-selling jersey that summer).
Being mean and aggressive and focused on 1-on-1s makes for some awesome preseason copy, but it doesn't guarantee our D will get off the field on third-and-medium.
Oh, if winning football were only about being angry ENOUGH.