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Report: NFL reviewing Tom Brady’s sliding kick 01.22.13 at 9:57 am ET
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According to a tweet from ESPN, the NFL is reviewing the play late in the first half of Sunday’s AFC championship game in which Tom Brady slid to avoid a tackle but lifted his foot and made contact with Ravens safety Ed Reed.

No penalty was called on the play, but Ravens defensive back Bernard Pollard has been outspoken in saying that Brady should be disciplined.

“You have to keep them legs down,” Pollard said after the game. “We all know and understand what’s going on. As a quarterback when you go to slide we’re taught we can’t do anything. We kind of run it off. But when you come sliding, with your leg up in the air trying to kick somebody, that’s bullcrap. We talked to the ref. They saw it. You can’t deny it.”

Added Pollard on Monday (via The Baltimore Sun): “When you slide, obviously quarterbacks know when they slide, everything is on the ground. He knew what he was doing. So, I’m the type of player it has to go both ways. It really does. It has to go both ways. Hopefully the NFL will do something about. If they don’t, that’s fine. If they do, that’s fine.”

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  • Anonymous

    When’s the league going to investigate the Ravens obvious bounty program?

  • Ravensuck

    This is not news, the league looks at all plays from the previous week.

  • Monstatroll

    “Pollard is the voice of moral reason” 
    *said an idiot

  • Backfromthedepths

    who cares, either fine him or dont. then move on. this isnt a story

  • Schwank

    Brady was over the line.  It was likely a reflex action also probably from his baseball days. 

  • PatsFanLivingInMD

    Amazing to me how the Ravens fans and players are still talking about the Patriots. I can’t tell if they hate Brady or secretly want to make out with him.  You won, move on… You do actually have a big game coming up.

  • rogerroger

    yah, b/c sliding with the spikes up is totally acceptable in baseball. 

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/U5PDUHWYVZDLLHCCTBYMTXMYAI Jeff

    Look who’s talking?! Pollard one of the dirtest players in the leaugue

  • http://twitter.com/Fangs58 @tommowry

    All you have to do is look at other games where he slides. He is the worst slider in the league. It always looks awkward, and I have to believe that sometime the defenders don’t know if he slid, or his legs gave way, or he just flat out tripped. He is just not graceful. 

  • Jimmy Freeze

    …From ESPN…the Ravens-Lovers Network…

    Why isn’t there a tweet about the league reviewing the 4+ spearing plays by Pollard and the Ravens…with clear intent to injure. Do you blame Brady for going in spikes high…after pretty much every hit the Ravens made was helmet-1st attempt to injure

    Wonder if  Goodell has any sack left to suspend Pollard 1 game for his behavior…doubt it.

    The Pats problem Sunday was they didn’t want to escalate the level of violence to match the Ravens.  After all of the cheap hits the Ravens dished out, 2 Pats had a clear shot (though illegal) on Flacco going out of bounds.  The game was over when they didn’t take it, and send a clear message to the Ravens that the war was on…that was a time to take the measly 15 yards, and concuss Flacco.  That’s what the Ravens were doing…they took 2 15 yd penalties in the 1st half-which for them was a small price to pay to injure and intimidate the Pats.

    The fact the Pats did nothing is the problem…Until the Pats get an enforcer, the Ravens will continue to bully them.  How do you think Shawn Thornton or Marchand would react if another team started taking free shots the star Bruins players?  There’s consequences…no consequences dished out on Sunday night…and a love-fest for criminals from ESPN…

  • itsme!bobbyv!

    pollard is a joke. brady was obviously trying to protect himself. he threw the leg up there because he KNOWS how baltimore plays and knows how dirty they can be. i mean seriously, pollard of all people calling for justice? such a joke.

  • tommytuckrule

    hilarious to read all these comments from patsies fans allll squirming.  The play was filthy..period

  • Monstatroll

    Jimmy Freeze hit the nail on the head. There is no way the old defense with Bruschi, McGinest, Millory, Troy Brown and company would let a team try to take them out like that and let the get away with it. They also wouldn’t stand by and watch punks like Suggs or Bart Scott completely disrespect the team and it’s fans on their home court. I get this whole “Patriots way” of showing class but it is not working any more. Come on Bill, you coached some of the best defenses out there, you used to unleash that animal LT. I know you have it in you. Enough is enough, let these guys off the leash and punch back.

  • jj

    Pollard should have been suspended from the league 4 years ago. FU Goodell.

  • Chuckchamp

    OK Pollard calling anything dirty is a joke! He should be banned from the league for his 4 injured Patriots in 4 years program. The Patriots are way to soft,if Pollard had used his helmet as a weapon on a Ravens player like he did on Ridley Ray Lewis would have taken him out!!! I’m surprised the Patriots haven’t retailiated on this cheapshot artist….As for fines Goodell is an anti Patriots Commissioner so Pollard won’t be fined or suspended,while Brady will for protecting himself from the eventual clete marks Reed was going to put on him! in fact if you watch the replay you’ll see that Reed manages to still hit Brady in the shoulder with his right clete,so I’m thinking Brady expected a dirty play was what the intent of Reed’s leap was.

  • Anonymous

     Okay, so penalize Brady 5 yards on the first play of next season. How’s that? 

  • Anonymous

    FK off D dag

  • Patsfan56

    Everyone step away from {opllard so you don’t also get hit by the lightning.

  • WPF

     Going by your name you have an unnatural obsession with something that happened 11 years ago.  Move on or get some help life is too short! If your a Ravens fan enjoy your run if  not give someone you love a hug, you will feel better.

  • Tk

    Such a classic homer response….

  • Tk

    yeah cause Rodney or Willie never showed anyone up after a win. remember San Diego in the playoffs a few years back…..homer

  • Anonymous

    He’s an infrequent runner with bum knee.   Why are we surprised that his slide was ugly.

  • Bob_Ryan

    Talk while you can Pollard you dirty playing piece of crap. Playing the Patriots was your super bowl and the ravens shot their load. The 49′s are going to destroy the ravens in 2 weeks. I can’t wait for Jim to talk all that $#!t to John after his team wins.

  • http://profiles.google.com/jhughes5800 Jeffrey Hughes

    So let me get this straight, he gets blocked into Brady and injures him, Welker blows out his knee trying to juke him and Pollard barely touches him, Gronk gets an ankle sprain while fighting him for more yardage, and now Ridley KOs himself by lowering his head into the hit and this accounts for taking out 4 patriots players?  On the Brady injury, Pollard was blocked from behind into Brady’s leg while getting up from being blocked into the ground.  If anything that’s a penalty on the offense.  On the Welker injury, he blows out his ACL/MCL before Pollard touches him, and Pollard barely touches him at that.  I’d wager if Welker doesn’t blow out his knee right there he has a 50/50 shot of getting past Pollard, but probably would have been caught by the trailing defender shortly after.  Gronk fell awkwardly while fighting Pollard for extra yardage, Pollard was just trying to bring him down, there is no move in there to injure him, and again, its a perfectly legal play.  Ridley lowered his own helmet, as pretty much any other RB in that situation would do, to absorb the hit from Pollard, who’s tackle was aimed at around Ridley’s waist/upper thighs initially and wound up creating a helmet-to-helmet hit, which knocked him out.  There is no such thing as a helmet-to-helmet penalty on a ball carrier that has established themselves as a runner.

    When you look at it, Pollard’s actions are not the sole cause of any of the injuries.  Was he involved in them, well, for 3 of the 4, yes.  Welker blowing out his knee is only Pollard’s fault in that he happened to be in front of him when his knee let go, at least in the other 3 he touched them before they got injured, but in none of these was he using excessive force or clearly going for the injury, and in the case of Ridley last night, I’d argue he KO’d himself by ducking into the hit more than Pollard KO’d him.And if you want to get up in arms about the play on Welker that Pollard was called for helmet-to-helmet on, then you need to get every bit as up in arms that Mayo wasn’t called for a helmet-to-helmet on Pitta.  I know they called it a clean hit on TV, but go back and look at it, Mayo’s helmet goes into Pitta’s face mask and snaps his head back.Stop crying about the penalties or non-calls of penalties.  The Pats didn’t lose this game because of them, they lost because they didn’t show up to play.

  • Bigbob183

    The league should investigate Pollard punching Welker in the face to defend a pass

  • Monstatroll

    That’s not what I was talking about you idiot. Learn to comprehend. 

  • Anonymous

    He always slides? When was the last time, ’cause I’ve been watching Patriot football since 1972 and I don’t remember one.

  • Anonymous

    As a  troll, I’m sure you know how little your stupid comment means to us. Grow up.

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