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He's already done it three times this season. Ricky Williams had a habit of smoking weed. He was suspended by the NFL. I guess he quit that habit.

Roy Williams is the reason that the rule is in place. No way he gets an exemption.

I am going to bed, thanks for the TD. Hopefully we can finish tomorrow.

Exemption? From the "Roy Williams rule"?

While calling it "very dirty and dangerous" is WAY overstating it, the rule IS in place largely because of Roy. He didn't invent the technique, but he perfected it and people were getting hurt bad.

I do have a problem with players taking advantage of the rule and taping their jerseys to their pads, though. That shouldn't be allowed, either.

Dumb idea for a topic. Obviously he should be punished for it.

Texassports, did you really say "he deserves to be excused"?

Charles Manson developed some bad habits from his childhood - perhaps a pardon for him? Thinking like this could really help prision overcrowding.

(I can't believe some of the things I read)

LOL. Love the Charles Manson reference in at TD.

Roy Williams to Charles Manson... wow. I thought some guys comparison of the Mitchell Report to mccarthy's redscare witchhunt was extreme

"I thought some guys comparison of the Mitchell Report to mccarthy's redscare witchhunt was extreme"

Ah, that WAS extreme sooner. Those guys literally made that comparison. Here I think coupe was just using an extreme example to illustrate a point, not make an actual comparison. I found it quite funny.

Give the guy a break, it was in accident :)

Instead of an exemption, why don't you give him some speed so he isn't always behind the player he is tackling.

He does the horse collar because he is slower than everyone on the field except for the Dline and the Oline. If he was faster, he would be able to tackle head-on or from the side, not from always behind.

"He only uses the technique when a usually faster wide-receiver is escaping"

What you are saying, is to make up for his poor speed he should be able to break the rules. Does that mean if Pacman returns if he is beat he should be able to use firearms to stop the WR, thats seems to be his habit. Why stop there? Let lineman leg whip and hold when they get beat.

No way

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Cheating is a little steep norcal... it is a rule infraction just like offsides, illegal motion or a chop block. But as far as an exemption, no way. I just want to see it called on everyone that breaks the "Roy Williams Rule" because anyone that watches football sees it at least once a game regardless of who may be playing.

Ricky Williams smoked weed before he got to the NFL, he deserves an exemption.

What exemption does the player that has his leg snapped because Williams couldn't control his "habit?"

Should we excuse the drunk driver that kills someone because the poor soul has a "habit?'

Sometimes I am baffled by what some people can justify when it is to their own benifit!?!?

LOL...Texas is an idiot.
Excused because he's always done it??
It's an illegal dirty move that's named after the dirty player that has "always done it".This should be a blog for morons, not a TD.

True that, Spaul.

I do not agree that he should be excused but, I do get what Texas is saying. The guy has been playing that way for 10 to 15 years. Other players in the past have done it. I am not making excuses for Roy but understand that it is hard to break a technique that you have been using for the last 10 years and now must change your entire instinct.