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After a third-down incompletion on the doorstep of the Bears’ end zone, images of a lifeless Gus Frerotte face down on the FieldTurf reminded us of Steve Young circa 1999.
(I recall that night vividly; I called out to my wife, “Holy crap, I think Steve Young is dead.” She expressed her concern for his well-being by saying, “Is he the cute one?”)
Replays suggest a far less dire situation. It appears that Frerotte pulled a hockey-style flop after being hit late from behind by Adewale Ogunleye of the Bears.
That said, a penalty should have been thrown. Al Michaels of NBC has mentioned that the crew working the game is the only one in the league to not throw a flag for roughing the passer yet this season.
Regardless, what initially looked to be a serious injury to Frerotte might have involved a little bit of acting.
Or perhaps a lot.
The Bears lead, 7-3, in the second quarter. The game is streaming live at NFL.com.
November 30th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
People with concussion injuries have a tendency to be knocked out very easily… Not that Fabio would care about a player health… unless it meant less hits for his site
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November 30th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
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“(I recall that night vividly; I called out to my wife, “Holy crap, I think Steve Young is dead.” She expressed her concern for his well-being by saying, “Is he the cute one?”)”
I’m assuming the entire scene didn’t replay itself.
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November 30th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Yeah, there was play-acting.
But, if a member of the vikes d-line makes that hit (especially Jared Allen) i imagine you would be screaming for fines/suspension.
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November 30th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
whether he took a dive like a kicker or not, a rule is a rule
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November 30th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I’ve been drinking for hours, and I thought that was the FAKEST mf’ing flop I’ve ever seen.
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November 30th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I’m so glad you brought this up. I’m a Bears fan, and I was genuinely concerned that he had been paralyzed or something. Then on the next series, he’s fine. Not to mention, the replays show the shot as being simply a strong forearm across Frerotte’s back. How does that knock you out?
That said, it definitely was a late hit.
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November 30th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Hockey style? Or Basketball style vlade divac esque
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November 30th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I’ve got a 99-yard TD that sez he’s feeling better now…
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November 30th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Reggie Miller-esk
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November 30th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Nice QB sneak…
lead with your head…
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November 30th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
seriously, frerotte should be fined for that flop. he was moving back into ogunleye faster than ogun was moving across. NFL needs to send mssg to QBs that if they are gonna protect them they cant be flopping like that.
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November 30th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
It was not a flop. He got hit and fell on the turf hard. Has anyone stepped on that stuff? It’s like concrete. A surprising hit and having your head snap and fall on the turf is not an easy thing to handle.
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November 30th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Hockey style? Huh?
Do you perhaps mean soccer? If not, that’s one of the dumbest things I have read on this site.
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November 30th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Jared Allen is going to be suspended for that flop.
He is nothing more than a cheap shot artist and the truth will come out about Jared Allen being the “real gunman” in New York.
Mark my words. Jared Allen shot Plax.
He will be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday.
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November 30th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
best actor catergory,gus ferrote
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November 30th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
I wonder if that one hurt more than the time he ran into the wall when he played for the redskins? Tough to tell.
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November 30th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Ntrikit, I almost passed out laughing at that
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November 30th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
FreRotte does the fake injury deal every week…the biggest damn flopper i have ever seen…think he had 3 of the fake injuries last week without hardly being hit,where he acted like he had to be wheeled off on a stretcher
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:33 am
No way Gus faked that injury. His wife wouldn’t allow it.
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December 1st, 2008 at 1:09 am
He looked good flopping in those wonderful throwbacks, though. Can somebody steal their regular unis so they wear these all the time?
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December 1st, 2008 at 2:19 am
You should have said “soccer-style flop.” If you had to use the word hockey, then you should have said “Euro-wimp and Russian hockey stule flop.”
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December 1st, 2008 at 4:49 am
somebody needs to award that crew a medal for not flagging roughing the passer all season. I wish they reffed more of the Giants games.
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December 1st, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I’ve seen Elijah Price take harder hits than that and stay up!!
Give Gus an award, I haven’t seen acting like that since Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight.
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:43 pm
no heath ledger was actually GOOD in dark knight..
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December 2nd, 2008 at 8:20 am
I am a big Vikes fan but have to admit that it was a flop. It was good to drop to the ground to draw a penalty but he way oversold it afterwards. If they don’t throw the flag right away they aren’t going to.
Thing is the D lineman did go up and give him a push. You aren’t supposed to even touch him. Gus flopped but it probably still should be a call.
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