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Defensive wing of the Miami Dolphins Cameron Wake(Photo: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports)
Miami Dolphins defensive end Cameron Wake decried the NFL for its strengths, which led to penalties for the quarterbacks, saying the league gave priority to the health and safety of passers-by. .
"Excuse my language, but do not piss me off and tell me it's raining," Wake said Friday. "Just tell me: Listen, we're going to protect quarterbacks differently. We will not protect riders, receivers or defensive players.
"Not that we care about your safety, because you do not care about my safety The safety of some people My knees mean as much to my family as my ability to play and provide to Tannehill I can not understand that his are more important than mine.
The league has agreed to have points of emphasis imposed this season, during which defenders are penalized for touching passers-by with their body weight. Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews was penalized three times in as many weeks for breaking the rule and was openly critical about it.
In addition, Dolphins head coach Adam Gase said Miami defensive end William Hayes tore his anterior cruciate ligament when he fired quarterback Raiders Derek Carr.
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"How to make a violent sport not be violent if that's what puts people on the seats and so on?" Wake asked. "I do not know, do people want to watch football flag?" You have to ask the masses, but I play in defense and from the day I touched the football field, it was to punish whoever has the ball – quarterbacks included.
"But now, this is not part of the game. It is gently helping the ground. But going back, you can just destroy it. Receivers, if they are not defenseless, you can also destroy them. But everyone? I am cut and rolled up and hit late. "
The NFL announced that its competition committee held a conference call on Wednesday and said the league would not change the way weight penalties are applied, but "the committee has clarified the techniques that constitute fault."
Wake, 36, is in his 10th season in the league, and he continues to be one of the veterans at the head of the Dolphins locker room.
"As a defensive player, there are so many things available to someone that I can not do for someone else," Wake said. "If player safety is assured, everyone should be safe, not just some players. It should be everyone.
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