Not getting the thug thing. I personally enjoyed his outburst. It showed a true level of disliking for Crabtree and the 49ers, which is something I think the NFL is missing now.

 

It's gone from being a true hate driven bloodsport as it was 30+ years ago to a bunch of highly paid guys sort of going hard in a sport then when the whistle blows they're all buddies again. I can understand why the players would want it to be that way, why go full out trying to kill the other guy and having them try to kill you when the gravy train can keep rolling for everyone. However, the game has lost something in that process.

 

It's why the most entertaining games are still the ones in which there's true bad blood between the participants. Ravens/Steelers of a few years ago is an excellent example.

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