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This post comes courtesy of Swamp All-Timer Jerloma:

So the Baltimore Ravens allegedly have a bounty out on Hines Ward. I say allegedly because Terrell Suggs admitted to it and then subsequently denied it, presumably after finding out it’s a no-no in the NFL. Whatever. The league is looking into it (of course they are) and there might be some fines but I imagine this type of thing is not uncommon anyway. The lingering question however is . . . what’s the motivation for a bunch of guys throwing in some cash in order to collect a reward for ending a guy’s season?

According to Suggs, the Ravens also had a bounty out on Rashard Mendenhall as well which was collected by none other than “God’s Linebacker.” Thug Life even admitted to SI after the game that after the hit on Mendenhall, he wasn’t calling for medical help for the tailback as the ESPN dolts would have you believe, he was just bragging that Rashard was “done.” From what I saw, Ray didn’t even do anything illegal on that hit. He was just playing football. I’m not sure why you need a bounty to motivate you to play football but congratulations to Ray. Whatever he collected, I’m sure he did the Christian thing and sent the money directly to the families of Richard Lollar and Jacinth Baker. I could go on forever here so I’ll just digress.

Back to Ward. What exactly is the motivation for the big, bad Ravens defense to injure him? T-Sizzle?

The problem is Ward’s reputation for knocking the blocks off of unsuspecting defenders. “He does a little cheap shot,” Suggs said. “It’s legal but it be cheap.”
So what happens when the Steelers go to Baltimore?
“We’ve got something in store for him,” Suggs said.

Wait…what?

SAY IT ISN’T SO!!! HE BLOCKS YOU??? Do the Ravens not teach their wide receivers to block people? A bunch of grown men that have dedicated their lives to a violent sport have decided to pull out their wallets and put a bounty out on the head of a 200 pound wide receiver because he hits them too hard. Think about that for a second. These are professional football players, I’ll remind you. “Oh but the blocks are unsuspecting.” This is some sort of joke, right? I mean . . . is the reason that these guys chose to play defense because they don’t like getting hit? They’re actually so afraid of getting hit that they’ve put a bounty on the head of a dude that weighs on average like 60 pounds less than them . . . because he hits them? Really? I mean REALLY? Todd Pinkston thinks these guys are soft!

Here’s an idea. Let’s get all readers of the Sports Frog to throw in $5 and the first person to watch a Ravens game that can point out a situation where a linebacker has an unsuspecting wide receiver lined up and chooses to just stop playing because it’d be cheap to hit someone who’s not looking gets to collect the whole pot. This would also apply if any Ravens defender gets through the line for a direct blind-side hit on the QB and decides to run around the other side of the QB, turn around, and then hit him, you know . . . just as a common courtesy.

Seriously though, Ray Lewis is scum.