Brandon Meriweather wrote:

'You've just got to go low now,'' he said. ''You've got to end people's career. You've got to tear people's ACLs and mess up people's knees now. You can't hit 'em high anymore.''

Washington Redskins safety Brandon Meriweather


ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- After saying he's going to ''take peoples' knees out'' to avoid another suspension for hits to the head, Washington Redskins safety Brandon Meriweather has struck another blow - saying that ''people who beat their girlfriends should be kicked out of the league.''

Meriweather's comments were a direct retort at the checkered domestic violence past of Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall, who last week suggested that players such as Meriweather should perhaps be ''taken out of the game completely'' to make the game safer.

''Everybody got their opinion,'' Meriweather said Monday. ''If he feel like, you know, I need to be kicked out of the league, I feel like people who beat their girlfriends should be kicked out of the league, too. You tell me who you'd rather have - somebody who plays aggressive on the field, or somebody who beat up their girlfriend?''

Marshall's career has occasionally been overshadowed by off-the-field troubles, including multiple arrests following confrontations with a girlfriend when he was playing for the Denver Broncos. None of the arrests led to a conviction.

Marshall declined comment when approached by reporters in the Bears' locker room on Monday. Shortly after Meriweather's comments, he tweeted: ''There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.''

Monday was Meriweather's first day back with the Redskins following a one-game suspension for multiple helmet-first hits against defenseless receivers, including two in the Redskins' win over the Bears last week. One of the hits was against Marshall in the end zone on an incomplete pass in the fourth quarter.

Meriweather, who was fined for a helmet-first hit against the Green Bay Packers earlier in this season, was initially suspended for two games by the NFL. He had the sanction cut in half after an appeal.

Asked if he plans to change how he plays, Meriweather said: ''I guess I've just got to take people's knees out. I'd hate to end a guy's career over a rule, but I guess it's better (for something to happen to) other people than me getting suspended for longer.''

''You've just got to go low now,'' he said. ''You've got to end people's career. You've got to tear people's ACLs and mess up people's knees now. You can't hit 'em high anymore.''

Meriweather said earlier this season that he had changed his approach, yet he was still getting flagged.

''I just have to change more now,'' he said. ''They told me to use my shoulder; I used my shoulder - I still get fined. They still say I used my head. ... Everybody is looking at the tape and saying, 'Oh, he's a dirty player, he's this, he's that,' which I get, but the thing about it - go look at the tape. I didn't use my head in either hit, and I'm moving on from it.''

Meriweather conceded that he did launch himself at one of the defensive receivers against the Bears, another no-no as the league tries to cut down on injuries.

Meriweather said attacking receivers' knees will require some practice.

''Once you do something so much, it becomes habit,'' he said. ''And I think if in practice I simulate going low, I think it'll become habit and I'll be able to do it in the game.''

the man has a point tbh lol

oops move this to the sports please

Hows he have a point? Instead of trying to take people out via concussions, he wants to take people out by the legs so they cant play anymore. That is a dirty player and guys just arent taught that anymore. In the 70s and 80s they were, but its not that time anymore.

hes just trying to explain his reasoning. he is not actually gonna try to tear people's acls. he just feels he has no place to aim but there.

big "hits" should be banned. period.

why cant anyone wrap up and DRAG anyone to the ground? people couldnt even bring down Peyton yesterday lol

Because you can't wrap up Ray Rice, Frank Gore, or LeSean McCoy. They'll just carry you all the way to the end zone.

Injuries happen, and people have to get over it. No one's TRYING to hurt people. He said it in a sarcastic way. He's gonna try to avoid hitting people high, and then people are gonna go after him for 'trying to break people's legs'. It's just how offensively-biased football's become lately.

He knows that going at people's legs will hurt other players, he said it himself. No matter how sarcastically he said it, he sounds dumb. He's complaining that he can't hit the helmet of other players. It's not just occasionally. He does it like every week.