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Related: About this forumChris Carter Admits Buddy Ryan Era Eagles Used Bounties
http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2012/5/9/3008938/chris-carter-admits-buddy-ryan-era-eagles-used-bountiessnip-
The reaction to the current Saints bounty scandal is a clear sign of the times and proof of how the NFL has changed over the last 25 years. Back in the day of Buddy Ryan, this type of stuff not only wasn't met with the same kind of outrage, it was kind of celebrated. Sure, Cowboys fans hated Buddy for it, but history still looks at Buddy favorably. That probably won't be the case with the likes of Gregg Williams or Sean Payton.
That said, while pretty much every assumed the Eagles were putting bounties on guys, Buddy always gave a wink-nod denial that it was the case. Yesterday though, Chris Carter straight up admitted it. He said that not only did he put bounties on guys himself, but the Eagles did it as well.
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Carter claimed he wasn't the only one to use bounties during his time in the NFL. Carter was a member of the Philadelphia Eagles for the 1989 Thanksgiving Day game against the Dallas Cowboys -- the so-called "Bounty Bowl" -- in which Eagles coach Buddy Ryan allegedly put bounties on Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman and kicker Luis Zendejas. The league subsequently investigated that game but couldn't find proof bounties were used, though Carter said Tuesday he personally witnessed them that day.
Carter said he would put bounties on guys that came after him or took cheap shots. He says it wasn't meant to hurt the guys, rather just to make sure the teams' guards protected him. As Carter tells it, bounties were a form a protection.
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Chris Carter Admits Buddy Ryan Era Eagles Used Bounties (Original Post)
ScreamingMeemie
May 2012
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. I'm willing to bet the Saints weren't the only ones...
And I'm willing to bet the powers that be know this but they want it to be presented as an isolated incident on one team instead of admitting how widespread it is...I'm not defending the Saints...I'm glad they got spanked hard over this...I just can't imagine they're the only ones...
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. They weren't.
Gregg Williams used it everywhere he went -- four other teams over the last decade or so, I believe.
But where are their suspensions?
(crickets)
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)3. History looks at Ryan favorably?
I thought him a roaring asshole.
I'm not surprised at this. If it weren't for Jerry Glanville, Ryan would have been the dirtiest coach of his time.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)4. He personally put bounties on people too.
When he was with Minnesota. It goes back way before Buddy Ryan, it's always been a part of the game. All this handwringing over it is so silly.