CLEVELAND -- Coming off two bitter losses and with their season slipping away, the Browns (3-5) need to somehow rattle Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Sunday. And defensive tackle Gerard Warren thinks he knows just how to do it.
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"One rule they used to tell me: Kill the head and the body's dead," Warren said.
The NFL issued a warning to Warren for his comments regarding Roethlisberger.
"I didn't say knock him out of the game, I said just go across his head a time or two," said Warren, who was fined $35,000 in his rookie season for a cheap shot on Jacksonville quarterback Mark Brunell. "There's a difference."
Like what he did to Brunell?
"A Mark Brunell," said Warren, who blindsided Brunell after an interception. "But it's more of a mental thing than a physical. Rattle his head. If we can't be on his head we'd love to be in it."
Not only has Roethlisberger been the perfect quarterback -- he's just the second rookie since 1970 to start off 6-0 -- but he's been impeccable in leading the Steelers to their best start since 1978.
That could change, though, if the Browns could get ahead or if they find a way to knock the 6-foot-5, 240-pound Roethlisberger off his game.
But how?
"One of these right here," Warren said, raising his elbow. "Right in the throat, how about that?"
But couldn't that result in a fine?
"Hey," Warren said. "It will be worth it."
excerpts taken from http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1921643
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"One rule they used to tell me: Kill the head and the body's dead," Warren said.
The NFL issued a warning to Warren for his comments regarding Roethlisberger.
"I didn't say knock him out of the game, I said just go across his head a time or two," said Warren, who was fined $35,000 in his rookie season for a cheap shot on Jacksonville quarterback Mark Brunell. "There's a difference."
Like what he did to Brunell?
"A Mark Brunell," said Warren, who blindsided Brunell after an interception. "But it's more of a mental thing than a physical. Rattle his head. If we can't be on his head we'd love to be in it."
Not only has Roethlisberger been the perfect quarterback -- he's just the second rookie since 1970 to start off 6-0 -- but he's been impeccable in leading the Steelers to their best start since 1978.
That could change, though, if the Browns could get ahead or if they find a way to knock the 6-foot-5, 240-pound Roethlisberger off his game.
But how?
"One of these right here," Warren said, raising his elbow. "Right in the throat, how about that?"
But couldn't that result in a fine?
"Hey," Warren said. "It will be worth it."
excerpts taken from http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1921643
