Winslow thinks past reputation is hurting him
Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. is speaking again and guess what? He feels slighted in life.
Winslow told The Plain Dealer that he feels that referees are targeting him for penalties because of his reputation while playing for the University of Miami.
More specifically, Winslow was upset that he got flagged 12 yards for taunting Ravens linebacker Bart Scott in the Browns 15-14 loss to Baltimore last Sunday.
“Of course, it probably carried on from college,” he said. “[They say] ‘This guy likes to jaw, he likes to taunt players.’ I can’t do anything. It’s just tough, man.”
He also said some of his teammates told him to calm down after the penalty.
“But that’s who I am,” he said. “I’m a passionate player, and I’m going to talk some stuff. I’m going to stand over you like I beat you. But [the Ravens] do the same thing, and that’s why they’re great, because they intimidate people.”
Yeah, I’m sure some part time ref who works at a small business Monday through Friday is worrying about flagging Winslow on Sundays.
Why does a player feel like he has to intimidate an opposing player by standing over him after a catch or a tackle? To me, it would drive me more insane if a guy kept beating me over and over again, and didn’t say a word.
Is it me or does Winslow concentrate on anything but just playing football?
He’s a soldier, man…he’s a soldier.
As a Browns fan, I’ve got mixed feelings about KW2.
On the one hand, he’s finally lived up to the hype this season and he looks like one of the most talented tight ends in football. But on the other hand, dude never shuts up. That taunting penalty last week really hurt the team and it came on, like, a seven-yard catch. It was nothing special, yet he felt the need to hover over the defender and start jawing at him.
I guess when you’re a soldier, you can do whatever you want on the field.
Maybe he’s a TO in the making. The kind of guy you reluctantly root for when he’s on your team, but no one else really likes him.
I prefer guys like Barry Sanders, who would run roughshod over the Packers, and when he crossed the goal line, he’d hand the ball to the ref. The silent assassin…that’s way better than the mouthy soldier.