Dec 7th 2008 2:35PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Lions, Vikings, NFL Media Watch

Jared Allen just left the field of play against the Detroit Lions after getting injured on a cheap block. This would be surprising, if you totally didn’t believe in karma. In case you do — and I’m right here with you — then Allen’s injury is, while deplorable in a morally questionable sense — kind of okay.

No, seriously. Why should you be allowed to take a blatantly cheap shot on Matt Schaub and not expect some sort of universal retribution? Well, he got it on a cheap shot by Gosder Cherilius and, fortunately, MDS was on the clock at PFT to provide play-by-play (he’s a tortured Lions fan, in case you didn’t know).
In the second quarter of today’s game, Lions quarterback Daunte Culpepper was rolling to his right, and Vikings defensive end Jared Allen was running across the field in pursuit, but not particularly close to the play. When Lions offensive tackle Gosder Cherilus (who on the ground) saw Allen passing by, he lowered his shoulder and took Allen out at the knee.

Allen was hurt, and he was furious. He tried to limp toward Cherilus to confront him, but he was restrained by teammates. After that he was taken off the field with an apparent knee injury.
From what I saw, Allen was limping pretty badly, but he did come back on the field fairly quickly (just a few plays). And yeah, while I think karma is important in these types of things, I should also point out that what Cherilus did to Allen was totally uncalled for and the absolute definition of “dirty.”Continue Reading