Welcome to the “Terence Newman Sound Bite Counters Jon Kitna’s Dumb Comments from Last January” edition of Questions Waiting for Answers. If you are unaware of what this means, here is a blurb from the Cowboys’ official site:
Terence Newman’s reaction to Jon Kitna’s now-infamous January comments roused more than just the local media or maybe the Detroit Lions. The league office took notice, too.
Hanging from Newman’s locker Thursday was a detailed letter of admonishment signed by Raymond E. Anderson, NFL executive vice president of football operations, reprimanding the Cowboys cornerback for his remarks in a Sirius NFL Radio interview.
Newman was uncharacteristically candid Tuesday when asked about Kitna’s verbal jabs towards himself, inside linebacker Bradie James and the rest of the Cowboys’ defense following last December’s 39-31 loss to Detroit.
“Basically what it boils down to is, you’ve got to watch what you say,” Newman told Sirius hosts Adam Schein and Solomon Wilcots. “Your mouth can’t write checks that your (butt) can’t cash; that’s what it comes down to. Everybody’s going to see those quotes.
“He better just hope I don’t blitz off the edge because I’ve got 15, 25, 30 (thousand) – however much it would be for a fine. I’ve got that much for one fine. Revenge will be sweet, definitely.”
Personally, as much as I’d like to see the bulletin board stuff inspire the defense, I would much prefer to avoid 15-yard penalties if we can avoid them. And if we are talking about committing them on Wednesday, I’d say that’s a bit of a problem. Wade?
“We’re going to play a clean game – I don’t have any doubt about that,” Phillips said. “And they were fine with that. They’re going to play like they’re always going to play. They’re going to play hard. They got a little riled up about what was said about them last year, but it’s just motivation and that’s OK.”
We’ll see. Just win.
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