Don’t expect the NFL’s new stance on wanting to suspend players for certain hits to change the way safety LaRon Landry plays. He says it won’t have an impact on him.
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“Hell no, I’m not going to change at all,” he said. “That’s how you get hurt if you change, slow down or try to alter your play.”
Landry is one of the most violent hitters on the team. But he hasn’t been fined for helmet-to-helmet hits since his rookie year, when it happened twice. Landry joked that he went “two months without seeing a paycheck.” That got his attention.
“You don’t get paid in college, you’re trying to blow people up,” he said. “It really didn’t register to me at the time, but over the course of the years it’s like, damn, I’m giving away free money.”
Landry is in favor of punishment for certain hits.
“Helmet to helmet, that’s a no-brainer,” he said.
While no player will say they’re in favor of the rule, some did say they thought it could change how some players hit.
“Guys like LaRon, they come down and they hit you,” receiver Anthony Armstrong said. “If he has to pull up a little bit, he might miss that tackle and give up a big play.”
Then again, even he knows a guy like Landry won’t change.
“No, probably not,” Armstrong said. “So they better watch out when he comes down.”
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