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Bonehead of the Week: Week 6

I know, I know, we skipped last week. Don't worry, forget about it! Once Tom Cable is arrested and thrown in jail we have a perfectly good article waiting for him to make up for it. It is important for the man at least gets a fair bit of leeway. We don't want to call bull on him and then have our own words shoved back into our faces because it turns out that the guy he punched is lying his socks off.

And with that said, onto the article.

For the first time in 2009, Owen Shmitt was making his first start as the Fullback for the Seattle Seahawks. He's excited. He's dreamed about this moment all week. This is his chance to show the Seattle Seahawks that he is the most talented fullback on the roster! This is the chance he has to stop being a backup and start making the big bucks.

 

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He was known at West Virginia to be one of the most physical players on the team. Throughout his college career, he broke 11 face masks and had to keep getting them replaced almost on a weekly basis. His running style was so hard that you knew he would get injured eventually. He managed to avoid it in college, he managed to avoid it during his first rookie year. You know that there was no way to avoid it, this guy had to go down eventually

And then, his first injury in his career happened. During Week 5, when they were introducing the players to the stadium. He walks onto the field, he's all pumped, and then he....well....see for yourself!

 




What else is there to say? There isn't really much you can say about something like this. It's a guy slamming his head against his own helmet so hard that blood is running down his face. He's either a beast or a bonehead, and in this case I'll just say that he's both.

The funniest part of this all is that this is a regular thing for him. He's done it several times in college, even to the point where it has become his moniker.  He makes a bad play, he's slamming his helmet against his head. Someone trashes him on the football field, he slams his head. Someone cuts in front of him on a two lane road, he slams on the horn....with his head.

Now don't take me wrong, I'm perfectly fine with someone having something that defines them as a player. If you want to be known as a hunger like Jared Allen or Brett Favre, then go for it. If you want to be seen as a diva wideout like Terrall Owens or Chad Ocho Cinco, then feel free! ((Minor note: Ocho Cinco has actually moved away from being a Diva to being an all around pretty good guy.))

But, slamming your head against a blunt object? Nah, I'm just not feeling that moniker. I'd rather wear a pair of moose antlers on my head.

So congratulations to Owen Smhmitt, bonehead of the week! Wooo!

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Revshawn, you have this spot on.

Ah Owen Schmitt… your intensity will be remembered for a lifetime. My favorite part was that his numbers were pink for the entire game because of the blood, but then again, maybe it was a fiendish plan to commemorate breast cancer awareness.

It’s a pity they weren’t wearing the lime green alternates though, if there was one way to make those jerseys uglier it would be pink numbers.

Cat Scratch Reader's resident optimist.

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