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Jeff Fisher has a lot on his plate these days, whether it be penalties, third-down conversions, questionable strategy in Minnesota, the Stedman Bailey suspension, the Lamarcus Joyner hit on Teddy Bridgewater, and a game that slipped away.

But the thing that got him most animated at his regular Monday media session was Rodney Harrison.

You know, the same Rodney Harrison who ended Trent Green’s season in 1999 with a shot to the knees on a preseason play that didn’t have to be made. And the same Harrison who later said the Rams should thank him for ending Green’s season because they went on to win the Super Bowl with Kurt Warner at quarterback.

Harrison had a 15-year NFL career as a defensive back for San Diego and New England that ended following the 2008 season. Now a studio analyst on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” telecast, Harrison was asked about Joyner’s hit on Minnesota quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.

“That’s a dirty hit,” Harrison said at halftime of Sunday’s Dallas-Philadelphia telecast. “That’s a dirty hit. It’s a cheap shot right to the helmet.”

Bridgewater left the game with a concussion and did not return.

Harrison continued by taking a shot at Fisher.

“I wasn’t surprised because it happened to me in 2006,” Harrison said. “Bobby Wade came and chopped my knees and tore my knee up. I’m lying on the ground, and I look at Jeff Fisher and he’s smiling and laughing. So this is typical of Jeff Fisher-type teams.”

Wade was a wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans in ‘06.

Fisher watched Harrison’s comments on the plane ride back from the Rams’ 21-18 overtime loss to Minnesota. He couldn’t wait to be asked about it at his early evening news conference Monday.

“I don’t want to say I took things personal, but it was kind of a personal attack on me,” Fisher said. “But I think you have to consider the source.

“You’re talking about a guy that had a great career. I mean, the guy played a long time. He was a really active defensive player.

“But this is coming from a guy that had 18 unnecessary roughness penalties, seven personal fouls, four roughing the passer penalties — a total of 77 penalties in his career.”

Fisher was just warming up.

“And was voted three times the dirtiest player in the National Football League, and was suspended for a hit, a helmet-to-helmet hit on Jerry Rice in 2002. OK?” Fisher said. “This is where these comments are coming from.

“I’ll just say this: Since 2000, it’s been a privilege and honor for me to be on the competition committee. Our main focus is player safety. So for Rodney to come out and say that I did something like that is absolutely absurd. So that’s all I have to say on that.”

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Actually, Fisher had plenty more to say on the subject. Whether it was fallout in Minnesota or national reaction to the Bridgewater hit, the Joyner play resulted in criticism that Fisher’s teams play dirty and brought out renewed references to defensive coordinator Gregg Williams’ “Bountygate” suspension while in New Orleans.

“We are gonna play fast,” Fisher said, his voice rising. “We’re gonna play physical, and we’re gonna play furious, and we’re gonna play contact football. OK?”

Fisher even had some “advice” for Minnesota coach Mike Zimmer, who was very critical of the Joyner hit during his postgame news conference.

“I think a good lesson to be learned from this is control your emotions ... immediately after the game,” Fisher said. “Go back and look at the tape before you jump to conclusions.”

Zimmer gave Fisher the briefest of “drive-by” handshakes after the game, saving his comments for the Minnesota media afterward.

Zimmer said he felt the Joyner hit was a cheap shot. He noted that defensive coordinator Williams had “a history” of targeting players. He said “there probably would’ve been a fight” had the Joyner hit occurred on the street and not in a football game. He also said the Vikings play by the rules, adding, “just because other teams don’t do it, doesn’t mean we’re going to do it.”

None of those sentiments was expressed to Fisher on the field during the traditional postgame handshake.

“Mike’s and my handshake was very short,” Fisher said. “He didn’t say a word. I was gonna ask him how his quarterback was, and was gonna congratulate him on the win, and he was gone. And I understand that.

“But you also need to control your emotions after a game, and go look at the tape and then adust accordingly.”

Fisher said he had heard that Bridgewater’s OK, adding that he hopes he plays this week. Then he added, “I don’t know who they play this week. I don’t care. But we’ve moved on. We’re on to Chicago.”

Well, almost.

Fisher said Joyner plays hard every down. He said Joyner made a decision to hit Bridgewater before he initiated the slide. Sometimes players can’t quite hold back in those situations.

“I can’t fault him for his choice,” Fisher said. “There was another situation in the game where the same thing happened and ‘Jenks” (Janoris Jenkins) was involved. Teddy slid a little bit late and Jenks wasn’t in position to time up the slide.”

The problem with the contact from Joyner was that when Joyner landed his arm struck Bridgewater in the helmet.

“Had Lamarcus not made helmet contact with him, there would have not been a foul,” Fisher said. “It was penalized on the field. What more can you ask for?”

Joyner undoubtedly will receive notification of a fine for the hit from the NFL this week. Meanwhile, Zimmer told Minnesota reporters Monday that Bridgewater passed the first part of the concussion protocol.

“I think he’ll be good to go,” Zimmer said, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

The Vikings, by the way, play at Oakland this coming Sunday.

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Nice. A little step back by Harrison but at the same time, legitimating his call with dirty player experience. lol.. What a tool. Bummer the NFL disciplinary committee didn't agree Rodney.

Go Oakland...

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Rodney Harrison '06 injury with Patriots at heart of his current spat with Jeff Fisher

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Rodney Harrison’s commentary about St. Louis Rams defensive back Lamarcus Joyner's hit on Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, which he called dirty and “typical of Jeff Fisher type teams,” sparked a strong reaction from Fisher on Monday.

Harrison’s remarks came during NBC’s Football Night in America broadcast on Sunday night. His history of playing Fisher’s teams was a central part of his remarks, as he reflected on playing in the 2006 season finale with the New England Patriots, against Fisher’s Tennessee Titans, when receiver Bobby Wade blocked him low and injured his knee.

Rodney Harrison was injured in the 2006 season finale against Jeff Fisher's Tennessee Titans. Andy Lyons/Getty Images
So the story has a Patriots tie-in, and it was the first thing Harrison was asked about during his weekly appearance on Boston-based sports radio WEEI on Tuesday.

“I would love to really go in, like I really want to do in my heart and soul, but the guys at NBC, the higher-ups, told me, ‘please don’t respond.’ I will say this, if anybody knows about a dirty hit, it’s me. That’s all it was. It was about addressing the issue. It was a dirty hit. That’s what I said, and I referenced it back to what I experienced with his teams and what other players have told me, coming from his team and other people.

“People around the league know the truth. Bottom line. I’m not going to get into any details, because I’m just not going there. I was asked not to go there. But the bottom line is that if you’ve been in the league, you know the truth.”

Harrison was asked by host Glenn Ordway if it was frustrating for him to be called out by a head coach and not being given the opening to respond.

“It’s not frustrating to me,” Harrison answered. “On Sunday, my responsibility and people look at me and will point out one or two things I’m critical of, but 80 percent of the time I’m very, very positive and enlightening when it comes to players and things they’re doing, and teams and things like that. People don’t want to pay attention to the positive, they always want to bring out the negative.

“But it’s not, because I didn’t do it to personally attack him. I didn’t do it to provoke a response. I said it because it was in my soul, it was in my spirit, it was something that happened to me and it was something I experienced first-hand. I knew that it was a dirty hit, what Bobby Wade did to me. And I looked up and saw on the sideline, that’s fact, guys laughing and joking.

“He can point out all the dirty things I’ve done, or the penalties, but the bottom line is this: You can’t take away what I accomplished in my career. The funny thing about it, when you play against those types of teams, afterwards, coaches are coming up to you, ‘Man, I wish I had you on my team. Man, I wish you could bring that physicality with us. We need a guy like you.’ It’s the same coaches on the staff coming to me as a player wishing that I was on their team.

“So moving on.”

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RH is now on the defensive side of the argument. About what one might expect through the Foxburrough lens of right and wrong.
Is this becoming RodneyGate.