If there's anything in sports that would qualify as the opposite of Joe Dimaggio's epic 56-game baseball hit streak, it may be what Flozell Adams has cooking for the Cowboys so far in 2009.Three games into the NFL season, Adams has been fined three times. The third wallet hit, a $7,500 blow, came down Wednesday, as Adams was punished for kicking at Carolina's Julius Peppers on Monday night (video here courtesy of Digital Sports Daily).
Adams was fined $5,000 for an unnecessary roughness penalty in Dallas' Week 1 win at Tampa Bay, and $12,500 for two incidents in a Week 2 loss to the Giants -- one of which was a trip on Justin Tuck that ended with Tuck injuring his shoulder.
"He just wants to protect the quarterback," coach Wade Phillips said.
As with the Tuck trip, Adams' attempt to upend Peppers seemed pretty apparent. As Dallas QB Tony Romo took a snap in the shotgun and handed off on a draw, Peppers took a couple of steps into the backfield, then cut upfield to chase down the play -- as he did so, Adams stuck his right leg out, nicking Peppers' leg and causing him to stumble.
For the record, Adams will make $1 million plus bonuses this season, the second year for a six-year, $43.8 million deal.
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flozell adams is needs to be suspended dam the finds, I hope he gets seriously hurt by another teams player before the season is over with.
This guy is a real dirtbag. Maybe nike will give him a sneaker deal to.
I am a Cowboy fan. I have always defended my Boys when other fans overly criticize and when especially making deragatory comments. In this case, I can not. After 3 fines, the Cowboys ought to suspend him a game or 2 since the coaches can't seem to break him of a bad habit.
A suspension would hurt the team but maybe then he would learn to keep both feet planted on the ground. I say this is his last year, when an older player resorts to cheap tactics like this it's because he has lost ability to keep up.
NO, to all you non Cowboy fans, he has not been a "dirtbag" as TomDot described. In fact, if anything he has always helped out the Other Team by committing false starts. He is deaf in one ear.
Thre strikes and you're out! Suspend him WITHOUT PAY for the rest of the season!
"Ha bout those Cowboys!" We may suck but America still loves us LOL... We love our fat Patchass Adams! We love our Bum Brain-dead Phillips Jr. We love our Tony Romo! Come on people lighten up and show us some love. In all fairness we have to play dirty because we suck. Go Cowboys!!!!