Bengals Linebacker Rey Maualuga Hopes To Play Against Dallas
by Josh Kirkendall on Aug 4, 2010 10:27 AM EDT
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Rey Maualuga reportedly "tweaked his hamstring" during the team's second Monday practice and missed practice during the afternoon session on Tuesday. The injury isn't believed to hurt Maualuga's playing time for the regular season and it's generally thought he'll return relatively soon.
When asked if he'll play on Sunday during the preseason's opening game, the hell-raising Samoan isn't even entertaining the notion that he'll miss the game.
"I'll hate myself if I don't play on Sunday. I want to play, I want to compete. I want to practice," he said.
Maualuga is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. If he's not signing autographs until the line literally ends (as he, Bobbie Williams, Leon Hall and Daniel Coats did), then he's joining crowds during college games, thus becoming generally one of the team's most fan-friendly players.
More awesomely (yea, I said it), the linebacker isn't one to give up easily. After fracturing his ankle against Kansas City during week 16 last year, the crazy bastard had no intention of sitting out during the team's wild card game against the New York Jets in January. He tweet at the time:
"Bengals nation, I may be hurt but this injury aint gonna stop me from doin wat I love!! Ima do everythn n my power to get back!"
Of course, he ended up not playing and his backup, Rashad Jeanty, suffered a broken leg early in that wild card game. Maualuga's spirit is what makes this team fun to root for.
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Good to see those guys doing the maximum for the fans that really pay their checks. I get the feeling Coats was probably passing out resumes, not signing autographs.
pay checks??
Done we technically pay everyones paychecks?? I hate it when fans say that. They owe fans nothing, if they want to sign autographs fine but they dont owe it to anyone. If I buy a product your company sells dont I pay your check?? This type of entitlement is just silly
Wow
Not trying to elicit a strong reaction, though I really don’t care what you do or do not hate. I meant really pay their checks as opposed to Mike. I did not say they owe anything to anyone. But that kind of gratitude shows a lot from a guy, more than going through the motions. It was merely meant as a compliment to those guys, nothing more.
sorry
I did soapbox there for a minute. It was not directed soley at you just a tipping point from other blogs and message boards I read. My bad, I did get carried away.
by Andy Johnson on Aug 4, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
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