Enough Already

Ten years ago, New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan set the NFL season record for sacks with 22.5. He passed former New York Jet Mark Gasteneau's total of 21.5 by falling on top of Brett Favre. That was pretty much all he had to do. By all appearances, Favre gave Strahan the record. It could have been a broken play (wink, wink, nudge, nudge). For ten years Strahan has gotten grief from everyone. I'm tired of hearing about it. I'm sure Strahan is tired of hearing about it. If this happened on sack #12, no one would be talking about it. Pretty much every defensive player has received a gift sack. Maybe they cleaned up after a teammate did all the work. Maybe the QB tripped stepping back from the center. Maybe it was a broken play. No one complains. It just happens. It happened for Strahan. It gave him an incredible total of 22.5 sacks. Let it be.