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John Harbaugh knows plenty of words that start with F
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh got a bit mouthy with Redskins head coach Jay Gruden during Saturday's preseason game, jawing in the wake of Washington linebacker Keenan Robinson's body-slam of receiver Kamar Aiken. What did Harbaugh say to Gruden? We're not quite sure, but reading lips, it sure seemed like there was at least one f-bomb in there. Not so, Harbaugh insists.
"For all those lip readers out there that want to write headlines about what was said, there's more than one word to the English language that begins with F," Harbaugh said. "I really make it a point in life to not use that word as much as possible. I'm not batting 1.000. I always remember when I say that. So, maybe it was fight. Is that plausible? Maybe it was football. But I'm going to say that I'm 99.99 percent certain it wasn't the word that it was reported to be. Just for the record."
We're not quite sure what the big deal is here. Look, if some linebacker is trying to plant one of your players skull-first like an explorer with a flag stick, that might be worth an f-bomb or two. Sure, Harbaugh could have said, "In the spirit of FRIENDSHIP I wish you wouldn't do that" or "That's the kind of behavior that causes a FIGHT" or "FRENCH toast is a delightful breakfast entree," but let's dispense with this "civilized language" nonsense in the heat of an argument. Adults know better than to use such language in polite settings, and children shouldn't be watching the Washington Redskins without parental supervision anyway.
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Then again, maybe it was "football," since that's all Harbaugh was willing to talk about during his unnecessarily awkward halftime interview:
AW YEAH LET'S TALK FOOTBALL AND NUTHIN' BUT FOOTBALL. Come on, coach. It's the preseason. Not like being a human being is going to be a distraction or anything. In the NFL these days, you've got to come into the locker room riding a unicorn to do that.
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