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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (837)	10/19/2002 11:05:54 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90393

I don't think he hit him in the shoulder. Maybe in the bottom of the head mostly under the helmet but it looked to me like there was contact with the head. Tim Edit and interview with Shanahan about it - "When he moved to the hit on Chambers, he offered a new argument: Cornerback Denard Walker, hitting Chambers from behind, pushed his head down into the line of Kennedy's fire. Then Shanahan offered a disclaimer. "I am not a physics major," he said. The Dude mentioned that he had already pointed this out. I was beginning to get the gist. Some infernal external force keeps positioning people's heads headlong in Kennedy's flight path. Eagerly, I awaited Shanahan's explanation of Kennedy's hit on St. Louis Rams receiver Isaac Bruce the first week. A gust of wind, perhaps? An extraterrestrial nudge? Maybe another time. As he played the Chambers hit over and over in slow motion, I couldn't tell if Walker pushed Chambers' head down or if Chambers lowered it trying to curl up into a protective posture, preparing for the hit. So I asked The Dude, an avid fan and a member of that all-important 13-17 demographic. "I think it was like a sudden obstacle that Kenoy Kennedy just happened to run into, kind of like if you're in a car and you're going 100 miles an hour and a rock falls into the road; you're going to have a hard time getting around it." I did not ask how he knew what it's like to be in a car going 100 miles an hour. Instead, I asked why he thought Kennedy was leading with his head in the first place. "This guy, I mean, he's not Aeneas Williams," The Dude said. "He's not perfect. You have to take into account the skill level." Shanahan was wrapping up the film session. "What's important is how people perceive our organization and our football team," he said. "There's no way, in my opinion, that there's intent. I've seen players try to hurt people. This is a guy that doesn't do that." rockymountainnews.com