Meriweather: Harry Douglas' Dirty Play Is 'What Has Kept Him In NFL For So Long'
BOSTON (CBS) -- Tennessee Titans receiver Harry Douglas delivered a dirty -- but "legal" -- hit to the knee of Broncos cornerback Chris Harris on Sunday, which drew the ire of Aqib Talib.
Douglas went for Harris' right knee while the corner was standing away from the play, which Harris called a deliberate attempt to end his career. Talib went after Douglas on the field, and then fired back in the locker room.
Brandon Meriweather, joining 98.5 The Sports Hub's Toucher & Rich for his weekly interview on Wednesday, said Douglas is the dirtiest receiver in the NFL and has been for years.
"It's what has kept him in the league for so long," said Meriweather. "Harry, he never did it to me, but that's a point of interest when you're going to play against him. Coaches told you to protect yourself around him because he takes knee shots."
Talib has the same agent as Douglas and said he'd be seeing the receiver in Atlanta, hinting at some fisticuffs this offseason. Meriweather said Talib is the kind of person who doesn't just say things, so that doesn't sound like an empty threat.
"Talib is a man of his word," he said with a laugh. "When he says he is going to do something, he'll more than likely do it. I'll say the stakes are high [that he meets up with Douglas this offseason]."
"If I was [Douglas], I'd call Talib and ask what's up," he said. "Granted, I wouldn't be calling him because I was afraid of him. I'd be calling him because I was wrong with what I did."
Meriweather recalled former Patriots teammate Kelley Washington going after his knee in New England's AFC Wild Card Round loss to the Baltimore Ravens back in 2009.
"When I was playing for the Patriots, one of our ex-players had cut me in the playoff game when we played Baltimore, when they beat us at home. I got cut, and I just started punching him on the field in the middle of the play," said Meriweather. "I said, 'Forget the play, I'll handle this now.' I told him if he cut me I'd beat the breaks off him. He cut me, and I saw him a few weeks later in Miami and he apologized."
Meriweather said Patriots head coach Bill Belichick understood his frustration on that play, but would have preferred that he went and made the play.
"He told me to just go make the play and handle that later, but I'm sure he understood. We were getting beat at that time," said Meriweather, who said he paid "way too much" in fines during his career.
Meriweather also said he was at the receiving end of several "sick burns" by Belichick, which he got used to over his four years in New England.
"Once you play for him you see the difference," he said of Belichick. "It's kind of like, you see the in between. All [the media] see is him being a butthole there by him not answering questions. Once you play for him, you see the difference.
"He said a little bit of everything. I keep that in house, but a little bit of everything," he said of Belichick's burns.
Meriweather also touched on the struggles of rookie Cyrus Jones, and the best strip clubs in America -- not ones that feature "stab wounds and bullet holes." Listen to the full interview below:
