Suffering from a groin injury throughout camp, Detroit Lions defensive back Louis Delmas was ecstatic to finally get a chance to play in a game last Saturday. If video from his introduction before that game at Ford Field is any indication, Delmas was a little too ecstatic.
(Kids Were Trucked By Michigan Plates: OHAND16)
Before the game Delmas accidently plowed through some kids who the team had stationed on the field to congratulate players as they entered the playing surface during introductions.
After the game, Delmas was asked about what everyone was wondering. (No, not how his groin felt.)
Delmas to the DETROIT FREE PRESS:
“I don’t know if that was the adrenaline running through my veins or (it) being a game-day situation. I felt good, though.”
That was Delmas talking about the game and how his groin reacted.
Delmas on flattening the youngsters:
“Any kid that I hit, I’ll tell him I apologize and if they want me to sign something I’ll go ahead and sign. I’ll even give him a hug.”
The ANN ARBOR NEWS on Delmas:
Delmas was the last defensive player to be introduced during the pregame festivities and he exited the tunnel with his usual flair. Delmas was playing to the crowd, but lost his bearings in splitting the two rows of young kids who were lined up on the field. As Delmas turned around to run, he bowled over three kids.
“I’m so used to having so much space and I came out and felt a little bump on my butt and I looked around and there are kids all over the ground. I felt bad,” Delmas said.
Delmas felt bad? What about the kids? (Thankfully, none were injured during the collision.)
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10:24 am on August 31st, 2010
Good thing it was caught on video because by the look of the stands there weren’t any witnesses to the ‘accident’.
10:32 am on August 31st, 2010
And they say that the internet is filled wth a whole bunch of completely useless information.
10:35 am on August 31st, 2010
Awesome, the season hasn’t even started and already the Lions defensive corps has three more tackles than they had last year!
11:05 am on August 31st, 2010
Im sure none of those kids had a football in their hand, only because the kid would have spun out of that tackle and ran 75 yards up the sideline.
11:15 am on August 31st, 2010
If that’s how their starting safety hits, it’s gonna be a long year (again) for the Lions!!!
11:22 am on August 31st, 2010
This lil mishap just goes to show how detroit safety follows the man instead of the ball. Or perhaps it was zone coverage….Hmmmm?
11:24 am on August 31st, 2010
Well, it’s cool he apologized and offered to meet the kids one on one later. Pretty stand up move. I don’t know the first thing about this guy otherwise.
11:37 am on August 31st, 2010
Is his name Delmas or Dumbass!
11:39 am on August 31st, 2010
Would it be too much to help the kids up after you knocked them down? Just walk away? Seriously?
11:46 am on August 31st, 2010
well signing something would be nice…..how about checking if the kids are alright……..keep kids, parents, fans, etc. off the damn field.
11:54 am on August 31st, 2010
too much into his own ego
12:03 pm on August 31st, 2010
Probably the only tackle he’ll make all year…too bad the lions can’t play against 10-year old kids all season.
12:06 pm on August 31st, 2010
I’m surprised he wasn’t injured again.
12:06 pm on August 31st, 2010
Little Bastards should have gotten out of the way
12:06 pm on August 31st, 2010
Wasn’t much of a collision…
12:16 pm on August 31st, 2010
Welcome to the real world, you little shits!
12:26 pm on August 31st, 2010
“I don’t know if that was the adrenaline running through my veins or (it) being a game-day situation. I felt good, though.”
Well as long as YOU felt good, that’s all that matters, right?
you selfish prick.
12:28 pm on August 31st, 2010
why were all those kids in the way in the first place?
12:44 pm on August 31st, 2010
He looked awefully proud of himself for making the pre season roster.
12:46 pm on August 31st, 2010
I was most touched by how he took time to help the kids up and make sure they were ok. Oh wait.. he just kept running to his pathetic team to celebrate. At least someone was celebrating. Nice crowd.
12:49 pm on August 31st, 2010
He offered to sign something…
How about signing some checks for $10grand and giving one to each of the kids you plowed over.
12:49 pm on August 31st, 2010
What a Jag. He cant even stop and see if the kids are ok?
Typical useless self indulged “professional athlete”
1:08 pm on August 31st, 2010
kids should not be in a place to be hit or run over. Adults out to lunch and not watching the kids?
1:12 pm on August 31st, 2010
Typical no class fool. He should have stopped to see if the little guys were okay. Typical thug with no sense of decency. Man, what a shame.
1:12 pm on August 31st, 2010
If that had been my kid I wouldve knocked him on his ass!
1:12 pm on August 31st, 2010
Plows over kids? NOT!!! He accidently ran into them. I’m sure they are OK.
1:13 pm on August 31st, 2010
& THEN ASKED FOR 10 GRAND!
1:22 pm on August 31st, 2010
oh wow hell sign something? what a nice guy.
1:35 pm on August 31st, 2010
That’s why fans shouldn’t be allowed on the field during player intros. Should have known better….little kids.
1:36 pm on August 31st, 2010
The kid’s name was Owen. Owen Sixteen.
1:36 pm on August 31st, 2010
The kid deserved it for not looking out for Delmus. He should know that a defensive football player tries to hit anything it sees. Score one for Delmus.
1:39 pm on August 31st, 2010
omg what a dumbass
1:41 pm on August 31st, 2010
Probably the only tackle he’ll make all year…too bad the lions can’t play against 10-year old kids all season
This just in, Vegas Oddsmakers have the 10 year old kids a 4 point favorite against Detroit with an O/U of 35 1/2.
Oddly, they also have the Cheerleaders at a 6.5 point favorite to beat Detroit with an O/U of 37
The kids and The Cheerleaders will also play. Vegas gives The Cheerleaders a 1.5 over the kids with an O/U of 40. Oddly, this game, unlike The Lions, will sell out Ford Field.
1:45 pm on August 31st, 2010
Typical of Detroit, typical of most of the shitheads that play pro sports, that entire town and the media should be condemning his lack of grace and conscience but instead there are people asking why those kids were even there.
Because without fans, that asshole is working at a carwash and not making millions. He should have at the very least helped the kid up and apologized - or for that matter - anybody who gets run over by a player for whatever reason should get that respect.
Most of these guys don’t really give a damn about what the fans think of them or how they (the players themselves) interact with them. I guess they really don’t realize that without the fans, working at the carwash or a fastfood place is right around the corner!
Some people would call that honest work.
1:49 pm on August 31st, 2010
Actually, I have no problem with this. As obnoxious as kids often get at sporting events, I’ve felt like doing that myself more than a few times.
1:53 pm on August 31st, 2010
There’s a logical explanation; he was listening to Whitney Houston’s the children are our future and he strongly disagreed!
2:02 pm on August 31st, 2010
it wasnt that big of a deal at all, quit whining
2:17 pm on August 31st, 2010
Hmm, I see that he bumped into a couple of children, and knocked them down. I suggest you buy a thesaurus before writing anymore columns.
2:46 pm on August 31st, 2010
C’mon, no stiff arm? Spiked cleat stomp to the groin? Tilta-a-whirl, impaler DDT on the concrete??
2:51 pm on August 31st, 2010
That was nothing! I’d like to hit some of you idiots with my car the way he laid out a few Bronco’s in the last game. Hasn’t hit anything? You better go back and check his highlights A$$Holes! Especially in the Fader Nation! Is your fanzone called the Black hole or is that what they call your Momma? I already know that one. If you lived in the “D” with all the Dems had done to that city, shoot, that’s exactly what you’d be doing on the field, shoot’n. Oh yeah, E. Walker, you must’ve been suck’n on Johnny Walker’s long neck cuz u don’t know WTF you’re talking about MF!
4:23 pm on August 31st, 2010
Re: arrty
Some people would call what you wrote the ranting of a jealous man.
They would be correct.
5:16 pm on August 31st, 2010
Nice form on the tackling drill…next week he’s moving up to tackle Jr. High kids…
6:03 pm on August 31st, 2010
You didn’t see them? What type of injury do you “suffer” from: Roger Clemens Disease>
6:12 pm on August 31st, 2010
Come on. It was an accident. Maybe he was embarrassed to stop and help all of them out. I do not know him as a player. This is much to do about nothing. Let it go.
9:45 pm on August 31st, 2010
Detroit fans are so freaking stupid. Lets bitch some more about how some kid gets accidently knocked down. I’ll bet the kid was thrilled and is currently bragging to his friends. All you whiners about what Delmas didn’t do after bumping the kids - get a life. Oh, forgot - being from Michigan, you are perfect and therefore don’t need a life.
11:19 pm on August 31st, 2010
I guess we have to put them in the backfield now behind Peyton and Brees
11:46 pm on August 31st, 2010
Hopefully he wasn’t hurt by those little hoodlums.
2:38 am on September 1st, 2010
Come one! He didn’t hurt those kids. Just gave them something to talk about at school. I once tried to get Paul Hornung’s autograph at an exhibition game when I was a kid and he gave me a shoulder. No big deal. This is truly a NONSTORY!
12:35 pm on September 1st, 2010
It reminds me of the scene from the movie “The Replacements”, when the linebacker rushes out of the tunnel, trips on a wire, and takes out the cheerleading squad.
Announcer: “Would the trainer please report to the North Tunnel?”
1:51 pm on September 1st, 2010
Hopefully he hits that hard during the season.
I think he makes the pro-bowl this year. A stud out of Western Michigan
3:56 pm on September 2nd, 2010
reminds me of the “Glen Davis is an animal after running over that kid” story. Get out of the way, rugrat.