Cris Carter Admits to Placing Bounties During NFL Career

May 9, 2012   ·   Josh Martin   ·   Jump to comments

Former NFL wide receiver Cris Carter has emerged as a window into the seedy underbelly of pro football of late.
His most recent insight? That he placed bounties of his own on other players during his 16-year career.
Carter admitted as much during an appearance on ESPN Radio's Hill and Schlereth on Tuesday, claiming that he used bounties to protect himself and his teammates, as well as to create excitement in games, but never with the intent to maim his opponents:
I’m guilty of it. It’s the first time I’ve ever admitted it.  But I put a bounty on guys before.  I put bounties on guys.  And the guys tried to take me out, a guy tried to take a cheap shot on me, I put a bounty on him, right now.
Carter, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins, mentioned notorious linebacker Bill Romanowski as one of the targets from whom he sought some form of protection:
Protect me...Protect m...

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