<![CDATA[Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine]]>http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2014/11/former_cleveland_browns_receiv_1.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- New Bengals receiver Greg Little said the Thursday night's showdown with his former team is "personal" and that "somebody's gotta pay."
It's not as if a matchup between the Browns (5-3) and Bengals (5-2-1) needed any additional stoking but Little, who played the past three seasons in Cleveland, provided it anyway Tuesday. He even took a shot at Mike Pettine, saying the new Browns coach did not communicate with players around the Berea facility -- at least when Little was still part of the team prior to his May 16 release.
"Everything about this game is personal for me and I'm going to treat it that way," said Little, signed by the Bengals Oct. 14 after being released by the Raiders. "And I'm going to put my team in the best position to win."
Little was asked to elaborate on the "personal" angle.
"How the whole release was handled," he said. "I just knew there would be a time I would play the Browns. I felt like it was inevitable and the time has come . . .
"I was coming into a new coaching staff and they were looking at me to come in and play well. I had a great relationship with them and the front office decided to go another direction and hopefully I will make them pay."
Little was released after news of Josh Gordon's looming drug suspension was made public. The receiving corps was in a serious state of flux, but it didn't stop management from cutting Little, who caught 155 passes for 1,821 yards and eight touchdowns in 48 games.
Little infuriated some with his penchant for dropped passes and speeding tickets. He remains good friends with Gordon.
He believes general manager Ray Farmer was "100 percent" behind his release. But Little saved his most interesting remarks for Pettine.
"I did not get along with Pettine," he said. "Pettine doesn't get along with any of his players. Like you will walk past him in the hallway and he won't even speak to you. To have that type of (approach) for a coach is kind of odd. I can't go you and say I'm going to lay it on the line for a guy who won't even speak to me if we were the only two people in the hallway.
So Pettine never spoke to Little?
"He never spoke to anybody," he said.
Little has caught four passes for 155 yards in three games with Bengals. He took 40 snaps, but was not targeted in Sunday's 33-23 win over the Jaguars on Sunday.
]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/30791/greg-little-says-thursday-s-game-is-personal-rips-coach-mike-pettineRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 17:05:08 GMTTue, 04 Nov 2014 16:46:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:43:38 GMT]]>Poor Little Greg. He couldn't catch ebola in Liberia.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447591https://brownsboard.com/post/447591Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:43:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:05:20 GMT]]>LOL. Sheard simply shoved him out of the play. Little, were he smart enough, would

thank Sheard for not full on break his ribs....

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447560https://brownsboard.com/post/447560Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:05:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Sat, 08 Nov 2014 06:16:15 GMT]]>


https://t.co/aaWYb9ULGE

talk about being the bigger man... Sheard coulda really fucked him up

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447504https://brownsboard.com/post/447504Sat, 08 Nov 2014 06:16:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Sat, 08 Nov 2014 01:49:16 GMT]]>Sorry Greg, but I have to post this as it really gave me a chuckle :

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]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447476https://brownsboard.com/post/447476Sat, 08 Nov 2014 01:49:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Sat, 08 Nov 2014 01:14:14 GMT]]>he still in bed

bengals were not ready to play

Browns put the fear of god in them

it was over before it even started

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447472https://brownsboard.com/post/447472Sat, 08 Nov 2014 01:14:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:10:56 GMT]]>Little probably won't be a member of the Bengals come December

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447458https://brownsboard.com/post/447458Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:10:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:04:01 GMT]]>Former Brown wide receiver bust Greg Little, called Thursday night's game against the Browns and Begals, "personal".

"Mr. Irrelevant" may have actually helped the Brown's defense by pressuring Dalton into getting him the ball. Andy tried three times ending in two incompletions and an interception.

I'm not taking anything away from the Browns' defensive performance because it was spectacular last night.

Dalton, who is overpaid and overrated, tried to force the ball to Little rather than A.J. Green or Mohammad Sanu. In doing so the Browns defense made him pay.

When was the last time the Browns held an opponent on the road to three points? And a division rival that some people said would win the AFC Central.

I guess the old saying "put up or shut up" applies to ball players with little or no talent like Greg Little. In the end it was the Browns who came to play and they sure meant business. So listen up Mr. Little and Jeremy Hill,

You still have another game against the Browns! And this time the DAWG POUND will be waiting!

What do you have to say now?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447457https://brownsboard.com/post/447457Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:04:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:53:03 GMT]]>Greg Oopslittle actually caught an 8 yard pass, uncovered, in garbage time, in a huge loss at home.

I'll bet he was impressed.... talked big, did Little.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447229https://brownsboard.com/post/447229Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:53:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:39:27 GMT]]>To be fair, his 1-catch, 8-yard performance last night must be near his career best.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447224https://brownsboard.com/post/447224Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:39:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:33:41 GMT]]>His first catch of the night came in garbage time I believe...with Campbell throwing it to him.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447223https://brownsboard.com/post/447223Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:33:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Fri, 07 Nov 2014 05:17:49 GMT]]>Thanks for the bulletin board material Greg - You didn't drop that one.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447058https://brownsboard.com/post/447058Fri, 07 Nov 2014 05:17:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Fri, 07 Nov 2014 05:00:35 GMT]]>i hope greg little gets interviewed post game or next practice. love to here what he has to say.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447037https://brownsboard.com/post/447037Fri, 07 Nov 2014 05:00:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Fri, 07 Nov 2014 04:56:59 GMT]]>To Greg Little I say HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Now drop it Greg, oh yea forgot that comes natural to you. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447033https://brownsboard.com/post/447033Fri, 07 Nov 2014 04:56:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Fri, 07 Nov 2014 04:53:54 GMT]]>

@tour2ma said:

We should send a game ball to the other Locker Room for Little...Of course... he'd drop it.

Little's case of the dropsies appeared contagious tonight for the Bengals other recievers. Heck, he even made the refs drop a yellow flag. Thanks for the 15 yard penalty, Greg!

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447027https://brownsboard.com/post/447027Fri, 07 Nov 2014 04:53:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Fri, 07 Nov 2014 04:51:20 GMT]]>We should send a game ball to the other Locker Room for Little...

Of course... he'd drop it.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/447024https://brownsboard.com/post/447024Fri, 07 Nov 2014 04:51:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:50:35 GMT]]>I was done with fool his rookie season. And not because he couldn't catch the ball, which, he couldn't. I remember a game where he couldn't catch a cold if someone sneezed in his face the whole game, and then during garbage time, after we were already toast, he finally makes a first down catch and decides he should celebrate on the field like the idiot he is. If I had been his HC I would have dragged his ass off the field by the throat and he would have never seen playing time again. He made a fool of himself and the team. As if getting a beat down by the opponent (I don't remember who it was) wasn't bad enough, he had to go and make it worse by being a jackass.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/446832https://brownsboard.com/post/446832Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:50:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:19:11 GMT]]>My only comment is that losers talk like that.

If you have anything to show, you do it in the field and not in front of a microphone. Unless you are a loser. But we kind of suspected that by now...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/446825https://brownsboard.com/post/446825Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:19:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Thu, 06 Nov 2014 07:39:37 GMT]]>

@jcam222 said:

As luck would have it I will be stopping overnight in cincy on the way back to Ohio from TN Thursday night!! I have got to find a ticket on the street close enough to the Bengals bench to give Little the shit he deserves during this game

It shouldn't be hard.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/446766https://brownsboard.com/post/446766Thu, 06 Nov 2014 07:39:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:47:02 GMT]]>As luck would have it I will be stopping overnight in cincy on the way back to Ohio from TN Thursday night!! I have got to find a ticket on the street close enough to the Bengals bench to give Little the shit he deserves during this game

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/446672https://brownsboard.com/post/446672Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:47:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:09:55 GMT]]>

@manzier said:

The peeps in Cinci are really enjoying this whole thing and making it into a Hawkins vs Little game. Which is a joke really.

They seem to think that they got our #1 receiver, while we only got their #4 receiver, giving them the better deal. Hahaha.

Their predictions are for Little to blow up and own the Browns, while Hawkins fails miserably. Somehow, I see it differently.

Not sure who here in Cincinnati would think Little is better than Hawkins. Anyone that does is obviously talking out their ass or is just plain dumb.

It's embarrassing that a guy who can barely make a team is running his mouth. Just shutup and play, or in Little's case, keep that bench warm.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/446647https://brownsboard.com/post/446647Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:09:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:18:51 GMT]]>10271581_743767362326850_724083649671585

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/446639https://brownsboard.com/post/446639Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:18:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 19:34:27 GMT]]>

@manzier said:

The peeps in Cinci are really enjoying this whole thing and making it into a Hawkins vs Little game. Which is a joke really.

They seem to think that they got our #1 receiver, while we only got their #4 receiver, giving them the better deal. Hahaha.

Their predictions are for Little to blow up and own the Browns, while Hawkins fails miserably. Somehow, I see it differently.

If the Bengals win, it's going to have sweet fuck all to do with Greg Little.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/446632https://brownsboard.com/post/446632Wed, 05 Nov 2014 19:34:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:38:49 GMT]]>The best scenario would be:

Little tips the ball into Gipson's hands, who runs it back for a touchdown while Whitner hits Little so hard he shits his pants and then he just sits on the field and cries.

With that said... Greg Little takes up so little of my attention that I'm sure I'll forget he's even on the Bengals until he drops a wide open pass- to which I'll reply "Oh shit, looks like Greg Little out there...oh, it actually is."

What a fucking entitled idiot.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/446612https://brownsboard.com/post/446612Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:38:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Greg Little says Thursday's game is 'personal,' rips coach Mike Pettine on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:04:11 GMT]]>

@manzier said:

The peeps in Cinci are really enjoying this whole thing and making it into a Hawkins vs Little game. Which is a joke really.

They seem to think that they got our #1 receiver, while we only got their #4 receiver, giving them the better deal. Hahaha.

Their predictions are for Little to blow up and own the Browns, while Hawkins fails miserably. Somehow, I see it differently.

With the injuries to Jones and Green, they'd love to have Hawkins at this point.

Let's just hope Hawkins plays

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/446598https://brownsboard.com/post/446598Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:04:11 GMT