Penn State fired longtime football coach Joe Paterno on Wednesday night amid allegations of sexual abuse by one of his former assistant coaches. Not surprisingly, the news sent shockwaves through the NFL. Paterno sent many players and coaches to the league during his 46 years as the school's head coach. "I think it's hard not to ruin his legacy ..." Cardinals left tackle Levi Brown said. "This is going to be the last thing everybody remembers." Brown says he was shocked when he first heard of the charges against longtime Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Bears defensive tackle Anthony Adams, who played at Penn State when Sandusky was the defensive coordinator, called the scandal "a complete shocker." "When I was there, Coach Paterno was a great man. Coach Sandusky, you know, the same," Adams said. "First-class organization. Nobody joked about (Sandusky) or had anything negative to say about Coach Sandusky and 'The Second Mile' program (for disadvantaged youngsters that Sandusky founded). Everything there was first class." When the subject was raised to Seahawks fullback Michael Robinson, he was left trying to fight off tears. "It's a sad day to be a Penn Stater," Robinson said.