OT: Odell Beckham

[fan345]

Tom Coughlin said "He will learn from the suspension" Coughlin: Beckham will learn from suspension - ... He should have learned it from you. Need I contrast this with a certain local football couch?

 

[BradyFTW!]

Panthers have a "bat ceremony" before every game, use gay slurs and try to provoke a player during his warmup using a practice squad player not in uniform. Not a peep from the league.

#integrity

Apparently being a bunch of douchebag thugs is okay... as long as they do it every game. That somehow makes it a ritual that's totally in the clear, as opposed to them just being douchebags every week.

 

[Deus Irae]

The NFL has found no evidence to substantiate allegations that Carolina Panthers players directed homophobic slurs at New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. before last Sunday’s game between the two teams, according to a person familiar with the league’s deliberations on the incident.

Barring new information surfacing to corroborate the accusations, the league will not discipline any Panthers players based on those allegations of slurs, according to the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the NFL has made no announcement on the issue.

There is “no evidence of it,” the person said.

NFL has found ‘no evidence’ that Panthers directed homophobic slurs at Odell Beckham Jr.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Besides the players whose actions are the ultimate responsibility, the clueless refs* deserve some form of penalty for not warning the coaches and players that repeat conduct will result in game ejection and worse. In the past we used to hear announcers state that "the refs have taken control of the game" when PF flags flew as players got out of control. What is the point of having refs if they let this stuff just go on? And must be senile coach Coughlin is irresponsible for not sitting ODB for a few plays in a "time out".

* a possible defense for their abdication of duty is that perhaps the league morons have told them NOT to eject "star" players

 

[RayClay]

Besides the players whose actions are the ultimate responsibility, the clueless refs* deserve some form of penalty for not warning the coaches and players that repeat conduct will result in game ejection and worse. In the past we used to hear announcers state that "the refs have taken control of the game" when PF flags flew as players got out of control. What is the point of having refs if they let this stuff just go on? And must be senile coach Coughlin is irresponsible for not sitting ODB for a few plays in a "time out".

* a possible defense for their abdication of duty is that perhaps the league morons have told them NOT to eject "star" players

Any decisivness in the refs has been beaten out of them by a league that doesn't support them, a boss who doesn't know how to do their jobs and both of them second guessing and looking over their shoulder on any controversial call.

Why would anyone expect them to perform their jobs confidently?

 

[RayClay]

I take it as sarcasm. Noted. Unfair is unfair regardless of the situation or whatever it may be.

How many millions of dollar are at stake this coming weekend? It isn't child's play.

It's getting so youse can hardly fix a game anymore.

 

[lurker1965]

I'm waiting for some national turd to say, "Baseball bat? The Patriots have guys with guns!"

 

[AzorianPats]

Apparently being a bunch of douchebag thugs is okay... as long as they do it every game. That somehow makes it a ritual that's totally in the clear, as opposed to them just being douchebags every week.

I can't believe how not only how Carolina has skated free on this, but the fact that they think they come across has "victims"

Ron Rivera, came out and reluctantly banned the whole baseball bat thing. Threw a dig at the league, called it the No Fun League (he's right on that) but ignores the fact his player jumped on to the Giants side of the warmups, with the bat and started talking smack. That's been getting ignored in all this. Theres video evidence of that happening. Im sure they werent arguing who could swing a bat better.

Team is ****y, and they should be, but they should be prepared for the backlash when they loose. It will happen.

 

[Tuck]

Holy ****. Imagine if this was the Pats. I know we say that a lot (sometimes joking) but seriously.

This type of thing would never happen on a Patriots team so it's not a question worth pondering.

Instead the bat wielding incident should make one wonder if Carolina will self destruct when the lights start to get hot.

 

[neuronet]

Though don't they penalize people for using the N word? What is their policy on racial slurs?

There is an article on this issue here:
NFL will have ‘zero tolerance’ for on-field use of racial and homophobic slurs, players are told in league’s officiating video

Basically, racial slurs and gay slurs are off limits on the field, and will draw an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty:

The NFL will have “zero tolerance” this season for players’ on-field use of racial slurs or abusive language relating to sexual orientation, the league tells players in a league-produced officiating video to be shown to teams during training camps this summer. “We also want to stress that there will be zero tolerance for unsportsmanlike conduct, particularly verbal abuse directed at an opponent,” Dean Blandino, the NFL’s vice president of officiating, tells players during the nearly 12-minute video...The league announced during the offseason it would use existing rules addressing unsportsmanlike conduct to enact a ban on the use of racial slurs during games. NFL officials said they felt that a formal rule change was unnecessary to implement the ban.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

So apparently they're waiting for the Patriots to utter such slurs before throwing any 15 yd PF flags...

<crickets>

 

[Deus Irae]

The Madden curse has gotten to Beckham

Being a spoiled diva with little to no impulse control has gotten to Beckham.

 

[supafly]

The Madden curse has gotten to Beckham

2014: 91 catches, 1305 yards, 12 TDs

2015: 91 catches, 1396 yards, 13 TDs (so far)

Any talk of the "Madden curse" can be thrown out the window for Odell Beckham Jr. The guy has demonstrated traits of ****iness and a lack of self control, but he's absolutely tearing up the league when it comes to making plays.

 

[supafly]

Team is ****y, and they should be, but they should be prepared for the backlash when they loose. It will happen.

I fully agree with you. They'll almost definitely go 16-0 for the regular season, but they're going to have some much stiffer competition in the postseason.

 

[Wheelman]

I fully agree with you. They'll almost definitely go 16-0 for the regular season, but they're going to have some much stiffer competition in the postseason.

I have a feeling they might lose a game before the end of the season. Then again I had that feeling with the donkeys for several weeks and they kept on winning...

 

[supafly]

I have a feeling they might lose a game before the end of the season. Then again I had that feeling with the donkeys for several weeks and they kept on winning...

I had a feeling that they'd lose in the regular season as well, but that was a few weeks ago and they've squeaked by 3 point, come from behind victories against their toughest competition (@New Orleans, @NYG) twice in the past three weeks.

I think they may be in the clear now, after surviving their tests. Of course, it may be much different for them when next month rolls around and teams like SEA, ARZ, or GB come to town.

 

[AzorianPats]

2014: 91 catches, 1305 yards, 12 TDs

2015: 91 catches, 1396 yards, 13 TDs (so far)

Any talk of the "Madden curse" can be thrown out the window for Odell Beckham Jr. The guy has demonstrated traits of ****iness and a lack of self control, but he's absolutely tearing up the league when it comes to making plays.

I knew his numbers were good, but I didn't realize they were that good. Guy is elite.

 

[AzorianPats]

I have a feeling they might lose a game before the end of the season. Then again I had that feeling with the donkeys for several weeks and they kept on winning...

This is just my honest opinion, but I feel Carolina just riding the hot streak, and wave of good luck. To them, they have that aura of invincibility around them. I'd feel them being more dangerous going into the playoffs undefeated, then if they lost a game in the regular season.

Don't be surprised if Atlanta pulls of the upset this week. The talk of a perfect season grows every week, plus more eyes will be on them considering what happened last week. The verbal words already started this week between Norman and Julio Jones/Roddy White. Let's see how they react to the pressure.

I think Carolina is good, real good. I just don't feel they're historically good.

 

[1960Pats]

Any decisivness in the refs has been beaten out of them by a league that doesn't support them, a boss who doesn't know how to do their jobs and both of them second guessing and looking over their shoulder on any controversial call.

Why would anyone expect them to perform their jobs confidently?

Exactly.

It's become pretty obvious that all the tinkering with the rules that's been done without their input has left the officials in a fog as to what is and isn't a catch or what is and isn't a penalty.

And true to the form of the current version of the NYJFL, they are willing to use this as an opportunity to step in and make the calls for them, which has resulted in even more confusion and wrong calls.

And now we're getting more and more penalties called with the flags picked up as well as calls reversed even when we see evidence that the final call was wrong.

The whole process has the look of manipulation by the NYJFL.

 

[rochrist]

This is just my honest opinion, but I feel Carolina just riding the hot streak, and wave of good luck. To them, they have that aura of invincibility around them. I'd feel them being more dangerous going into the playoffs undefeated, then if they lost a game in the regular season.

Don't be surprised if Atlanta pulls of the upset this week. The talk of a perfect season grows every week, plus more eyes will be on them considering what happened last week. The verbal words already started this week between Norman and Julio Jones/Roddy White. Let's see how they react to the pressure.

I think Carolina is good, real good. I just don't feel they're historically good.

Pretty sure that at this point, Atlanta couldn't upset Brown University.