Wilkerson Watch

[BTTA]

Do I understand the facts here?

1. Robinson (Panther) gets in a fight with Wilkerson yesterday.
2. Robinson lays out Wilkerson on a special teams play (no indication if Wilkerson was his blocking assignment or if instead, he was hunting him)
3. Robinson stands over Wilkerson, celebrating and taunting.
4. Wilkerson is carted off the field and hospitalized
5. This brings our team peacemaker, emotional intelligence captain, and Chaplain, Matthew Slater, over to the Carolina sideline to express extreme unhappiness.

“When you see a teammate down on the field... I’ve been around this game for a long time, and I think anybody that plays at this level understands when a guy is out. They know what that looks like, and I don’t think that’s the time to celebrate. I really don’t,” Slater said.

I'm feeling some bile rising.
Patriots’ Matthew Slater explains why he was irate after Kenny Robinson hit on Kristian Wilkerson

Matthew Slater says Panthers celebrated Kristian Wilkerson's injury, leading to fight

"Celebrating someone that is down and clearly in a dire situation, I personally took issue with that," Slater said.

www.boston.com

 

[Sciz]

Robinson tweeted “Never stood over him or anyone stop the lies” and then deleted it, probably after realizing he had just called his head coach a liar.

 

[farn]

Slater isn’t a hot head. He saw what he saw.

 

[PatsFan2]

IF he's concussed he might be in the protocol for a while which would hurt his chances to make the Team now. I wonder if BB might just IR him to stash him for another year. He's still young and started out strong we don't have a lot of Receivers under contract next year.

 

[RobertWeathers]

 

[ivanvamp]

My newest book project is a football book and I have interviewed Slater on a few occasions for it. He's about as down to earth and as good a dude as you can imagine. Incredibly level-headed and sober-minded. For HIM to be this upset means something legitimately bad happened.

 

[DaBruinz]

Here is the Slater Interview.:

He doesn't say it was a concussion, but he sure implies is.

 

[DaBruinz]

BTW, I'm glad that Matt Rhule said that Robinson's actions were unacceptable. Hopefully he addresses that sentiment directly to Robinson.

 

[TommyD4207]

Robinson tweeted “Never stood over him or anyone stop the lies” and then deleted it, probably after realizing he had just called his head coach a liar.

This is a great way to get your knee blown out. He'd better pray Wilkerson doesn't have friends on other teams.

 

[Triumph]

Rodney Harrison would have lit Robinson up.

These PC Patriots go over and express how they are disappointed and they are no longer friends on Facebook.

 

[jlu52]

Here is the Slater Interview.:

He doesn't say it was a concussion, but he sure implies is.

Matthew being precisely one of the team's leaders, he's been a great asset to the team, beyond his exceptional play.

 

[jays52]

It's a pretty simple thing. A guy takes a hit and goes down in a manner demonstrating he has received a concussion. Concussions alter your quality of life. Ok, we all know the risks. Fair play, good hit, but it's practice. Grab a knee and check on him. However, if you stand over the man and taunt him those are actions which justify being assaulted by his teammates.

 

[n6249c]

I’m hoping it’s just a concussion.

so far I’ve seen nothing to indicate what it was.

Other than Slater using the word “dire” when saying K-dub was in obvious distress there‘s not much in the way of details.

there were several tweets and posts indicating Robinson “lit him up”. Then there were questions about whether it was non-contact. Makes me wonder if there was some effort to minimize after it was obviously bad.

 

[Family]

Posted in the other thread too.

Doug Kyed says Wilkerson has a head injury, but is fine.

All tests ok.

 

[PatsWSB47]

It's on

 

[Fubby]

Who gets the payback assignment on Friday?

 

[Mack Herron]

Posted in the other thread too.

Doug Kyed says Wilkerson has a head injury, but is fine.

All tests ok.

 

[Mack Herron]

Missing time will hurt him as he has had a strong camp and good competition with Nixon. Will be interesting to see what Bill does here.

Kristian Wilkerson will reportedly miss time after injury in joint practices

Patriots wide receiver Kristian Wilkerson will miss some time after being knocked out of Wednesday's training camp practice.

985thesportshub.com

 

[catent]

Rhule was then asked if Robinson could be cut as a result of the last two days. He reiterated that he didn’t see what sparked things on Wednesday before saying the team would be discussing that topic.

‘Two days now that practice was affected by a guy. We’ll have to talk about it,” Rhule said.
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Panthers will talk about Kenny Robinson's future after multiple practice ejections

Joint practices between the Panthers and the Patriots have been marred by a number of fights between the two teams and Panthers defensive back Kenny Robinson has been in the fray both days.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

 

[Stu Pidassle]

Rhule was then asked if Robinson could be cut as a result of the last two days. He reiterated that he didn’t see what sparked things on Wednesday before saying the team would be discussing that topic.

‘Two days now that practice was affected by a guy. We’ll have to talk about it,” Rhule said.
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Panthers will talk about Kenny Robinson's future after multiple practice ejections

Joint practices between the Panthers and the Patriots have been marred by a number of fights between the two teams and Panthers defensive back Kenny Robinson has been in the fray both days.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

I am not sure if Rhule is a good football coach, based on how he handled this situation I would say that he is a good leader of men. No wonder BB chose to practice against these guys.