NFL GDT: Week 11

[Troy McClure]

If Burfict gets a year for a hit at game speed, this should get at least 2.

Burfict got a year because it was his fourth suspension. Repeat offenders always get different treatment.

Speaking of, Garrett was fined after the Titans game for an open hand palm strike to the face of a Titan. Can’t remember how much the fine was. It was also him losing his cool in retaliation.

 

[KIRK]

I thought Suh's groin stomp and Haynesworth stepping on a guy's head was pretty bad...but this is next level ****

I'd forgotten Alzado. @EpochLink was right about that one.

But, that was 27 years ago. Before social media. It wasn't a world where you'd see replays everywhere.

I mean, you're a league with concussion issues, and a player rips off another player's helmet and then hits him in the head with it.

I don't see how the league doesn't drop the hammer. This is Ray Rice level stuff (not the same thing, obviously, but there's video, and the only way the league mitigates the PR nightmare is to drop the hammer).

 

[Troy McClure]

You're the only one in this thread defending Garrett..... maybe that should tell you something. They were't attacking Garrett, they were yelling and pushing. Garrett literally "attacked" the Steelers QB with a helmet lmao.

I’m not defending him. I’m saying he deserves a long suspension.

What I’m not doing is excusing the Steelers for their part in all of it.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I thought Suh's groin stomp and Haynesworth stepping on a guy's head was pretty bad...but this is next level ****

Yeah, we definitely have a tier system now.

 

[MikeyMike01]

That replay shows you Rudolph started it.

1. That’s not true
2. That doesn’t excuse the absolutely horrifying decision to slam a helmet into another person’s head

 

[Troy McClure]

1. That’s not true
2. That doesn’t excuse the absolutely horrifying decision to slam a helmet into another person’s head

1. It is true.
2. I never said it did.

 

[kingsholygrail]

I’m not defending him. I’m saying he deserves a long suspension.

What I’m not doing is excusing the Steelers for their part in all of it.

There's a lot of blame to go around. Garrett just escalated it to a level the players know they can't go. He doesn't swing that helmet and this is merely a talking point with sports casters tomorrow afternoon where they laugh at scrums. The helmet swing makes it something the league has to get involved with, especially on national television.

 

[Captain Bowie]

The more I think about it, the rest of the season is not enough. I think the 10-16 game range, which would be 4-10 games of next season, would be more fitting.

 

[NJDevs26]

1. That’s not true
2. That doesn’t excuse the absolutely horrifying decision to slam a helmet into another person’s head

Yeah this whole blame Rudolph for getting hit in the head is like the rationalizations of how Steve Moore somehow deserved getting attacked by Bertuzzi because he was 'dirty'. One wrong doesn't justify or excuse a far bigger wrong.

 

[Reality Check]

What's surprising is that Cleveland fans didn't manage to chuck beer bottles onto the field again.

That could have ended very...VERY badly for Garrett. I'm saying a suspension for the rest of the season for his actions alone.

 

[Bob Richards]

 

[EpochLink]

What's surprising is that Cleveland fans didn't manage to chuck beer bottles onto the field again.

That could have ended very...VERY badly for Garrett. I'm saying a suspension for the rest of the season for his actions alone.

I think the NFL banned beer bottles from being sold at games, correct me if I'm wrong?

 

[Troy McClure]

Yeah this whole blame Rudolph for getting hit in the head is like the rationalizations of how Steve Moore somehow deserved getting attacked by Bertuzzi because he was 'dirty'. One wrong doesn't justify or excuse a far bigger wrong.

Whatever. I’ve never said anything of the sort.

 

[kingsholygrail]

I think the NFL banned beer bottles from being sold at games, correct me if I'm wrong?

Was it a Bengals/Browns game that they threw all those bottles on the field?

 

[KIRK]

This thing has gone beyond sports. Search GARRETT on twitter. Look at blue check marks from outside the sports world talking about this. Using words like ASSAULT. He's done. Only question is for how long. I think it's the rest of the year now.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Whatever. I’ve never said anything of the sort.

You said that Rudolph started it, which is blatantly false.

The It here is assault with a helmet. Not run-of-the-mill pushing.

Not to mention, Garrett started the entire thing with a pointlessly violent hit in the dying seconds of a lopsided victory.

 

[N o o d l e s]

There is something laugh out loud funny about Rudolph just yelling “bitch” at Ogunjobi helpless on the ground

 

[kingsholygrail]

Would it be possible for them to suspend indefinitely or do they have to give a number?

 

[EpochLink]

Was it a Bengals/Browns game that they threw all those bottles on the field?

No it was between Jacksonville/Cleveland in 2001.
Browns got screwed from a fourth down play which should've been a first down.
Refs said the received did not have total control and turned it over.

Fans rioted in the stands and threw beer bottles on the field.
Hence, "Bottlegate" was born.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Garrett not helping himself with his postgame comments, either.

 

[SomeDude]

Whatever. I’ve never said anything of the sort.

That replay shows you Rudolph started it.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Had 2 wr's knocked out on helmet hits, and one of those plays had 3 helmet hits on the same play (Rudolph was hit on the play). Garrett then decides to try and slam Rudolph after he's already dumped it off when the game is basically over. Of course Rudolph is going to push back, and of course his lineman aren't going to just stand there and let it happen.

Kitchens can say whatever he wants, but it's clear there was something in his gameplan about hitting them high.

 

[Troy McClure]

You said that Rudolph started it, which is blatantly false.

The It here is assault with a helmet. Not run-of-the-mill pushing.

Not to mention, Garrett started the entire thing with a pointlessly violent hit in the dying seconds of a lopsided victory.

When the play ended, Rudolph tried to rip Garrett’s helmet off. That’s what started it.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

No it was between Jacksonville/Cleveland in 2001.
Browns got screwed from a fourth down play which should've been a first down.
Refs said the received did not have total control and turned it over.

Fans rioted in the stands and threw beer bottles on the field.
Hence, "Bottlegate" was born.

I think it was because the Browns had already run a play after and the refs overturned two plays ago.

 

[EpochLink]

I think it was because the Browns had already run a play after and the refs overturned two plays ago.

Yes! That's right, the Browns spiked the ball.