As of the beginning of this season, only one player had been suspended only for accumulated Player Safety infractions. A second player probably had that taken into account after an incident had him suspended for two games.
In just the last two weeks, now, we have a third player suspended for a Player Safety infraction:
- Tennessee Titans: Michael Griffin, SUSPENDED one game for repeated violations of actions against defenseless players in the head and neck. A second-quarter violation of this regard against Oakland was his second such violation this year and his fourth defenseless-player violation since 2011.
- The suspension will cost Griffin approximately $206,000 of his $3,500,000 guaranteed salary for this year, so, under the Remittance Policy, that's another $50,000 against the number for Tennessee. With Tennessee, now, about $80,000 over the Level 3 number, that's another $50,000 against the Titans team, putting their fine total (at least to my current knowledge) at $390,000.
- Seattle Seahags: Walter Thurmond, SUSPENDED four games for drugs. Thurmond, according to reports, now becomes the seventh Seahawk under Pete Carroll to be suspended for drugs.
- ON EDIT: League sources are saying the Seahawks' Brandon Browner is about to get a year for another violation.
As much as Roger Goodell might love The 12th Man in Seattle swearing lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to The Shield of the NFL, he's also a PR guy to an absolute fault. Any real examination of the Pete Carroll Seahags needs to start with an investigation on Carroll's practices in the NFL, and an accusation that Carroll may be attempting to run a rogue NFL team.
Goodell might love that, except for the drugs...
No comments:
Post a Comment