Friday, July 24, 2015

Suspension Blotter: We're Up to 24 Already -- And another violence-toward-women cut...

  • New Orleans Saints:  Cut Junior Gillete, a linebacker.  One of the 2014 team captains, the 5th-year player missed only four games the last four seasons.  He had been in trouble for domestic violence in January, but that charge got dismissed.  What got him cut was a video (yep, another one!) of him striking a woman with a belt in 2013 -- meaning he had no business on the field at least the last two seasons!  No More, right NFL???  You don't have a league under that standard.  (A more specific post on that later -- been planning this one for a while.)
With the latest spate of NFL suspensions, we're up to 24 off-season NFL suspensions.

Here's the latest additions since the last post I made:
  • Dallas Cowboys:  I think I covered this in "The Beatings Shall Continue", but he got his suspension cut to four games.
  • Denver Broncos:  Derek Wolfe, 4 games.  PEDs.
  • Green Bay Packers:  LeRoy Guion, 3 games.  Marijuana and associated arrest.
  • Kansas City Chiefs:  Sean Smith, 3 games.  DUI.
  • Minnesota Vikings:  Jabari Price, 2 games.  DUI.
There's about three or four I'm missing, but I can't seem to find them.

That said, there's something interesting:

There are no Seattle Seahags on this list.

But there are two of each of the following teams suspended:

Dallas, Green Bay, Indianapolis, New England.

That's pretty much four of the big suspects as to who's winning the Super Bowl this year.

(I'll give you a hint:  As of right now, two prominent pre-season preview magazines have one of the two possible pairings as their Super Bowl matchup.  As of right now, I have the other pairing!)

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