The Uncivil Race War: Did Somebody Actually Do It?

We may finally have a joining of the National Anthem/Trump protests and the normal operation of this blog.

Yesterday, Armstrong and Getty, a radio show syndicated in the West (not sports talk), posted the following Tweet about their show:

Today, a story so big and scandalous that it could bring #NFL down to it's other knee!!! https://t.co/og6qcumrs4 pic.twitter.com/s4f89ULqeI

— Armstrong and Getty (@AandGShow) September 28, 2017

Of course, that would pique people's interests.

This included Brian Tuohy, who, today asked for people to get a look at it and tell him...

Is the report by @AandGShow true? Did the Raiders O-line sabotage David Carr v. WAS b/c natl anthem protest? Wouldn't surprise me.

— Brian Tuohy (@TheFixIsInTuohy) September 29, 2017

If this is true, it's on.



The claim the show makes comes from sources at the San Jose Mercury News.  During the Anthem, most of the team knelt.  The coaches, at least one pictured player in the YouTube still above (which also indicates there's at least one other Raider looking at him wondering what he's doing!), and quarterback David Carr stood for the Anthem.

According to the report, this didn't sit well with the kneeling players, including Carr's offensive line. 

• The claims include that Carr was sacked on two consecutive plays intentionally.
• The center snapped the ball on the wrong count on at least three different occasions.
• Several balls were curiously dropped.

The report then claims this is part of "insider information" to indicate that, since Carr did not properly kneel with the rest of the team, the Raiders threw the game and put Carr in unnecessary danger.

Do I believe it could've happened?  Yes.  Consider the current state of the city of Oakland in the first place.

Oakland has been one of the hotbeds for protests from the left.  It's one of the reasons I believe the NFL is going to have a real problem keeping the whole situation of a lame duck Oakland Raider side in check here.  As the NFL continues to increase in politicization, the situation in Oakland, who will lose their team within two years to Las Vegas, is going to get increasingly testy.