Supposedly this happened during a no-pads session when a pass rusher stepped on his foot in the pocket. This is wildly incompetent behavior from both the coaching staff and that defensive player. If you get close enough to step on your starting QBs foot during a no contact drill, you’re a complete shithead.
Honestly, this is completely on-brand for Aaron Glenn.
I mean, it’s the Jets. What do you expect is gonna be the situation?
Hope springs eternal
I have been thinking similar thoughts. They need to hire Dennis Haysbert/Pedro Cerrano to bring the Jobu doll and conduct a ritual voodoo cleansing of the locker room, or something.
“You’re in good hands.”
“It’s just about trying to get him better, to be a healthier player and getting him on the field a little more,” Bowles said Wednesday. “That’s kind of where I’m at right now. He’s working at it and we’re working with him and that’s all you can ask right now.” The 6-foot-6 defensive tackle has been working with a team nutritionist and the team hasn’t said what would be an ideal playing weight for him.
He only weighs 440 pounds or so. Doesn’t this sound like discrimination?
The previous record for heaviest NFL player was this guy at 410.
Justin Fields looks to be unaffected by the toe injury. That doesn’t mean he will be effective this season but at least we won’t have to look at yet another attempt from Tyrod Taylor to play in the NFL.
like everyone runs a completely straight line
A shooting yesterday at the New York City office building where the NFL’s offices are located, in which four people were killed, before the shooter killed himself, appears to have been targeting the league:
Football is back tonight! Bad, unwatchable football in the Hall of Fame Game between the Chargers and Lions, but still football. See the likes of Trey Lance and Hendon Hooker sling it to the other team and occasionally their own.
Sometimes bad football can still be fun.
I usually stay away from most preseason games but I had this on in the background
didn’t I read recently where some guy sued NFL for causing him distress over team losing?
You might be thinking of this.
I can’t find any examples of a fan suing the NFL for a team losing.
Let me know if you do. As a Giants/Jets fan I stand to make a fortune.
Well, you can, of course, file a lawsuit for just about anything – including for a likely-overhyped prospect not being taken as early in the draft as the breathless analysts on social media predicted.
Whether you have a case, and any chance of actually winning said lawsuit, is another thing entirely.
thanks for input- I could see long-suffering fans like the Jets (except for last couple years) or others doing the same
Absolutely. And I’ve found plenty of other cases of fans suing the NFL. Here are a handful of them.
NFL-Football fan loses Patriots ‘Spygate’ lawsuit
Hard Times in the Big Easy: New Orleans Saints Fans Sue NFL Over Missed Call
That last one also cited “mental anguish and emotional trauma” so maybe that’s closer to what @fedman1 was thinking of. But the lawsuit is specifically over a poor officiating call, not a team losing (though I believe that the call arguably led to the team losing that particular game, as it was a hugely impactful play that occurred late in a close match if I remember correctly).
Also, some more info on the Sanders lawsuit (and the latest news I can find):
That anonymous fan is apparently representing himself too.
Complicating the case is the fact that the plaintiff is proceeding without a lawyer. In such situations, the presiding judge usually shows extra lenience to the non-lawyer who is attempting to pursue justice. Still, based on the complaint that was filed immediately after the draft, there seems to be no basis for finding that the plaintiff’s rights were violated.
I can’t find anything newer than that, so it’s possible this lawsuit is still ongoing.
True. The missed call in question occurred late in the NFC championship game with the score tied. On 3rd down, an obvious defensive pass interference wasn’t called on the Rams. Had the call been made, the Saints would have been awarded a first down deep in Rams territory, and would have been able to run down the clock and kick an easy field goal to win the game. Instead, they were forced to kick the field goal on the next play, which gave the Rams enough time to drive down and kick a tying field goal as the clock expired. The Rams then won in overtime.
The non-call forced a rule change the following season, in which coaches could challenge pass interference calls (or non-calls), but that rule was scrapped after one season.