Should The NFL Suspend Anthony Barr For The Play?

[bigbubbatd]

No way a suspension. I could have seen a flag for leading with helmet, driving into the ground, etc but all super subjective. Nowhere near a suspension. His stupid headbutt on the next play or drive was ridiculous though. Maybe that is where he got his concussion

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

The reason I say it does is because there's been precedent for it. That's what the whole 2012 bountygate suspensions were about. And I'm calling the league and specifically Goodell out that they set a standard and they should follow up with it.

You think I won't be convinced? I'm daring anyone. I am double triple daring anyone to say what's different from Bart's hit and bountygate.

you lost me there. So the Viking players by trying to tackle Rodgers or Hundley are somehow involved in a Bountygate?

Connect the dots please, instead of pointing to a guy on the sidelines with a tire pump and screaming "DEFLATEGATE!!"

 

[adambr2]

I must be an outlier from “universal” then. Just off the top, I can’t tell you who I despise the most but it would certainly not be Goodell. Possibly Burfict? Is he still in the league?

Have you seen the fan reaction on draft day where he is introduced? It's like Vince McMahon being introduced to a WWF audience in the late 90s.

Some players may be more despised by certain fanbases, but no way is there anyone associated with the NFL despised by a greater portion of fans universally than Goodell.

 

[PackerfaninCarolina]

you lost me there. So the Viking players by trying to tackle Rodgers or Hundley are somehow involved in a Bountygate?

Connect the dots please, instead of pointing to a guy on the sidelines with a tire pump and screaming "DEFLATEGATE!!"

I am saying that that is what the crux of the Saints bountygate situation was when their players were trying to tackle Favre, Warner and whoever else they faced. The league practically gave the Saints the death penalty for it but apparently all for nothing. That's why I say Goodell must get in front of a microphone and publicly apologize to Payton and every single one of those Saints players who got suspended.

 

[Mondio]

I'm not in favor of censorship, but sometimes threads are so ridiculous they should be erased or something

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I am saying that that is what the crux of the Saints bountygate situation was when their players were trying to tackle Favre, Warner and whoever else they faced. The league practically gave the Saints the death penalty for it but apparently all for nothing. That's why I say Goodell must get in front of a microphone and publicly apologize to Payton and every single one of those Saints players who got suspended.

Sorry, but you are making absolutely no sense to me. Bountygate and Barr's hit yesterday.....how are they connected? You start out by saying Barr should be suspended and this is like bountygate, yet now you are saying Goodell needs to apologize for the way he handled Bountygate?

Seriously, your points aren't making any sense. I get it, you are angry Rodgers is out.......but come on man!

 

[AmishMafia]

**** happens

It sucks and i believe Barr could have easily eased up but chose not too. I think he drove AR to the ground and put all his weight into it. Thought it should have been flagged, but no fine or suspension. It wasn't that bad.

 

[longtimefan]

Show us how it's similar?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints_bounty_scandal

What coaches funded the Vikings? How was Zimmerman involved..

What players offered 10k to knock out Rodgers?

Someone mentioned it, but maybe after losses you should not post... You really go to the extreme and it isn't even funny.

 

[PikeBadger]

Have you seen the fan reaction on draft day where he is introduced? It's like Vince McMahon being introduced to a WWF audience in the late 90s.

Some players may be more despised by certain fanbases, but no way is there anyone associated with the NFL despised by a greater portion of fans universally than Goodell.

Yup, have seen it repeatedly. I think it’s at the point now where a lot do it because it’s become the “thing to do”, like booing and heckling the first “Jets pick” used to be. The guy at the top is always an easy target, especially for know it all chumps (not saying you are one of them) , that are perpetual whiners about those with authority and power.

 

[PackerfaninCarolina]

Sorry, but you are making absolutely no sense to me. Bountygate and Barr's hit yesterday.....how are they connected? You start out by saying Barr should be suspended and this is like bountygate, yet now you are saying Goodell needs to apologize for the way he handled Bountygate?

Seriously, your points aren't making any sense. I get it, you are angry Rodgers is out.......but come on man!

Dude I been saying all thread that if Goodell doesn't suspend Barr that he had better apologize to Gregg Williams, Sean Payton, Anthony Hargrove, Jonathan Vilma, Scott Fujita and every single for suspending them. What they did was no different than what Barr did. If you can't understand that than that's your problem.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Dude I been saying all thread that if Goodell doesn't suspend Barr that he had better apologize to Gregg Williams, Sean Payton, Anthony Hargrove, Jonathan Vilma, Scott Fujita and every single for suspending them. What they did was no different than what Barr did. If you can't understand that than that's your problem.

Then by your standards........every player who makes a hard tackle, that may or may not result in an injury, should be a suspect of a bountygate like situation and thus be suspended for what you have independently determined is not only a cheap shot, but one that player was paid money for undertaking?

Ok......I get that. Now explain to me where Elvis his hiding all this time.

 

[PackerfaninCarolina]

Then by your standards........every player who makes a hard tackle, that may or may not result in an injury, should be a suspect of a bountygate like situation and thus be suspended for what you have independently determined is not only a cheap shot, but one that player was paid money for undertaking?

Well since that's the premise Goodell was operating under then yes. You can't just single one team out and do nothing to others.

 

[El Guapo]

Then you just proved my point then that bountygate is a nothing burger. Goodell had better issue a public apology to Sean Payton and Gregg Williams and the players he suspended for nothing. Cuz this is exactly what they did and Goodell was playing righteous judge in it. Well I guess it turns out he created a phony scandal as usual.

Are you on meds? Bountygate was about players and coaches monetizing incentives for big hits that caused injury. If your brain finds a way to equate that every subsequent hit in the NFL, that's a problem.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

*politely excuses himself from this thread to breath in some fresh sane air*

 

[PackAttack12]

I'm glad only 4 people voted in that ridiculous poll with childish options to choose from.

 

[PFanCan]

No. The hit was fine. Some times, bad things happen. Deal with it and move on.

Neither option in the poll fits my opinion. So, I didn't vote.

 

[PackAttack12]

I am saying that that is what the crux of the Saints bountygate situation was when their players were trying to tackle Favre, Warner and whoever else they faced. The league practically gave the Saints the death penalty for it but apparently all for nothing. That's why I say Goodell must get in front of a microphone and publicly apologize to Payton and every single one of those Saints players who got suspended.

Oh please. If Rodgers would have popped right up and went on to the next play you wouldn't have given the hit a second thought.

 

[swhitset]

I am saying that that is what the crux of the Saints bountygate situation was when their players were trying to tackle Favre, Warner and whoever else they faced. The league practically gave the Saints the death penalty for it but apparently all for nothing. That's why I say Goodell must get in front of a microphone and publicly apologize to Payton and every single one of those Saints players who got suspended.

Bounty gate was about...... waitfor it..... BOUNTIES!! It was not about the hits Favre took it was about the fact that there was EVIDENCE that the saints were complicit in a conspiracy to hurt other players. Again I will say it ...Evidence. Where is yours?

 

[AKCheese]

I'll take the triple dare... not the same as bounty gate AT ALL.... Favre took a MANY clearly late hits that game.... the Saints coaching staff and team leadership were TRYING to injure and in fact paying a bounty (hence the term BOUNTY-gate)

 

[PackAttack12]

Bounty gate was about...... waitfor it..... BOUNTIES!! It was not about the hits Favre took it was about the fact that there was EVIDENCE that the saints were complicit in a conspiracy to hurt other players. Again I will say it ...Evidence. Where is yours?

He went to the Trump school of thought. If you say it enough times, it has to be true.

 

[Justin Luitjens]

Vikings fan here. Sorry about your loss. I just wanted to say seeing the number of you fighting the idiotic idea that this is similar to bounty gate has raised my opinion of Packers fans. I still don't like ya but i'll drink a beer and watch the game with ya! Hope AR gets better soon.

 

[RRyder]

It's football. Rodgers got hit. He got injured. It happens.

Good lord how is this a thread?

 

[BrokenArrow]

That remark is uncalled for.

Yeah, leave race out of it. "Piece of trash" is perfectly adequate on its own. He's a terrible commissioner for a lot of reasons, but not because he isn't going to suspend Barr.

 

[I asked LT to delete my acct]

Yeah, leave race out of it. "Piece of trash" is perfectly adequate on its own. He's a terrible commissioner for a lot of reasons, but not because he isn't going to suspend Barr.

I am always available for PM....

 

[BrokenArrow]

The reason I say it does is because there's been precedent for it. That's what the whole 2012 bountygate suspensions were about. And I'm calling the league and specifically Goodell out that they set a standard and they should follow up with it.

You think I won't be convinced? I'm daring anyone. I am double triple daring anyone to say what's different from Bart's hit and bountygate.

So let me get this straight. Every time a personal foul goes un-called in a game, that player should be suspended? The fact that Rodgers got hurt on the play is completely immaterial. It was a borderline play that certainly could have been called a late hit or unnecessary roughness, but it was within the context of football. This wasn't Suh stomping on Rodgers' or EDS. It wasn't Albert Haynesworth kicking Andre Gurode in the face with his cleats. It was a tackle, albeit a slightly late one.

BTW, I can't believe I'm justifying your "dare" with any kind of response, but it appears you have a fundamental misunderstanding. Do you have any evidence that George Edwards is offering his players rewards if they injure opposing players? I didn't think so. Now I'm going to break with playground etiquette and jump straight to the TRIPLE DOG DARE for you to provide evidence that he did, because if you don't have evidence, that's a pretty low thing to say about someone.