The Carolina Panthers – and specifically, practice squad safety Marcus Ball – threatened New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. with black baseball bats prior to their Week 15 game.
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Odell Beckham Jr has been suspended for one game following his risky play against Carolina cornerback, Josh Norman. The Panthers counted a dozen instances in which Beckham was the instigator, the most egregious of which was when Beckham ran 10 yards and launched himself at Norman on a helmet-to-helmet blow.
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Manning said that he can’t believe someone would carelessly release a report at this magnitude on air without any valid evidence. Peyton passionately denied the claims and he was supported by both the Broncos and the Colts in separate statements.
The discussions and scalding hot takes will likely rage on through Sunday as the NFL upheld Beckham’s one-game suspension that will keep him out of the Giants’ game this weekend versus the Minnesota Vikings – during fantasy football championship week. “Regardless of the outcome of my appeal, I apologize for my actions on Sunday”. Norman, meanwhile, was fined a total of 26,044 U.S. dollars (£17,450) for his part in a bad-tempered exchange.
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Arizona made it 17-0 at halftime, then went on a second-half sackfest that thankfully didn’t result in an injury to Rodgers. In his postgame remarks in Arizona, McCarthy said: “We have to quit worrying about plays and worry about execution”.
Beckham embarrassed himself and the Giants organization on Sunday against the unbeaten Panthers, throwing tantrums and getting himself into trouble. Only the Falcons and Buccaneers can play the foil and get Cam to stop smiling, if even for just one day. His appeal of his suspension was denied Wednesday.
Beckham was suspended 1 game for his actions. “I was proud of the way he bounced back”, Manning said. Sportsmanship and respecting the game are as important as blocking, running routes, catching the football. Multiple reports said Beckham’s erratic and some times risky on-field behavior was sparked by taunts and threats from the Panthers.
“My job is to go out there and make some plays, and that’s how I see it”, the fourth-year receiver said.
The Giants (6-8) face a key game on Sunday night at Minnesota.
Panthers safety Roman Harper said he doesn’t think any Panthers would have used such slurs, and he finds the idea that Beckham was intimidated by a baseball bat laughable. “I appreciate all the bad that’s happened, because at the end of the day, that made me stronger and led to this opportunity”. “I just pretty much showed people what this guy [Beckham] really is and what he stands for”. But there were factors involved, starting in pregame, which are well-documented, which indicate that there was an attempt to provoke him. Vincent asked teams to advise “players and personnel that they will be subject to discipline for any violations of the policy set forth above”. Coach Dan Quinn said the player was undergoing the league’s concussion protocol and was unable to say when the 22-year-old might be cleared for return.
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So not only have NFL officials been incompetent across the league this season, they’re apparently also afraid to assert themselves when it comes to major decisions like ejecting a star player from a big game.
