The Spitting Ejection

[itvnetop]

Sounds bad...

from his teammates' quotes, it sounds like it happened:

"I saw that, and I'm thinking, 'We don't need that right now,' " said Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels. "He has to realize this is the playoffs."

Not good Sean, especially after i believed you the first time!

[dgack]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

Sounds bad...

from his teammates' quotes, it sounds like it happened:

"I saw that, and I'm thinking, 'We don't need that right now,' " said Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels. "He has to realize this is the playoffs."

Not good Sean, especially after i believed you the first time!

That to me sounds like they are saying they don't need the penalty and ejection, which is absolutely correct and they have a right to be irritated about it.

There is something to be said for a player with a rep for getting into situations like this being baited by other players and/or not getting the benefit of the doubt from the refs. I'm not saying it happened here, but we've seen it in the NFL and even the NBA, where certain players whose checkered past follows them every where they go, get called for things they may not have actually done.

Taylor is probably approaching that status, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least to see more players come after him and try to take advantage of the situation. What the team captains need to do is get him back to the huddle as soon as a play is blown dead and keep him away from any potentially bad situations, if that's what it takes.

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by dgack

That to me sounds like they are saying they don't need the penalty and ejection, which is absolutely correct and they have a right to be irritated about it.

There is something to be said for a player with a rep for getting into situations like this being baited by other players and/or not getting the benefit of the doubt from the refs. I'm not saying it happened here, but we've seen it in the NFL and even the NBA, where certain players whose checkered past follows them every where they go, get called for things they may not have actually done.

Taylor is probably approaching that status, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least to see more players come after him and try to take advantage of the situation. What the team captains need to do is get him back to the huddle as soon as a play is blown dead and keep him away from any potentially bad situations, if that's what it takes.

yeah, it sounded more like Daniels was talking about getting a flag thrown against Taylor. I'm personally shocked by the amount of people taking the word of a referee who have a knack for getting calls incorrect over actual VISUAL EVIDENCE. Unless Taylor has the ability to spit at the speed of light there has been zero video evidence to warrant the penalty and ejection on the part of Taylor, but THERE IS plenty of evidence to warrant Pittman being penalized and ejected. And once again the replays they've shown seem to show the ref looking at the ground while trying to break the 2 players up when the alleged spit took place so the only way I can think of that the ref would have known about the spit was to hear it. And people keep bringing up last year's incident with TJH, but the league could not find any type of evidence to support TJH's claim. I'm more mad at Taylor for stupidly starting to talk trash with a player who was walking away from him. If they can actually find evidence to prove Taylor did this than he deserves any punishment the league and the team want to give him, but until then I'll take what I have seen with my 2 eyes and the quick defense of Taylor by Gregg Williams.

[davy]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

Sounds bad...

from his teammates' quotes, it sounds like it happened:

"I saw that, and I'm thinking, 'We don't need that right now,' " said Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels. "He has to realize this is the playoffs."

Not good Sean, especially after i believed you the first time!

I think the Houshmanzadeh quote just about sums Taylor up...

"He's a punk. It's just something he did. That's how he is, so be it."