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There’s No Place in the NFL for Amon-Ra St. Brown’s Punch; He Should Be Suspended for a Game No Matter Who the Lions Play Next
By Kyle Pagan
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Washington’s Daron Payne was ejected Sunday for punching Amon-Ra St. Brown. Tuesday video now reveals that St. Brown was the aggressor the whole time! He was caught on the eye in the sky punching Payne right IN FRONT of a referee, and got nothing:
Wow. I hope the NFL sees this and acts swiftly. I like Amon-Ra St. Brown, but if Daron Payne gets suspended for a game then it’s only fair St. Brown does. I hate seeing one of the most electric players in the NFL sidelined, but fair is fair. What did the great Mahatma Ghandi say? “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” What kind of example are we setting for the children if you’re not being held accountable for your actions? Whoever plays the Lions the next week just got a gift!
I hate to make this all about the Tush Push (no I don’t), but St. Brown punches Payne in the face right in front of a referee and they don’t see it. How do the strawmen online and in the media continue to make these arguments when referees continue to suck at their jobs? Everyone lost their mind Monday night that on the first Tush Push two Eagles went early:
No one is contesting they didn’t false start. Even Eagles fans were laughing about this. But here’s the kicker. No one was losing their mind when the Packers jumped the drive before on a 4th-and-1 QB sneak. Are we banning that next?
Lose me with this narrative that the Tush Push is too hard to officiate and start talking about how much NFL refs continuously suck at their job. Players jump all the time on both sides of the ball. Refs missed a blatant tripping penalty from Micah Parsons on Monday. That punch happened right in front of a ref. In what world is that not a flag on St. Brown? CJGJ got called for a penalty more egregious than that last year against the Commies and he had HIS helmet ripped off.
But here’s the thing, I’m starting to think this is all one big giant conspiracy from the refs and the NFL. I think the refs got word from the NFL office to not call false starts on the Tush Push. Not because it’s hard to officiate, but so they can build a case against the Eagles for the next winter meetings. The NFL Rules Committee is going to pull out a sizzle reel of every time the Birds went early on the Tush Push before the vote and rile every owner up. It’s perfect. They’re going to cry that the poor refs can’t officiate it and that they should ban it so they can level the playing field. It’ll pass without a problem and then Jalen Hurts will still convert sneaks on 4th-and-1 and then they’ll try to figure out a way to ban that.
At least the Eagles defense got in one last troll in front of Packers fans before it’s sayonara:
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com