Just Blog Baby » Brandon Pettigrew http://justblogbaby.com An Oakland Raiders Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Wed, 15 May 2013 18:03:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Richard Seymour Ejection A Case of Reputation Trumping Reality http://justblogbaby.com/2011/12/05/richard-seymour-ejection-a-case-of-reputation-trumping-reality/ http://justblogbaby.com/2011/12/05/richard-seymour-ejection-a-case-of-reputation-trumping-reality/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:31:52 +0000 Chris Shellcroft http://justblogbaby.com/?p=6510 Before we get started let me make something very clear. I am not building a case that the hideous and unnecessary ejection of Richard Seymour during yesterday’s loss in Miami as some major turning point in the game. Oakland could have lost just as easily, played just as poorly and more than likely would have [...]

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]]> Before we get started let me make something very clear. I am not building a case that the hideous and unnecessary ejection of Richard Seymour during yesterday’s loss in Miami as some major turning point in the game. Oakland could have lost just as easily, played just as poorly and more than likely would have failed just as epically had Seymour sat out the entire contest. So losing the defensive captain for the balance of the second half meant next to nothing.

All that being said, there is no way to justify the decision to eject Seymour for his contact with Miami’s Richie Incognito.

Seymour, in the past, has more than crossed the line when it comes to cheap tactics and even dirty play. Just ask Ben Roethlisberger about that. But that cannot be a factor in an official’s decision to punish a player. This is the NFL and not a legal trial. In the legal world one’s past can be taken into account. Hence the three strikes law. However that cannot be a factor in sports. All you can work with is there here and now.

What Seymour did yesterday, after the play was over, happens after every snap in every NFL contest. Things got a little heated, as they always do in the trenches, and Seymour gave Incognito a not so polite yet far from malicious hand to the face.

Now if you want to argue Seymour committed a personal foul worthy of a free 15 yards for Miami then so be it. Questionable personal fouls are also a part of the game. Beyond that you’d have to show me a few missing teeth from the mouth of Incognito to justify an outright ejection.

Last night a Brandon Pettigrew of the Detroit Lions shoved an official and all he got was a personal foul. Please explain to me how that man was allowed to stick around for his team’s wretched loss yet Seymour was given an early shower. I understand that we’re talking about two different officiating crews but there must be some sort of effort made for consistency by the league.
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