In Case You Had Forgotten, Roger Goodell Is Still A Joke

by Gonzo on Dec 12, 2008 11:00 PM CST in Vikings Comment 14 comments

Well, the NFL's weekly list of fines came out today. The great thing about this week's list, compared to the list over the past couple of weeks, is that it shows that Roger Goodell might finally be getting tired of Pat and Kevin Williams making him and the league's front office look like an idiot.

To wit. . .in the Sunday night game against Chicago, we all saw Chicago defensive end Adewale Ogunleye hit Gus Frerotte in the back approximately half an hour after Frerotte had released a pass and was backpedaling away from the play. (Well, not really half an hour, but it certainly wasn't a split-second thing, either.) Yes, Frerotte flopped like a British soccer player, but the fact remains that it was still a cheap shot by Ogunleye. He was not fined for that hit.

This past weekend against Detroit, while Jared Allen was attempting to chase down Daunte Culpepper, Lions' rookie offensive tackle Gosder Cherilius, who was on all fours on the turf, saw Allen coming and basically just stuck his head into Allen's knee. Was Cherilius' hit legal? Sure it was. . .by the same definition, so was the "hit" that Allen had laid on Matt Schaub a few weeks previous that he got fined over and had everyone screaming bloody murder over for a week. And "hit," in this case, is defined as, "Jared Allen being on the ground and Schaub getting pushed into him by Kevin Williams."

Cherilius' fine for a similar offense? Exactly zero dollars.

The NFL DID, however, decide it would be a good idea to fine Vikings' DT Fred Evans for a face mask he committed on Lions' RB Kevin Smith during the same ball game. Evans was fined $5,000 for his offense. Only one slight problem.

Had anyone from the league office bothered to take the five or ten whole seconds it would have taken for them to view a replay of the play where that penalty was called, they would have seen that Evans didn't lay so much as a single finger on Smith's face mask, but instead grabbed Smith's shoulder pad in such a manner to make his head jerk to the side. I'm not making this up. . .if anyone has the game TiVo'd (TiVoed? I don't know), go back and view the replay of it for yourself.

But, when two of your teammates are pimp-slapping the league office in court, some repercussions are to be expected, I suppose.

Roger Goodell might want to consider sitting down at some point. . .his agenda is showing.

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Agenda?

And what agenda is that? To hate on the Vikes as much as possible?

Don’t get me wrong, I think the Vikings are being grossly screwed this year by His royal Goodellness, but I think his “agenda” goes deeper than just hate.

I read it earlier somewhere, but is he trying to get the Vikings to LA?

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by Andersklasen on Dec 12, 2008 11:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yes He Is...

For the past few years the NFL has made no secret that it wants another team in L.A. Why? Because it’s a HUGE market $$$$$ wise and they are looking foolish for not having a team there. Since it’s not logical for them to expand, it’s easier to get another team to move and every time the media broaches the subject, guess who’s name pops up? That’s right, the Vikings. Correct me if I’m wrong Gonzo, but didn’t Red make a veiled threat about moving if a new stadium wasn’t built when he owned the team? DBQViking is right. It’s up to the citizens of Minnesota to decide. All they have to do is okay a new stadium and the NFL will be forced to look elsewhere. If not, I’m afraid they’ll keep the pressure on.

by purplegrey on Dec 13, 2008 12:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

l.a. vikings

it is up to the minnesota voters and so called legislature to keep the team in minnesota. goodell would love to see our team in l.a. why would he want to move a team like jacksonville? they have no fan base. the vikings have a pretty substantial following and would be an instant hit in l.a. i don’t live in minnesota so i can’t even vote on it. please minnesotan’s, make some noise, get this stadium built. fuck l.a.! let them get their own team. they haven’t been able to hold on to one yet.

wyohonky

by wyohonky on Dec 13, 2008 7:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think the Rams would be the better team to switch to L.A. They’re having a black out near the end of the season for the second season in a row. If the League was smart, they’d realize that they’d pull in more profits by having the Rams move to L.A. and leave the Viking where they are, since they’d still recieve the Vikings’ ticket sales and would be increasing the Rams’ nearly non-existant ones.

by Frost on Dec 13, 2008 10:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

West Coast bound

The league is salivating at the idea of the LA Vikes. It was suppose to be the Saints, but Katrina saved them from the Mayflower Vans. It now comes down to the Minnesota Legislatures and voters. They decided to save the Twins, the U decided to save the Gophers stadium problems, so Minnesota citizens, it is up to you.
The fines and flags will keep coming towards the Vikings. I am a believer that a team with a ton of penalties reflects poor coaching or a young inexperienced team. The Vikes are a seasoned team at this point, Childress must not have them playing smart at times (and I’m one of the few that does not call for the Childress ax).
The NFl has their eye on every Vikings snap, hoping to add to the season fine totals.

by DBQViking on Dec 12, 2008 11:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Trying to take out somebody’s knee rates nothing, unless of course you wear a skirt (i.e. play quarterback) for a team with a name other than the Minnesota Vikings.

(And just think, next we’ll hear that the player [Cato June] that purposely tried to take Adrian Peterson out with a direct and malicious shot to the knee, didn’t get fined either.)

I can understand Roger Goodell and his fine happy ways if he was consistent, but it sure looks like he has a woody for the NFC North with the exception of the Green Bay Packers, and especially for the Minnesota Vikings. Is this in retaliation for the Williams Wall court case? Or what? It sure looks biased to me.

It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes a Viking to raze a village.

by Luft Krigare on Dec 13, 2008 9:21 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Why is it that we always hear that LA is such a great market and that the NFL wants a team there, yet they never can keep a team there?

If the league wants a team there so badly, why don’t they just give them an expansion team and set them up to win, like they did the Texans and Browns (of course neither team has taken advantage of that leg up, but anyway)?

Damn, it’s hard enough overcoming your dunderheaded coach and lack of a starting QB, but fighting the league too is just too much to overcome.

by Bodysuit Man on Dec 13, 2008 11:25 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I do have Tivo

And I watched the horrific “facemask” penalty. I only wish Fred qould take this to court to make a even better statement that Roger Goodell is a major douche.

Gonzo2

by Gonzo2 on Dec 13, 2008 12:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

would

Gonzo2

by Gonzo2 on Dec 13, 2008 12:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Fred Evans

Really? A fine for something that did not happen? Maybe he should pay with monopoly money.

What really bugs me is that the cheap block against Allen . . . one that was a focal point of many TV sports programs the next day . . . equals nothing. But lord forbid that a Viking should make a fair tackle, verifiable on the quickest of replays.

Retalition for the Williams? No. This is just a case of running down the list of penalties called last weekend and automatically fining people. Because the chop block was not a called penalty . . . no fine. Plenty of Harm . . . No foul. Because Evans mystery penalty was called . . . fine. No Harm . . . Foul.

Mr. Weatherstone

by Mr. Weatherstone on Dec 13, 2008 7:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

i feel sorry for kurt warner, hopefully the d-line realizes they are going to get fined for what they do, no matter what, and go balistic… why? well why not? they’re probably going to get fined anyway.

What up?

by snakethejake on Dec 13, 2008 8:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

two points

first, and this is just being a little nit picky, but its argentine soccor where they flopp like fish at the market. thats a south amarican thing. the brits just have there hooligans.

as for the fred evens phantom face mask, If I remember that corectly wasn’t he flagged, then the chilli threw teh red flag and on further review teh penalty was overturned? that is my memory of the event, for those who have the game on TiVo, correct me if I’m wrong but with that evidence shouldn’t he be able to appeal the fine and get it revoked?

Goddell is a compleate joke, there is no consistancy in how fines and suspensions are metted out. I hope the courts side with the players and the leagues cans his sorry ass before the next season for making the league a big joke.

Will the Real Thor Please Stand Up ... ?

by the Real Thor on Dec 13, 2008 9:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs