The Spitting Ejection

I'm just about done posting on this topic, but all I'm gonna say again is the ref was right there... yet for some reason sitting at home watching on TV people think they had all the visual evidence, or lack thereof, they needed to determine there was no spit.

I'm not saying I saw anything other than a slight head bob by Taylor, but if the ref saw enough to toss him I have to believe something happened. I'm not going to sit here and say well, I didn't see anything on TV so nothing could have happened.

Sometimes it's hard to even tell when it's raining during a game, so I guess to us at home if we can't see it then it must not be happening?

It could have been a very minute amount of spit, but if the ref saw Taylor commiting the action of spitting in Pittman's direction, does it really matter how much spit there was?? I guess only huge throat clams are deserving of a penalty and ejection?

Taylor isn't exactly a model citizen, if this was Darrell Green being accused of this ok, I would be more likely to think he was innocent. But we're talking about a guy who has some very serious off the field issues, and on the field he's gotten himself into some hot water as well.

I think Sean Taylor just has a LISP but I ain't telling him

lol

The word for the day is:

M E A T H E A D

This is about the only point in the argument that we can all agree on. All the rest of the bitching and moaning about how Taylor is a punk or whether he did or didn't do it is completely irrelevant. He put the team in a position that could have cost us the game and that's the part that is reprehensible.

Let me ask those of you who seem hell-bent on hanging him out to dry because he's such a bad person this:

If Taylor spit in someone else's face during a game, and nobody saw it, and the national press hadn't picked up on it, and we ended up winning that game because of a play he made later in the game, are you telling me your integrity demands that he be ejected and punished just the same, even if it means we lose the game and ergo don't go to the playoffs?

Are you really so appalled by the "dishonor" of the alleged act, or is it really that you're embarrassed? I'm guessing the latter.

A lot of you guys seem to be holier-than-thou with respect to Lavar and Taylor, to the point where you talk like you're prepared to endure another losing season if that's what it takes to get these "losers" and "punks" off the team. Well, I wonder if you realize how many games we won BECAUSE of those guys, and that we'd be playing golf with the Eagles right now without them.

Here's how I feel. If he did indeed spit, the ejection was warranted. This is what I feel is unfair to Taylor. How much good play does Taylor have to do to make up for personal "bad plays"? Whatever happens, it'll be in the past and I'd like to think he has been learning from mistakes. It's time for us to move on, and to be sure it makes it a bit of a bittersweet victory.

On a high note, we'll be going into Seattle at somewhat full strength and hopefully Sean can shut his mouth and do his job.

Just a side note, according to Chris Cooley, Taylor DID spit on Pittman, but that was after Pittman smacked him in the head. They got the guy who retaliated.

A flag is NOT proof.

From NFL.com about last year.

" Taylor was investigated last season for spitting at Cincinnati receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh. The NFL carefully reviewed tapes to determine whether Taylor should be fined, but they found no video evidence to support the allegation."

So we should get Dr Lee to run forensics on the spit for absolute proof?
Don't you think the ref being there and seeing it is enough?

Nope.
Was it enough last year?

A flag does not spit make.

Just a side note, according to Chris Cooley, Taylor DID spit on Pittman, but that was after Pittman smacked him in the head. They got the guy who retaliated.


Either way, they were both in the wrong in my opinion. If that was the case though, then Pittman should have gotten minimum whatever Taylor got. If Pittman did hit him first, that changes my whole opinion on the topic.

Its in the past, as long as hes not suspended next week, I really dont care.

I'm just about done posting on this topic, but all I'm gonna say again is the ref was right there... yet for some reason sitting at home watching on TV people think they had all the visual evidence, or lack thereof, they needed to determine there was no spit.

I'm not saying I saw anything other than a slight head bob by Taylor, but if the ref saw enough to toss him I have to believe something happened. I'm not going to sit here and say well, I didn't see anything on TV so nothing could have happened.

Sometimes it's hard to even tell when it's raining during a game, so I guess to us at home if we can't see it then it must not be happening?

It could have been a very minute amount of spit, but if the ref saw Taylor commiting the action of spitting in Pittman's direction, does it really matter how much spit there was?? I guess only huge throat clams are deserving of a penalty and ejection?

Taylor isn't exactly a model citizen, if this was Darrell Green being accused of this ok, I would be more likely to think he was innocent. But we're talking about a guy who has some very serious off the field issues, and on the field he's gotten himself into some hot water as well.

Well what do you know, there is a sane one in the bunch!

I can't believe anyone is even defending the action of someone spitting in another person's face. Wow, I'm kinda shocked actually.

For what it's worth, Brian Mitchell was doing the postgame analysis on ComCast, and he said he was SHOCKED that anyone would get even a flag for spitting. He was laughing, like, "Spitting?! Are you kidding?! Do you know how often that happens in an NFL game?!"

I know he's a homer and stuff, but still, I thought that was interesting.