Eric Smith to Appeal?
Jane McManus notes that Eric Smith might try to plead his case to the league office about the collision.
Jets safety Eric Smith is considering appealing the one-game suspension and $50,000 fine handed down by the league Monday for the helmet-to-helmet collision with Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin. Despite indications that Smith might have suffered a head injury, Mangini said he expected Smith to be able to play after he served the suspension.
We’ll see whether he actually does it or not. I understand why from a PR standpoint he’d want to appeal, but Goodell is making an example of head to head collisions, and I’m not sure they’ll budge in the long-run.
5 Responses to Eric Smith to Appeal?
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Harlan Lachman says:
Billvv is right. Eric needs to appeal and demand a review on intent based on Kerry’s setting up Anquan for a helmet to helmet hit.
Otherwise, in this new NotFootballLeague, Eric could get an undeserved reputation (too bad actually it is undeserved) as a hard hitter likely to injure others.
The good news is that if his appeal loses, we still get to have him inactive for a game.
harlan
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EastSideKahaluu says:
That thing about malicious intent really shouldn’t stick. Several sports writers are giving Smith a negative reputation he really doesn’t deserve. I really think he was trying to make a play on the ball and wasn’t expecting Rhodes’ hit.
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The Ed(itor) says:
Appeal!
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Eastside: Dreams of Eric Coleman do not dance in my sleep.
If we are going to the past, Jim Hudson is the type of safety I would want. A strong TE able to take out the best tight end of his day (most folks here forget Mackey).
Kerry needs someone to partner with who is not as dumb as Elam, slow as Smith (both in speed and reaction), and who is harder hitting than Barrett, etc.
Another Tangini failure is that there is no one on the roster or practice squad who slightly resembles such a player. Eric and Mike you should be atoning for this sin of omission this week.
harlan
Harlan
I’d be afraid to get tagged for that hit without an explaination. It should be reviewed before they make players afraid of contact that might cost them their reputation to say nothing of the cost. If you remember the ‘catch and release’ that happened to the Giants, I think, two years ago, this would add to a chilling effect toward contact plays. On other posts the bloggers wanted a year suspension and such. You might as well play flag football if that happens.