What Are You Thinking?

To Kansas City Chiefs DL Shaun Smith, for grabbing the crotch of Cleveland Browns C Alex Mack during the Chiefs-Browns game. The incident occurred in the second quarter, though it isn't clear when exactly it happened. This is an accusation from Mack, as Smith vehemently denies grabbing his crotch. Mack apparently chased down Smith after the play, but didn't get to him because the play ended and the punt team was coming onto the field. However, later in the quarter, Mack took out his aggravation on LB Derrick Johnson, pushing him violently from behind and getting a 15-yard penalty for it.

C'Mon Man. If this is true, you know this is foul. You never go anywhere near another man's genitals if you're a man. That is foul territory and Smith better be right when he says it isn't true. There have been other incidents where players have gone that low. Boston Celtics G Ray Allen elbowed Cleveland Cavaliers F Anderson Varejao in the genitals and got a technical foul for it. Way back when, G Rafer Alston was ejected from a playoff game when he punched G David Wesley in that area when Alston was with the Heat and Wesley with the Hornets. In regards to Smith, however, at least the Chiefs won the game and got revenge for their poor outing against the Browns last year, when they allowed RB Jerome Harrison to rush for 286 yards.

To Miami Dolphins CB Vontae Davis, for hurting himself during a celebration after making a great tackle. Davis is a good corner for that Dolphins team, but his celebrations aren't as good. After a great tackle on Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe in the third quarter, Davis got up and stopped his foot violently and snapped his back violently as well. That's when the pain came. He started favoring his shoulder and signaling toward the sideline to indicate he was hurt, to the laughs of his teammates on the sideline. It was diagnosed as a shoulder stinger, but Davis returned to the game.

C'Mon Man. You haven't looked at past celebrations that have gotten players hurt? K Bill Gramatica is the poster boy for getting hurt while doing celebrations when he tore his ACL jumping up and down after making a simple field goal back in 2000. That play is constantly shown over and over, and that is the only thing he's known for in his career. Davis would've been better served going back to the huddle and trying to make some more stops. To his credit, he was able to come back in the game a play later, so it wasn't as devastating. But Davis should learn now to just go back to the huddle as opposed to celebrating on a simple tackle.

To New York Mets P Francisco Rodriguez, for texting his girlfriend 56 times after his girlfriend and her father were given a court protection order of no contact with each other. Rodriguez beat down his girlfriend's father at Citi Field and was promptly arrested. In the weeks after, he managed to text her numerous times against the court order, and got busted for it. Now he's being charged with seven counts of criminal comtempt for those text messages.

C'Mon Man. How stupid can you actually be? The Mets started talking about voiding his contract after the fight happened. Then he proceeds to compound his problems by sending those text messages. He's pretty much telling the jury and the judge to put him in jail, because that's where he'll end up if he does anything stupid again. I wonder what he had to say to his girlfriend in those text messages. It hasn't been revealed but I hope they weren't any threatening messages. If they were, that'll only add to his problems. At least Rodriguez has enough money to retire off of right now.

What Are You Thinking?

To the referees of the Lions-Bears game, for reversing the touchdown by WR Calvin Johnson, essentially losing the game for the Lions. QB Shaun Hill threw a deep pass to the right sideline for Johnson, and he was able to go up and get the football for the touchdown. As he was getting up to celebrate, he lost the football, and the referee reviewed it and came to the conclusion that he did not have full possession of the football.

C'mon man. He completely had full possession of the football and the Lions should've been awarded the touchdown. It does say in the NFL rulebook that he has to maintain possession throughout, but that is a dumb rule. The ball clearly didn't move as he got it and landed. That is a catch, and the Lions had a chance to win a road game, something they haven't done since the 2007 season, and start off 1-0. Now they face the Eagles, a team that we don't know about yet but also a team that can beat the Lions. They're staring at 0-2 just because of a bad rule and a bad call.

To TE Dustin Keller of the Jets, for not picking up the first down on 4th and 10 during Monday Night's game between the Ravens and the Jets. The Jets offense had struggled all day, but they got the ball back with under two minutes to go down 10-9. The Jets didn't do much up to that 4th and 10. However, QB Mark Sanchez made a good throw to a wide-open Keller for nine yards. He had some space with no defender around him. Instead, Keller decides to make sure his feet is down and not stretch the ball out for the marker.

C'mon man. That would've been a big boost for Sanchez, and all the Jets needed was a field goal to win. To Keller's credit, he did get blasted by LB Ray Lewis on a pass over the middle from Sanchez earlier in the possession, so he may not have been thinking straight. Whatever his reasons may be, he should've put the ball in his left hand and put the ball past the marker, and he would've easily gotten the first down. Now the Jets, who came in as Super Bowl contenders, are 0-1 with the Patriots ready to come in this week and hand them another loss.

To OF Carl Crawford of the Rays, for trying to tag up to third base on a flyout and getting tagged out for the final out in Tuesday's game against the Yankees. OF Matt Joyce flied out to right field with one out, effectively making the second out. However, Crawford decided to try to advance to third base using his speed. However, OF Greg Golson made a perfect throw to 3B Alex Rodriguez, and he applied the tag to end the game in the 10th inning, giving the Rays a 8-7 loss and dropping them back behind the Yankees in the AL East.

C'mon man. Crawford could've easily scored and tied the game on a single had he stayed at second base. However, he decided to get greedy and tried to make what he thought was the smart play. Wrong! To Crawford's credit, no one really knows who Golson is, being that he is a rookie who was just called up to the majors. It was the 10th inning, however, and that out was the final out that sealed the victory for the Yankees. You never make the final out doing that in a ball game. At least Crawford learns his lesson now, so he won't make that mistake in the playoffs and cost the Rays an important game.