To CB Asante Samuel of the Philadelphia Eagles, for his actions during the second quarter when WR Austin Collie of the Indianapolis Colts was knocked unconscious in their game on Sunday. QB Peyton Manning threw a pass over the middle to Collie and Collie proceeded to make the catch and was leveled by S Quintin Mikell and S Kurt Coleman. Collie was knocked unconscious by the hit and the referees called it incomplete and gave a personal foul penalty to Mikell for the hit. Subsequent replays showed there was no helmet-to-helmet contact, and after seeing the replay, Samuel showed his displeasure with the call right around where Collie was laying unconsciously.
C'Mon Man. That has to be the most disgusting display of emotion I will see all season. Usually, when someone is not moving on the field, both teams get on one knee and pray for a recovery from the guy. Instead, Samuel decided to parade around at the call. Are you kidding me? I would love to see Samuel knocked out, so the opposing team can celebrate and cheer the hit. The Eagles fans booed once they saw the replay, but to their credit, they didn't initially know the magnitude of the injury until a couple of seconds later. Samuel knew it instantly, as he was standing right there. He should be ashamed of himself and coach Andy Reid should too for allowing it.
To the Cleveland Browns team, for giving a Gatorade shower to coach Eric Mangini during the last minute of their victory against the New England Patriots. With the Browns leading 34-14 and on their way to victory, a couple of Browns players decided it would be worth it to douse him with Gatorade. Mangini didn't look too thrilled once the Gatorade hit him. The Browns improved their record to 3-5, with wins over the Patriots and the New Orleans Saints.
C'Mon Man. You can't do that after a regular season win that doesn't mean anything. The Browns have a right to feel accomplished. They are in a rough three game stretch and they've won the first two. However, the Gatorade shower might've been a slap at Patriots coach Bill Belichick. One thing teams shouldn't do is get QB Tom Brady or Belichick fired up. They have a knack for coming back at you hard, and Mangini knows that from 2006. When Mangini was the coach of the New York Jets, the Jets beat the Patriots in New England during the regular season and Mangini was one happy man on the field afterwards. In the playoffs, Belichick showed Mangini who was boss, by easily handling them. For the Browns, save your coach some trouble.
To F/C Zach Randolph of the Memphis Grizzlies, for his postgame blunder after the Grizzlies beat the Phoenix Suns 109-99 on Monday. Randolph had an excellent game, with 23 points and 20 rebounds. His performance on the court wasn't the thing being discussed days later. It was what he said immediately following the game. When being interviewed by a reporter about his performance and the team's performance, Randolph said his team executed the whole way and "played the whole 42 minutes." Randolph either didn't know there were 48 minutes in a basketball game, or he caught a case of brain freeze.
C'Mon Man. I know Randolph had to be tired after the game, and a little bit out of it after his hard-working performance. You can't make a mistake like that though. You have to know how much time there is in the sport that you play for a living. I would like to give Randolph some slack in some way, but I just can't find a reason to. Some could probably say he mixed up the NBA time with college time. However, he's been in the league since 2001, and the college regulation time is 40 minutes. Where did he get 42 minutes from? That's a big question. It's a question he can only answer, and if you were to ask him where he got that number from, he probably couldn't tell you either. At the end of the day, it's not what you say to a reporter after the game, it's how you perform during the game.
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