Practicing with the Rams

[TheFan]

(08-26-2022, 09:24 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: The NFL has made it clear that any type of discipline is going to be up to the teams as they don't hand out suspensions or fines for practice behavior and the joint practices were scheduled by the teams and agreed to by the teams.

Also, while I don't approve of Donald swining a helmet and hitting a player follow the link and scroll through the photos. There is a picture of a Bengals player wielding a Rams helmet. So if the league does get involved and suspend players, the Bengals won't get away unscathed.

https://theramswire.usatoday.com/gallery/rams-bengals-fight-brawl-practice-photos/

I'm just not a fan of the joint practices in general. I get the idea of testing your players against another team, but you have no control over those other 80 guys and that can lead to these types of moments. Imagine if Donald takes a shot at Burrow and knocks him out for the first few weeks of the season. Just no sense in doing it.

I don't get why the NFL keep saying they can't/won't do anything regarding what happens in practice. The first 3 points of the conduct policy are:

"Actual or threatened violence against another person" - check 

"Assault and/or battery" - check

"Violent or threatening behavior toward another employee in any work place setting" - check

and another that says:

"Conduct that poses a genuine danger to the safety and we'll being of another person" - check

Someone please explain to me how or why he shouldn't be punished? Even if you don't agree that this was Assault point 3 alone is enough to warrant the NFL stepping in, even though it's a practice. Using the excuse of "it's practice" is the dumbest thing I've ever heard when it comes to a situation like this. 




On a completely unrelated note - How did the defense do? I feel like that has been completely lost in this situation.