A little more info on the Chris Long ejection

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From this article.

"It was a bit of a melee in there, it's probably avoidable on both ends," Long said. "But at the same time, I lost my cool. I can't argue with officials."

So it seems he didn't throw a punch. At least that's how I read it.

 

[PhxRam]

It will be telling if he appeals his fine if it is solely based on him throwing a punch.

 

[Thordaddy]

It will be telling if he appeals his fine if it is solely based on him throwing a punch.

I just don't think he does. Seems like a I'll take my medicine kind of guy, who will chalk it up and go on.

 

[BobCarl]

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[jjab360]

It will be telling if he appeals his fine if it is solely based on him throwing a punch.

I'm pretty sure he's guilty of throwing the punch, but so were a couple of Panthers players. I think what he's trying to say is the difference between him getting ejected and not any Panthers players is that Long talked back to the refs.

 

[jap]

I just don't think he does. Seems like a I'll take my medicine kind of guy, who will chalk it up and go on.

I'd much rather he takes everything out on the 'Hawks and serves up one of his 3-sack specials.

 

[Thordaddy]

I'd much rather he takes everything out on the 'Hawks and serves up one of his 3-sack specials.

In the end if he was to win an appeal it would make a pretty good case he should not have been ejected , something you can't reverse, and a tacit admission the refs arbitrarily effected the games outcome . Gotta wonder if the league would admit to being that wrong .
I'm witcha just bizatchslap the Seahawks

 

[DR RAM]

This goes towards the logic that he was yelling at one of the officials that changed the call to encroachment just a few plays earlier, which was clearly a false start on the offense. They were already pissed at him for calling them out as being cheaters, and cheater have a tendency to overreact. It happens in the NBA all the time. The Panthers scored on that drive, and that was a third down with Cam OUT of the game at the time. Heard from the sideline, :Can we get a little help?"

 

[Ky Ram]

I'm pretty sure he's guilty of throwing the punch, but so were a couple of Panthers players. I think what he's trying to say is the difference between him getting ejected and not any Panthers players is that Long talked back to the refs.

If you look at a replay there is no camera angle that ive seen that shows a punch being thrown