Hot Sauce Guy
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I’d be ok with a fine, going to charity.
I don’t want him suspended - but I think the NFL will.
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I don’t want him suspended - but I think the NFL will.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Does this angle change anyone's opinion? I think it changes my view of the incident.
RenegadeRoy
Footballguy
Not really. Adams could've just bumped into him but he chose to shove him.
No.
If he would have stopped and helped the guy up, that would have changed everyones view. He looks like a spoiled athlete who just lost a game and couldn't deal with it.
GreenNGold
Footballguy
I don't think Adams has any track record of bad behavior in his career, nothing that I can think of. This makes me think the NFL could just issue a fine and not a suspension if it is treated as a first offense this long into his otherwise well-behaved career.
All that being said, it does seem like something might be a little off with Adams right now as well. Maybe it is just frustration with losing and adjusting to his new team, but maybe there is something more.
All that being said, it does seem like something might be a little off with Adams right now as well. Maybe it is just frustration with losing and adjusting to his new team, but maybe there is something more.
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CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Agreed - he didn't have to shove him. Still, it changes my view of the incident somewhat because I initially thought Adams just bowled him over. When Adams said the guy jumped in front of him, I thought that was probably bull####. It turns out that's a pretty accurate description of what happened.
That's the whole thing though, why shove him to the ground? The guy wasn't moving fast and Adams obviously saw him (he shoved him) and could have just stopped and let him pass or kind of nudged him away.
Helping the guy up could have made the whole thing go away. Instead he just blows by him. Total Richard move all around
ghostguy123
Footballguy
This is sooooooô not suspension worthy.
Guy runs in the way of the player who just lost a heartbreaker, and happens to be the guy who collided with another WR on the game ending flub of a play.
Couldn't have picked the more perfect guy to run in front of to get shoved. It was a milisecond of "self defense". Its not like Adams did some premeditated shoving. He was pissed on his way into the locker room and someone randomly runs in front of him. Coulda been a crazy fan with a shank, who knows.
The way he just stood there afterwards seemed like he was shocked at what just happened seeing it was a camera guy.
Imagine if it was a camera GIRL, oh boy
Guy runs in the way of the player who just lost a heartbreaker, and happens to be the guy who collided with another WR on the game ending flub of a play.
Couldn't have picked the more perfect guy to run in front of to get shoved. It was a milisecond of "self defense". Its not like Adams did some premeditated shoving. He was pissed on his way into the locker room and someone randomly runs in front of him. Coulda been a crazy fan with a shank, who knows.
The way he just stood there afterwards seemed like he was shocked at what just happened seeing it was a camera guy.
Imagine if it was a camera GIRL, oh boy
Stinkin Ref
IBL Representative
this....kinda like if I cross the street on foot when I am not supposed to (don't have the walk signal) and I get hit by a car.....yeah you hope the driver stops and sees you and is able to stop... and maybe ultimately still has some responsibility.....but I also have to share part of the blame....
dude went flying by the entrance of the tunnel (which he isn't supposed to do) and actually cut Adams off and made contact with him....natural reaction of kind of throwing you arms arm and absorbing/bouncing off the contact....dude jumped in front of him and cut him off (very closely...not much time to stop the car so to speak)....shouldn't have extended the arms and should have helped him up.....
I think all of us at some point have been in a crowd or something and realize someone around us isn't paying attention and we prepare for the contact by almost pushing out or prepare for it by raising our arms....that camera guy was flying by like he really had someplace he needed to be like right now and cut Adams off...
Dickies
Footballguy
Yep. If Adams didn’t see him and bumped into him then there would be no problem. We’ve all accidentally done that in our lives. The problem here is that Adams pushes him with arms extended.
Pressing charges seems like an overreaction, but the guy was assaulted. NFL should suspend him a game
raidersraidersraiders
Footballguy
camera guy initiated contact with his equipment. case closed.
guy knew he wasn't supposed to be there. security is supposed to keep the area clear and didn't for whatever reason.
here's dude watching adams as he "accidentally" hits adams with the equipment he's holding.
assault with a deadly weapon and looks premeditated.
@megnturner_
guy knew he wasn't supposed to be there. security is supposed to keep the area clear and didn't for whatever reason.
here's dude watching adams as he "accidentally" hits adams with the equipment he's holding.
assault with a deadly weapon and looks premeditated.
here's a photographer
@megnturner_
this camera guy purposely snuck past security and timed his assault. deport him now!!
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
A stadium field is chaotic. People are going to be in the wrong place. But they aren't football players during a game. You can't **** can them.
money grab
KC security looks to be in on it,
letting local camera guys assault visiting team players
LawFitz
Footballguy
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Wut
OU#1
Footballguy
I think everybody in this thread must state at the begging of their post if they are an Adams owner or not, and if they are a Raiders fan or not. Really seems like a lot of people are biased here. Great popcorn reading though!
Example
**Not an Adams owner and not a Raiders fan**
Adams should have never put his hands on anybody. It does not matter what civil case/charges are brought to him. He broke the NFL conduct policy, and deserves a fine and possible suspension.
I’m not playing Adams this week either…
Example
**Not an Adams owner and not a Raiders fan**
Adams should have never put his hands on anybody. It does not matter what civil case/charges are brought to him. He broke the NFL conduct policy, and deserves a fine and possible suspension.
I’m not playing Adams this week either…
Sarlakticacid
Footballguy
Nobody is playing him this week…
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
I root for the raiders as they’re a local team, even thought they are not *my* team.
I have Adams on one garbage bag of a losing redraft team.
My take is known after the last several posts. Don’t think I need to re-litigate it.’
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
That angle VERY MUCH changes my view. It reminds me of someone cutting in front of another car trying to get insurance money out of them. Where was that cameraman going if not for intentially walking in front of Adams? There was a wall straight ahead. It was a bang bang "play" No way Adams could have avoided it. His "shove" was more of a defensive move than an outright shove. Should he have helped the guy up? Sure but this contact was in no way Adams fault and it seems like to me the facts should be looked at in the best light for the person who DIDNT cause the collision. Dude had to go to the hospital for a slight concussion? Comeon man.
joey
Footballguy
I’m on the “dude jumped in front of hI’m, so it was a reflex action” side of the the fence. Especially in an AWAY team environment as well. Sure, he probably should’ve helped him up, but it’s not suspension worthy imo. (Full disclosure: raiders fan here)
I‘d even go further to any that Adams should plead self-defense since the dude jumped in front of him when Adams head was down and it was an instinctual reaction. (I’m mostly joking but not totally joking about the self-defense idea)
I‘d even go further to any that Adams should plead self-defense since the dude jumped in front of him when Adams head was down and it was an instinctual reaction. (I’m mostly joking but not totally joking about the self-defense idea)
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
That is another part of this. After he bumped into Adams and bounced off him, DeVante didn't seem too concerned for him and in fact was happy to keep walking past him...probably because he was irritated the guy just collided with him.
No fans in the immediate stands seem to react in a way that screams an assault just took place in front of them.
Grigs Allmoon
Footballguy
From that view it looks like the guy actually ran into Adams. Hmm... Are we sure that "camera guy" wasn't Hunter Renfrow?
The Duff Man
Footballguy
At halftime KC fans are throwing stuff at the Raiders. After the game crew is running in front of their players initiating contact.
A fine is all that is needed, and some type of review of why KC is letting opposing players get accosted.
Concerned about the safety of the Bills players this weekend.
A fine is all that is needed, and some type of review of why KC is letting opposing players get accosted.
Concerned about the safety of the Bills players this weekend.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
If Adams is suspended, should he sue cameraman for his lost income?
rockaction
Footballguy
Actually makes it worse for Adams from a self-defense standpoint, IMO. After looking at that angle, he wasn't startled or surprised by the guy. He gave him a "get off me" shove. Adams and the man weren't moving as fast as I thought they were before the incident. Then again, that angle makes it better for Adams in a certain respect because the boom mic guy is obviously dodging players and shouldn't be running in front of them in the tunnel and that becomes clear as day that he's bobbing and weaving through human traffic. **** happens when you're going against the human traffic grain. We are evolutionarily programmed to get people off of us when they're moving in a manner that is an impedance to our own.
No suspension is really warranted. A hefty fine is, though.
Not a Raider fan, have Adams nowhere. In fact, at his price, he was a DND for me because without A-Rodgers chucking him the ball from the one constantly, I figured his touchdowns would regress to the mean (he scored a lot of cheapie touchdowns in Green Bay, to my recollection).
raidersraidersraiders
Footballguy
tim brown has the best take on this.
camera guy is a diva and could have caused injury if it was a player jogging off, or imagine it was an injured player and this primadonna cam boy walks right into them.
full disclosure, tim brown has davante on his fantasy
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Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Close it up folks. This topic’s a wrap.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
I want to make sure I am reading this correctly because they made it out as if this person was credentialed, that's a loose term here.
www.kshb.com
his “first day on the job,”
"What happened was egregiously unsportsmanlike and an act of violence that should not be excused by the NFL."
I would have had more respect if he came out and said something like he's doing well, wished it hadn't happened but he did have to seek some medical treatment and to respect his privacy while he explores his next potential options, thanks. But that's not the tone or anything close to what he had the attorney release.
I went from feeling sorry for the kid to wanting to tape him to the goalpost.
Student injured by Raiders WR Davante Adams calls shove ‘unsportsmanlike,’ ‘act of violence’
The college student who was injured by Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams called the shove "egregiously unsportsmanlike and an act of violence" in a statement Wednesday via his attorney.
www.kshb.com
his “first day on the job,”
"What happened was egregiously unsportsmanlike and an act of violence that should not be excused by the NFL."
I would have had more respect if he came out and said something like he's doing well, wished it hadn't happened but he did have to seek some medical treatment and to respect his privacy while he explores his next potential options, thanks. But that's not the tone or anything close to what he had the attorney release.
I went from feeling sorry for the kid to wanting to tape him to the goalpost.
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Capella
Footballguy
what is going on
raidersraidersraiders
Footballguy
first day on the job college boy. this really could have been premeditated...
chiefs are to blame for their lax security and hiring this camateur in the first place
chiefs are to blame for their lax security and hiring this camateur in the first place
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
I want to make sure I am reading this correctly because they made it out as if this person was credentialed, that's a loose term here.
Student injured by Raiders WR Davante Adams calls shove ‘unsportsmanlike,’ ‘act of violence’
The college student who was injured by Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams called the shove "egregiously unsportsmanlike and an act of violence" in a statement Wednesday via his attorney.
his “first day on the job,”
"What happened was egregiously unsportsmanlike and an act of violence that should not be excused by the NFL."
I would have had more respect if he came out and said something like he's doing well, wished it hadn't happened but he did have to seek some medical treatment and to respect his privacy while he explores his next potential options, thanks. But that's not the tone or anything close to what he had the attorney release.
I went from feeling sorry for the kid to wanting to tape him to the goalpost, gotta be honest.
I think it’s case closed for me at this point. My hope is that cameraman gets nothing, is publicly mocked and ridiculed, fired and banned from all NFL stadiums for life. Not a Raiders fan don’t play fantasy football.
Stinkin Ref
IBL Representative
Chiefs fan and I frickin hate the raiders.....raiders thread guys hate me.....I venture in there to talk a little smack on occasion....and unfortunately I own zero shares of Adams....I simply see how something like this could unfold the way things shook out.....don’t think Adams sought this guy out to take out his aggression....shouldn’t have pushed and and should have helped him up....but could see how at the time he wasn’t in great headspace to process it all correctly....
After learning that it was the guys first day on the job, I'm REALLY interested in what the protocol is for someone doing his job.
Also, those guys holding the mics along the sidelines get creamed all the time. I would expect their to be some kind of liability waivers these guys have to sign.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
I don't know... maybe trying to do his job?
raidersraidersraiders
Footballguy
part of his job is to NOT be blocking players from entering the tunnel. other media and photographers have stated this. security are supposed to keep the entrance clear at all times. there was no reason for cam guy to be walking into a player with a long piece of metal.
now the guy is attempting to scam money in court. this should tell you something.
kc fans were throwing objects at the players entering the tunnel at halftime. looked like security was failing all game long.
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cudjoekey10
Footballguy
Agree with this. D Adams shouldn't have pushed the dude and should have helped him up, but who the heck knows what's going through the minds of these dudes right after a game. Cameraman deserves nothing but a "sorry about that" and he should have waited before crossing in front of Adams.I want to make sure I am reading this correctly because they made it out as if this person was credentialed, that's a loose term here.
Student injured by Raiders WR Davante Adams calls shove ‘unsportsmanlike,’ ‘act of violence’
The college student who was injured by Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams called the shove "egregiously unsportsmanlike and an act of violence" in a statement Wednesday via his attorney.
his “first day on the job,”
"What happened was egregiously unsportsmanlike and an act of violence that should not be excused by the NFL."
I would have had more respect if he came out and said something like he's doing well, wished it hadn't happened but he did have to seek some medical treatment and to respect his privacy while he explores his next potential options, thanks. But that's not the tone or anything close to what he had the attorney release.
I went from feeling sorry for the kid to wanting to tape him to the goalpost, gotta be honest.
I think it’s case closed for me at this point. My hope is that cameraman gets nothing, is publicly mocked and ridiculed, fired and banned from all NFL stadiums for life. Not a Raiders fan don’t play fantasy football.
ghostguy123
Footballguy
Well, sometimes people screw up while on the job.
They were both in the wrong. Fine Adams cause it's a bad look, absolutely no suspension..moving on
ChiefD
Footballguy
Ah, the old AFC rivalry in full force.
I fully expect Raiders fans to dish it out and even more when the Chiefs head to Vegas later this season.
Capella
Footballguy
BREAKING: RaidersRaidersRaiders places blame on Chiefs and not Raiders player who actually did the act.
Adams should not have shoved the dude, but seriously... what the hell was that guy thinking? I'm just going to cut right across Adams as he's walking through the tunnel and pretend I don't see anything? What a clown.
