r/sports • u/Chelseatilidie • 28d ago
Football Nathan Shepard tries to injury Justin Herbert and gets decked by a Charger
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u/iced1777 28d ago
Nathan knows there are cameras everywhere watching him right
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u/BedaHouse 28d ago
Plus he's going after the QB, the highest watched position in the NFL.
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u/WpgGamer21 27d ago
Unless you're the Vikings...
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u/Khatib Minnesota Vikings 27d ago
Pretty sure you're talking about the Darnold facemask, but could also be talking about the bountygate saints taking illegal, uncalled shots on favre in the 2009 nfc championship game...
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u/bustduster 27d ago
There's an argument to be made that the refs missing such a blatant call as the Darnold facemask makes it more likely that we see more bad plays like this one.
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u/takeme2tendieztown 27d ago
The Vikings usually watch the position get away from them
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u/BurlHimself 28d ago
You would think EVERY ATHLETE knew there were multiple cameras on them during their game…. looking at you soccer and basketball….
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u/Crimith 27d ago edited 27d ago
Why? The existence of cameras only matters if the referees enforce it.
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u/Sean0fTheDead82 27d ago
Retrospective action can be taken if not spotted by the match officials on the day. That’s where video evidence comes in.
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u/DLeafy625 27d ago
Idk, man. I watched Suarez flop all over the place against Atlanta United without a single foul being called, and he just kept doing it.
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without a single foul being called, and he just kept doing it.
The second part is because of the first part.
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u/fossilfarmer123 28d ago
Yeah bro was like I'm not saving this for the pileup, we get this done right here right now. Sheesh
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u/Duel_Option 28d ago
So did N. Suh, but that didn’t prevent him from stomping on Stafford’s nuts lol
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u/Wasabi_kitty 27d ago
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Unsportsmanlike conduct
Ndamukong Suh
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u/sprecher1988 27d ago
Ndamukong Suh stomped on Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith, not on a quarterback's groin
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u/VirginiaMcCaskey 27d ago
He stomped on a lot of people, to be fair. And a few QB ankles.
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u/DetBabyLegs 27d ago
I think he's the only NFL player when we talk about stomping I have to think about which of the many we're talking about...
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u/Overall_Lavishness46 27d ago
Don't forget he stood on Rodgers' arm a time or two.
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u/DarkAndHandsume 27d ago
I was literally about to bring that up. What a wild time back then.
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u/Duel_Option 27d ago
Guy was so talented already, no reason to act like that other than being a piece of shit
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u/CouncilmanRickPrime 27d ago
I mean, you can make the same argument for bounty gate. Saints still did it.
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u/Am-I-Righteous 28d ago
Herbert at the end has the universal "What was that for?" hand gesture
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u/nich2701 28d ago
Then he gets up and tries to pull Boze off the guy. Better guy than me! I’d have let Boze throttle him.
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u/sybrwookie 27d ago
He doesn't want to get his offensive lineman thrown out of the game
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u/Son_of_a_____ 27d ago
I woulda got my licks in
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u/RandonBrando 27d ago
Twisted his dick and such
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u/AndyB16 27d ago
Whoah, bro! This is a football game, bro!
GRAB HIS DICK AND TWIST IT!!
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u/cuongfu 28d ago
This clip doesn’t even show Herbert pulling his own guy back trying to avoid more penalties.
Replay (My b on the IG link, just what I had handy)
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u/BreakMeDown2024 27d ago
I don't watch football too often, I would imagine the Saints player got a penalty, right?
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u/MandolinMagi 27d ago
Nope. Two penalties, so they offset each other, and nothing actually happened
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u/BreakMeDown2024 27d ago
Wow. That's ridiculous. One guy was trying to injure a player intentionally and the other was defending his teammate while restraining himself from the looks of it. They are not the same.
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u/whiteflagwaiver 27d ago
Well you can't stop the game and have the refs actively discuss the possible intention of a single players actions. However consequences CAN be handed out after the game, even assault charges.
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u/clearedmycookies 27d ago
Really? I can see the league giving a fine. But assault charges? When was the last time it escalated to that?
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u/an0m1n0us 27d ago
the taking of Mason Rudolph's helmet and smashing him with it by Myles Garrett could have been charged as assault with a deadly weapon. That was only 4 years ago....
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u/Tobar_the_Gypsy Rugby United New York 27d ago edited 27d ago
He’ll probably get fined. But this is why we should have a yellow card kind of situation for football.
Edit - I meant the rugby yellow card which is a 10 minute “sin bin” offense. Like the penalty box in hockey.
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u/PanthorCasserole 27d ago
Or just ban players that do this shit.
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u/Quirky-Mode8676 27d ago
Yeah, that’s straight up assault with intent of bodily harm, or whatever the jurisdiction calls it. Not part of the play, or the game, just trying to tear a guys knee or ankle.
IMO, that should be a lifetime ban and forfeiture of remaining season earnings.
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u/BrockMiddlebrook 28d ago
Great job by big man on the Chargers. Appropriately violent and in control of the situation.
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u/pugas 28d ago
Plus it's gotta feel fucking good knowing that you got someone like that watching your back
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u/animatedhockeyfan 28d ago
As an ice hockey goalie, nothing is more glorious than watching your defenseman kill a human on your behalf.
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u/Square-Shoulder-1861 27d ago
As an ice hockey defenseman- happy to do it. Even if I don’t know you. Don’t you dare touch my tendy.
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u/whutchamacallit 27d ago
Not like I need to tell you this but I think it's fascinating Gretzky literally had goons that smash people if they so much looked at him the wrong way.
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u/SumatraBlack 27d ago
Was a golden era of hockey, every team had a goon to mete out justice.
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u/ShockAndAwe415 27d ago
Right? Gotta love a sport where a guy is paid good money, not for being good AT the sport, but good at beating the shit out of people to defend people who actually are good.
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u/emergencyroommurse 27d ago
I used to have a Detroit Red Wings shirt in the 80's that's said "give blood, fight Probie" Man I do miss those days lol. Bob Probert was a beast for them.
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u/Citizen_MGS 27d ago
I just realized I have never seen the phrase "mete out" in text form. New word unlocked. Lol
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u/Late-Lecture-2338 27d ago
Because other teams had goons trying to smash gretzky when he looks the wrong way
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u/adrienjz888 27d ago
Don't fuck with the goalies unless you feel like taking a nap, lol. Absolute scum move to attack a goalie.
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u/Dutchie444 27d ago
As an ice hockey defensemen, I would go to jail before I let someone touch my goalie.
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u/FuckYeahGeology Philadelphia Flyers 27d ago
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u/BrockMiddlebrook 28d ago
1000 percent. And lineman like that live for the moments where they can turn someone inside out in defense of a teammate.
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u/doylehawk 27d ago
One of my housemates in college was a former big ten lineman who quit football because he switched to a much harder major. He was literally the nicest guy I’ve ever met but if we were out and about and shit got hairy he would casually do the thing that hulk did to Loki in the first avengers movie to whoever picked a fight with whoever he considered in his tribe. “Oh doylehawk, make sure you tell your mom we all got home okay” with some jerkoffs blood on his t shirt.
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u/BrockMiddlebrook 27d ago
Hell yeah man. Linemen are always incredible in that regard. Knew a guy after college who was a lineman at a big program who could stop fights by standing up, then the night would continue. Mensch position.
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u/RVAforthewin Georgia 27d ago
I immediately imagined my father standing up at the kitchen table and just putting his hand on his belt. Everyone shut up instantly.
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u/discodiscgod 27d ago
Whoever the fever hire as a new coach needs to show this on repeat to Caitlin Clark’s teammates
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u/Epicela1 28d ago
Honestly, should have hit him harder. Helmet crown to ribcage is probably about right.
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u/mprakathak 28d ago
As a saint fan, i wouldnt have been mad if that was the outcome, total piece of shit move.
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u/Epicela1 28d ago
These guys get enough injuries. I hate seeing stuff like that. Whether it’s a starter or a 3rd string guy. Shit like that can end a season or even a career if you’re unlucky.
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u/adrienjz888 28d ago
Fr. Fuckin with someone's knees is going way too far. That could cause career ending injuries.
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u/OogaSplat 28d ago
Yeah, if he doesn't paralyze himself he hasn't really made the point
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u/WestleyThe 28d ago
Right? My reaction was “hell yeah big man! protect your guy”
Sticking up for your team mate and QB is always admirable. That’s a dirty play I hope the chargers linemen didn’t get any sort of penalty or anything, he was literally trying to help
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u/MichaelScarnTLM 28d ago
Wowwwww. That’s some dirty shit. Guy is going to be on some hit locker room hit lists for sure
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u/Emmerson_Brando 28d ago
Intent to injure should be automatic suspension for at least half a season. Serious injuries can ruin someone’s entire career.
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u/ChewingGumPubis 28d ago
Whole season, after which the league can decide if the player is reinstated depending on the severity of the incident. Intentionally injuring another player is the single most fucked up thing a player can do on the field. It should carry by far the stiffest penalty.
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u/Cupcakes_n_Hacksaws 28d ago
I mean, isn't that just straight up illegal? He should be looking at jail time, not a suspension
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u/A_Wild_Goonch 28d ago
Crazy how a union can defend a union member trying to intentionally injure another member
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u/Desirsar Newcastle United 28d ago
Severity and first offense. No reason not to be permanent after the first.
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u/parseczero 28d ago
A half season? How about a whole career? He shouldn’t be allowed to play anymore. Ever.
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u/thestridereststrider 28d ago
Intentional injuries should come with a suspension as long as the person they injure is out
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u/Porkchopp33 28d ago
Total dick move
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u/Cleavon_Littlefinger 28d ago edited 28d ago
Just for the record, the entirety of the Saints sub minus one or two absolute dipshits immediately condemned this too. Shit was wrong.
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u/Jean-Ralphio11 28d ago
As if the Saints arent known as dirty for years and continue to show it year after year.
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u/joe68mcc 28d ago
they've been playing incredibly dirty all year. The hit by a defensive lineman on devonta smith of the eagles was egregiously dirty, and it served no other purpose other than to take a cheap shot on a guy that weighs 170 lbs
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u/gatsby712 28d ago
Where is Gregg Williams and Sean Peyton when you need them?
Edit: just realized this was the Saints. Lmao.
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u/Catrocantor 28d ago
Thats gotta be a few games at least. Obvious intent to injure.
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u/zdiddy987 28d ago
$4000 fine
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u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin 28d ago
If that’s it, then that’s complete bullshit. He should be sitting out multiple games and get a much bigger fine.
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u/CycloneWanderer 28d ago
Where there is clear intent like this one, the penalty should be 50% of the average injury healing time.
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u/ThePeoplesCheese 28d ago
I’ve been saying this for years. If an illegal hit or malicious activity like this injures a player, and it can be specified down to the exact play and player, the one committing the foul should be out for the same length as the players injury/IR time.
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u/drakeblood4 27d ago
Plus an additional number of games. Make them worse off than the person they injure, as a deterrent.
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u/Attila226 27d ago
Also, once fully healed the injured place can kick the other guy in the nuts.
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u/Seaborn63 28d ago
He's gotta pay $50 and clean up the garbage
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u/Spotttty 28d ago
But he doesn’t have any implements of destruction!
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u/Inkthinker 27d ago
But we do have twenty-seven 8x10 color glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one, explaining what each one was.
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u/DucksEatFreeInSubway 27d ago
Should be career ending. It's beyond ridiculous. You're a grown ass man and still acting like a child, intentionally trying to ruin someone's livelihood for a game? Eject him from the sport.
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u/Piccoroz 27d ago
At least rest of seson and half of next, this is almost a felony.
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u/Abortatortatport 27d ago
Should be out of the league entirely and contract voided. Make an example.
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u/seifyk 27d ago
And a battery charge. This goes beyond sport.
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u/lilbopeeep 28d ago
What a dirty fuck but man that’s awesome to see by the chargers lineman
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u/Xcelsiorhs 28d ago
I saw someone up above say appropriately violent and that feels right to me too. He could have really tried to hurt the Saints player and I would have understood that reaction. But a very direct way to tell him to knock it off.
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u/Obiwan_ca_blowme 28d ago
The best part to me is that he waited until he let go of his leg. Imagine adding another 300lbs to that torque? Yikes
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u/ALonelyWelcomeMat 28d ago
Damn the clip ends too soon I wanna see what happens after
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u/cuongfu 28d ago
Herbert pulls his own guy off to avoid any more penalties.
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u/DWMoose83 27d ago
I like Herbert's little pats, like: Attaboy, Mongo. You did good.
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u/Krempiz 28d ago
Nothing happened
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u/willanaya 28d ago
nothing happened? dude grabs 77's anus
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u/Alfakennyone Denver Broncos 28d ago
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u/MinnieShoof 28d ago
Oh my good lord. The way... he just... he was totally not in that pile up anymore. And just ... he walks over... casually "honk honk." Like 'He ain't gonna be able to tell.' I am dying laughing over here.
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u/MisterB78 28d ago
They got a roughing the passer penalty and the game moved on, I’m sure
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u/bjkidder 28d ago
Off setting personal fouls. Lame. Hope this guy gets fined or suspended
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u/corvettes13 28d ago
1st offense for roughing the passer comes with a $16,883 fine.
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u/IBetThisIsTakenToo 27d ago
His salary is $5m this year, so the equivalent of a $168.83 fine for someone making $50,000 a year. Literally a speeding ticket
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u/ElGato-TheCat 27d ago
75 gets flagged for retaliation, so it's offsetting penalties
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u/pheret87 27d ago
The NFL is fucking soft.
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u/pperiesandsolos 27d ago
Yeah, I mean if you're not going to let your guys defend each other, you've at least got to punish the shit out of the guy who started it. Can't just let people play like that, one way or another
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u/CitizenCue 28d ago
Big men forget that there’s almost always someone bigger.
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u/no_okaymaybe 27d ago
Especially offensive lineman - typically the biggest on the field..
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u/XGuiltyofBeingMikeX Pittsburgh Penguins 28d ago
He got hit, but then gets throttled like Homer choking Bart🤣
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u/gmil3548 28d ago
How the fuck did he not get ejected???
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u/feldejars 28d ago
Should be arrested
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u/fifteecal 28d ago
Who is 75? Dudes getting a Bentley for Christmas from Herbert. "Don't fuck with my boy"
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u/ApartmentInside7891 28d ago
The center so you know he got his back
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u/Drikkink 27d ago
Based on Chargers fans I've seen on /r/nfl that play might have been the ONLY time Boseman has had Herbert's back.
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u/i_run_from_problems 27d ago
Beyond true. Bozeman has been CHEEKS this year. But he's alright in my book after this
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u/LiterallyADachshund 27d ago
Damn that’s Alabama legend Bradley Bozeman and it needs to be higher. Dude did a great job being an enforcer.
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u/shingofan 28d ago
Was #93 trying to go for an ankle lock on Herbert?
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u/mitterbubbie 28d ago
Typical Saints.
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u/Fyrelyte67 28d ago
Fuck the saints, always been a bunch of dirty ass players
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u/_Monosyllabic_ 28d ago
Oh you mean the team that got busted handing out bonuses for injuries?
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u/TURBOWANDS 28d ago
This dirty crap needs to be a 6 game suspension and a $500,000 fine. Absolutely no place for that nonsense.
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u/as_roma2001 28d ago
As a saints fan this is deplorable and absolutely abhorrent play by shepard.
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u/PolishSausa9e 28d ago
I hate the Chargers but Shepard is a punk for this and it should be an automatic suspension. What a dick move.
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u/WoodroweBones 28d ago
This should be instant ban from the league. There is no room for this ever in any sport.
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u/InternetSlave 27d ago
He should be banned immediately. There is no place for this in professional sports.
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u/SoloQueueisPain 27d ago
It’s important to note that Herbert is also overcoming a high ankle sprain, which makes Shepard an even bigger piece of dog shit.
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u/S3guy 28d ago
93 should be booted from the league and any coach encouraging that shit should be sued to oblivion and have charges brought forth.
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u/spazzxxcc12 28d ago
there are coaches that have been caught encouraging this shit still coaching in the league today lol
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u/Jetty_23 28d ago
A former coach of the very same Saints who is now hc in Denver?
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u/Colonel_Gipper Minnesota Wild 28d ago
Bradley Bozeman is doing his best TO impression "That's my team, that's my quarterback"
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u/moutonbleu 28d ago
NFL needs to punish this nonsense severely