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Rarely is this ever\u00a0said about the NFL’s disciplinary decisions, but they actually got something right Monday.<\/p>\n
Yes, they suspended a player, and, in a rare occurrence, they even got the length of time of the suspension exactly right (when has that happened in the last ten years?). \u00a0What they did was suspend star Giants’ wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. one game<\/a> for his ridiculousness during the Giants’ 38-35 loss to the still-undefeated Carolina Panthers on Sunday.<\/p>\n This whole story\u00a0started with the build-up to the much-anticipated matchup between Carolina Panthers’ cornerback Josh Norman and Beckham. \u00a0It would be a collision of arguably the two best players at their respective positions in the NFL right now, and you could probably gather that there would be some bad blood between the parties. \u00a0Of course, when there is such a highly-anticipated matchup, there is naturally going to be some\u00a0ill-will, and indeed there\u00a0was on Sunday.<\/p>\n It started seemingly from the get-go, and Norman was the one who actually instigated the initial scuffling. \u00a0His throwdown of the star receiver is what initially garnered the attention of the fans, referees, and even the FOX broadcast. \u00a0After that, it was only 99.9% Beckham’s fault. \u00a0You can watch an NFL-made highlight video of the matchup\u00a0here<\/a>; embedding the video from YouTube is not allowed by request of the maker of the video (the NFL).<\/p>\n Anyway, Beckham was the guilty party on just about every play. \u00a0It looked as if he\u00a0was so rattled by Norman and the Panther defense that he was really more worried about getting his shots in against Norman and others when the play was over than running his route and trying to make a play during\u00a0game action. \u00a0But that isn’t even the problem, here, actually, it’s far from it.<\/p>\n OBJ’s actions on the field Sunday weren’t just about a man simply losing his damn mind. \u00a0They were seriously dangerous, and Norman, Beckham or anyone else playing for either team could have been severely injured as a result of his actions.<\/p>\n You can see if you watch the video that Beckham threw multiple punches on Norman and even, on one play flew in like a missile, led with the crown of his helmet, and kinda sorta tried to decapitate the Panthers’ corner. \u00a0That play and two others led to 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalties against the Giants, but none of those plays or any of the other reckless and stupid ones led to ejection.<\/p>\n And that is the mistake of the officials working the game. \u00a0Terry McAulay and his crew missed several surefire penalties over the course of the afternoon, and if they had gotten control of the game and Beckham earlier, most of the shenanigans that occurred between the two probably would not have happened in the first place. \u00a0Once they did, however, there should have been no other course of action than to eject OBJ. \u00a0So how did this start, other than with the matchup and the crazy hype?<\/p>\n Supposedly, if you ask the Giants, it started with homophobic slurs directed at the wide receiver. \u00a0And according to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, this isn’t just their best guess; they’re convinced and may even do something about it:<\/p>\n Giants reviewed pregame incidents b\/n Panthers players and Beckham. Are convinced he was threatened physically and called homophobic slurs<\/p>\n\n