Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Dolphins Win Shadow by Incognito News

Thursday night the Miami Dolphins had a huge win beating the Cincinnati  Bengals 22-20 in an overtime win.  The win ended Miami's four game losing streak, but the win wasn't the biggest storyline after the game.
Tannehill leaps over Bengal defenders to score a touchdown.
Couple days before the Dolphins vs. Bengals game, Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathon Martin went AWOL during lunch.  Reports said that some offensive lineman asked Martin to sit with them and after Martin sat down, everyone at the table left.  Martin slammed his tray down and left the team facility.

This news about Incognito vs. Martin has hit national news.  ESPN of course has been covering this topic since it first came out, but now this topic has hit national news about bullying in the NFL.

There has been mixed feelings about Incognito and Martin.  Some anonymous sources have said that Incognito will never play a game ever in the NFL.  Others have said that Marin was a coward for the way he went about this.

With Richie Incognito, he has had problems in the past with former teams.  He was suspended at Nebraska when he was playing college football and had problems when he was with the St. Louis Rams.  News broke out though when he had a voicemail recorded that he sent to Martin.  Here is a link to the voicemail he left.http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9926139/richie-incognito-miami-dolphins-used-slurs-messages-jonathan-martin

When the Dolphins found out about the voicemail, they suspended Incognito indefinitely and said that he will never play another game with the Dolphins ever again.  Link to Joe Philbins press conference right here about the mess in Miami.http://www.miamidolphins.com/multimedia/videos/Philbin-Discusses-The-IncognitoMartin-Situation/b9f18092-40b1-44e0-9b54-623ebd2dfc2c

This is a mess in Miami.  There is no leadership, someone should have stepped up in this situation.  However, many Dolphin players believe that Richie is not a racist and is not getting the benefit of the doubt. 

There is a lot to think about this situation.  Do I stand with Incognito or Martin?  I do not have enough information yet nor do I feel like anyone has to choose a side but there is a lot that still needs to come out on Incognito vs. Martin.

Just wait, there is more to come on this situation.

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