Twitter: Eagles Barnett tried the drive-killing fake injury

[Tussinman]

Not surprised. This is the same Barnett that literally helmet to helmet knocked out Adams a few weeks ago when Adams was already wrapped up/not moving

I"m glad that with the exception of 3 plays, he got completely nullified by a 1 legged Tyron Smith (Tyron even took him to the ground on 5 or 6 different plays)

 

[cern]

It's like a court of law. It's not what you know. It's what you can prove. Stinks. But hard to prove.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Witten knows what he's pulling and is calling him out right at the end..... of course he's ignored.

 

[jrumann59]

Should be a penalty and a loss of a timeout. But as long as it's tolerated and allowed players will continue to do it. Especially against the boys. The Green Bay game where that one player Smith did it 4 seperate times... Then trots back out on the field fine right after. My gosh, that had me even more livid.

Law of unintended consequences. NFL will do nothing about it because, "We care about player safety. We do not want players that are actually hurt to keep playing."

 

[mooseq]

Don’t worry one of our players will actually be hurt one of these games and they’ll flag us for unsportsmanlike conduct

 

[Proof]

pathetic

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

Everyone knows what he did. Not sure what can be done about it though.

 

[GORICO]

to me that is nothing but a "wuss factor"

 

[ClappingCarrot]

OMG I was screaming at my TV when this was going down.

That's the hallmark of a team that was beaten senseless and was desperate to get anything working against us.

 

[Kaiser]

Players need to be fined for this. I get refs not seeing it during the game, but there needs to be repercussions for this kind of thing... certain teams do it way more than others.

I agree and on a related note, it would be fun to see Za'Darius Smith of the Packers declare bankruptcy because of the fines.

 

[jaythecowboy]

Why not force an injured player to miss 3 plays or even 4? Would eliminate this type of thing largely and could be sold as a "safety" initiative.

This is the best answer right here

 

[BigD_95]

I wish they showed a better angle of the catch because it looked like he got in

 

[Vandyr]

Only problem with that is you'd have to apply it to players that were actually hurt (i.e. wind knocked out of them, slow to get up, etc) too since it would be too difficult to define what's a real and fake injury. It'd be a shame to have a player with the wind knocked out of them being forced to sit for a quarter when they're fine a couple plays later.

Safety first

 

[Walker]

As someone mentioned before they should have them sit out like 5 plays. It can help solve two easy issues 1) For their safety if it is legitimate injury and 2) For fakers like this guy, who clearly was not injured. A fine or suspension should come from that.

 

[Aviano90]

I'd have to go back and rewatch, but didn't he go to the locker room afterwards?

 

[Air Force One]

If a player is hurt to the point that play has to be stopped by the ref, then that player should not be allowed to play the entire remainder of the drive he was injured on.

That would put a stop to fake injuries right there.

Plus it would promote player safety which the players are making a mockery of with these fake injuries.

I find the entire thing very unsportsmanlike. Players should be embarrassed that they have to fake an injury because they aren't good enough to stop a drive without the refs giving them a breather.

 

[DarthVander]

I knew it was fake the minute it happened. Then he starts stretching out while lying down to play it off lmao. He should be fined.

 

[lopey]

Players need to be fined for this. I get refs not seeing it during the game, but there needs to be repercussions for this kind of thing... certain teams do it way more than others.[/QUOTT
They should sit out the remaining series!

 

[maryquality]

I'd have to go back and rewatch, but didn't he go to the locker room afterwards?

I think it was a different player who went into the locker room.

 

[WarDaddy]

A 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty where the opposing team gets a first down would suffice.

Add to that a loss of timeout and I agree.