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Trouble in New Orleans


t96

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WR Michael Thomas ruled out for Monday Night Football, not due to injury, but because he was involved in an incident in practice this week where he punched teammate Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. Will not play as a result of team discipline. Uh oh Aints...

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24 minutes ago, hepcat said:

True but he is also a very good player

He's very good but a bit overrated. Peppered with targets by an accurate Brees in that Payton scheme. The guy has average like 11 yards per catch his career, that's a very pedestrian number. Not a whole lot of TDs either. 

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21 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

I mean fights at practice result in suspensions? What has the NFL come to. Also Haha Saints.

The team imposed the "suspension" not the league. So he fuged up badly enough that the team decided the best decision was to suspend him a game rather than let him play. Maybe the ankle injury and upcoming bye played into the decision, but either way it's pretty clear that there's some issues in that locker room there...

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1 minute ago, t96 said:

He's very good but a bit overrated. Peppered with targets by an accurate Brees in that Payton scheme. The guy has average like 11 yards per catch his career, that's a very pedestrian number. Not a whole lot of TDs either. 

I dunno man, he’s probably they best WR in the game. The Saints offense isn’t the same without him. If you go watch Bridgewater’s highlights from his time in New Orleans, Michael Thomas made him look very good and is a big reason why he’s here today.

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