Mike Tirico on NBC’s Football Night in America questioned the NFL and the referees who did today’s Bengals-Dolphins game for not ejecting Mike Thomas for his not one but two cheap shot hits on Dolphins punt returner Jakeem Grant. As Tirico pointed out in the video clip below, it was those two hits that started the brawl that took place and the major incident from Sunday’s game. How there were multiple ejections from that but Mike Thomas not being one of them is very questionable. It is rare you see a national NFL broadcaster on the level of Mike Tirico call out the league, but he did just that Sunday night. Watch the video below.
Listen to @miketirico call out the league over Mike Thomas not being ejected in this game pic.twitter.com/ejGAkUiWUB
— DolphinsTalk.com (@DolphinsTalk) December 7, 2020
Not only should he have been ejected, he should be suspended from further play in the league for the rest of the year, without pay, and they showed film of Bengals players congratulating him on the hit!
The first hit was clean. Hit was with shoulder to the midsection. Second was early, so illegal, but was also shoulder to midsection. neither was a cheapshot
The referees allowed this to escalate,.The player that clipped Devante Parker after the bogus interception should have been thrown out,.Cincinatti is just a THUG team period,.They may have changed coaches but they have the same culture,.If you can call it that,.
Hitting punt returner hard with a shoulder after he does not signal fair catch and then drops the ball before getting hit is not a penalty, much less a cheap shot warranting an ejection or suspension. Its how the game is suppose to be played. Mike Tirico should educate himself on the rules before he calls for the league to take away a player’s livelihood.
Watch the damn video!!! He was early on both hits. Fair catch has nothing to do with it but, troll on you ignorant asshat!