Well, this was predictable. On Tuesday, the NFL denied Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola’s appeal of his one-game suspension for intentionally stomping on an opposing player’s ankle.
So Raiola won’t be playing when his team meets the Green Bay Packers this weekend. And of course, Raiola is sorry.
Not so much for trying to intentionally injure an opponent with a total fucking douche move, but for being a distraction to his shitty team and, presumably, forcing them to start a rookie at center this week.
“We’re not happy; it’s not a happy situation, but he apologized for it — a heartfelt apology to the team. He’s a guy a lot of players respect on this team. He understands what happened, and hopefully the appeal can go through,” injured linebacker Stephen Tulloch said on Detroit Sports 105.1 Radio.
“He doesn’t want to be a distraction to the team.”
So on to that rookie center.
He’s probably not as much of a slouch as you’d hope. He’s Travis Swanson, a third-round pick from Arkansas.
Swanson has started three games for the Lions this year at right guard, so he’s not totally green.
The Lions would certainly prefer to have that turd Raiola for this game though. He has 27 starts in his career against the Packers alone.
LAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLL
Biggest game of the season and this jack ass is going to be missing it. Pretty hilarious.
Centers can be replaced fairly seamlessly, see Steelers in the 2010 Super Bowl, but the Packer defense is a more difficult unit to have a new center playing against. He’ll be seeing a lot of stunts and other shenanigans.
I don’t know if he can be replaced easily. The guy taking his place the Lions tried at center in the off season and he had so many bad exchanges they moved him to guard. At guard he played well, but he only played a few games as a backup. I think a guy like Daniels could destroy him.
You don’t need all these articles about Raiola, the “man” can be summed up in one phrase: Dominic Raiola, a turd’s turd.
I was always sorry too when I was 13 years old and acting like an idiot.
I hope GB wins 50-0 and goes for 2 with 3 seconds left so we can hear Lions fans cry.
Pieces of crap like him should be kicked out of the league. You can see him looking straight down at Ego’s foot then taking a tiny step to make sure he lands on it…..then casually walking off like he didn’t do anything. Caldwell hasn’t purged all of the Swartzness out of the team yet. That’s a big job.
it’s taken caldwell decades to purge that pained look off his face. still hasn’t; must be planted in cement.
maybe he’ll make a donation to the Chronic Ankle Pain Research Foundation and everyone will forgive him for being insensitive.