Odell Beckham Jr. was slapped with a 1-game suspension by the league on Monday following Sunday’s physical matchup against the undefeated Carolina Panthers.
Beckham definitely deserves a suspension for cheap-shotting Panthers cornerback Josh Norman, but it turns out OBJ might have had a good reason to be heated. (VIDEO: NFL Star Spends Sunday Starting Fights Instead Of Winning)
Namely this near Nancy Kerrigan moment that happened during pre-game warmups.
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What is a Panthers practice squad player doing going into the Giants team stretching area.. with a baseball bat? pic.twitter.com/4mIQ0jwYRg
— Giants Daily (@NYGDaily) December 22, 2015
Apparently Marcus Ball, a #Panthers practice squad player, was holding a bat pregame. He had to be separated from Odell Beckham pregame.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 21, 2015
I'm told there were comments made in direction of Odell Beckham Jr. + other players about how Panthers coming to "beat the s**t out of him."
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) December 21, 2015
Deion Sanders says that Norman called Odell a "fa**ot", carried around a baseball bat pregame and told him he was "gonna end his career".
— astromarko (@astromarko) December 21, 2015
So yeah, still not totally justified, Giants fans, but that kind of explains it.