Detroit Lions not sweating Vikings WR Laquon Treadwell's 'easy' snub. Here's why
This will be the first Vikings/Lions game at Ford Field I've missed in a few years. Since I'm not back 'home' in Michigan, I missed this chatter. Then again, no one is actually paying attention to Treadwell =)
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2019/10/18/detroit-lions-minnesota-vikings-laquon-treadwell-video/4024435002/
No one in the Detroit Lions
locker room seems to care much about a potential slight Minnesota
Vikings receiver Laquon Treadwell's directed their way last week
because, well, it's Laquon Treadwell.
"Hell
no, I don’t care," cornerback Darius Slay said Friday. "That’s the last
thing I worry about. First of all, you got to look at who said it."
Treadwell,
in a video that made the rounds on social media last week, appeared to
take a shot at the Lions during Vikings coach Mike Zimmer's postgame
speech to his team after its 38-20 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Zimmer
addressed his team, saying, "We need to clean up the mistakes that we
made today and we need to go on the road and we need to beat Detroit.
It's a big, big division game on the road."
When he finishes, a voice can be heard saying, "Easy."
So @SuccessfulQuon wants to run his mouth and say @Lions are “easy.” Mighty big talk for a bust pic.twitter.com/MByGfDWDLr
— The Asshole Lions Fan (@GriffyThaKid) October 13, 2019
The comment does not appear in an edited version of the locker-room speech that appears on the Vikings website
“I mean, everybody saw that," Slay said. "You know we saw that."
Asked if it was used as bulletin board material this week, Slay said, "It ain’t been used for nothing."
Treadwell
had made a minimal impact since the Vikings took him with the 23rd pick
of the 2016 draft. He has one catch for 15 yards in three games this
season, and was waived by the team earlier this year.
During his brief stint as a free agent, Treadwell worked out for the Lions.
MinnesotaVikings receiver Laquon Treadwell loses control of the ball after a hit
by Lions cornerback Darius Slay during the first half Thursday, Nov.
24, 2016 in Detroit. (Photo: Paul Sancya, AP)
who said it," Slay said. "But I ain’t worried about that. I’m playing
ball. He was just here last week for a tryout here. Like, some weeks
ago, before he got picked up back by Minnesota. So nobody care about
that. I’m (here) to play ball."
Safeties
Quandre Diggs and Tracy Walker both said they weren't aware of the
video, and Slay said bulletin-board material rarely works as motivation
in the NFL.
"It’s different type of fuel at this
level when all us in here making millions of dollars," Slay said. "Who
cares what (someone says)? Who cares? Yeah, I got plenty more to
motivate me than him saying we suck or something, or easy, whatever he
said. Come on, man."
You know, when you're a never was, maybe just keep your yap shut.
Good god, you think you would learn by getting a second chance but apparently not.
I can see the Belichick influence coming through. Good answers...
I know it's perverse and/or treasonous, but I'd like to see Treadwell in the game, go over the middle, and get absolutely Slayed.
@"BarrNone55" said: You know, when you're a never was, maybe just keep your yap shut.I'd hoped that a couple weeks on the street with no offers might have finally taught the kid some humility.
Some dudes just don't get it.
This sounds like some petty ass bullshit to try and get the Lions fired up.
Sounds like hes confident in addressing the challenge. Lets make a circus out of it so we have an excuse for the Lions playing too hard...
We'll see if he's been practicing all week like it's "easy" at noon...
@"RS Express" said: I know it's perverse and/or treasonous, but I'd like to see Treadwell in the game, go over the middle, and get absolutely Slayed.
Damn that's brutal. It's not like he is going to get the ball much, I mean he just got his first catch of the season so I don't have any expectations for him. I hope he got his ass chewed for the dumb comments though.
If it wasn't treadwell that said it nobody would give a shit. Mountain from a molehill here.
I mean I didn't really need another reason to wish we never threw away a 1st on this guy but...thanks for the reminder. Now sit quietly at the end of the bench like most of your wasted career.
@"BarrNone55" said: You know, when you're a never was, maybe just keep your yap shut.Turdy and Zach Brown will be able to play Madden all they want very soon.
Yeah Tready's comment was stupid, but Pederson really looks like a total ass today. A SB winning HC should just know better.
https://sports.yahoo.com/doug-pederson-predicted-win-over-cowboys-and-his-eagles-laid-an-egg-032242713.html
On Monday, Doug Pederson said his Philadelphia Eagles were going to go to Dallas and beat the Cowboys.
For
a moment, let’s put aside the nonsensical argument over whether that
was a guarantee or not. Pederson presumably predicted the win to shake
up his team, to inspire confidence and fire them up. He needed something
to dig his 3-3 team out of a rut. He needed to do something big to get a
proper response in a key game.
Now what?
The Eagles were horrible on Sunday night in a 37-10 loss.
They started slow, again, and were down 27-7 to the Cowboys by
halftime. This was an enormous game in the NFC East and for the Eagles’
playoff hopes, and they had no juice whatsoever. It looked more like a
preseason game to the Eagles, and a playoff game to the Cowboys. When
the Eagles had a tiny chance at a miracle comeback in the fourth
quarter, Carson Wentz threw an interception and dropped a shotgun snap for a fumble on consecutive possessions.
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Pederson
tried predicting a win in the Eagles’ biggest game of the season to
date, and the players had their worst performance of the season. Now
it’s Pederson’s mess to clean up. He’s going to have a long week in
Philly.
“I feel like he got a statement today,” Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, who wasn’t pleased with Pederson’s comments, told NBC’s Michele Tafoya after the game. “We’re going to let him go sleep on it.”
Eagles look bad in loss to CowboysThe
Eagles’ night started bad. Dallas Goedert lost a fumble on
Philadelphia’s first drive of the game. The Cowboys scored a few plays
later. It didn’t get better after that.
Pederson was celebrated as one of the NFL’s best coaches after masterfully leading the Eagles to a Super Bowl title. He out-coached Bill Belichick in a Super Bowl,
and that would be the first line on almost any NFL coach’s resume. Last
season looked like a big disappointment until a late rally led by Nick
Foles made everyone forget about the start. This season is shaping up as
a bigger disappointment, and Foles isn’t around anymore for late-season
heroics.
There
hasn’t been one big reason for the Eagles’ failure. Against the Lions,
they dropped a ton of passes. Against Atlanta, the defense allowed a
long game-winning touchdown by Julio Jones on a fourth down. That’s
still the Falcons’ only win of the season. The secondary, thinned out by
injuries, was shredded last week by the Vikings. On Sunday the Eagles’
normally strong offensive line struggled, the defense missed a ton of
tackles and turnovers were a problem again. It’s actually more difficult
to figure out what Philadelphia did well on Sunday night.
It
seems like in each loss, there’s a different problem. Pederson deserved
kudos for his acumen during that Super Bowl season, but he also has to
take heat for this Eagles season in which his team has been sloppy and
unprepared at times. Maybe all that praise for the championship season
was premature.
Doug Pederson needs to find some answersIt’s
not like the NFC East race is over. Dallas is 4-3, a game ahead of
Philadelphia, and has its own issues. But the Cowboys struck a big blow
on Sunday night.
Perhaps more important, the Eagles looked overwhelmed. At no point on Sunday night did they look like the better team.
The
Eagles are unquestionably talented. They have stars everywhere on
offense and defense. Plenty of the key parts of the Super Bowl team are
still on the roster. Wentz has been seemingly healthy and mostly played
well this season, and it hasn’t mattered much. Injuries have affected
Philadelphia, but the Eagles are far from the only team in the league
dealing with that.
The
answers are hard to come by, but it’s on Pederson to figure it out or
this talented Eagles team isn’t going anywhere. That’s a guarantee.
Love all the crap talk with no true idea of intent. Talking this board not what a player says. Media infers it meant this and everybody jumps on board.
Bigger question is....
Why the Hell are you talking...when the Coach is talking.
@"Vanguard83" said: Bigger question is....Why the Hell are you talking...when the Coach is talking.
he was responding to what the coach says... its not uncommon for players to make comments based off what a coach is telling them. its hardly like he was shouting down Zimmer.
True. Yeah I get that ^^^^
I'm Just kinda old school. When coach is talking you let him finish.
You get too many guys chirping and sometimes you lose the message.
@"Vanguard83" said: True. Yeah I get that ^^^^I'm Just kinda old school. When coach is talking you let him finish.
You get too many guys chirping and sometimes you lose the message.
they are kids and they were excited. i know they are in their 20s, but considering they are all into social media and video games, and really dont have much for adult problems i think they are just big kids and it was a happy moment for them.
@"mjollnir_k" said: Love all the crap talk with no true idea of intent. Talking this board not what a player says. Media infers it meant this and everybody jumps on board.So true. Pederson didn't guarantee a win. So often these "bulletin board" comments are more about the media bulletin board and little to do with reality. Click bait.
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