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."
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"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.
Today I learned 20s were kids. Damn I'm old.
@"AGRforever" said:@"JimmyinSD" said:@"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.
Today I learned 20s were kids. Damn I'm old.
just today? Ive been calling these 20 somethings kids since I turned 35.... a couple years ago.
@"greediron" said:One of the Detroit players put it perfectly: (paraphrased) "If it takes something like that to get millionaires motivated... that's not saying much 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.
@"pumpf" said:sadly i think that for many... its more likely something like this that lights a fire and not the millions that they think they are entitled to.@"greediron" said:One of the Detroit players put it perfectly: (paraphrased) "If it takes something like that to get millionaires motivated... that's not saying much 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.
@"greediron" said:He didn't use the word "guarantee" but I can see how it can be interpreted in more than one way. He expressed confidence in his team and seemed to make a statement that was a matter of fact. I can see why some, including the opposing team, would push back.@"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.Here are the comments (along with a few good memories).
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