With the NFL entering the playoffs, it's closing time for the 20 teams that missed out on the postseason. Other than the Colts with the number one pick in the draft, the New York Jets have gotten the most press out of these teams due to a scuffle among the team. Santonio Holmes was benched during their final game against the Dolphins for arguing with teammates. Bart Scott gave reporters a one-finger salute after cleaning out his locker. Finally, rookie quarterback Greg McElroy went on an Alabama radio station and ripped the attitude of his team.
McElroy is best known as being the Rhodes Scholar/Crimson Tide quarterback that made a living handing the ball off to Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson. His only professional highlight (or lowlight) is this preseason gem where quantum physics seemed to take up the part of his brain that used to hold the rules of football. But because we associate McElroy as being an intelligent and articulate human being, we forget that common sense is not always a strong trait of book-smart individuals.
The first rule of any team in any sport is what happens in the locker room stays in the locker room. It's one thing for a veteran years removed from a particular season to comment on the attitude of that team. It's another for a rookie that was on the IR all year to call his teammates selfish just days after the season ended. If he wants to get traded to a better team, what organization is going to want a very average quarterback that has now been pigeonholed as a guy that will air internal issues to the media? However, McElroy is a smart guy and will learn from this mistake. I expect him to issue an apology to his team and organization in the coming days and keep his mouth shut until he throws a legal pass in an actual NFL game.
Now excuse me while I go throw up because the Chargers just fired their defensive coordinator, but not Norv Turner and their general manager after an 8-8 season that allowed the Denver Tebows to back into the playoffs.
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