The dumbest thing you can do in football is a punch or slap a man with a helmet on.
The chances are far greater of you hurting yourself than hurting the player you are trying to hit. The question begs, why are backup players on the Cowboys throwing punches anyway?
The game was over, and you lost, don’t add insult to injury, but that is what happened after the Thanksgiving game between the Cowboys and the Raiders. Trysten Hill and John Simpson got into a bit of brouhaha after the final whistle.
Here is how it all went down.
Week 12’s NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders not only featured a mid-game skirmish, cameras also caught defensive tackle Trysten Hill punching guard John Simpson after the final whistle.
The sequence occurred when Cowboys and Raiders players met on the field for post-game handshakes Thursday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Raiders beat the Cowboys 36-33 in overtime.
Simpson was looking to his left toward coaches and players before he turned right. Hill then stood in front of the 6-foot-4, 321-pound guard and delivered a right-handed punch to his face, knocking his helmet off his head.
Simpson attempted to get back to the 6-foot-3, 308-pound Cowboys defender, but was held back by players and coaches from both teams. The altercation did not result in a large-scale melee.
Can I assume they won’t invite each other to post Thanksgiving dinner for candied yams and apple pie?
The Cowboys have lost 3 out of their last four games, and the Raiders just ended a three-game losing streak.
Both teams are in the thick of the playoff race with six games to go before the regular season is over and the playoffs begin.
Flip the pages for a video of the scuffle and some of the Twitter reactions.