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Post by mexicanjunior on Dec 16, 2011 8:33:06 GMT -6
Apparently, it was Jay Ratliff and Marty B getting into it with Calvin Watkins. Maybe Calvin was asking the wrong questions about who Hurd was selling to... Ticket just confirmed that the Watkins-Ratliff fight was in regards to the Sam Hurd thing. I wonder if Jay might be on "the list"... |
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Post by Terd Ferguson on Dec 16, 2011 9:13:30 GMT -6
Maybe Calvin was asking the wrong questions about who Hurd was selling to... Ticket just confirmed that the Watkins-Ratliff fight was in regards to the Sam Hurd thing. I wonder if Jay might be on "the list"... seems unlikely...at least not for the booger sugar. Maybe the weed...I could see ALOT of guys being on that list. |
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Post by Sideshow Bob on Dec 16, 2011 9:25:23 GMT -6
I bet a couple of Cowboys are on that list... I'm hoping only EX-Cowboys. boy, me too!!! |
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Post by Terd Ferguson on Dec 16, 2011 9:27:29 GMT -6
sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/mac-engel/2011/12/one-take-on-jay-ratliffs-near-physical-altercation-with-a-beat-reporter.htmlOne take on Jay Ratliff's near physical altercation with a beat reporter IRVING - What happened in the Cowboys' locker room between nose tackle Jay Ratliff and a veteran Cowboys beat reporter on Thursday should not come as a giant surprise. I was there to witness the "fun", which was a tad uncomfortable, and totally predictable. Ratliff had to be physically separated from long-time Cowboys beat reporter Calvin Watkins, who now works for ESPNDallas.com. Watkins previously worked for the Star-Telegram, Dallas Morning News and has been around this team for years. On Thursday, Watkins was asking Ratliff about the news regarding former Cowboys receiver Sam Hurd's arrest for drug trafficking. The chat went south quickly; suddenly I see Marcus Spears and Martellus Bennett pushing both Ratliff and Watkins in opposite directions. Some rather unfriendly, and unprintable, words were exchanged. Something like, "You stink." "No, you stink" ... only with saltier language, at a much higher volume. UPDATE: Per some information from some more people who were there, apparently Calvin was really pushing on this one when Jay told him to "walk away." Calvin did not, and that's when the fun started. While most of the media horde was surrounding Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, who during this near altercation said, "My money's on Ratliff." Don't believe that this high-pitched conversation had anything to do with the Cowboys having lost a pair of games, and are in the process of falling apart again in December. How this type of thing has not happened with Jay Ratliff sooner is the real shock. For my money, Jay Ratliff is one of these guys who you just really don't want to mess with because you're never sure which Jay Ratliff is there that day. Don't believe me? Fine. Believe his teammate. It was DeMarcus Ware who said of Ratliff: "They are two different guys. One is a jokester, and Jay wants to grab and choke you.... You don’t know what to expect from Jay. One day Jay will come in happy and the next day he’ll roll his eyes. And I’m like, ‘We’re going to have a long day.’" Ware said this a few days after the obscure 7th-round pick out of Auburn was pressed into the starting role in September of 2007 because of a season-ending injury to Jason Ferguson. When he is in the right mood, Jay can be charming, funny, bright and very well-spoken. When he's not in the right mood, forget it. There can be level of aggression that this guy projects that is exceptionally uncomfortable for just about any environment other than a football field. Jay's relationship with the media has always been testy. Something happened with a reporter when he was a teenager and he never really got over it, or at the very least he's leery of us as a whole. My gut tells me after what I saw Thursday that really hasn't changed too much.
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Post by Terd Ferguson on Dec 16, 2011 9:29:02 GMT -6
Little bitch reporters need to understand that acting tough with a 6'4" 310lb pro bowl NT doesn't make you look tough to anyone around you. It makes you look like an idiot. There is NO WAY he would act like that if he and Ratliff were in an alley alone. He only talked back because he knew the other players around them would save his bitch ass.
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Post by mexicanjunior on Dec 16, 2011 9:42:21 GMT -6
Sounds like Ratliff is crazy bi-polar...might need a prescription or 2.
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Post by mexicanjunior on Dec 16, 2011 9:43:29 GMT -6
Little bitch reporters need to understand that acting tough with a 6'4" 310lb pro bowl NT doesn't make you look tough to anyone around you. It makes you look like an idiot. There is NO WAY he would act like that if he and Ratliff were in an alley alone. He only talked back because he knew the other players around them would save his bitch ass. Maybe he was hoping for a "hit and sue" situation...one shove from a Cowboy player could set most people for life in a settlement. |
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Post by Sideshow Bob on Dec 16, 2011 10:18:35 GMT -6
Sounds like Ratliff is crazy bi-polar...might need a prescription or 2. i'm all for it, since he brings that intensity to the field |
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Post by Terd Ferguson on Dec 16, 2011 10:19:09 GMT -6
Little bitch reporters need to understand that acting tough with a 6'4" 310lb pro bowl NT doesn't make you look tough to anyone around you. It makes you look like an idiot. There is NO WAY he would act like that if he and Ratliff were in an alley alone. He only talked back because he knew the other players around them would save his bitch ass. Maybe he was hoping for a "hit and sue" situation...one shove from a Cowboy player could set most people for life in a settlement. He'd better be careful or he'll end up spending it in a wheelchair. |
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Post by Sideshow Bob on Dec 16, 2011 10:24:40 GMT -6
hurts, but it's true (from the comments section on that mac engel column)... All Calvin needs to do is wear a New York Giants #10 jersey. Not a player in that locker room could touch him.
Posted by: Scott S. | 12/15/2011 at 09:49 PM |
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Post by Sideshow Bob on Dec 16, 2011 10:26:48 GMT -6
Maybe he was hoping for a "hit and sue" situation...one shove from a Cowboy player could set most people for life in a settlement. He'd better be careful or he'll end up spending it in a wheelchair. yeah, ratliff would do MAJOR damage - wouldn't just be bumps and bruises |
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Post by mexicanjunior on Dec 16, 2011 10:26:49 GMT -6
hurts, but it's true (from the comments section on that mac engel column)... All Calvin needs to do is wear a New York Giants #10 jersey. Not a player in that locker room could touch him.
Posted by: Scott S. | 12/15/2011 at 09:49 PM Sad but still a good schtick... |
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Post by mexicanjunior on Dec 16, 2011 10:27:09 GMT -6
Sounds like Ratliff is crazy bi-polar...might need a prescription or 2. i'm all for it, since he brings that intensity to the field Hopefully it doesn't end up doing him in off the field... |
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Post by matt51180 on Dec 16, 2011 10:44:16 GMT -6
we posted these threads at the same time I think in the Middle East, that would normally mean y'all are married and are set to receive a goat for a present... |
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Post by Terd Ferguson on Dec 16, 2011 12:54:07 GMT -6
we posted these threads at the same time I think in the Middle East, that would normally mean y'all are married and are set to receive a goat for a present... Bob's been after Junior for years, it was bound to happen. |
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