Cris Carter told NFL rookies to 'get a fall guy,' video reveals

[donniesyracuse]

I kept waiting to hear it discussed on Mike & Mike this morning (it was Mike Golic and Dari Nowkhah today) and strangely it never came up.

 

[NateW]

I kept waiting to hear it discussed on Mike & Mike this morning (it was Mike Golic and Dari Nowkhah today) and strangely it never came up.

They did when I was getting around for work, roughly 7:30am

 

[donniesyracuse]

They did when I was getting around for work, roughly 7:30am

Wow! Totally missed it; maybe I'll go back and find it.

 

[Briancuse]

I'm the same way. Only part I used to watch regularly was Frank Caliendo's segment on Fox that I thought was pretty funny. But now that he's gone, I turn the tv on about 5 minutes before kickoff.

Frank Caliendo was the only reason I ever watched any of the pregame, the rest of it is just a bunch of boring interviews, and obvious viewpoints that anyone who watches the game can come up with.

 

[Briancuse]

They also buried the story way down on the website. i believe they ran it late night as the did their apology to the Patriots.

That interview was from last years rookie symposium, I don't understand how it was never addressed until now.

 

[AZOrange]

Great advice but would have been better delivered off camera. Lose his job? BS. I find it ridiculous when people want someone to lose their job every time they make a mistake that is outside the performance of their job. Too much sanctimonious politically correct BS. I think back to some of the best advice I ever received on my first day of college. My RA gathered us in his room and said "Pay attention and watch very closely..." He then shut the door, took a towel and placed it against the bottom of the door, opened his window, placed a window fan on the window sill (blowing outward), turned the fan on, then sat down and said "Any questions?" Now I'm sure many of you would think he was wrong and that he should have been preaching against the evils he thought we might be susceptible to. Some of you probably think he should have been fired. I consider it real world advice. Sometimes people need advice to help with reality because reality is not always safe and pure and...legal.

Is that really some of the best advice you ever received? Lol.

I do agree that we tend to be knee jerk but in this case, man, the guys take is pretty indefensible.

 

[orangefog]

Frank Caliendo was the only reason I ever watched any of the pregame, the rest of it is just a bunch of boring interviews, and obvious viewpoints that anyone who watches the game can come up with.

I agree, and it takes at least FIVE freaking guys on each show. Can you imagine if one of these networks were to get a couple of very knowledgeable football minds together and tell them that they have to break down a game as if they were a head coach and then put together a really good pregame show? Cut out the fluff and BS and educate the viewer.

 

[Frozen]

"If you get caught doing something bad, blame it on someone else." - Cris Carter, ostensibly.

Not just that, but, "My assumption is that you are probably going to do something bad in the near future."

 

[CarolinaCuse]

That interview was from last years rookie symposium, I don't understand how it was never addressed until now.

I think it was Chris Borland's interview (where he described what he was told at the rookie symposium) brought it to the forefront.

 

[retro44]

Does ESPN provide the production crew to film this for the NFL as the NFL did post the video on one of their websites. There must have been a few workers there running the equipment and cameras.

Well kept secret over comments like he made. What else is being said behind the scenes in that studio has got to be tabloid gossip for sure

 

[Bornorange]

Quadry and Moss called that ahole out years ago. Self righteous creep.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...talks-about-cris-carters-extreme-selfishness/

 

[OburgOrange]

ESPN responds!

ESPN issued a statement, saying: "We completely disagree with Cris's remarks and we have made that extremely clear to him. Those views were entirely his own and do not reflect our company's point of view in any way."

well there you go - they let him know they completely disagree with his remarks - problem solved - well done ESPN! Oh Lord

I haven't been able to stomach ESPN for over a decade. I'll watch games, but that's it

 

[MSOrange]

I haven't been able to stomach ESPN for over a decade. I'll watch games, but that's it

I watch Sportscenter when Lindsay Czarniak or Lisa Kerney is hosting but that's really it. They are my tv girlfriends

 

[leftytg]

I think it was Chris Borland's interview (where he described what he was told at the rookie symposium) brought it to the forefront.

it was the NFL's incompetence in publishing the unedited video online that brought it to the foreground.

As to why nothing came out about it at the time, despite having reporters present, one can credit the NFL's influence over the media that covers it. http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1snahig

Make no mistake - Cris Carter is advocating for obstruction of justice. We already have a huge problem in our culture with glorifying athletes, many of whom haven't had the rules of society applied to them since high school. The NFL doesn't need to be instructing its players on how to commit crimes and pin them on innocent people.

 

[retro44]

I guess it's safe to say,but it's looking very likely Cris had a stern talking to Tom Brady a few years back......The Deflator

 

[SWC75]

Quadry and Moss called that ahole out years ago. Self righteous creep.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...talks-about-cris-carters-extreme-selfishness/

I remember hearing about how Chris Carter had "made mistakes" but now he had corrected them and now was a role model and mentor for Randy Moss. Suddenly Moss rebelled against him and people said he should grow up and learn from the lessons Carter was giving him. Then I heard that the rest of the Vikings were on Moss's side and thought Carter was a jerk. It's obvious there are two Chris Carters: the public one and the one when the cameras aren't running.

Reminds me of this:

 

[DoubleDee]

Yet they fire Schilling today for having an opinion. Keep Carter and Lewis though.

 

[retro44]

Yet they fire Schilling today for having an opinion. Keep Carter and Lewis though.

Both Schilling and Sarkisian are getting hammered,and this clown who advocates in breaking the laws is skating.