Giants’ Adoree’ Jackson rips official for momentum-turning penalty call: ‘Needs to be fined’
NY Post
No eye contact, no illegal contact.
Giants cornerback Adoree’ Jackson was penalized Sunday for a controversial 36-yard pass interference penalty that erased a third-down stop and turned momentum by setting up the Vikings to score a go-ahead touchdown in their 28-6 victory.
Was it a bad call? Should it actually have been offensive pass interference against receiver Jordan Addison, who seemed to initiate contact by jumping onto Jackson’s back to get to an underthrown pass by Sam Darnold?
“He knows it,” Jackson said. “When I say ‘he,’ the ref. That’s why he wouldn’t look at me, wouldn’t talk to me. You saw Addison almost pull my damn helmet off. I turned and looked for the ball. I can’t do anything about it.”
Jackson’s penalty — one of nine for 95 yards against the Giants — converted a third-and-8. Three plays later, the Vikings scored to take a 7-3 lead.
“The ref is sorry,” Jackson said. “He can hear me say that. He needs to be fined just like they fine us on different things. That was a BS call. He knows it. I wouldn’t look at me either if I knew I made a bad call.
Run 3 Space | Play Space Running Game
Traffic Jam 3D | Online Racing Game
Duck Hunt | Play Old Classic Game
The twist and turns of an unscripted baseball season go where they are going to go.
On the same day that Kevin Durant changed teams yet again, the concept of NBA championship-contenders needing a “Big Three” died in Game 7 of the Finals.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold reflected on his ending with the Minnesota Vikings.
Shilo did Shedeur dirty.
PHILADELPHIA — The Mets could be facing another significant roster decision as soon as Monday.
The very early version of Kevin Durant in the NBA was pitched to us as the loyal basketball purist, the ideal small-market personality. He enjoyed playing in Oklahoma City. He might play there forever, right? That was the vibe. In the wake of The Decision, Durant was considered the anti-LeBron James.
PHILADELPHIA — That’s one for each game of the now deceased losing streak.
Why are all the spreadsheet folks, who have lectured all of us for years that teams cannot win the Stanley Cup if they are paying their No. 1 goaltender at least 10 percent of the cap, so silent now after the Panthers have gone back-to-back with Sergei Bobrovsky in the net?
Anthony Volpe struck out to lead off the bottom of the second inning Saturday, extending his hitless streak to 25 at-bats.
Surely it wasn’t selected to make a point or to lament what the NBA has become, but it was, nonetheless, a picture worth a thousand 3-point heaves.
It sounds like Aaron Rodgers has some thoughts on how the Jets went from building a potent 1-2 combination in the backfield to looking punchless on the ground.
The Rangers are holding on to Matthew Robertson.
Anthony Volpe entered Friday in the midst of a 0-for-20 slump, with Aaron Boone saying the shortstop’s swing has been “off.”