So the NFL has decided they’re going to suspend Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers if they don’t cooperate with their drug investigation.
Thus far, everyone including the Green Bay Packers organization has been silent about that threat.
That’s interesting, but not totally surprising.
I mean, where’s the outrage? Or if not outrage, where’s the support from within for Matthews and Peppers?
It’s been pointed out that that’s exactly what Tom Brady got from the New England Patriots while he was going through that Deflategate nonsense. Bob Kraft, the team’s owner, was one of the most vocal critics of the NFL.
Shouldn’t Packers president Mark Murphy be doing the same thing here?
He should be, but that would be giving Murphy too much credit. Murphy is a company man. He’s one of commissioner Roger Goodell’s puppets.
There was even a report that the Packers organization was pressuring Matthews and Peppers to cooperate with the league. Murphy is on the NFL’s side, not the players’ side.
This situation is getting ugly. And as we noted yesterday, we fully expect it to end up in a courtroom.
Just the type of distraction we all need…