Earlier this week, the NFL suspended Detroit Lions security Brian Department for beginning a battle with JuJu Smith-Schuster after their sport in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. On Wednesday, they upheld the suspension when Department tried to attraction the choice. And on Thursday, NFL Movies added insult to damage, posting a bizarre and insulting video as part of their “NFL Turning Level” on-line present.
The video, which tries to place Department’s irritating evening in opposition to the Chiefs into context, comes off as surprisingly insulting for a video produced by the league. Whereas attempting to show Department’s rising anger all through the sport, the video unnecessarily reveals Department getting overwhelmed a number of occasions [Editor’s note: sometimes incorrectly assigning blame] and lacking a deal with or two. They lastly get to the precise spotlight that’s related to Department’s frustrations—when JuJu Smith-Schuster throws an unlawful block from the again that Department particularly pointed to as the explanation he was upset.
However maybe even worse was the odd narration from former NFL participant and entrance workplace worker Louis Riddick. Each his tone and his selection of phrases are over-the-top insulting. Right here’s a transcript of the brief clip:
“It was a protracted sport for Lions security Brian Department, quantity 32. He obtained burned by (Travis) Kelce’s basketball transfer. He obtained confirmed up by (Patrick) Mahomes. He obtained juked by Xavier Worthy, and took a shot from JuJu Smith-Schuster. The turning level led to Department’s boiling level.”
Sooner or later throughout Thursday night, the NFL realized the inappropriateness of insulting their very own participant like this and took down the video. Nonetheless, we saved a model of it, in case you need to see it under:
