When I first glaned at the headline about LenDale White getting into a training camp fight, I didn’t think it was any big deal. Unless LenDale went Michael Westbrook on someone, I wasn’t going to think much of it. Training camp fights happen, guys are tired, hot, pissed off, sick of hitting each other… boys will be boys. It happens.
But what you wouldn’t think happens… is teammates spitting on each other in practice. When the fight broke out between LenDale and safety Donnie Nickey, Keith Bulluck was heard yelling that LenDale White spit in Nickey’s face. Who does that? I think you’d have to be pretty low to spit in an opponent’s face, let along a teammate’s. That’s messed up.
Peter C. Carroll Says:
August 11th, 2006 at 10:11 am
Check out the gut on Lendale (on the SI link up top) he’s morphing into Chester Mcglockton.
E-6 Says:
August 11th, 2006 at 10:27 am
Maybe he’s just trying to get down to weight.
Sablesma Says:
August 11th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
yeah, that’s messed up. but still i applaud lendale. maybe it’s just because i hate donnie nickey.
boo boo Says:
August 11th, 2006 at 1:14 pm
That gut has nothing on the Bus. Do you know how strong Jerome has to be to overcome the inertia of that thing - it’s just amazing.
Mon-L Says:
August 11th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
I have an entirely different take on this thing.
A) For the record… the spitting hasn’t been confirmed by anyone but Keith Bullock. Lendale isn’t a Lawrence Phillips headcase, he was a great, and very well respected college player who got fat from an injury at a bad time.
B) The shove in the back was a chicken shit move. Lendale was right to fight back.
C) Nickey took off his helmet and tried to club Lendale with it. Full on bush league.
I feel sorry for the kid because he’s gotten tagged as bad apple and it’s probably not deserved. Lets see how fat you’d get if you had a torn hamstring.
antman Says:
August 12th, 2006 at 2:41 pm
He’s a Trojan…what do you expect?