NFL Network analyst suggests Eagles put bounty on Ezekiel Elliott in bizarre rant
Baldinger, who played for both the Eagles and Cowboys during his NFL career, tweeted that the rant was "mostly tongue in cheek."
But critics pointed out how inappropriate it is for someone who works, by extension, for the NFL to be promoting the idea of bounties and intentionally trying to injure players.
@GarlicFriesBeer lighten up ..it was mostly tongue in cheek... The only point was that Zeke hasn't been popped yet
— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) October 28, 2016
@BaldyNFL you were pandering to the meatheads in Philly. Inappropriate for an NFL employee to take it to bounties. 5 on scale of 10
— GarlicFriesAndBeer (@GarlicFriesBeer) October 28, 2016
@BaldyNFL @GarlicFriesBeer Saying this on THE league's network when they're cracking down on this stuff? #dumb
— Chad Carroll (@chadgcarroll) October 28, 2016
.@nflnetwork As the network representing a league that claims to care about player safety - @BaldyNFL should have no place there. None.
— Corey Stewart (@CoreyAStewart) October 29, 2016
@cowbellguy19 @GarlicFriesBeer @BaldyNFL can't see how this flys with @nflnetwork when player safety is supposed to be paramount.
— Carl W (@Car_D_W) October 29, 2016
@BaldyNFL @GarlicFriesBeer come on baldy you can't be telling the players to put a bounty out and hurt the guy. No class
— shawn brown (@busidobrown) October 28, 2016
@BaldyNFL @GarlicFriesBeer we can lighten up but you are a respected tv personality, saying they should put a bounty on someone is not good.
— Michael J. Brooks (@MrBrooks127) October 28, 2016
@BaldyNFL @GarlicFriesBeer "popped" is different than a bounty for injuring a player. And you know it.
— Rudy (@RudyFaas) October 28, 2016
@BaldyNFL "Mostly tongue in cheek" or not, these statements are uncalled for and incendiary at best. #ShameOnYou
— M. D. Jackson, Sr. (@Icebreaker1975) October 29, 2016
@BaldyNFL @GarlicFriesBeer mostly tongue in cheek but 100% classless.
— Harry J (@HarryJ29) October 29, 2016
