This is my opinion, but its not what your looking for, so you should probably stick with getting the answers that you want over at Phinsider. I have 4 brothers. One thing I learned early on, is that if someone has a sh*t eating grin like Crowder had immediately after the incident, is that he probably started it, and was damn proud that he had managed to get his battle joined. (just like my little brother, he needed a good smack) Additionally, the matching fines, after a full investigation, make Crowder look all the less innocent. Sure, it was not cool for Light to lose it and make it physical, but the only thing I really feel bad about is that he didn’t manage to get a few good swings in on that classy fellow Porter at the same time.

C’mon, Crowder was just as guilty and fined exactly the same. I don’t condone what Light did; it was blatantly wrong and creative tons of negative press for the team and the fans. Crowder seems to be viewed as “the good guy” in this altercation when he was just sneakier at it.

For Crowder to be fined the same $15,000, do you really think he got shafted? Maybe, just maybe, the Phins trash talking has gotten a bit out of hand. One Miami player said Porter was penalized because the refs thought he was spitting his venom at them instead of the Pats, and it cost them how many penalty yards in the fourth quarter??? The refs had enough. Porter even apologized to the team. It wasn’t fixed, there was no conspiracy, period. Nothing really left to say.

I had forgotten about the Marshawn Lynch hit and run and hide from the police incident. No team is completely “clean” enough to cry foul anywhere.

I was all over your blog when that happened and NO ONE thought he should be suspended. You were all worried about it at the time.

The refs saw something there too. But you can go join the conspiracy theorists over at the Phins that the game is rigged, the refs are corrupt, and Goodell is in Bob Kraft’s pocket (or worse.)

but I need to point out just how incredibly stupid this whole conversation is. First of all, Goodell’s decision is in complete harmony with his other actions regarding fights on the field in this season. As in, the same.

Secondly, the idea that throwing a few punches in a football game is indicative of some kind of character flaw, which, now exposed, means you can no longer “look up to” the puncher says more about you than it does about Matt Light — none of it particularly impressive.

Finally, the idea that Matt was smiling as he left the field because he was somehow satisfied with his own behavior is ridiculous, considering what he must have been hearing from the crowd at the time he decided putting his helmet on would be a good idea.

This entire brouhaha is the prototypical tempest in a teapot, fueled by fans of the losing team and a fatuous blogosphere with nothing else to do now that the turkey has eaten and the relatives have gone but look forward to Sunday and wank away at the computer.

I hope everyone took equal note of the way the evil Titans egregiously ran up the score against the clearly disheartened and destroyed Lions on a National Day of Thanksgiving? I was appalled, personally. They continued throwing and completing long passes, even in the fourth quarter, even on third down. They kicked several long field goals when they could have easily run the ball—instead they decided to run it up, showing off the leg of their all-star kicker, letting him pad his stats. You know what? They never even let Detroit convert a third down! Fascists! It was disgusting, and Jeff Fischer is clearly an asshole with bad fashion sense.

Then, in the very next game, Tony Romo continued to throw for self-aggrandizing ego-biscuit touchdowns with Dallas comfortably ahead, 24-9, and later marching the team down field for an in-your-face field goal. I hope he dies.

Don’t even get me started on Donovan McNabb “redeeming” himself against the Cardinals. What a prick!

I used to look up to these men with respect, but now all my heroes are gone. I’m crying right now, as a matter of fact. Just what has happened to our society? I mean, we’re clearly down the long road to hell, and, frankly, I have to admit that it’s all the Patriots’ fault—specifically Bill Belichick. I used to look up to the hoodie like a father. Now I have no father. I see he’s nothing more than a venal crook who should probably be thrown into a Shanghai prison and butt-raped for the rest of his life by a Chinese bull brought in specifically for that task.

Thank god, I’ve finally come to my senses. Thank you, thank you, thank you, oh wise denizens of the sporting internet for saving me from a life of fandom folly! I have truly seen the error of my ways.

Morons.

Seriously, what more does this kid want? I think we all agree Matt Light should’ve kept his cool, but considering Crowder was fined equally as much (and Porter fined later on, too) I’m led to believe they were hardly the innocent ones in this particular scuffle. The NFL made its ruling and hopefully Matt Light doesn’t do it again. Stop making it a bigger issue than it really is.

He said he was moving on, perhaps you should too.