UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
Two Minutes, Well Worth It

Sean Payton Responded To The Supposed Keenan Lewis/Dennis Allen Beef With Some Cold, Hard Truth

8/23/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture

“Dennis Allen, we never got along since day one. It was something that happened years ago. Like he told me seven years ago, I didn’t have what it takes to make it. He told me face-to-face that I wasn’t going to make it. So I always used that as my motivation every time I see him.” - Keenan Lewis

Payton was asked if he saw tension between Lewis/Allen, said, “We didn’t have a chance to. He wasn’t on the field.” https://t.co/6OBbG5p26K

— Mike Triplett (@MikeTriplett) August 21, 2016

Short and...not-so-sweet. I said it when he was released and I'll say it again. I wish Keenan Lewis' health allowed him to be a contributor for a defense that looks - fingers crossed - to be much improved for the 'Rocky Horror Pick-less Show' that it was last year. It sucks that his body kept him from doing so, but let's be clear - his absence from the field as well as the success of the younger, more able bodies behind him on the depth chart were the only reasons he was cut. 

That's not to say there wasn't some unspoken feud between he and Dennis Allen. Where there's smoke there is fire so I'm sure that wasn't completely fabricated, but Defensive Coordinators that are given the job of correcting the WORST PASS DEFENSE IN NFL HISTORY don't release cover corners that can help them win games based on their personal feelings toward them. At the end of the day, Dennis Allen is going to what he has to to keep his job and cutting a player that can help his unit get stops runs counterproductive to that. Never mind the fact that he's not the person pulling the trigger on roster moves anyway, because even is he was he wouldn't have left a defensive back that has proven effective when healthy sitting out on the curb if there was any indication that he was going to be healthy. The idea that Keenan Lewis didn't fit the scheme that Dennis Allen runs is merely a hypothetical, because he hasn't even been on the field for more than one practice since that scheme has been fully instituted. 

I actually appreciate the fact that Keenan Lewis pointed a finger somewhere other than the lower half of his body when he was let go because his somewhat delusional belief in himself is what's helped him get this far in his career. Still, Sean Payton made it very clear...any contentious feelings that existed between him and Dennis Allen weren't nearly as damning to his stay in New Orleans as a 30 year old hip that wouldn't heal. That might seem harsh, but if he didn't want the truth then he should have stuck to telling himself lies instead of bringing them to the media.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Categories

    All
    Dumbest-of-the-stupid
    Footy Fisticuffs Etc
    Hardball
    Hoops
    Jersey's Team
    Pigskin
    Pop Cultured
    Puck
    Scarlet-knights
    Who Dat Nation

    Archives

    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy