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Jeff Saturday slams ‘trash’ Kayvon Thibodeaux celebration on Nick Foles hit, upset that Colts linemen didn’t retaliate
Kayvon Thibodeaux sparked an uproar on Sunday when he made mock snow angels subsequent to a clearly injured and struggling Nick Foles.
Jeff Saturday isn’t pleased with how the Indianapolis Colts offensive stay dealt with — or did not deal with — the scenario. The interim Colts head coach blasted Thibodeaux’s sack celebration on Monday as “trash” and “tasteless” whereas delivering a message to the Indianapolis offensive line.
“Yeah, tasteless and trash from the celebration afterward, simply trash — not a fan of it in any respect,” Saturday told reporters when requested about Thibodeaux’s celebration. “And yeah, disillusioned from the O line perspective and for teammates usually.
“We shield our personal. I imply, y’all know me, man. I’ve been right here a very long time. So I’m simply gonna tread evenly. Clearly, I didn’t prefer it in any respect, and that’s the place I’ll go away it.”
The incident befell throughout the second quarter of the New York Giants’ 38-10 win. Thibodeaux, a rising rookie star for the Giants, sacked Foles after getting a free run on the Colts quarterback on a third-down play. The sort out drove Foles into the bottom, and the Colts quarterback writhed in ache and appeared to convulse within the aftermath of the hit.
In the meantime, Thibodeaux laid on his again and made mock snow angles to have fun the hit simply inches away from Foles. Thibodeaux did not seem to appreciate on the time that Foles was injured. Nevertheless it wasn’t an excellent look.
Foles was dominated out of the sport with a rib damage. Saturday introduced on Monday that Foles will not play in Sunday’s season finale towards the Houston Texans. After the sport, Thibodeaux informed reporters that he did not understand that Foles was injured as he celebrated.
“After I did understand that he was damage, that’s once we began getting up,” Thibodeaux stated, per ESPN’s Kimberley A. Martin. “If you’re doing a celebration, you’re not seeking to see who’s doing what. However I hope he will get effectively, and I hope he’s all proper.”
Whereas Saturday’s not pleased with Thibodeaux, his primary subject seems to be together with his personal gamers. Saturday performed 13 seasons at heart for the Colts the place he snapped the ball to Peyton Manning, gained a Tremendous Bowl and made three All-Professional groups. Colts linemen on Sunday took no subject with Thibodeaux as their quarterback lay injured on the turf. This does not sit effectively with Saturday.
The incident and its aftermath had been the newest letdown in what’s been one of many NFL season’s most disappointing campaigns. A Colts workforce with playoff aspirations has as a substitute seen its season spiral right into a 4-11-1 catastrophe. They fired head coach Frank Reich midseason and have twice benched beginning quarterback Matt Ryan.
The Colts had been roundly mocked for changing Reich with Saturday, a franchise stalwart as a participant who took the interim job with zero head teaching expertise past the highschool degree. A 1-6 stretch that features permitting the biggest comeback in NFL historical past means that Saturday was certainly not prepared for the position.
Sunday’s sport clearly did not enhance the scenario. However Saturday’s intent on instilling his tradition so long as he stays on the Indianapolis sideline.