Landry calls Peters ‘coward’ for spitting
Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry called Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters “a coward” for appearing to spit at him during Monday night’s game.
A video taken from the national TV broadcast shows Peters spitting in Landry’s direction at the end of the first quarter. Landry has his back turned and is walking in the opposite direction and toward Cleveland’s huddle when Peters spits.
Landry said the action was uncalled for.
“He’s a coward,” Landry said Thursday on a Zoom call after practice. “He knew that maybe behind my back he could do things like that, but to my face he wouldn’t. Take it for what it’s worth and now I know. Everybody knows what type of player he is and the type of person he is and just move on from there.”
On Baltimore’s flight home following the Ravens’ thrilling 47-42 win, Peters was filmed by a teammate calling Landry and injured Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. “homegirls.”
Peters’ act could be considered more troubling given the COVID-19 pandemic. Peters could face punishment from the league, which reviews every game for possible fines.
“Be a man about if you’re going to do something like that,” Landry said. “I don’t know about protocols, but if there is a protocol about being a man, that sure ain’t it right there.”
Colts punter could return: Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich said that “there is a chance” punter Rigoberto Sanchez could play Sunday, less than three weeks after he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor.
Sanchez, who punted against the Tennessee Titans just days after getting his diagnosis, had surgery Dec. 1. Doctors were confident at that point that the cancer hadn’t spread beyond the tumor, and the surgery was considered a success.
But Indianapolis still wasn’t expecting Sanchez to be back on the field so soon.
“I would say no,” Colts special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone said. “He’s only a couple of weeks out of surgery and all that, so I’m not sure. I’ve never had to deal with anything like this in the past; I don’t think most of us have had to handle a situation like this.”
Giants assistant has virus: New York Giants offensive coordinator Jason Garrett has tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Thursday.
The team canceled practice “out of an abundance of caution.”
Tight Ends coach Freddie Kitchens will be in charge of calling plays against the Browns, the team he most recently served as head coach.