Chiefs head coach Andy Reid announced Wednesday that cornerback Marcus Peters would be suspended for the team’s game against the Raiders this weekend.
Marcus Peters suspended by Chiefs for Week 14 game vs. Raiders
Andy Reid made the call to suspend Peters.
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Why did the Chiefs suspend Peters?
Peters tossed a flag into the stands last week.
After a Josh McCown rushing touchdown, a defensive holding was called on Chiefs cornerback Steven Nelson. The score put the Jets up 38-31 with just over two minutes remaining.
Peters then tossed the official’s penalty flag into the stands:
It made for one very happy fan, who had a rare souvenir, and the life of the party in the stands as everyone celebrated and took selfies with him:
Peters then left the field, thinking he was ejected. He wasn’t.
Initial reports from the game were that Peters was ejected, because of his exit. As it turns out, Peters hadn’t been ejected, and just assumed he was because of his actions.
Peters then came back onto the playing field, but without his socks:
It’s believed he may have thrown them into the stands, because he was seen looking into the crowd, appearing to motion to get something back:
It’s not a great look for Peters, but ...
Reid wouldn’t confirm the exact reasoning for the suspension.
While Andy Reid announced that Peters would be out this week, he wouldn’t give specifics on why:
“I’m not really going to get into the whole thing there, but I did what I thought was best for the Chiefs, and that’s how I try to go about my business,” Reid said on a conference call.
It’s a big game, personally, for Peters to miss.
Peters is from Oakland, and while the Chiefs have already made their trip to The Bay earlier this year, it’s still a meaningful game for him.
Marshawn Lynch has been his mentor, as a fellow Oakland native. It’s largely what inspired Lynch to run onto the field when Peters was involved in a scuffle during the two teams’ scuffle on Thursday Night Football earlier in the season.
“He was just trying to break it up,” Alonzo Carter, a mentor to both, said of Lynch via the Mercury News. “It wasn’t him turning on his team or nothing like that. He was just like ‘That was ‘lil bruh, I got him, I’ll get him out of the melee.’ It was just a natural instinct.”
After that game, they rode the BART together home, where Raiders fans had a message for Peters:
Unfortunately for Peters, the rematch won’t be one he can participate in.
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