Joey Porter has been all over the news of late, and sadly, for a lot of the right reasons. He’s been having a fantastic season on the field for the resurgent Dolphins, correctly predicted the Fins win over the Pats this season, and even refused to respond in kind to Brandon Marshall’s recent outburst about him.
Yeah, I’ve been very disappointed in Porter. But thankfully, he gave us a couple crumbs that get things back to normal with him. First, as noted by DEADSPIN and COLLEGE FOOTBALL TALK, he celebrated a TD at the Colorado State game with one of the Rams players last Saturday. The celebration cost the team a 15-yard penalty. Video after the jump.
Second, Porter went off today in a conference call about the cocaine case of Matt Jones.
From Armando Salguero’s MIAMI HERALD blog:
On the NFL’s policy for fining players even when they don’t get flagged during games, Porter was asked if he understands what it is that gets a player fined:
“If I knew the answer, I would have $20,000 more they wouldn’t have taken from me. So I definitely don’t have the answer. I’m still trying to figure out how a guy gets caught with cocaine in the car and he still plays the game and nothing happens to him. Nothing’s happened. They ain’t had no penalty or nothing. I’m trying to figure that out. He got caught with some cocaine in his pockets. Everybody knows it. But Matt Jones is still up there playing football and nothing’s ever happened to him. So I’m still trying to figure out how you get away with that and your fining people $20,000 for making comments about media or refs or how they feel. But here is a guy that got caught with cocaine, everybody knows about it, and nothing happened. He done played every game. You explain that to me, then we’ll be talking about something.”
He might have a point. But seeing as Jones was a first-time offender, and obviously Porter knows nothing of the details of the case, he might be getting a little out over his skis. And what the fruck does Matt Jones’ cocaine case have to do with Porter’s fine?
Thanks Joey!
6:09 pm on November 5th, 2008
Joey Porter is the man!
6:12 pm on November 5th, 2008
Nice to see Joey staying true to his school.
6:14 pm on November 5th, 2008
Porter's got some nice hops. Too bad his alma mater still lost.
6:16 pm on November 5th, 2008
Now he'll only be hated by half the state of Colorado.
6:18 pm on November 5th, 2008
I can't wait until he retires and becomes an NFL analyst.
6:22 pm on November 5th, 2008
Joey's just mad that Matt didn't share.
6:28 pm on November 5th, 2008
So Colorado State couldn't afford a sideline pass for Porter, so they stuck him in the end zone? That's not nice.
6:35 pm on November 5th, 2008
So he was talking smack about smack.
6:52 pm on November 5th, 2008
The NFL would really be a No Fun League without mouths like Porter's.
6:55 pm on November 5th, 2008
Would Joey Porter be so talkative if his Dolphins were going through another dreadful 1-15 season?
7:00 pm on November 5th, 2008
With such lighting literary prose, just call him Joey "Cole" Porter.
9:25 pm on November 5th, 2008
Is it really smack talk when you're calling out your opponents after the game? Sounds more like rubbing it in.
12:03 pm on November 6th, 2008
joey who
1:21 pm on November 6th, 2008
He cost Colorado State 15 yards, which gave Max Hall a short field and ultimately led to a Brigham Young victory. This just confirms that Porter, even in successful seasons, is all about himself. If you listen to Miami sports radio regularly, Jim Mandich on WQAM says that CHAD PENNINGTON is the impetus of the Dolphins' success and Joey Porter, while a good player, isn't really the one responsible. Even though I'm a Broncos fan, I like the Dolphins, all except Porter that is.