Jul 16th 2008 2:55PM by Stephanie Stradley (author feed)
Filed under: Jaguars, AFC South, NFL Police Blotter, NFL Fans, NFL Video
The picture to the right is the one that I used this morning in talking about Peyton Manning’s knee surgery. He is wildly gesticulating like he usually does at the line, but perhaps it is something more sinister.
In an article today in the LA Times, Sam Farmer says that the NFL is reviewing tapes to see if NFL players are using gang signs during games. Apparently, they have already spoken to a few players about it, and it was a subject that came up during the rookie symposium.
One of the difficulties in detecting gang signals is that gang signs can also mean different things:
“Guys come from all over the country, and who knows what they’re really doing?” said Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Dennis Northcutt, adding he cannot remember seeing a gang gesture in his nine NFL seasons. “People have got signs for their kids, signs for their fraternities. How do you differentiate who’s really throwing up gang signs?”
Northcutt gave an example.
“This is a gang sign,” he said, touching his index finger to his thumb to form a squished OK sign. “But at the same time, it’s a sign for a personnel group.”
So, I guess Peyton Manning in the above picture is directing traffic, or saying what coverage the defense is using, or asking to give peace a chance, or signaling Dallas Clark to go gangster on someone.
