Did Epenesa just earn himself the Jerry Hughes treatment?

[Buffalo_Stampede]

I mean AJ definitely says something.

[Warcodered]

3 minutes ago, Shortchaz said:

Looks like a.j said something to him that lit the fuse 

Probably didn't apologize for Hussey running into him.

[LABILLBACKER]

4 minutes ago, Shortchaz said:

Looks like a.j said something to him that lit the fuse 

He said "I hated you on The Office".....

[JDubya76]

AJ said he was gonna smack him and make his bottom lip as jankey as his top hair lip.

[billsbackto81]

46 minutes ago, MPT said:

Hussey should be fired. His reaction to that bump was totally unhinged and definitely personal.

Heated, but I didn't see anything intentional. AJ might see a fine. I understand Refs have a tight knit fraternity but if I were a fellow ref I'd tell Hussey, Dude! Stop being such a Little B÷+€#!

[HOUSE]

44 minutes ago, BuffaloBillies said:

Prolly thought it was a Steeler player, until it wasn't (oops). Plus, he was already a little hot from some after-the-whistle shoving he got the play before. 

Who is Prolly? Help me out here

[Freddie's Dead]

Just saw the replay, and it's clear that AJ is reacting to being pushed in the back.  Hussey doesn't want to get contacted, so he shouldn't be shoving Epenesa.  Hopefully AJ is not subject to any further discipline.  The ref had no business laying hands on Epenesa from behind.

[bigK14094]

50 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

Might have earned himself a week off and lost a game check.

He can appeal and play next week.

[boyst]

23 minutes ago, Shake_My_Head said:

 

It looks like Hussy was pushing on Epensea and ep didn't realize who was pushing on him. He turned to fend him off and then realized it was a ref.

 

 

Hussy clearly a punk. 

 

[Simon]

12 minutes ago, Shortchaz said:

Looks like a.j said something to him that lit the fuse 

 

I think he did too but I also think Hussey was already out of control before AJ probably told him to keep his f*ing hands off him.

[SoCal Deek]

Refs were horrible all day. Missed calls all over the field against both teams. 

[boyst]

27 minutes ago, Dan Darragh said:

In the NFL if you get kicked out of a game your punishment is that they make you watch the next WNBA game.

Fixed it for you. 

[Fixxxer]

Bad look for AJ. Not only did he hit the ref, he looked defiant after the calle. Got to be smarter than that. 

[Brueggs]

Looks like it boils down to what was said...

[Bob in STL]

12 minutes ago, Boyst62 said:

It looks like Hussy was pushing on Epensea and ep didn't realize who was pushing on him. He turned to fend him off and then realized it was a ref.

 

 

Hussy clearly a punk. 

 

All true, Epenesa used his elbow but never really made contact, but he hung around and said something and that made Hussy throw his hat for the penalty.  

 

I doubt Eppy said "Sorry Ref, didn't see you" which was the only smart thing he could have said at that point.  

[RyanC883]

meat-head Ref had to be pulled back from other refs from going after a player.  Ref should be suspended.  AJ didn't know he was elbowing a ref when trying to get Lawson out of there.  If you are a ref and can't handle inadvertent contact without loosing it, you shouldn't be a ref.  

[JDubya76]

56 minutes ago, Boyst62 said:

Fixed it for you. 

WNBA???

[Dick_Cheney]

Yeah this was a weird play/situation. Would love to know what he said to him lmao.

[Simon]

11 minutes ago, Dick_Cheney said:

Yeah this was a weird play/situation. Would love to know what he said to him lmao.

 

Betcha it had an "F" in it.

[Beck Water]

2 hours ago, Simon said:

 

QFT

 

I personally have some faith that the Bills will take the situation up with the league and point out “hey, our guy was trying to defuse the situation and take his buddy away, he had no reason to believe the guy shoving him was a ref, he had no intention to throw an elbow at a ref” with pics.  

 

Hopefully they have some cred, and Epenesa will make some amends somehow and not make a habit of this.

 

2 hours ago, Sherlock Holmes said:

Uh oh...looks like Epenesa got Hussey throwing a hussey fit with some extracurricular elbow action! (Great move by the way)

 

My question is Jerry Hughes only bitched out a referee and forever was targeted, can we expect the same from here on out with young Epenesa? Did he just make his career that much more difficult? Discuss!

 

 

I share your concern but I think Hughes had a years-long pattern with multiple refs that earned him ref purgatory, not just that one B word-out moment.

 

Jerry had a pattern to transition into a scary guy Kyle Williams called “Gary” when his fuse got lit

Edited October 9, 2022 by Beck Water