15 Shades of Silliness from the 2014 NFL Season

The 2014 NFL season has wrapped up and there were some silly happenings going on throughout the year. From getting into trouble for drinking a beer to the scientific facts of air pressure in footballs, here goes with some memorable moments.

1. Smoking marijuana and Le’Veon Bell. The new smart drug?

Direct quote from Bell to the police officer after being cited for marijuana possession.

I didn’t know that you could get a DUI for being high. I smoked two hours ago. I am not high anymore. I am perfectly fine. Why would I be getting high if I had to get on a plane to make it to my game?

Really? Does Bell not remember Red Ribbon Week from his school days? This whole pot-smoking incident took place just prior the start of the regular NFL season while Bell and then teammate LeGarrette Blount were on the way to the airport for a preseason game. Bell is currently serving a 15-month probation term for the incident.

2. The curious case of the missing E.J. Manuel.

What happened to this former first-round pick? After playing in just 15 games over the last two seasons, are we certain Manuel still exists on the Bills’ roster? Considering Kyle Orton abruptly bailed following the end of the regular season, will we have a Manuel siting in 2015?

3. Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh blames “numbness” for stepping on Aaron Rodgers in a late-season game. 

He said, he said. The jury will remain out on this one. You’ve got to love Rodgers’ angry shove to Suh that went ignored.

4. Using “F” bombs while your kids or possibly your mom are watching is not cool. And they are expensive.

Tom Brady was kind of the master in this category.

Don’t let Andrew Luck and his boyish looks or that beard fool you.

Was it worth it to Geno Smith?

5. Making a rival eat crow while feasting on turkey on that rivals’ field. Richard Sherman and Russell Wilson (and the San Francisco 49ers) would know all about this. 

It doesn’t get much better than defeating San Francisco 19-3 at Levi’s Stadium on Thanksgiving night.

6. Speaking of Seahawks, remember the mascot gone rogue?

7. Johnny Manziel was a silly first-round draft pick by the Cleveland Browns.

Manziel was a complete bust for the Browns in 2014. Given a chance to start in two games, the Texas A&M product put up just 175 passing yards and zero touchdowns with two interceptions.

Between accusations of excessive partying and an obvious lack of maturity, Manziel, who recently checked himself into a rehab, has been an absolute joke in the NFL. Perhaps his second season he will make things up to the Browns.

Until then, we have this…

And this…

8. The awkward Jets’ quarterback duo of Geno Smith and Michael Vick.

How exhausting and utterly useless was it to watch Smith and Vick repeatedly take over for one another in 2014? Smith did dominate the time on the field, but his numbers didn’t exactly dazzle. He finished with 2,525 passing yards, 13 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 14 games. Vick took part in 10 games, passing for 604 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.

9.Since when do officials throw (then quickly pick up) their own penalty flags?

That would be in the Lions vs. Cowboys wild card playoff game.

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was pretty steamed on the sideline while he repeatedly asked the referee to explain that move. The result of the quickly swept up flag did assist in swaying the outcome of the wild card game in the Cowboys’ favor.

10. Governor Chris Christie eventually stopped being Jerry Jones’ mojo.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were joined at the hip when Jones claimed Christie was his “mojo.” That all abruptly ended when the Green Bay Packers beat the Cowboys in the NFC Divisional Playoffs. Will the mojo connection continue in 2015? Let’s hope not.

11. Deflate-Gate is offensive and makes you lose your memory.

At least according to Tom Brady and Robert Kraft. Both have claimed to be offended and Kraft wishes for an apology once the whole investigation about the Patriots’ playing with under-inflated balls is completed.

As for Brady, he doesn’t know anything about anything when it comes to how the footballs got under-inflated. Though, this doesn’t mean that Brady does not know how to talk (or sing) about balls. 

12. The Year of the “Gronk” or “Gronking” has come to life.

There’s romance..

https://twitter.com/FakeEmmanuel/status/564937492588032000

There’s dancing…

And more dancing…

There’s fighting…

There’s just the random…

13. Jay Cutler’s Quarterback Contract is Ridiculous.

According to Spotrac.com, Chicago Bears’ quarterback Jay Cutler is currently the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL. He is signed under a seven-year a $126.7 million contract until 2020. His average salary is $18 million with a guaranteed total of $54 million.

Cutler was benched in Week 16 after tying for the league lead in interceptions with 18. What does next year hold for Cutler? Well that depends heavily on new Bears head coach John Fox.

14. Josh Gordon can’t even have a beer.

Let’s see. The NFL makes millions of dollars a year off of beer advertising campaigns. The president can drink a beer he brewed in his own kitchen on national TV on Super Bowl Sunday.

However, because Gordon is still under disciplinary action from the NFL for previously violating the leagues’ substance abuse policy, he cannot test positive for alcohol.

The couple of beers Gordon claims to have drank cost him a year of salary while he serves a one-year suspension.

15. Is Olivia Munn from another planet?

She claims she had no idea who her handsome boyfriend Aaron Rodgers was when she met him. Right. This is about as believable as Le’Veon Bell’s statement at the top of the article.

https://twitter.com/FOXSportsLive/status/558143260938747905

There you have it. The most ridiculous from the 2014 NFL season.

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