Another side of Kelvin Beachum?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:40 pmAnyone watching Cardinals/Rams game?
Los Angeles DT Aaron Donald gets into it with Arizona offensive tackle D.J. Humphries, who loses his helmet in the scrum, at which point Beachum stepped in, getting in Donald's face.
Certainly not the first player to stand up for a teammate.
Then, a few plays later, the Cardinals finally score, and on the ensuing two-point conversion, Beachum got flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct. L.A. LB Leonard Floyd sort of steered Beachum into Arizona QB Kyler Murray. Maybe Beachum thought Floyd had hit Murray unnecessarily — hard to say — but Beachum planted Floyd, and when Floyd got up, shoved him again to draw the flag.
It was a weird look to those who know him. Most who have met Beachum know him to be a nice guy, usually smiling, generous in the community (he is Arizona's nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award), etc. Then again, his former SMU teammates talked about how the nice guy takes on an entirely different personality on the field. It could be magnified tonight, since the Cardinals currently on the short end of a 28-8 score.
Los Angeles DT Aaron Donald gets into it with Arizona offensive tackle D.J. Humphries, who loses his helmet in the scrum, at which point Beachum stepped in, getting in Donald's face.
Certainly not the first player to stand up for a teammate.
Then, a few plays later, the Cardinals finally score, and on the ensuing two-point conversion, Beachum got flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct. L.A. LB Leonard Floyd sort of steered Beachum into Arizona QB Kyler Murray. Maybe Beachum thought Floyd had hit Murray unnecessarily — hard to say — but Beachum planted Floyd, and when Floyd got up, shoved him again to draw the flag.
It was a weird look to those who know him. Most who have met Beachum know him to be a nice guy, usually smiling, generous in the community (he is Arizona's nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award), etc. Then again, his former SMU teammates talked about how the nice guy takes on an entirely different personality on the field. It could be magnified tonight, since the Cardinals currently on the short end of a 28-8 score.