Ray Lewis Calls Jimmy Graham a Queen Tight End!! (1 Viewer)

[tonythesaint]

The jury is still out on what he exactly meant, but it was obviously an insult towards Graham. Lewis said this on the pre game show on ESPN last night before the Monday Night Game. Look I have been upset with Graham, but Lewis is a piece of crap. He always has something to say about the Saints and when I heard these comments I literally forgot that Graham wasn't a Saint anymore. It appears that many people think it was meant as a homophobic slur.


https://news.yahoo.com/ray-lewis-calls-jimmy-graham-153532649.html

 

[Saint Droopy]

I hate the sensitivity of this "new America". Can't even play "tag" in school anymore.

 

[Alan]

He was trying to refer to a chess piece.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Can we just stop with all the Graham threads? There are at least 4 of them on the front page alone!

 

[Bongzilla]

a) He is either calling him soft / or a woman (we need to fix this as a society, --never realized that "you throw like a girl" is an insult until I had two little girls)
b) He is calling him a homophobic slur.

These are really the only two options, and neither are very PC these days.

 

[efil4stnias]

He was trying to refer to a chess piece.

like Ray plays chess....


i bout lost my lunch laughing so hard at the thought of that block-head sitting at a table, attempting to develop or discern the strategy....

thanks! lolololol

 

[crosswatt]

I hate the sensitivity of this "new America". Can't even play "tag" in school anymore.

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

 

[Kamara Time in NO]

like Ray plays chess....


i bout lost my lunch laughing so hard at the thought of that block-head sitting at a table, attempting to develop or discern the strategy....

thanks! lolololol

He'd have trouble figuring out the intricate moves of checkers.

 

[44slayer]

Im pretty sure he was calling Graham soft. Because well, he is.

 

[jodykw1982]

I think he was just calling him soft.

 

[saintsinNO]

I believe he was indeed referring to a chess piece. He was making a distinction from a "traditional tight end" who would mostly block and stay in-line, but could also catch in a pinch. Here, Graham is a "queen tight end," as in chess-queen, i.e. can be moved all over and do different things, though he cannot block like a traditional one. Take the good with the bad if-you-will.

 

[insidejob]

Actually, it's a commonly used football term, which any real sports writer would immediately understand. Ray Lewis was referring to the formation of the offense. A "queen" TE is free-roaming in a 2TE set while the "king" TE is responsible for blocking. It's based on chess, in which the queen can move freely in any direction while the king is mostly stationary. Graham is used primarily as a pass-catcher and in the play formation would be designated as the queen tight end.

from the comments...though I've still never heard this, it sounds plausible.

 

[smchls23]

It's obvious he was calling him soft.

That word is loaded though. But I think it was an insult directed at Graham's unwillingness to wanna work harder at blocking, nothing more or less.

 

[Alan]

like Ray plays chess....


i bout lost my lunch laughing so hard at the thought of that block-head sitting at a table, attempting to develop or discern the strategy....

thanks! lolololol

I could care less if he plays chess or not...how about read the ****** articles to verify. He WAS trying to refer to Jimmy as the chess piece that can move all over the board.

 

[insidejob]

I could care less if he plays chess or not...how about read the ****** articles to verify. He WAS trying to refer to Jimmy as the chess piece that can move all over the board.

read what articles to verify what? the linked article clearly says they haven't heard this term before and questions what he meant by it.