Roger Goodell: How Can He Punish Those Injury Fakers?

Imagine if you will, the following:

And the daytime Emmy award for best acting in a sports drama goes to:

Deon Grant and Jacquain Williams of the New York Giants!

Oh, those two drama queens.

So who did they fool on Monday Night Football?

Absolutely, positively no one.

Didn't fool ESPN eagle-eye Mike Tirico:

"Uh, wait, wait, TWO GUYS down with fake injuries!"

Didn't fool ESPN analyst Jon Gruden:

"I hate to say this, he's not really hurt..."

Busted by Chucky!

Talk about tarnishing the brand, spitting on The Shield. This is simply bad stuff, and by now, Roger Goodell should proclaim he's as mad as hell and not going to take it any more.

He should be mad as hell. For a guy who is the ultimate guardian of the NFL brand, Goodell should get right on this, or as things revolve there at NFL Headquarters, he should have one of his many minions get right on this.

What Grand and Williams pulled on Monday night went beyond ridiculous; it was simply cheating, plain and simple.

The guys at ProFootballTalk called up one of Goodell's minions, league "spokesman" Greg Aiello, to inquire about fines for faking injuries, to which Aiello faked it himself and came up with this gem:

"If it could be proven. It's not a judgement call. You would need clear evidence, meaning an admission."

Holy Lt. Columbo! You mean you'd have to actually get an NFL player to admit he cheated?

Well, what a load of horse manure. This needs to end right now, and Jolly Roger is just the man to do it. If he wants to police bad behavior, if he wants to protect the NFL brand, then the last thing he needs is the word "fake" to become synonymous will on field shenanigans.

What Goodell needs to to do hire former professional wrestlers to sit in the booth and review footage of possible "fake" injuries. If anyone can spot a fake, those guys can.

Fines? Well, you'd better think hefty, as fines typically don't mean much to guys in the average NFL player tax bracket.

If the NFL really wants to nip this thing in the chops, well, they ought to banter out the "S" word. Yeah, suspension.

If, as Aiello claims, they'd need "an admission," well, they'd better start staffing the league with polygraph testers and hook these would-be Emmy award winners up right after the game and simply ask 'em.

"Did you fake an injury in the fourth quarter to stop the clock?"

Grant would have failed. Williams would have failed.

You know it, I know it, we all know it.

Time for Goodell to do something. That foot of his needs to come down hard.

Otherwise, the NFL should simply hire Vince McMahon as the next commish.

Now there's a guy who could spot the fakers.