Weatherspoon to Saints fans: 'Bringing a broom to the Bayou'
FLOWERY BRANCH -- The media embargo finally reached a boiling point for Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon.
Per some ridiculous team rule, Weatherspoon, who's out for the season with an achilles injury, is not allowed to speak to the media. But he's a grown man with First Amendment rights and they -- the Falcons -- don't control his twitter account.
He's one of the team's best interviewers and the media missing him dearly. (He did voice his displeasure to me recently about me continually referring to the defense as 'the 32nd ranked' defense.)
But Spoon got feed up and took to twitter to rip on some Saints fans who were trashing him on his time line.
I think "GOMD" means "Get off my dashboard" or something like that.
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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.
