What if you could decide what punshiment -- if any -- the NFL will dole out to gun-toting linemen Shaun Rogers and Robaire Smith.
Cleveland, Ohio -- O.A. "Bum" Phillips, the colorful former coach of the Houston Oilers and the New Orleans Saints, used to say, "There's two kinds of coaches in the NFL: Them that's been fired, and them that's gonna git fired."To paraphrase ol' Bum, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell might say this about Browns defensive linemen Shaun Rogers and Robaire Smith, both facing league punishment for gun incidents: "There's two kinds of Browns defensive linemen: Them what's been disciplined and them that's gonna GIT disciplined."
Goodell was in town Thursday and told media and fans that the cases were still under review by his office. Rogers was arrested -- appropriately enough -- on April Fool's Day for having a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Smith was busted for a similar incident at Bishop Airport in Flint, Mich., in November 2009.
Rogers entered a diversion program that will see the federal charges dismissed. The case against Smith, filed last month, is a misdemeanor and carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Both players said they "forgot" about having the weapons in their luggage. Goodell and the league are likely to give 'em some good reminders. Let's pretend, though, that YOU are the NFL commissioner. What would you do to ensure the two players see the error of their ways?