Maybe he was in the middle of doing the stanky leg, and the shooter fired at just the right moment.

Still not sure why he wasn't suspended for admitting that the really vicious facemask was intentional.

If Goodell really gave a crap about player safety Talib would be gone for at least a quarter of the season.

And that type of action wouldn't withstand even 2 seconds in a hearing, Mr Libertarian.

The NFL's message is this:

- hit a woman and we'll ban you from the league because women are a growth market
- murder someone and we'll cut you unless you're a top-five pick, because it's bad but then again dead people don't buy jerseys
- use steroids or human growth hormone and we'll suspend you unless you've been to a pro bowl, because we don't want players you've never heard of to gain an advantage (or hold even)
- we're very concerned about player safety as long as the game isn't close.
- shoot yourself while trying to murder someone when you're drunk in a strip club, and we don't have a problem with it since strippers aren't an identified target market for the league. Now, if you're trying to shoot one of the strippers who's your girlfriend, we might have to reconsider since we strongly oppose violence against women unless they're strippers.