Roger Goodell on terminating Jim Trotter: ‘I wasn’t part of that decision’

“Who will save me from this nosy priest?” , as Miles Simmons likes to say occasionally (or often), is all it takes.

Or maybe someone in the NFL Media department decided on their own to flag Trotter for termination after watching Trotter ask pointed questions about Goodell at two consecutive pre-Super Bowl press conferences, and he recently added this eyebrow-raising quote from James Baldwin when confronting Goodell about the subject: “No. I believe what you say because I see what you do.”

No, Goodell wouldn’t need to tell anyone to fire Trotter. Goodell’s simple, seemingly informal expression of displeasure to someone in NFL Media management (For example“I’m surprised you don’t have better control over your employees”) will send the message loud and clear.

I’m not saying that’s what happened. No one will ever know what happened, in the absence of litigation. who could already come.

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