Although the domestic violence charges ended up being dismissed for Derrius Guice in what has turned out to be a career-altering incident, the NFL will still suspend the running back.
The league handed Guice a six-game suspension Friday, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets. Guice is not currently on a team, and this ban will not make his return to the league easier. Washington waived Guice in August 2020.
Guice played just one season with Washington, losing his rookie year to injury and being cut because of the 2020 arrest. In June, Guice saw charges against him dropped. He and the alleged victim reached an out-of-court settlement. No charges need to stick in order for an NFL suspension to commence, however, in accordance with the league’s personal conduct policy.
The LSU product also battled injuries during his time in Washington. Following his 2018 ACL tear, the former second-round pick ran into more knee trouble a year later. The setbacks limited Guice to just five games in 2019. While a comeback should not be considered out of the question, the 24-year-old back’s health history will make such a path more difficult following this suspension.
Guy is a thug and a clown. He also got accused of sexually harassing a 74 yr old woman. Should never be allowed back in the league.
Out chasing some realllllly old tail with Kellen Winslow Jr.?
He’s a f’in soldier!
A player that had potential on the field. flashed greatness in college and had the world at his feet. Risk players that either fall in the draft or get passed on are in every draft. More often than not these misguided men are still allowed to pepper the NFL rosters? Yet they want us to watch, praise their social message and expect our kids to look up to them? Clean it up or clear on out!
Good point – what a waste of talent … he had some serious skills but no brain to control them
He’s good at handing out suspensions but what I would really like Goodell to do, is take a look at that wonderful “Field of Dreams” event that MLB baseball offered fans last night and find a way to create something similar for NFL fans.
Irrelevant to this thread
what thread is it relevant in?
The Longest Yard?
They’re too busy taking games away from fans here and forcing it in Europe, in places that had little use for our style of football.
Exactly right Hammer.
i got the big a$$ cornfield right on the other side of my driveway. you gonna come out and help develop the land?
I’m happy to let baseball have the corn but I think it would be both classy and cool if the NFL could develop some concept that acknowledges the contribution that places like Akron. Dayton, Hammond, Muncie etc. made when the league first started. Those teams couldn’t survive for financial reasons but they had fans that were just as passionate for football as anywhere else.
Yes, honor the Pottsville Maroons by giving them back the title they won on the field.