Giants lineman McKenzie charged with DWI after traffic stop

by Cody K on Nov 14, 2008 8:44 PM EST Comment 13 comments

This isn't good. Especially given how many games they've been playing together.

Kareem McKenzie was charged with drunken driving after a traffic stop Thursday night.

McKenzie was stopped after he cut through a gas station lot at about 9:30 p.m., said Little Falls police Lt. Salvatore Calafiore. A Breathalyzer test found McKenzie's blood-alcohol level was above New Jersey's legal limit of 0.08. He was taken to police headquarters and released later that night, Calafiore said.

It doesn't say how far above the limit he was - so we don't know if it was something ticky-tack like .09 or something like that.

The problem now is that Coughlin has to bench Kareem, right? He doesn't have a choice, and it will be a double standard if he doesn't subject KM to any punishment.

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Here's you answer from the Giants

From Ralph Vacchiano:
Kareem McKenzie will start at right tackle for the Giants on Sunday despite his arrest Sunday night for DUI.
(I’m pretty sure Ralph meant to write ‘arrest Thursday night.’ Nice to see that even the big-time guys make mistakes.)

by Ed Valentine on Nov 14, 2008 10:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Adam Jones...

gotta be pissed, lol

Life is nothing but Beats & Rhymes

by Matchz Malone on Nov 14, 2008 10:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My guess

is they let him play this week, wait for some more facts to come out, then sit him for next weekends game (perhaps not coincidentally against an Arizona team whose defense is not as good as Baltimore’s)

by cjmulrain on Nov 14, 2008 10:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The crappy thing about this is

that Kareem seems like a genuinely good guy..

by Hoyadestroya85 on Nov 15, 2008 8:17 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Here is Coughlin

talking about the siutation.

“There’s never been a better citizen,” Coughlin said on his weekly WFAN spot. “There’s not an individual who’s had more remorse for what he did. He’s not blaming anyone but himself. He’s a guy who has been a first-class guy in this organization. He made a mistake. Everybody realizes that. It’s an error. It’s a mistake. We’re disappointed. He’s disappointed. But nobody’s going to be harder on him than himself.”

by Ed Valentine on Nov 15, 2008 8:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

There is no such thing as a ticky tack DUI

That shit is dangerous and he could have hurt someone. With that said he McKensie seems remorseful and inclined to not sit him any games.

by DoctorK16 on Nov 15, 2008 10:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

baltimore teams should should push to have him benched for the game,,,man not fair that he gets to play…what a double standard…come on Tom bench him.. he could have taken out the air pump machine and car vac…kidding of course. Don’t Drink and Drive.

by raven on Nov 15, 2008 3:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Aaaaaarrrrrrgh

You don’t wan’t to get in to what players get away with and are allowed to play football ……really ………..do you?…………I know you were kidding but…… aaaaaaaaarrrrgh.
Is it Sunday yet? This has been a loooong week.

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on Nov 15, 2008 4:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

man, we have nothing but boy scouts on our team..i vaguely remember in 2000 when some dude pretending to be Ray got in some kind of jam in Atlanta….i think it turned out to be some canadian or something..

by raven on Nov 15, 2008 4:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

dear NFL players:

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE STOP DRINKING AND DRIVING! You WILL get caught. Goodell will fine you and suspend you. Every game is important in a 16 game schedule. The poorest players among you make 750,000 bucks a year. YOU CAN AFFORD A TAXI/LIMO/HELICOPTER/LEAR JET. Just F&@$ing DO IT!!!!
-a concerned fan

by NYcON on Nov 15, 2008 4:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs