NFL Thread

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Problem is, when you talk about all the "horrible" things she did, you take away from the fact Ray Rice cold cocked his fiancee. I've been spit on by a chick, I've been kicked in the head, punched in the face by a chick.... my immediate reaction was not to cold cock them. In fact tbh it wasn't all that bad because I outweighed them by like 100 pounds.

The sentence should go like this, Ray Rice is an asshole and deserves to rot in prison.

Not Ray Rice is an asshole and deserves to rot in prison BUT his girlfriend is a stupid head for hitting him. Come on man, get it through your head.

[#1-norm-fan]

Yeah. She probably burned dinner the night before, too. Just sayin'.

[Droford]

The difference with Roethlisberger though, is I don't believe any of those charges stuck? My memory is fuzzy on all that, I could be mistaken
He settled with the woman out of court for money.

[Droford]

http://fat.gfycat.com/DistinctHeartfeltHake.gif

[road doggy dogg]

http://www.sportspickle.com/2014/09/ravens-release-joe-flacco-seeing-video-playing-football

[Emperor Smeat]

Cards John Abraham out indefinitely and might even be considering retirement after getting a serious concussion during the Chargers game.

[road doggy dogg]

Doug Martin didn't practice today either, probably will sit out this week. I hope so since that scumbag Triple A has him and I'm going against him in D&D battles

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Less than 24 hours after Goodell went on national TV and explained that they asked law enforcement officials for the tape and never received it...the law enforcement official who was asked for the tape confirmed that it was sent to Goodell and the Ravens 3 months ago.

Goodell is done.</font>

[Nark Order]

NFL "investigating" the executive/s that received and watched the video. Looks like they are going to try to pin it on their employees instead of Goodell. Classy.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to ESPN'S Outside The Line report, Ray Rice spat on his wife at least once leading up to the incident in the elevator. Might explain why she was in a piss off mood and hit him prior to getting knocked out cold.

One former staffer said Rice, the former Baltimore Ravens running back, spat in his then-fiancée's face twice, "once outside the elevator and once inside," prompting her to retaliate with movements that were ultimately countered with a knockout punch.

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/11503496/ray-rice-spat-face-fiancee-twice-punch-lines-reports?ex_cid=sportscenterTW

[Evil Vito]

NFL "investigating" the executive/s that received and watched the video. Looks like they are going to try to pin it on their employees instead of Goodell. Classy.

<font color=goldenrod>Yep. I think Goodell will wind up gone anyway though. I said it when the video first got out on Monday - anybody who had any part in the decision-making process has to go.

If this happened in nearly any other company in America, everybody on top would have been fired months ago.</font>

[Innovator]

I should send my resume to the NFL, just in case

[road doggy dogg]

I wonder if the next NFL commissioner will actually care about the concussion epidemic we're watching these current players live through.

[Kris P Lettus]

good guy Sean Payton

click (http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=new-orleans-saints&id=9468&src=desktop&rand=ref~%7B"ref"%3A"http%3A%2F%2Flm.facebook.com%2Flsr.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fes.pn%252F1xLJGWY%26ext%3D1410411757 %26hash%3DAcnjAg2Bjp4f7WQl6UwG5m7dEUoQjAuGwnR4J5c70TUFUQ%26_rdr"%7D)

[road doggy dogg]

Always good to hear a positive story like that... sucks about Stills' daughter though, that is heartbreaking

[Simple Fan]

I dont agree with what Ray Rice did but also dont see what the big deal is here. Rays wife has forgive him for what he did and she is the victim, so why cant any one else. If a construction worker was to have done this would they be calling for his bosses job for letting him work. Goddel shouldnt be fired or resign for somthing one of his players did. 2 games for a misdameanor is good enough I think.

[road doggy dogg]

shut up

[Nark Order]

shut up

[Evil Vito]

shut up

[Innovator]

I dont agree with what Ray Rice did but also dont see what the big deal is here. Rays wife has forgive him for what he did and she is the victim, so why cant any one else. If a construction worker was to have done this would they be calling for his bosses job for letting him work. Goddel shouldnt be fired or resign for somthing one of his players did. 2 games for a misdameanor is good enough I think.

shut up

[Emperor Smeat]

More from ESPN's Outside the Lines report stated that Rice told Goodell everything that happened in the elevator and wasn't "ambiguous" or Rice hiding/lying about certain things.

Even if the NFL's claims of never seeing the full video were true, Rice told them the entire story.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/OTLonESPN">@OTLonESPN</a> report contradicts Goodell's statement that after meeting w/ Rice, it was &quot;ambiguous&quot; what happened. <a href="http://t.co/e8xVwA1oFN">http://t.co/e8xVwA1oFN</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/510195450490920960">September 11, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Emperor Smeat]

NFL fined Antonio Brown $8,200 for the Brogue Kick he gave to Cleveland's punter during last week's game.

[Droford]

More from ESPN's Outside the Lines report stated that Rice told Goodell everything that happened in the elevator and wasn't "ambiguous" or Rice hiding/lying about certain things.

Even if the NFL's claims of never seeing the full video were true, Rice told them the entire story.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/OTLonESPN">@OTLonESPN</a> report contradicts Goodell's statement that after meeting w/ Rice, it was &quot;ambiguous&quot; what happened. <a href="http://t.co/e8xVwA1oFN">http://t.co/e8xVwA1oFN</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/510195450490920960">September 11, 2014</a></blockquote>
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This just pisses me off even more. I could see the reaction to the video on Monday if he had lied in any way about what happened, but if he owned up 100% to what happened in the meeting with them then there shouldn't have been anything "shocking" about what was on the video. I'm in the group who thinks his suspension is the result of the NFL trying to save face from the whole fiasco when they didnt levy a harsher penalty to begin with.

[Droford]

Ray Rice could sue the NFL (http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/09/08/ray-rice-video-legal-fallout-roger-goodell-baltimore-ravens)

he'd have to have proof the NFL saw the video from inside the elevator before they levied the original 2 game suspension, since its against the collective bargaining agreement with the players association to penalize a player twice for the same issue.

[Droford]

I just want this game to start, and its still over an hour away..ugh

[Droford]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Phil Simms looks like Bob Backlund from the old school WWF <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nfl?src=hash">#nfl</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cbs?src=hash">#cbs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tnf?src=hash">#tnf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ravens?src=hash">#ravens</a></p>&mdash; Matthew (@droford) <a href="https://twitter.com/droford/status/510220197190709248">September 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[screech]

If I wanted to read your tweets, I would follow you on Twitter. Why couldn't you just post that normally?

[Droford]

and we 're even on the BS penalties

[OssMan]

What the fuck are people talking about "receiving the tape" and it being "mailed" to somebody. It was a fucking iphone video

[Droford]

I'm pretty sure it was security camera footage that would have been recorded. I bet the term tape means disc though.

[Droford]

The Steelers probably should be concerned their offense has scored 9 points in the last 5 qtrs.

[Ruien]

Steelers are shit.

[Nark Order]

Steelers are very bad.

[Droford]

It can't be that the Ravens are good? Defense has allowed 7 FGS/1TD in 2 games. This Ravens team has enough offense to win games if the defense can keep that up.

[Droford]

and the Hay is in the barn!

[screech]

Hey the Ravens won :)

[Ruien]

It can't be that the Ravens are good? Defense has allowed 7 FGS/1TD in 2 games. This Ravens team has enough offense to win games if the defense can keep that up.

They are a decent/good football team but the Steelers seems AWFUL.

[Nark Order]

Ravens defense is solid. Better than I thought they would be this uear. Steelers D is pretty shaky.

[Nark Order]

Getting Owen Daniels was a good pickup. Have always loved that guy.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Regretting that Steelers 2nd wild card prediction.</font>

[Clerk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-7jhExgppE

skip to 4m 38s too see NFL official

[MrSmokeydogg7]

My thoughts on Ray Rice Punching wife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0R8KyEpKZU&list=UUTZ_EtwQ8Hzsf2LCKAlbrQA

[screech]

<font color=goldenrod>Regretting that Steelers 2nd wild card prediction.</font>

It's Week 2

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I know. Doesn't change that they've looked very bad though, can't forget they very nearly choked away a huge lead at home to Cleveland.</font>

[#1-norm-fan]

Seems like every year in week 2 Dallas goes on the road to play a team that ends up making a "surprise" playoff appearance. With Tennessee being a trendy pick to make the playoffs even before last week, it got me thinking how oddly similar every week 2 game has felt lately.

Last year in week 2 it was @ Kansas City. 2-14 the year before, surprise playoff appearance.

The year before it was @ Seattle. 4 straight losing seasons, surprise playoff appearance with a rookie QB.

The year before it was @ San Francisco. Perennial NFC West basement dwellers, surprise playoff/NFC championship appearance.

And now @ Tennessee this year.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Not totally sure how much of a surprise KC were. Like yeah obv they were horrible in 2012, but a lot of people penciled KC in for the playoffs last year simply because they had Charles, a good defense, a new coach (it's fun to make fun of Andy Reid but he has at least gotten teams to the playoffs a bunch of times) and most importantly one of the weakest looking schedules in NFL history.

Still not too sure how I feel about Tennessee. Can't decide if they played really well on Sunday or if KC just completely suck.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Another day, and things continue to look worse for Goodell. NFL has now given the reason for Rice's increased suspension, basically saying it's because he lied about what actually happened. This of course flies in the fact of the Outside the Lines report with multiple sources claiming Rice told Goodell exactly what happened, and the report from Ravens executives that what Rice told them was exactly what was on the video.

For us to believe this latest pile of bullshit, that would mean that the NFL based its first suspension not on the criminal report filed with police, which explained the events in detail, matching what was on the video, but instead they based it entirely on the testimony of Ray Rice.

There is literally nothing the NFL can do anymore that doesn't immediately contradict something else they said or make them look like complete and utter morons.

And on the new drug policy front, it's expected to get approved tonight, allowing Welker to play this weekend, somehow, nonsensically, Josh Gordon still has an 8 game suspension.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

What people are losing in all this is that the Ravens "fully backed and supported" Rice while hearing the same recanting of events from Rice himself that the NFL did, and only had issue with it when it became a PR disaster. Fuck the Ravens too

[screech]

The fact that no one, the league nor the team, got the whole story and just took Rice at his word bothers me. It seems that, if the report of Goodell being told the real story in June is true, no one from "the office" went to the Ravens with that information.

Like, are we to believe that Rice lied to the team so he could have their support, but told Goodell the truth?

[screech]

Had a longer post but it kept fucking up because mobile

[Droford]

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/26520182/vikings-star-rb-adrian-peterson-indicted-in-child-injury-case

HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Sources told FOX 26 Sports Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been indicted in Montgomery County for reckless or negligent injury to a child.

Wonder what he did.

[Nark Order]

They should investigate the child to see what he did to provoke Adrian Peterson.

[Droford]

He <strike>disciplined</strike>beat his kid with a switch. Vikings have "deactivated" him.

[Droford]

now we get to have the "is it discipline or child abuse to beat your kid with a switch" debate and the inevitable "back in my day my parents whacked me on the behind with a 2x4 and I turned out great" thanks NFL

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

AP de-activated. Vikings going down now! Happy birthday to me!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Peterson allegedly shoved leaves in his child's mouth and beat him with a switch several times, including hitting him in the scrotum with it. Fucking terrible, if true.</font>

[Triple A]

what is a "switch"

edit: like a tree branch thing i guess

[Droford]

AP de-activated. Vikings going down now! Happy birthday to me!

it'd be funny if the Vikings still beat the Pats without him.

[Evil Vito]

Peterson also allegedly said via text message to the child’s mother that he “felt bad after the fact when I notice the switch was wrapping around hitting I (sic) thigh” and also acknowledged the injury to the child’s scrotum in a text message, saying, “Got him in nuts once I noticed. But I felt so bad, n I’m all tearing that butt up when needed! I start putting them in timeout. N save the whooping for needed memories!”

In further text messages, Peterson allegedly said, “Never do I go overboard! But all my kids will know, hey daddy has the biggie heart but don’t play no games when it comes to acting right.”

:nono:

[Requiem]

http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/09/12/0912-adrian-peterson-son-injuries-7.jpg

That's what he did. Guy deserves to get canned from the NFL. Just because that's how he was punished as a kid doesn't make it alright. Gotta rise above the abuse of the past generations and figure out a way to raise kids that doesn't involve senselessly beating them when they do wrong.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/09/12/0912-adrian-peterson-son-injuries-7.jpg

That's what he did. Guy deserves to get canned from the NFL. Just because that's how he was punished as a kid doesn't make it alright. Gotta rise above the abuse of the past generations and figure out a way to raise kids that doesn't involve senselessly beating them when they do wrong.

Stuff like that can be a really tough cycle to break but agree about him needing a big punishment. That's well beyond just normal discipline he did to his kid.

[Nark Order]

They shouldn't do anything to Adrian Peterson because he's on my fantasy team and that's not fair.

[Crimson]

Kids need an ass whoopin sometimes, nothing to see here.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ended up taking 2 grand juries to get an indictment possible.

Local 2 Investigates has learned the case was taken to one grand jury and the panel decided to taken no action. The prosecutor recently took the case to a second grand jury which handed down the indictment.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/attorney-vikings-adrian-peterson-indicted-in-montgomery-county/28035452

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Panthers deactivate Greg Hardy. Good. The owners can't say they are against domestic violence and still allow these guys to suit up. The teams need to police themselves for now because the league is incompetent.</font>

[owenbrown]

Dammit, Locker. TONY ROMO is supposed to be the one to throw interceptions NOT YOU!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

RG Knee is now also RG Ankle.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Eli played his best game since early 2012, and they still lost. Just terrible, terrible mistakes.

Home vs. Texans next week, road vs. Washington the week after. If they don't win both of those I can't see how they win more than 4 games this year.

May as well just pull this from the casual thread.

[Destor]

RG Knee is now also RG Ankle.RG Michael Vick 2

[Droford]

one of the things that should be discussed all week is how bad the Broncos offense has been in the 2nd half. only 3 pts today after 7 last week, nearly giving away the game again.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

SORRY ASS RECEIVER!

Crabtree gets first TD in the new arena on his birthday.

Game clock was at like -1.

Touchdown confirmed.

[Frank Drebin]

welp....thanks for 15 years of great football, Mr. Tillman. Those tears tell me its over.

[Frank Drebin]

Can't believe the bears are in this. Down to two healthy corner backs. One is having a hell of a game.

[Ruien]

DA BEARS!

[#1-norm-fan]

Well that was quite a day of football.

[The Fraze]

Fuck.

[DaveBrawl]

one of the things that should be discussed all week is how bad the Broncos offense has been in the 2nd half. only 3 pts today after 7 last week, nearly giving away the game again.

On one hand you're right it is kind of sad they shut down at halftime, on the other 24 and 31 should be enough to win games no matter when they are scored.

[Clerk]

Browns are the best team in the league!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Walt Thurmond done for the year with a torn pec. Ugh.</font>

[OssMan]

J Cutler ridiculous stat line... like 176 yards and 4 tds

[Emperor Smeat]

Vikings reinstated Adrian Peterson after his 1 game punishment.

[Vastardikai]

So, violently beating the shit out of your child gets less of a punishment than smoking pot...

[screech]

Yay NFL!

[Ruien]

This was the Vikings reinstating him, The NFL has not punished him, yet.

Josh Gordon messed himself over because he CONSTANTLY had the same issues going on. The drug policy has just been redone. PLUS, if the rule book clearly states that you will receive a 8 game ban for smoking pot then why the heck are you doing it? That is on the idiotic player.

[Nark Order]

You're right in the fact that he knew the rules and took the risk. He deserves some sort of punishment. That fact remains though that marijuana being a banned substance is a ridiculously antiquated rule. It needs to be addressed. No matter how many offenses there are, it is a relatively harmless substance. Seems ridiculous that there could ever be a full season suspension for any marijuana related crime, really. (Except for maybe mass distribution)

[Ruien]

Oh it is. Agreed on that. Just can't stand when people bring up the "Well this rule does X amount of games and this rule does X amount". Especially when the NFL did not even punish Adrian (yet, as in he may be punished later). This was the Vikings doing, deactivating their player. Would just make sense to wait and see what the punishment actually is before complaining.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

This was the Vikings reinstating him, The NFL has not punished him, yet.

Josh Gordon messed himself over because he CONSTANTLY had the same issues going on. The drug policy has just been redone. PLUS, if the rule book clearly states that you will receive a 8 game ban for smoking pot then why the heck are you doing it? That is on the idiotic player.

But the team has punished him so they can now defer it to next year.

[McLegend]

Got to get Touchdown's in the red zone.

[Ruien]

But the team has punished him so they can now defer it to next year.

Can and will are two different things.

[Emperor Smeat]

Peterson now facing another child abuse allegation for another son he has with that one involving him beating the kid in the head.

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, already facing felony charges in Texas for child abuse, has been accused in a separate incident involving another son who is 4 years old, KHOU-TV in Houston has reported.

The CBS affiliate cites text messages that reportedly include a photo of the son (https://twitter.com/KHOU/status/511644523861004288/photo/1) with an apparent head wound covered by bandages.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11534340/adrian-peterson-minnesota-vikings-facing-second-child-abuse-accusation

[McLegend]

Stop losing yards in the Red zone. So frustrating.

[McLegend]

Adrian Peterson needs to do 2 things.

1) Stop beating his kids.
2) Stop having children.

Then his problems will be solved

[McLegend]

That was a really nice interception.

[McLegend]

That was awesome.

[Nark Order]

The media just isn't going to let this go. They smell blood. They are going to rip and tear at it until it explodes. Somehow Adrian Peterson's attorneys and PR people have prevented this from destroying him thus far but Ray Rice is only going to be a story for another week or so and they are going to need somebody else to hang. Probably not looking good.

Don't beat your kids, y'all.

[Wehttam]

The media just isn't going to let this go. They smell blood. They are going to rip and tear at it until it explodes. Somehow Adrian Peterson's attorneys and PR people have prevented this from destroying him thus far but Ray Rice is only going to be a story for another week or so and they are going to need somebody else to hang.
until next week when we find out andrew luck eats babies while they are still in the womb

[Heisenberg]

It'd be a different story if AP denied and ran from authorities. he did admit to going a little too old school on his son's ass. I think he should have to serve some punishment though. Especially in a world where discipline is gone and everyone is righteous.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Peterson has been put on the exempt list and is now barred from all team activities until his legal issues have been resolved.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

The big winners in all this are the people tired of hearing about Johnny Manziel

[Innovator]

Manziel has to be pissed theres no way he can be considered a "bad boy" now

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Of course, the Vikings are doing this now that they're faced with the threat of losing sponsorships. If not for that, Peterson would be playing this weekend.

Gotta love money.</font>

[The Fraze]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>1. The deliberation by the <a href="https://twitter.com/nfl">@nfl</a> and its teams proves that decisions are only made on the basis of image protection and sponsor retention.</p>&mdash; Matt Fraser (@TheMattFraser9) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMattFraser9/status/512272717865680896">September 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>2. Without the prospect of the <a href="https://twitter.com/nfl">@nfl</a> losing sponsors and public outrage, the &quot;right thing&quot; would not be done. Right thing, wrong reasons.</p>&mdash; Matt Fraser (@TheMattFraser9) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMattFraser9/status/512273086402404352">September 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Vastardikai]

I wonder if all these revelations would cause the death of his other son to get another look, just to make sure.

[The Fraze]

Thought the same thing. But wasn't the understanding of that situation that it was his ex's boyfriend and that Adrian wasn't even around?

[Vastardikai]

Allegedly. He could have went a little too far and they decided to let someone else take the fall.

[Emperor Smeat]

I wonder if all these revelations would cause the death of his other son to get another look, just to make sure.

Wasn't him who caused the death to occur although in a bit of irony he did help create a child abuse awareness charity after that incident. Not sure if he ever lashed out at the guy who did it for abusing his kid.

Also wasn't sure for a long time that he was the actual father.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p>Cardinals RB Jonathan Dwyer has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault. <a href="http://t.co/YZ9iP8nDgK">pic.twitter.com/YZ9iP8nDgK</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/512371385680011264">September 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[The Fraze]

These NFL players are real gems. I guess the fact that they can't even pronounce or say clearly the schools they went to hasn't been a sign.

[Droford]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p>Cardinals RB Jonathan Dwyer has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault. <a href="http://t.co/YZ9iP8nDgK">pic.twitter.com/YZ9iP8nDgK</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/512371385680011264">September 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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between injuries and arrests fantasy football sucks so far this year

[Emperor Smeat]

Cards deactivated Dwyer indefinitely while he's been charged with hitting both his wife and child. Broke his wife's nose during the assault.

Reason it took this long was because the wife only filed charges last week and it took a while for the bulk of the investigations to be done. Still have more stuff being investigated.
The arrests stem from two incidents involving a 27-year-old female and an 18-month-old child at Dwyer's home in southeast Phoenix at July 21 at 8 a.m. and July 22 at 4 p.m., according to the Phoenix Police Department. Dwyer, 25, was booked into Maricopa County Jail on Wednesday on one count of aggravated assault causing a fracture, one count of aggravated assault involving a minor, two counts of criminal damage, one count of preventing the use of a phone in an emergency, and assault.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11544985/jonathan-dwyer-arizona-cardinals-arrested-two-counts-suspicion-aggravated-assault


Things don't get better for the Cards PR-wise since the player likely getting called up to replace Dwyer's spot also has a history of domestic violence problems.
If Dwyer is shown the door, the Cardinals would be able to call on practice squad running back Chris Rainey to fill Dwyer’s spot on the 53-man roster. There is one problem, however. Rainey has previously been released from a team because of a domestic violence incident.
http://fansided.com/2014/09/17/report-cardinals-rb-jonathan-dwyer-arrested-domestic-violence/

[screech]

Have any of these guys getting indefinite suspensions been removed from Madden also?

[Droford]

Buccaneers are awful

[Fenix122]

I hope the Bucs can score some points. Can't have Atlanta going conservative and costing Julio Jones and my team points.

[road doggy dogg]

jesus christ tampa

fucking embarassing showing

send them down to NCAA

[screech]

Julio Jones is ridiculous

[Innovator]

The Bucs...aren't good

[Nark Order]

Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal aren't going to be happy. They called Tampa being good.

[road doggy dogg]

They reversed-course and claimed to pick the wrong NFC South team and have rightly backed the Carolina Panthers bandwagon

[Nark Order]

I know, but the initial betrayal still has to hurt.

[road doggy dogg]

I'm not gonna pretend I didn't secretly think Tampa would be good too

Maybe I put too much stock in Lovie Smith

Continually kicking to Hester, who of all people Lovie should know how dangerous can be, was just baffling

[Heisenberg]

I rooted for the Bucs only for Rainey as my fantasy back. My curse continues, so please submit a team you'd like to lose and I'll root for them.

I'm rooting for the Lions this weekend!

[DaveBrawl]

Please root for the Chargers and Seahawks.

[screech]

Please root for the Browns and Steelers

[road doggy dogg]

I'm rooting for the Lions as per usual protocol

[Heisenberg]

With a vested interest in owning Megatron, I seriously will root for them to carry the man into some double digit pointage

[Evil Vito]

I rooted for the Bucs only for Rainey as my fantasy back. My curse continues, so please submit a team you'd like to lose and I'll root for them.

I'm rooting for the Lions this weekend!

<font color=goldenrod>Root for the Texans!</font>

[ClockShot]

Former Titans Kicker Rob Bironas died in a car crash last night.

Still remember that 8 field goal game he had awhile back.

R.I.P.

[owenbrown]

:(

[McLegend]

Kirk Cousins is pretty good.

[ClockShot]

Getting the same vibe.

Make ya wonder about Robert Griffin III's future.

[owenbrown]

why are they giving the Baltimore Woman Beater Cover Ups a chance to win?! Take away their Super Bowls.... pieces of shit

[Emperor Smeat]

Getting the same vibe.

Make ya wonder about Robert Griffin III's future.

Shame that RG III never seemed the same after getting hurt the first time. Redskins also gambled badly bringing him back too soon at the time.

[owenbrown]

Baltimore should be contracted and forfeit their Super Bowl trophies

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Fuck you ref that was offensive pass int on that Raider fucker.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

WILKFORK INT YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Justin Tuck is a Raiders player now. Justin Tuck Rule.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Next week. Oakland Vs. Dolphin in London. Why is London being punished?

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Your fat guy moment for the day. <a href="http://t.co/9zC2MtZlAe">http://t.co/9zC2MtZlAe</a></p>&mdash; SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) <a href="https://twitter.com/SBNationGIF/status/513782673135767552">September 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[screech]

Hey the Ravens won :)

[screech]

Shut the hell up, owenbrown

[Razzamajazz]

fuck peyton manning

[McLegend]

Peyton Manning is really good.

[Razzamajazz]

he cost me money :rant:

[owenbrown]

screech supports woman beaters

[Droford]

Steelers haven't scored a TD in 8 qtrs. 18 points on 6 FGs LOL

[road doggy dogg]

fuck yeah Lions, suck it Packers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Droford]

lol well at least if the steelers had to score TDs its Antonio Brown for my fantasy football team.

[screech]

screech supports woman beaters

Every night before bed I put on my Ray Rice jersey and sucker punch my wife. After a Screech Around™ of course.

[Clerk]

fuck yeah Lions, suck it Packers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


Detroit Lions? lol what a disgrace of a football franchise. I mean Calvin Johnson is the most overrated receiver sense Jerry Rice. It's comical.

[Innovator]

Ray Lewis on ESPN talking about covering up crimes is tremendous

[DaveBrawl]

Please root for the Chargers and Seahawks.

This did not work out as I had planned.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I would now like for Heisenberg to root for the Washington R*******.</font>

[RoXer]

Mixed Emotions



<figure class="lead-photo"> http://www.sportsonearth.com/assets/images/7/9/6/95845796/cuts/LarryFitzgerald_z6f8c1sd_tjo42w27@2x.jpg <figcaption>Almost six years ago, Larry Fitzgerald was accused of domestic violence, but it didn't get nearly the attention it likely would have now. (Getty Images)</figcaption> </figure> Yesterday, the Arizona Cardinals defeated the San Francisco 49ers 23-14 to go to 3-0 on the season, only the second time they've gotten off to a start like that in 40 years. (The last time they started 3-0, they finished the year 5-11.) It was a difficult, hard-fought game, and considering the 49ers' success over the Cardinals in recent years (they had won nine of the last 10 games), even late, with the Cardinals leading, one still had the sense San Francisco was going to come back.


The moment that turned it, the moment when the crowd erupted and University of Phoenix Stadium crackled with that "whoa, we're going to win this" energy came midway through the fourth quarter, with the Cardinals holding a six-point lead and driving into 49ers territory. The Fox broadcast mentioned how Larry Fitzgerald, the Cardinals' future Hall of Fame wideout, had not caught a pass yet, and how, if that remained the case, it would be the first game he was held catchless since 2004. The very next play, Fitzgerald, on 2^nd-and-30, caught a Drew Stanton fade for a 24-yard gain, but what happened next… that was the moment. On 3^rd-and-6, Fitzgerald grabbed a screen pass and was met by three Niners defenders … but he bounced off all of them, flailing and falling forward, knocked around a few more times, before extending the ball just past the first-down marker. (Even better, San Francisco defender Patrick Willis hit him late, adding a personal foul.)


For decades, the Arizona Cardinals have often been the second team in their home stadium, having their fans outnumbered by visiting hordes from Dallas, San Francisco, Green Bay, even Seattle. That has become less a problem since the team moved out of Sun Devil Stadium, but it's a local insecurity: Phoenix is a land of ex-pats, many of whom already have their own favorite team already. So you heard plenty of noise when the 49ers did something worthwhile yesterday… but it was nothing like the sound after that play. Fitzgerald, the best player in franchise history, the one player who has put together a Hall of Fame career in Arizona and only in Arizona, the guy responsible for one of the most exciting plays in Super Bowl history (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5-tceg4ZU), he is theirs. Larry Fitzgerald is the second-most popular Arizona Cardinal of all time, behind only the late Pat Tillman, and he's as beloved off the field. (Sen. John McCain once said, "He's among the most outstanding individuals and athletes I have ever known.") (https://www.facebook.com/johnmccain/photos/a.10150113711578707.294021.6425923706/10151643317508707/?type=1&relevant_count=1)

(https://www.facebook.com/johnmccain/photos/a.10150113711578707.294021.6425923706/10151643317508707/?type=1&relevant_count=1)
So after Fitzgerald popped up from his hit and began waving his arms and unleashing a primal scream, the crowd exploded. It was a defining moment for the team, and the crowd, and for Fitzgerald. The old war horse, the local legend, showing how tough and passionate he is at the most crucial time. It was what the joy of watching football is all about: spontaneous, irrepressible joy, framed in the context of toughness and the exertion of one's manhood. If Fitzgerald had just gotten the first down and fallen down, it wouldn't have been nearly exciting. What made it great was that he got hit and that he kept going, that he fell and got back up. (Yes, he lost a fumble two plays later, but that didn't temper my enthusiasm.)
When Fitzgerald got that first down, I -- wearing my Fitzgerald jersey -- leapt off the couch and screamed. He's my favorite player too.


* * *


Last week, Soraya Nadia McDonald, a writer for the Washington Post, pointed out something that I tried to touch on last week myself (http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/95094508/nfl-adrian-peterson-sponsors-budweiser-radisson-vikings): Just how much our attitudes and attention paid toward domestic violence have changed over the years (http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/09/18/from-larry-fitzgerald-to-jonathan-dwyer-whats-changed-in-the-way-media-covers-domestic-violence-in-the-nfl/). In my piece, I noted that 25 years ago O.J. Simpson could be arrested for punching his wife and eight months later be joking about the police on Late Night With David Letterman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXkNEQqTdIk). But McDonald didn't have to go back nearly that far.On New Year's Eve 2008, TMZ published a story that said Fitzgerald had been ordered to stay away from [former girlfriend Angela] Nazario. It detailed the allegations, gleaned from court documents, that she leveled against him -- that after the two began quarreling, Fitzgerald challenged her to a play fight. Nazario said she swung at Fitzgerald, who then pushed her. He "grabbed me by my hair with both hands on the back of my head very very hard and tossed me across the room." When Nazario tried to leave with their son, she said Fitzgerald "grabbed the back of my neck and slammed me down on the marble floor…. [I] was disoriented for awhile and could not get up, I remember he mumbled something about 'that's what happens when you try taking my son away from me.'" When she made it to her car, Nazario said she realized Fitzgerald had pulled out chunks of her hair.The story TMZ ran nearly six years ago (http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/31/nfl-superstar-accused-of-baby-mama-beatdown/), with the very TMZ headline "NFL Superstar Accused Of Baby Mama Beatdown," was, as McDonald pointed out, not widely picked up at the time. The Arizona Republic barely even noted it at the time -- -- their defense yesterda (http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2014/09/18/arizona-cardinals-larry-fitzgerald-nfl-domestic-abuse/15840865/)y, in which a sports editor accuses McDonald of "inflammatory, click-hungry coverage," didn't help their cause much -- but you can't just blame them: ESPN and Sports Illustrated all left it alone as well (http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/media-ignores-abuse-charges-against-fitzgerald-22073). What's particularly strange about this is that it's not like Fitzgerald wasn't at the absolute center of the news that month: The Cardinals had just completed their improbable run to the Super Bowl, and the media had two full weeks of opportunity to ask the game's most telegenic superstar player about the allegations. No one did.


Now, obviously, TMZ is treated a bit differently now than it was in early 2009, but that's less because the news media has just discovered their news value and more because everyone has realized just how much of a hunger there is to read about the stories they publish and thus decided to get in on that action. TMZ drives the conversation now, not just in sports, and ignoring them is just not feasible. Particularly when they're almost always right, as much as Ray Rice would like to wish them away (http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bal-rice-appeal-of-indefinite-suspension-to-include-argument-that-tmz-edited-video-sources-say-20140921,0,1844034.story). But I think it's less about TMZ and more about those people who once had the ability to shut out a story like that no longer possessing that power. The notion of the best player on a Super Bowl team having a restraining order put out against him after a woman claimed he "grabbed the back of my neck and slammed me down on the marble floor" and then having no one even mention it is so inconceivable now, just six years later, that is seems surreal. When you look at why the NFL's initial response to the Ray Rice arrest was so flaccid and ton-deaf, the Fitzgerald story provides a helpful tutorial: No one cared this much, like, really recently. They missed the cultural shift.




So McDonald's point that our reaction to allegations like this is dramatically different now is valid in every possible way. And I think I'm living proof of that. Because until the Arizona Republic wrote that ridiculous "response" to her piece yesterday… I had completely forgotten about the entire incident. And Larry Fitzgerald is my favorite player.

* * *


On one hand, it is unfair to make a one-to-one comparison between Rice's incident (or Jonathan Dwyer's, which the Arizona Republic was far more upset about (http://www.azcentral.com/story/laurieroberts/2014/09/22/nfl-domestic-violence-ray-rice-jonathan-dwyer/15908595/)) and Fitzgerald's. Unlike Rice, Fitzgerald was never arrested. Unlike Rice, there is no definitive video of Nazario being knocked unconscious. Unlike Rice, the incident was tied up in a larger, messier, more complicated custody issue, when ugly allegations are often tossed out, by both sides, as legal maneuvers. (This even happened with your Internet god, Bill Murray (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/bill-murray-accused-drug-spouse-abuse).)


But let's not kid ourselves. We do not know whether Nazario's story is true. But we do know that domestic violence is perpetuated, allowed to fester and strike, because the benefit of the doubt has constantly been given to the man in these situations. (To hear reactionaries cry "let the legal system run its complete course!" in response to Rice must surely inspire some rueful head shakes among the hundreds of thousands of abused women too afraid to ever file any sort of complaint.) We do know that this incredibly serious charge was something Fitzgerald was never required to answer for because he was above reproach on it -- because he's Larry Fitzgerald. (And also possibly because the only story any media cared about at the time was that his dad was a sportswriter, though I can't seem to find anywhere he writes anymore other than Twitter (https://twitter.com/FitzBeatSr), which is mostly just pictures of himself with his son's teammates.) That the man never had to defend himself while the woman was accused of being some sort of troublemaker is sadly familiar to any woman in this situation. The pendulum has swung in the other direction now. It will be a while until you can convince any woman who has dealt with domestic violence before that it has swung too far.


Does this mean Fitzgerald is unquestionably a woman beater? It does not. But six years ago, no one ever asked him. Remember: Not investigating these matters does everyone a disservice, even the potentially falsely accused. John McCain thinks Larry Fitzgerald is "one of the most outstanding individuals" he has ever met. (John McCain! He's met a ton of people!) Is that true? Is the public image just a public relations construction? I don't know. It sure would be nice if we knew a little bit more about that incident six years ago… if we could know for sure. It would be nice if someone would have just asked the damned question.

Which leads it back to me on my couch yesterday, screaming "Yeah, Larry!" (For crying out loud, I have a freaking bobblehead of the guy (http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/kxemsnkzy0d2bmjspdvo.jpg).) It wasn't until after the game was over, after I'd finished sending celebratory texts to all my fellow Arizona Cardinals fan friends, that I came across McDonald's piece, and then I remembered: Oh yeah … there was something back in 2009, wasn't there? I'd ignored it as well, too dismissive of TMZ, too enthralled in my team's first Super Bowl appearance, too well surely if this were real we'd hear more about it like everybody else. And it had left my brain entirely.

So now what do I do? Is it fair to Fitzgerald -- against whom, again, nothing has ever been proven, or even really substantiated -- to begin despising my favorite player, the best player in my favorite team's history, just because someone reminded me of a story I'd forgotten? Is it even possible? I don't mean I can't stop admiring Larry Fitzgerald the person; I shouldn't have been doing that in the first place. (And I wasn't. Remember, we don't know these people. Do not admire public figures. You do not know them.) I mean Larry Fitzgerald the football player, the one who plays for the team I've spent 30-plus years cheering for, the one whose touchdowns make me undeniably happy. Should I feel ambivalent when he scores? Or should I feel happy that he got a first down and wasn't stopped by San Francisco's Ray McDonald, who was accused just two weeks ago of even more heinous domestic violence crimes? Or should I stop watching Shame or Inglorious Basterds because Michael Fassbender was accused of domestic violence (http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/23/inglourious-basterds-restraining-order-michael-fessbender/#ixzz0j3f8lAQT)? Or should I stop eating at Godfather's Pizza because Herman Cain is a rampant sexual harasser (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/04/herman-cain-sexual-harassment_n_1075753.html)? I mean, I like the Cardinals. I like Inglourious Basterds (http://leitch.tumblr.com/post/174179029/inglourious-basterds-1-ive-never-quite). I, dumbly, like Godfather's Pizza. If I have to take moral stands on every single corporate entity I deal with in my life, I won't be able to do anything.

Or is that just a rationalization? Am I just telling myself that so I don't have to deal with the consequences of cheering on a football team -- or a sport -- that allows such things to be covered up? Am I just as bad? And man, isn't this quite the serious conversation when I, like everyone, am just trying to take an afternoon off and unwind after a long hard workweek and enjoy rooting for my favorite football team? Figuring out how to deal with people, how to truly know people that I've met is impossible; now I have to make sure I know everything about people I watch on television? Maybe I should?

These are the questions that any sports fan could ask him or herself when they watch any game, football or otherwise. They're difficult, they're thorny, they're basically impossible. It is no wonder we throw up our hands and watch the game. There is so much we do not know. There is so much we cannot know. It is maddening and complex and confusing. It is life. No one has all the answers. No one possibly could.

Just to be safe, though: I think I'm gonna take down the bobblehead. I still hope the Arizona Cardinals win. But since last night … I just don't like looking at it anymore.




http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/95846100/arizona-cardinals-larry-fitzgerald-domestic-violence-accusation-tmz

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p>THIS JUST IN: Chargers RB Danny Woodhead is out for season after breaking leg Sunday against Bills. <a href="http://t.co/Mx4xBO8Cxo">pic.twitter.com/Mx4xBO8Cxo</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/514166162624897024">September 22, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Kris P Lettus]

NFL=NO FUN LEAGUE

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/21/nfl-uniform-cops-fine-suggs-for-pre-game-gladiator-helmet/

[Kris P Lettus]

http://i.imgur.com/LqoCuZd.jpg

[Ermaximus]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p>THIS JUST IN: Chargers RB Danny Woodhead is out for season after breaking leg Sunday against Bills. <a href="http://t.co/Mx4xBO8Cxo">pic.twitter.com/Mx4xBO8Cxo</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/514166162624897024">September 22, 2014</a></blockquote>
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So they're down to their #3 RB now?

Loved what I saw from Bortles yesterday. In half a game, he's got more TD passes than Henne.

SD vs Jax next week. Yea, I see SD killing us, but Bortles will make it way more interesting a game than Henne would.

[road doggy dogg]

Donald Brown era about to begin in SD

brb finding "DAMMIT DONALD" clip

[road doggy dogg]

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DttfyOeU3vw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

real good in blitz pickup

philip rivers must be ecstatic

[Kris P Lettus]

LOL

[Nark Order]

ESPN looks so stupid right now with that Bill Simmons suspension.

[Innovator]

They're trying to say he got suspended for going off on ESPN at the end, but I call MALARKEY to that.

[Nark Order]

I'm pretty sure it's because they are in bed with the NFL. People have said far worse. Stephen A. Smith got a one week suspension for saying that Ray Rice's wife deserved to get her head beat in. I am certain that is worse.

[Emperor Smeat]

They're trying to say he got suspended for going off on ESPN at the end, but I call MALARKEY to that.

Would make sense since he was practically daring them to punish him. Couldn't have been just because he went off on Goodell since the recent Outside the Lines report was way more brutal in their criticism of Goodell and the NFL.

[Nark Order]

My problem is that even the dare was on a podcast, not on the network. It was also on a podcast where they sit around and guess betting lines. Not exactly a huge blow to journalistic integrity. And anybody who has listened to Bill in the past knows he's had way more controversial opinions than that.

[Innovator]

Like Adrian Peterson being on PEDs, Kobe single handedly funding the stem cell/hgh black market

[McLegend]

I totally agree with it being about going off on ESPN.

You can't dare your bosses in public to punish you, because they will punish you.

[Nark Order]

That's being overstated. It was on a podcast. Comparatively, the views for the podcast and the views for the network aren't even close. They are being petty.

[Ruien]

Well, Bill Simmons will be getting extra listeners on his podcast at least.

[road doggy dogg]

Pretty sure he is already their most-listened-to podcast as it is

[Nark Order]

On a semi-unrelated note, how do so many people listen to NPR podcasts? So dry and smug. At least the ones I've listened to.

[Ruien]

NPR?

[Droford]

I put money ($20) on a parlay that includes the Vikings +2.5 vs the Falcons. I've been told sharps are on the Vikings but over 80% of the public is on the Falcons. plus this little tidbit

Atlanta is coming off a perfect win. In the first half of the season, teams coming off blowout victories in which they won the turnover battle and led every quarter are a horrific 4-39 against the spread the following week.


I still see no way the Vikings don't get annihilated but its only $20. Maybe Bridgewater will be awesome.

[road doggy dogg]

Maybe I just picked the wrong week to bank on the Falcons letdown game. Tampa again fucks with my money.

[McLegend]

It is so hard to play DB in the NFL.

[McLegend]

It's also ridiculously hard to just play defense in the NFL.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wow at the Steelers. Got shredded on defense those last two plays.

[Droford]

I'm on the #teamteddy bandwagon for the next 2+ hours

TD vikings!

[Innovator]

Uh oh, Eagles actually figured out how to start a game

[Droford]

It sounds like there's a decent number of Eagles fans there too.

[Droford]

Asiatamania is running wild in Minnesota

[screech]

Hey the Ravens won :)

[Droford]

Hey the Ravens won :)

I will take 3-1 after everything that's happened. Big test next week vs the Colts though.

[Droford]

I might have to donate some money to the guy that had the tip about the Vikings/Falcons. I probably would have bet the Falcons and I'd be pissed off right now

[McLegend]

I can live with a 3-1 record.

[Droford]

ttnot a vikings fan..but..sucks that Bridgewater might have broke his ankle

back to the Ponder era in Minnesota

edit xrays negative which is good

[McLegend]

I get the line can't run block for McCoy so it's hard for him to do anything, but can he at least pick up a block to give Foles an extra second to hit an open Celek in the end zone?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I really hope that blonde singer didn't wait all day for this game.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Jimmy Graham finally decided to play.

[#1-norm-fan]

Who dat

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jerry Jones says initial diagnosis for Cowboys CB Mo Claiborne is torn ACL. He will get MRI on Monday to confirm.</p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/516440670060707840">September 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Hanso Amore]

AND THE ERA OF KYLE ORTON BEGINS IN BUFFALO

AAAAAAAND another year of no playoffs.

[road doggy dogg]

On the plus side, the Lions look pretty good right now

[Innovator]

DEAR GOD KING THAT KYLE ORTON'S MUSIC

[Emperor Smeat]

Lions continue their streak of odd injuries with TE Joseph Fauria injuring his ankle after chasing his puppy around the house because it was about to pee on the floor.

Fauria said he missed two steps while chasing after his 3-month-old Pomerian/Husky mix, Lil' Rufio, at his apartment on Wednesday night. While bracing for a fall, he put his 265-pound frame on his left foot and sprained his ankle.

"He was about to pee and I was like, 'Come here you little ... nugget,'" Fauria said Monday at his locker with a boot on his left foot and crutches by his side. "And I was chasing him downstairs. I wasn't running but I was chasing him downstairs and I just misstepped and I reached with my left foot and I just didn't end up well."

This is the latest in some bizarre injuries the past two seasons for the Lions. Linebacker Stephen Tulloch is out for this season after tearing his ACL while celebrating a sack of Aaron Rodgers on Sept. 21. Last season, the Lions lost then-receiver Nate Burleson for seven games when he broke his left forearm trying to save a sliding pizza box from the front seat of his car.

[Innovator]

Sooooo are the Pats going to get Brady a receiver ever?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>If you had Dennis Allen as the first coach fired this year - you win! Raiders gave him the axe this evening.</font>

[Clerk]

What a sorry excuse Brady is for a QB huh. PLayed horrible and cost them the win. pathetic. Maybe if he can complete a pass they'd have a chance at winning.

And he has receivers edleman and gronk are at the top of the league if not close

[ClockShot]

Yeah. Typical Raiders move.

Call The Cable Guy again. Last good coach they had.

[Clerk]

Raiders need there old QB Russel only way they'll win

[road doggy dogg]

<font color=goldenrod>If you had Dennis Allen as the first coach fired this year - you win! Raiders gave him the axe this evening.</font>

I really wish I could listen to a podcast of two guys who jokingly put odds on such things occurring and have mentioned Dennis Allen's name countless times.


IF ONLY ............


:'(

[road doggy dogg]

Lions continue their streak of odd injuries with TE Joseph Fauria injuring his ankle after chasing his puppy around the house because it was about to pee on the floor.

On top of that, a pedestrian walkway over the Southfield Fwy collapsed when a truck crashed into it while Stafford was on his way to (I think) practice last week too. It was like 6am or something and he barely stopped in time to avoid getting fucking crushed. Ridiculous week for the Lions. I'll take 3-1 and bizarro injuries over 1-3 though

[road doggy dogg]

Actually that's a lie, bizarro injuries suck. At least it wasn't Levy though (though Tulloch is pretty good)

[Innovator]

I had to rely on Dameshek to get me through yesterday.

[Emperor Smeat]

Tony Sparano hired as the interim coach for the Raiders.

FCC dropped their rule regarding blackouts for sports games although at the moment the NFL is refusing to follow.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11617725/fcc-votes-drop-sports-blackouts-nfl-says-change

[road doggy dogg]

holy shit, that's huge (the FCC ruling)

could be a sign of good times to come

[road doggy dogg]

but did you have to link the ESPN article on the matter? #FreeSimmons

[Boomer]

I'm showing up to provide an excuse for how bad the Falcons are about to become. Losing their second defensive leader, as well as two starting linemen, for the majority or all of the season is balls. And the defense is bad, so yeah. Enjoy those Atlanta fantasy points while you can get them.

[Innovator]

Still trying to sort out the hierarchy of teams, lot of subtitute property equations to do

[road doggy dogg]

Still not sure who to take in the NFC North. I dropped some $$$ on GB to win the SB and their O-line is still fucking awful but last week was encouraging.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Actually that's a lie, bizarro injuries suck. At least it wasn't Levy though (though Tulloch is pretty good)

Robert Edwards' career shortening injury in a beach football game comes to mind.

[road doggy dogg]

Nothing will ever top Zumaya

[Emperor Smeat]

A Dallas Cowboys special teams player has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at the team’s hotel in Texas on Sept. 20 — and he was allowed to play the next day.

The alleged attack came just a day after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s awkward news conference during which he promised to get tough on players accused of violent crime.

Police in Grapevine, Texas, told the Daily News that C.J. Spillman, 28, is “involved” in the investigation of a sexual assault that allegedly took place at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, the Cowboys’ official hotel since 2009.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/cowboys-player-accused-sexually-assaulting-woman-article-1.1960275


Also another player facing domestic violence charges this time Titans WR Quincy Enunwa.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/jets/quincy-enunwa-status-conference-domestic-violence-charge-blog-entry-1.1959871

[Heisenberg]

The special teams player doesn't hold the weight of a Ray Rice/Adrian Peterson storyline so he can slide through the motions and get over.

Sources predict that we will see a big spike in attacks as opposing teams continue to pay off these women to sabotage player's careers and further improve the stakes towards getting the Lombardi

[road doggy dogg]

CJ Spiller assaulted a gaylord

[road doggy dogg]

DeAndre Levy defensive player of the month. he's a beast

[Innovator]

A fringe special teams player should be a no brainer to cut

[Innovator]

Antrel Rolle said that Prince is playing so well this year because he's getting laid

[road doggy dogg]

lol that is awesome, do you have a link to that quote

[Innovator]

"I think it all ties into one another, as far as him getting married, being able to (have sex)," Rolle said about his teammate who had abstained from premarital sex due to his religious beliefs. "He's just developing more as a man and accepting challenges and being the dominant player that we need him to be that we know he's capable of."

Rolle said Amukamara carries himself with more swagger.

"For a man, that could definitely help him out. For a man ... I'm just being honest ... it's helping him out. He walks around with a little more swagger, which is something that we need, which is something that we love," Rolle said.

[Heisenberg]

CJ Spiller assaulted a gaylord

how many texts you think the real CJ Spiller woke up to when ppl misread that story, enough to make the real Spilly spill guts?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Prince Amukamara has 5 sisters: Princess, Promise, Peace, Precious, and Passionate.</font>

[RoXer]

Princess played RB for JV squad. Broke a couple of track records too.

[Heisenberg]

Matt Flynn's first pass of the season is an interception

[screech]

These Thursday night games have been terrible.

[screech]

But ratings have been up for them so I guess it doesn't matter lol

[Ruien]

People love their football. It seems like Thursday and Monday games have not consisted of two awesome teams or just two decent teams. Always a mix from awesome/decent/terrible teams to make horrible games.

[screech]

At least they've all been division games, which are usually decent no matter how the teams are. None have been that, though

[screech]

I think they've all been division games anyway.

[Ruien]

Actually read something in Facebook that made sense. Have teams coming off their by play Thursday game. For example, Ari and Den could play this Thursday. At least then we are getting teams on full rest. Then they get another week and a half before their next game.

[screech]

Yeah I'd be down with that. More often than not, at least one team is super sloppy on the Thursday game and it means we get crap in primetime.

[screech]

Heard on the radio that the combined score of the Thursday games this year is 205-60. That is awful.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

But ratings have been up for them so I guess it doesn't matter lol

Up compared to what? Last year when it was only on a premium network and now on CBS? Duh.

[ClockShot]

Broncos cut Matt Prater. It was a "football decision".

WHY?!

[screech]

Up compared to what? Last year when it was only on a premium network and now on CBS? Duh.

Up in the slot for CBS apparently. Perplexing given a "top show" was there last year, but that's what I <s>read</s> skimmed at work today.

[Emperor Smeat]

Actually read something in Facebook that made sense. Have teams coming off their by play Thursday game. For example, Ari and Den could play this Thursday. At least then we are getting teams on full rest. Then they get another week and a half before their next game.

Bit surprised the NFL hasn't even considered doing that by now. They already have rules regarding the London and flex games to prevent extra fatigue but haven't bothered with those Thursday games yet.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

lol Titans.

lol Lions.

[#1-norm-fan]

Left one house after the Cowboys game and got to another house to see final scores...

Holy shit, Titans.

Holy shit, Lions.

[#1-norm-fan]

Also, even with Dallas winning, Tampa Bay just made me feel slightly worse about how good Dallas might be.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

LOL Jets

[Evil Vito]

Also, even with Dallas winning, Tampa Bay just made me feel slightly worse about how good Dallas might be.

I feel the same way about the Giants right now. The offense has looked mostly good, and the pass rush has been excellent. They've rattled off 3 wins but they were against the shitty Texans, shitty Redskins, and the Falcons who never win on the road.

Back to back road games against Philly and Dallas and then the bye. Pretty sure the Giants need to win at least one of those to stay in contention for the division.

[#1-norm-fan]

The Falcons were never bad on the road before. Apparently they caught the Saints disease though.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Sankey blew it for the Titans only 27 yards. Need a RB to run when you have the lead.

[#1-norm-fan]

Tampa Bay is the best road team in that division. That's not good.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Smith out Vick in.

[Innovator]

Nevermind that shit, here comes Vick

[#1-norm-fan]

Aww shit! Michael Vick about to lose some games by slightly less!

[#1-norm-fan]

Bryan Hoyer is a pretty good quarterback. He just happens to play for the Browns and is not even the most popular quarterback on his team so it's easy to get overlooked. The guy is very solid though.

[ClockShot]

Bad day to be a member of Gang Green nation. New York newspaper covers tomorrow morning ought to be good.

[ClockShot]

In other news, Peyton Manning notched touchdown pass #500 today. Joining Brett Favre as the only 2 guys to do it.