Because he wants to get paid. He just forgot to finish the sentence.

John Bowlen might have just cost himself eventually owning the Broncos.

49ers RT Anthony Davis retires at age 25.


LOL Niners.

Must be something in the water in San Francisco.

The Brandon Spikes Patriots Redemption Tour didn't even manage to last a whole month. Spikes got into some legal problems and Pats didn't want to bother dealing with his antics like last time.

Had two supposed hit and run accidents within a day and fled both scenes.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/...gland-patriots

<font color=goldenrod>49ers nearly lost another player this offseason:

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49ers third-year FS Eric Reid said he contemplated retirement in the offseason due to concussion concerns.

It's the same reason teammates ILB Chris Borland and RT Anthony Davis hung up the cleats. "I will continue to evaluate my own situation," Reid said. "If I have another concussion and I don’t feel like I can play any more, then I won’t. If I [have another concussion], and if I feel that I still can play, then I will. It’s just a case-by-case basis." Reid missed Week 17 last season with a concussion.</font>

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LMAO

Didn't they win the AFC South in 2014 as well? Why not have that there?

The Cardinals should hang a "2014 NFC Playoff Participant" banner.

At least its not as bad as the time the Tampa Bay Rays in MLB decided to reward themselves with two banners for a season with the excuse being they had none before. Also having a lot of free space on a wall or wherever they got placed.


Also ends up the Colts have a few banners like that one. Guess nobody really noticed how odd it was until recently.
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<font color=goldenrod>Chris Snee a year after retirement. Crazy how fast former offensive linemen drop weight after they hang 'em up.</font>

Darren Sharper. One of the hardest raping safeties in the lee.

Hanging up a banner when you haven't won anything? Banner-gate.

A couple of recent NFL stuff:

* Jaguars announced they will no longer be having a mascot starting this upcoming season. Unofficial reason was them finally having enough of the person playing the mascot doing dangerous stunts and getting into possible legal issues over the years.

* Unlike normal appeal cases, NFL didn't want Brady's appeal to last more than a day and even got him to swear under oath. Ted Wells was at the hearing although mostly to defend his report from growing outside criticism.

* Broncos denied rumors of them trying to trade Peyton Manning to the Texans this offseason. Supposedly those talks happened shortly before Mannings and the team agreed to a new deal.

<font color=goldenrod>JPP injured himself in a fireworks accident. Fucking moron.</font>

Ended up costing him the $60 million deal the Giants were willing to give him.

<font color=goldenrod>Probably a non-issue. There was close to zero chance that JPP was going to sign the extension if healthy because he was expecting something closer to 9 figures. I'd pull the long-term deal with close to $30 million guaranteed if the idiot player nearly blew off his hand, too.

He'll wind up signing the franchise tag, might actually miss the opening Dallas game now because of his idiocy, and probably walk in the next offseason.</font>

Can't wait for next off-season when OBJ gets injured in a gasoline fight accident.

Similar to Pierre-Paul, Bucs C.J. Wilson also got injured because of a fireworks accident. Only injured one hand and not both like JPP did.

Ended up losing two fingers because of it according to Lincoln Times-News and could also be a possible career ending injury.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...orks-accident/

I'd like to know how the Giants are gonna handle this.

Should make for some good watercooler/sports radio talk tomorrow

I remember years ago the Jaguars lost their punter for the season because the new coach came in (I think it was whoever followed Jack Del Rio) and put a block of wood with an axe in the middle of the dressing room as some sort of symbol for their motto for the upcoming season. The punter starting fucking around with the axe and ended up chopping into his leg. That's probably still the most boneheaded off-the-field injury I've heard of.

<font color=goldenrod>JPP reportedly had his index finger amputated. What a fucking moron.</font>

Nothing will ever top Zumaya for me

<font color=goldenrod>Over the years a pitcher has definitely blown out his elbow jerking off vigorously and blamed it on something else.</font>

Maybe the closest that has happened:

Happened in 2005 when Zambrano had a mysterious elbow injury that the Cubs later claimed wasn't because of carpal tunnel syndrome.

<font color=goldenrod>Adam Schefter/ESPN have been publishing screenshots of JPP's medical records.

I would hope they weren't stupid enough to post that without permission from JPP's camp. Because if they did, somebody is about to get sued into the stone age for violating the HIPAA laws.</font>

Feel guilty because I "crave" Schefter's reporting crap for fantasy stuff, but seems like media has way too much accessibility to shit like that

Kinda still ludicrous to me that player salaries are so openly publicly available to everyone

They want them out because it adds to the aura of the superstar athlete culture and the unions like it because it helps establish higher market value when contracts are up.

Had to look it up and I found it on a list of ridiculous sports injuries. It came in 3rd just behind Bill Gramatica's celebration injury. It should be higher though. Gramatica's only crime was being way to excited over a first quarter field goal. Way more acceptable than letting a video game keep you from doing your job.

Zumaya's was even worse when you consider the context/timing of it (it was during the 2006 ALCS).

<font color=goldenrod>I have no idea how Schefter gets his sources or why so many people inside football (including a lot of higher-ups) are so eager to help him, but it's crazy. When he reports something it's basically a lock.

Like with the whole Brady/Deflategate testimony crap. Schefter reported that Brady would have 4 hours to plead his case. A NFL spokesperson took to Twitter to refute those claims. Schefter then immediately tweeted a private memo from within the league office verifying his report and making the spokesperson look like a moron.</font>

Sucks I wasn't here for the Super Bowl

I didn't notice

LA relocation plans hit a small snag recently after the Rose Bowl committee rejected offers to temporary host a potential new LA team until an actual stadium is built. Had they agreed, Rams, Chargers, or Raiders would have been able to move as early as 2016.

Official reason was them not wanting to have to shuffle around plans for existing and future events at the stadium. Also would have disrupted the environmental reports already in progress for those events.

NFL still looking at other possible stadiums as temporary hosts like Dodgers stadium, StubHub Center, and others in the area.

<font color=goldenrod>Ken "The Snake" Stabler passes away at age 69.</font> :(

I feel like JPP is done as a Giant. With him not allowing the team access to information about his injury he pretty much made that a guarantee. Even if he signs the franchise tender for 14.8 million or whatever, he will then have to undergo a full medical exam and if he doesn't meet the Giant's standards they can pull the franchise tag back and nullify the deal.

He's going to have to start looking at which teams will take a risk on him now to see if he will still be the same player. Have a feeling he will end up signing like a 1 year 8-9 mill contract with some other team.

Also, wtf with the football players injuring themselves with fireworks? Probably all that CTE causing them to get confused and bungle the launch. :shifty:

Forgive my ignorance. I could be wrong but does a finger injury really have that big of a impact on his position?

Yes, hands are critical for DEs to play effectively. They have to keep their hands active and be able to grip the OL to throw him or other techniques to keep them from blocking him. Fold your index finger to your palm and try imagine using that hand to grip the outside should of a tackle to keep him from crossing your face and getting you turned on a stretch play or trying to grab the tackle's inside shoulder pads to keep separation so he can find the ball and disengage to go make the tackle. It could be an issue against elite tackles (*cough*COWBOYS*cough*) or tackles who have a strength advantage. It wouldn't be as big of a deal if it was his pinky. It will be enough of a difference to change his value from one of the absolute best at his position and somebody whose side you won't run to into just a really good DE. The owners/GMs will do whatever they can to get out of paying top dollar.

Well to put it in simpler terms, there's a reason there's holding on every play. Dudes grabbin' each other like it's Black Friday

<font color=goldenrod>Strahan said that JPP will now need to learn to do the 3 point stance with his left hand. You'd think it's easy to just switch hands but not when you've been doing it the same way your whole life.</font>