Starlord Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 ...and the Bengals still have Adam Jones...the 4 time offender who paralyzes people and wants cops to die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Meanwhile, Seattle's Frank Clark has been fighting with teammates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 ...and the Bengals still have Adam Jones...the 4 time offender who paralyzes people and wants cops to die. Given the current environment, it feels nearly everyone wants cops to die. (sorry, I get a little depressed when I think too much about the protests, my feeling are extremely mixed, torn, and complicated) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 ...and the Bengals still have Adam Jones...the 4 time offender who paralyzes people and wants cops to die. There's your explanation right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 There's your explanation right there. They still have Vontez "Mad Dog" Burfict, too right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Yes, and that kid from Oklahoma (whose name I'm too lazy to look up) who was involved in a sexual assault scandal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Bengals are trying to out-raider the Raiders Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 So it would appear. Don't worry, though. The Raiders will have many, many more opportunities once they make the move to Vegas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Indeed, half the team will likely disappear some Saturday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 I wonder what the over-under is on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Camp's been pretty ugly so far. Ryan Tannehill may need season ending knee surgery, the Ravens have lost nine starters to injury and Flacco's back injury is costing him time. Two or three first-round draft picks have gone down already including Mike Williams, Will Fuller and Corey Davis. Are you not entertained? Did I hear Miami was considering bringing in Cutler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 I wonder what the over-under is on that. *sigh* *rimshot* Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 So, I just read on Yahoo! Sports that Ezekiel Elliott has been suspended six games for domestic violence. And then--what the #€£! was I thinking?!--I started reading the comments. The large majority (80%+) said, with varying degrees of eloquence, that Elliott shouldn't have been suspended because no criminal charges were filed, and that the Commissioner is a dictator who has too much power. Is this a normal response? Am I really that solidly in the minority that thinks a guy who mistreated women on three different occasions got off easy? Help me understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Well, the DA decided not to file charges, but that probably has more to do with the details of the level of evidence needed to get a conviction in that jurisdiction. But remember: it is the Cowboys, and the Cowboys are the state religion in Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 I sympathize to the degree that there is no logic or consistency to Goodell's suspensions, which is why he is perceived as a dictator when it comes to enforcement of the personal conduct policy. I'm not privy to the results of the NFL's yearlong investigation into the guy, but hopefully the suspension will teach him to clean up his act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 This will probably get into the courts, as leagues and unions look for a guiding precedent. I am on both sides -- the conduct was repulsive and worthy of punishemnt, and the Commissioner (regardless of who the commissioner is) has too much power. His rulings can be appealed to -- himself? Who decided that was a good idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 His rulings can be appealed to -- himself? Who decided that was a good idea? The Players' Union, in the last Collective Bargaining Agreement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 12, 2017 Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 I am on both sides -- the conduct was repulsive and worthy of punishment, and the Commissioner (regardless of who the commissioner is) has too much power. His rulings can be appealed to -- himself? Who decided that was a good idea? The Players' Union, in the last Collective Bargaining Agreement. Which is one reason Richard Sherman is already calling on the union to strike in 2020, when the current agreement expires. Despite the money involved, the current CBA is probably a pretty bad deal for the rank-and-file players. No guaranteed contracts, a discipline system stacked heavily against them, a concussion protocol that is sorely lacking, and so forth. Fans obviously enjoy labor peace, but the owners hold all the cards in the current agreement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 12, 2017 Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 This will probably get into the courts, as leagues and unions look for a guiding precedent. I am on both sides -- the conduct was repulsive and worthy of punishemnt, and the Commissioner (regardless of who the commissioner is) has too much power. His rulings can be appealed to -- himself? Who decided that was a good idea? Heh, sounds like the old ANdy Griffith Show gag where he gives someone a ticket, and they ask for the Justice of the PEace, and he turns his sheriff plaque on his desk around to shoe Jus of the Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 12, 2017 Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 Which is one reason Richard Sherman is already calling on the union to strike in 2020, when the current agreement expires. Despite the money involved, the current CBA is probably a pretty bad deal for the rank-and-file players. No guaranteed contracts, a discipline system stacked heavily against them, a concussion protocol that is sorely lacking, and so forth. Fans obviously enjoy labor peace, but the owners hold all the cards in the current agreement. Yeah, I an normally not a union fan, but even I can tell they got screwed in that deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 The Rams look a little weird with white horns on their helmets, especially with the jerseys and pants retaining the gold trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 The white horn look is they way it was in the mid-1960s when I first watched the NFL. But that was before they used any gold or yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 but, but color didnt exist in the 1950s Burrito Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 The white horn look is they way it was in the mid-1960s when I first watched the NFL. But that was before they used any gold or yellow. Don't the Minnesota Vikings wear white horns on purple? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 Always. But the Rams turned theirs yellow in the 1980s, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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