NFL Off-season

[sbr]

The Browns shitcanned Mike Lombardi and their CEO has "stepped down."

No surprise there.  The Browns are the worst.

This was actually a great move on the Browns part.  The downside is that the clowns were even hired in the first place.  They're still trying to undo the damage Holmgren and Co. did to the organization.

  What did Holgrem have to do with hiring Mike Lombardi or Joe Banner?  Or hiring and firing Chud?  Or the resulting embarrassment of a coaching search where assistant coaches didn't even want to interview for an NFL head coaching job?  Not that they decided they wouldn't take take the job, they refused to even go to the Holy Grail of opportunities for assistant coaches.

The Browns are the worst, most disfunctional and ridiculously broken team in the NFL at the moment and it has nothing to do with Mike Holgren.  Jimmy Haslem is quickly approaching the distinction of being the worst owner in the league, and is running away with the title.

[Neil]

The Browns shitcanned Mike Lombardi and their CEO has "stepped down."

No surprise there.  The Browns are the worst.

This was actually a great move on the Browns part.  The downside is that the clowns were even hired in the first place.  They're still trying to undo the damage Holmgren and Co. did to the organization.

Lombardi was a mistake, but it doesn't really matter.  Whoever the Browns hire as GM will be just as bad, and will get fired in two years at most.

[Neil]

The Oakland Raiders signed Kory Sheets.

[jimmy olsen]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/prosecutors-nfl-star-may-have-raped-women-several-states-n30616

Prosecutors charged former NFL star Darren Sharper with seven felonies Friday in connection with two separate incidents in Los Angeles in which he allegedly raped and drugged women he met at nightclubs, and revealed that Sharper is being investigated for similar alleged assaults in at least three other states.

Sharper, 38, who played 14 seasons in the NFL for three different teams and is now a commentator for the NFL Network, is charged with two counts of rape by use of drugs, four counts of furnishing a controlled substance and one count of possession of a controlled substance, all felonies. The drugs allegedly used in the incidents include morphine and the sleep medication zolpidem.

He was was due to be arraigned Friday, but at a hearing in a downtown L.A. courtroom on Friday morning his arraignment was delayed till Feb. 20.

Sharper, a resident of Miami, Fla., was released on $200,000 bail after he was arrested on Jan. 17, but Deputy District Attorney Stacy Okun-Wiese said she would ask a judge to increase bail to $10 million, noting that Sharper was also being investigated in Arizona, Nevada and Louisiana for similar alleged crimes.

"Our detectives are working with at least four law enforcement agencies around the country," said LAPD Robbery Homicide Captain Billy Hayes, "who are investigating sexual assault allegations against Sharper." In a declaration attached to the prosecution's bail motion, an LAPD detective stated, "I believe that the defendant is involved in seven acts of rape and 11 acts of furnishing a controlled substance."

Authorities said Sharper met two women at a West Hollywood nightclub called Bootsy Bellows on Oct. 30, 2013, and invited them to a party.

Instead of taking them to a party, Sharper allegedly took a detour to his Los Angeles hotel room and invited both women up. Prosecutors said Sharper gave each woman a shot of what they believed was alcohol. Both women passed out.

One of the women, identified as Jane Doe #1, woke up naked hours later with Sharper sexually assaulting her, prosecutors said. The second woman woke up and interrupted the assault, according to the motion to increase Sharper's bail. The two women then left the hotel.

On January 14, Sharper met two separate women at the same West Hollywood nightclub and used the same promise of a party to commit another assault, prosecutors said.

When they woke up hours later on Jan. 15 in his hotel room, said prosecutors, one woman believed she'd been sexually assaulted. Both women left his hotel and sought medical treatment.

In the declaration attached to the bail motion, LAPD Det. John Macchiarella described additional alleged incidents in Tempe, Ariz., New Orleans and Las Vegas, and stated that he had reviewed police reports from all three cities. The incidents described took place in September, November and January and involved the defendant allegedly meeting a woman or women at a bar and providing the women with beverages. In each case, the women told authorities that they had blacked out.

In the Tempe case, the alleged victims were able to provide police with a cup that Sharper had allegedly used to serve a drink. "Subsequent testing by the crime lab revealed the presence of zolpidem in the cup," said the investigator's statement.

If convicted on the California charges, Sharper faces more than 30 years in state prison. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. At Friday's hearing, the judge ordered Sharper to stay away from the Bootsy Bellows nightclub. He has been suspended from his job at the NFL Network since his arrest.

Sharper, a safety, played college football at William & Mary. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1997 and also played for the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints. He was part of the Saints' team that won the Super Bowl in 2010 and went to the Pro Bowl five times.

[sbr]

I don't mean to diminish the alleged crimes at all, but this doesn't move my give a shit meter on tiny bit.

[Ed Anger]

Read they both the Cleveland Brownshits and Filthydelphia are both interested in Terelle Pryor. Huh.

[CountDeMoney]

Every dollar helps.

The Ravens reached an agreement on a contract extension with veteran rush linebacker Terrell Suggs on Sunday night that is expected to give the team additional salary-cap room, according to team sources.

Suggs, 31, has verbally agreed to the deal, according to sources, and he's expected to sign the contract Monday morning. Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome and Suggs will speak to reporters at a news conference at noon on Monday at the Under Armour Performance Center.

Full details of Suggs' adjusted contract weren't available Sunday evening , but he was scheduled to make a $7.8 million base salary under the previous terms of his six-year, $62.5 million contract. The new pact is expected to significantly lower Suggs' $12.4 million salary-cap figure, according to a source.

It should also provide the Ravens with much-needed salary-cap flexibility to try to retain several of their unrestricted free agents, including tight end Dennis Pitta, offensive tackle Eugene Monroe, middle linebacker Daryl Smith, wide receiver Jacoby Jones and cornerback Corey Graham. Defensive lineman Arthur Jones is still expected to command a lucrative price as a free agent and may be difficult to keep.

Before the new deal with Suggs, the Ravens had just under $12 million of cap room but that was before tendering contracts to their exclusive rights and restricted free agents.

Suggs' previous contract was signed in 2009. The six-time Pro Bowl selection and 2011 Defensive Player of the Year received $37.1 million in total guaranteed money, including a $10.1 million signing bonus and a $23.2 million option bonus.

[Neil]

I'm going to miss Jones on the team, but he deserves to get paid.

[CountDeMoney]

Before anybody accuses me of being a defensive homer about it, I just want to go on the record and say that Ray Rice has had a very difficult and stressful year and, possibly fueled by a touch of alcohol and what appears to be an anomaly in an otherwise stable relationship, he simply let his temper get the best of him this weekend.

And I have to admit, "Michael Diamondstein" is absolutely, positively the best Jewish lawyer name since Moses.

[Ed Anger]

Before anybody accuses me of being a defensive homer about it, I just want to go on the record and say that Ray Rice has had a very difficult and stressful year and, possibly fueled by a touch of alcohol and what appears to be an anomaly in an otherwise stable relationship, he simply let his temper get the best of him this weekend.

And I have to admit, "Michael Diamondstein" is absolutely, positively the best Jewish lawyer name since Moses.

She wanted him to change his last name.

[katmai]

What happen?

[CountDeMoney]

What happen?

Ray and Missus-To-Be Ray got into a slight misunderstanding at an Atlantic City casino, and both got locked up and subsequently ROR'd with domestic violence charges.

A simple misunderstanding, well within the confines of a loving, caring relationship.  After all, who are we to judge when it comes to matters of the heart?

[CountDeMoney]

Cruel, and completely unnecessary.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1254956201/disappointing-moments-in-cleveland-sports-coloring

[Ed Anger]

I caught the video of your boy Ray Rice dragging his woman around.

Good job Ray.

I'm not being sarcastic.

[CountDeMoney]

No shit.  Dead weight's a motherfucker no matter what the context.  And she's taller than he is, she's not a small girl.