http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/115715
2014 strength of schedule out:
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Notable for Seedy, Ravens at 28th and Patriots at 10th.
Why is the Raiders schedule so strong?
Al Davis must have somehow made it into Heaven, and pissed off God.
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 11, 2014, 12:26:23 PM
Al Davis must have somehow made it into Heaven, and pissed off God.
:D
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 11, 2014, 12:25:40 PM
Why is the Raiders schedule so strong?
Well, for starters they have to play Denver, KC, and San Diego twice. That is 0.6875 over those 6 games. On top of that, I think the AFC West draws the NFC West this year for inter-conference play.
Yep, Seahawks have the entire AFC West on their schedule.
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on February 11, 2014, 01:46:13 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 11, 2014, 12:25:40 PM
Why is the Raiders schedule so strong?
Well, for starters they have to play Denver, KC, and San Diego twice. That is 0.6875 over those 6 games. On top of that, I think the AFC West draws the NFC West this year for inter-conference play.
Damn. They must be used to it by now but 2014 is not the Raiders years.
The fightin' Andrew Lucks sure got a nice hand delt to them.
The Missouri Sheep got a pretty raw deal too.
Surprised no comment here at languish about the SEC def player coming out weeks before combine.
Quote from: katmai on February 11, 2014, 06:01:00 PM
Surprised no comment here at languish about the SEC def player coming out weeks before combine.
Well what is there to say? We all knew there were gay NFL players out there, they have come out after retiring before, so it was not some shock.
What makes this impressive is this dude is really putting himself on the line here. He has not even been drafted yet. It is 2014 so I think the clubs won't care, even if some of the players might, but still quite impressive taking a big financial risk there.
Well i was at least expecting something from Neil about gays and football. :P
The Browns shitcanned Mike Lombardi and their CEO has "stepped down."
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on February 11, 2014, 06:40:40 PM
The Browns shitcanned Mike Lombardi and their CEO has "stepped down."
:lol:
Pittsburgh Steelers, 3 coaches in 45 years.
Cleveland Browns, 3 coaches in 405 days.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on February 11, 2014, 06:40:40 PM
The Browns shitcanned Mike Lombardi and their CEO has "stepped down."
No surprise there. The Browns are the worst.
Quote from: Alcibiades on February 11, 2014, 12:16:10 PM
2014 strength of schedule out:
Eh, 2014 strength of schedule doesn't mean shit yet. I mean, prior to the 2013 season most people would have penciled in "L" for their games against the Texans and Falcons, but, welp...
Yeah, any news coming out of Seattle/SF/Denver on what players they will be bleeding?
Niners are pushing hard to resign Boldin, and probably going to lose Carlos Rodgers, And Whitner from Secondary.
Quote from: Valmy on February 11, 2014, 06:09:46 PM
What makes this impressive is this dude is really putting himself on the line here. He has not even been drafted yet. It is 2014 so I think the clubs won't care, even if some of the players might, but still quite impressive taking a big financial risk there.
Probably not all that much of a financial risk. He wasn't going to be a 1st-rounder anyway. From what I've heard, he was considered a 3rd to 5th-rounder.
Quote from: Valmy on February 11, 2014, 06:09:46 PM
Quote from: katmai on February 11, 2014, 06:01:00 PM
Surprised no comment here at languish about the SEC def player coming out weeks before combine.
Well what is there to say? We all knew there were gay NFL players out there, they have come out after retiring before, so it was not some shock.
What makes this impressive is this dude is really putting himself on the line here. He has not even been drafted yet. It is 2014 so I think the clubs won't care, even if some of the players might, but still quite impressive taking a big financial risk there.
CBS dropped him 70 spots from 90th to 160 in the update to their mock draft the next day. They claim it has nothing to do with him being gay.
I'm fucking sick of mock drafts.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 12, 2014, 06:07:56 PM
I'm fucking sick of mock drafts.
Bengals are going to blow it anyway.
Quote from: Neil on February 11, 2014, 08:11:51 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on February 11, 2014, 06:40:40 PM
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.
Quote from: dps on February 12, 2014, 07:25:38 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 11, 2014, 06:09:46 PM
What makes this impressive is this dude is really putting himself on the line here. He has not even been drafted yet. It is 2014 so I think the clubs won't care, even if some of the players might, but still quite impressive taking a big financial risk there.
Probably not all that much of a financial risk. He wasn't going to be a 1st-rounder anyway. From what I've heard, he was considered a 3rd to 5th-rounder.
Bet those 3rd to 5th rounders make more than rookie free agents.
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on February 12, 2014, 06:38:09 PM
They're still trying to undo the damage Holmgren and Co. did to the organization.
They're still trying to undo the damage from awarding the franchise to Al Lerner when it was reintroduced to the league. Despite being a minority owner of Modell's franchise, Al was not, and never was, a football man. And it showed.
Everything else stems from this.
His son didn't give a shit either. I think he was more interested in Aston Villa.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 12, 2014, 06:50:16 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on February 12, 2014, 06:38:09 PM
They're still trying to undo the damage Holmgren and Co. did to the organization.
They're still trying to undo the damage from awarding the franchise to Al Lerner when it was reintroduced to the league. Despite being a minority owner of Modell's franchise, Al was not, and never was, a football man. And it showed.
Everything else stems from this.
Fair enough. I meant the more recent damage.
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on February 12, 2014, 06:38:09 PM
Quote from: Neil on February 11, 2014, 08:11:51 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on February 11, 2014, 06:40:40 PM
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.
:lol: 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.
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on February 12, 2014, 06:38:09 PM
Quote from: Neil on February 11, 2014, 08:11:51 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on February 11, 2014, 06:40:40 PM
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.
The Oakland Raiders signed Kory Sheets.
:o
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/prosecutors-nfl-star-may-have-raped-women-several-states-n30616
QuoteProsecutors 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.
I don't mean to diminish the alleged crimes at all, but this doesn't move my give a shit meter on tiny bit.
Read they both the Cleveland Brownshits and Filthydelphia are both interested in Terelle Pryor. Huh.
Every dollar helps.
QuoteThe 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.
I'm going to miss Jones on the team, but he deserves to get paid.
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.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2014, 05:58:58 PM
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.
What happen?
Quote from: katmai on February 17, 2014, 06:07:14 PM
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?
Cruel, and completely unnecessary.
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I caught the video of your boy Ray Rice dragging his woman around.
Good job Ray.
I'm not being sarcastic.
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.
And she spat in his face. Bitch got what she deserved.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 20, 2014, 07:34:06 PM
And she spat in his face. Bitch got what she deserved.
Really? Bitch must be out of her mind.
From the film, that looked like Rice's best carry of the year.
Not scoring isn't a shock either.
The Bucs have new helmets and uniforms:
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The logo is slightly different. The uniforms will be unveiled March 5.
I'm not a fan.
Quote from: sbr on February 20, 2014, 09:36:37 PM
From the film, that looked like Rice's best carry of the year.
Not scoring isn't a shock either.
Boo. Hiss. Boo.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on February 20, 2014, 10:48:23 PM
The Bucs have new helmets and uniforms:
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The logo is slightly different. The uniforms will be unveiled March 5.
Hmm. Flag should be larger.
Needs more creamsicle.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 20, 2014, 07:34:06 PM
And she spat in his face. Bitch got what she deserved.
:rolleyes:
No shit.
It is best to just ignore Ed when he goes down the misogynist rabbit hole :P
Quote from: derspiess on February 21, 2014, 09:54:55 AM
No shit.
Anyone who legitimately thinks that's an appropriate response can go to hell.
Quote from: Valmy on February 21, 2014, 09:55:03 AM
It is best to just ignore Ed when he goes down the misogynist rabbit hole :P
Shhhhhhhhh.
:lol:
You don't spit in people's faces unless you want a knuckle sandwich. Tim is irresponsible.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 21, 2014, 09:54:35 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 21, 2014, 09:53:37 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 20, 2014, 07:34:06 PM
And she spat in his face. Bitch got what she deserved.
:rolleyes:
Go fuck yourself.
TIm, I always liked using :ike: for when people are talking shit. I take it to mean "your lips might be moving, but you're not actually saying anything".
Tim isn't taking into account the fact that any altercation involving a Raven named Ray that doesn't end up in murder is an improvement, purely relatively speaking.
You would think a Patriot fan would understand that.
Ouch JR. Are you still a little burned over what happened in Superbowl XXXV?
Quote from: Neil on February 21, 2014, 04:22:41 PM
Ouch JR. Are you still a little burned over what happened in Superbowl XXXV?
If he is, he sure holds a long grudge.
Quote from: Valmy on February 21, 2014, 09:55:03 AM
It is best to just ignore Ed when he goes down the misogynist rabbit hole :P
goes down? Has he ever come up?
Quote from: katmai on February 21, 2014, 05:05:58 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 21, 2014, 09:55:03 AM
It is best to just ignore Ed when he goes down the misogynist rabbit hole :P
goes down? Has he ever come up?
I'm halfway to China. All those chinaman girls.......