2014 NFL Season

[Maxx]

What a ridiculous personal conduct policy.

[Dan]

Justin Blackmon and Josh Gordon should hang out.

I'm still hoping Blackmon comes back, it's probably around a 10% chance right now but he's still under contract and he hasn't done anything newsworthy recently. Last thing he did was complete rehab.

[Mofoticon]

Josh Gordon was probably going to be released anyway by the Browns because he has worn out his welcome. I imagine his NFL career is over now though. Giant waste of talent.

[Lint]

Josh Gordon has failed another drug test and now faces a one year ban. What a waste of tremendous tremendously wasted talent.

[GhostMachine]

So if the league was going to eject Lynch for wearing the wrong colour shoes, I wonder what - if anything - will happen to Brady if this comes down on him.

Surely they're not going to keep the league's golden boy out of the Super Bowl, as much as I would love it to happen. They'll probably fire the equipment guy and call it done.

If it turns out the Patriots were behind it (and I mean anyone in the organization), what *should* happen (but won't) is that the Patriots are forced to forfeit the AFC Championship game,and the Colts and Seahawks are crowned co-champions (regardless of whether the Seahawks or Patriots win the Super Bowl). And if Brady is involved or at least knew about it, he should be toast.

But I'm sure that either the league (and by league I mean Goodell) will sweep it under the rug somehow, or either the league or Patriots will find some scapegoat to take the blame.

No matter how things turn out, I hope this leads to an end of the teams supplying their own balls.

And I'm not saying the Patriots are definitely guilty, but the way the NFL operates I don't expect there to be a satisfying conclusion to all this, and even if they're cleared of any wrongdoing, there will still be some suspicion.

Edited January 26, 2015 by GhostMachine

[DMN in the House]

lol, no.

[Dan]

Found Plubby on Reddit.

[DMN in the House]

He thinks he's clever, hiding behind that Chargers logo.

By the by, Dan, I convinced my friend at work, who didn't have a team,to join the pride and become a Jaguars fan! It is quite amusing...

Would a group of jaguars be a pride? I'm pretty sure they're solitary animals... conundrum.

[Maxx]

Can they be a pride if they have nothing to be proud of?

[Dan]

The Jaguars thing for best ever players (Fred Taylor, Mark Brunell etc) is called "The Pride" so yes I imagine it would.

What a great decision he's made! The offseason is always the best time to be a Jaguars fan and that's just about ti be begin.

[Lowerdeck]

So if the league was going to eject Lynch for wearing the wrong colour shoes, I wonder what - if anything - will happen to Brady if this comes down on him.

Surely they're not going to keep the league's golden boy out of the Super Bowl, as much as I would love it to happen. They'll probably fire the equipment guy and call it done.

If it turns out the Patriots were behind it (and I mean anyone in the organization), what *should* happen (but won't) is that the Patriots are forced to forfeit the AFC Championship game,and the Colts and Seahawks are crowned co-champions (regardless of whether the Seahawks or Patriots win the Super Bowl). And if Brady is involved or at least knew about it, he should be toast.

And yet the Patriots still scored 28 points after the deflated balls were discovered, plus Blount was running all over the Colts porous run defense.

The Patriots still were the better team, which makes it all the more baffling they'd be using under inflated balls in the first place.

[GhostMachine]

So cheating is acceptable even if you still kick ass afterward?

[DMN in the House]

NOBODY CARES, LET IT DIE

In more relevant news, Charles Woodson is coming back to Oakland for another year.

[GhostMachine]

Okay, then....

Just how many failed drug tests does Josh Gordon have to have before he's finally kicked out of the NFL?

And Woodson coming back is definitely good news for Oakland.

[DMN in the House]

Josh Gordon shouldn't be kicked out of the NFL because, outside of the argument that he's a dumbass who should know better (which is valid), the while marijuana is bullshit.

And, yes, Woodson being back is great, Oakland needs all the leadership they can get.

[GhostMachine]

Oh, i agree the marijuana thing is bs, but its funny that someone can just keep getting suspended over and over again for it rather than tossed out. I'd imagine if he was using something else, like cocaine or heroin, he'd already be out of the league.

[gunnar hendershow]

The stats seem to show this isn't just a "they did it against the Colts" deal. The Patriots blow every metric out of the water in how fumble proof they are.

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/2015/01/25/patriots-fumble-nearly-impossible-rate/LCgrlUR9qgxDsIgcal9dUI/story.html

[Lowerdeck]

So, how about those Giants?

[munky]

The stats seem to show this isn't just a "they did it against the Colts" deal. The Patriots blow every metric out of the water in how fumble proof they are.

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/2015/01/25/patriots-fumble-nearly-impossible-rate/LCgrlUR9qgxDsIgcal9dUI/story.html

That rogue ball boy must be a tenured employee by now, if the issue goes back that far.

[DMN in the House]

Oh, i agree the marijuana thing is bs, but its funny that someone can just keep getting suspended over and over again for it rather than tossed out. I'd imagine if he was using something else, like cocaine or heroin, he'd already be out of the league.

Just like LT, or, since I know you're a Cowboys fan, Michael Irvin, right?

Talent Uber Alles.