2014 NFL Season

[PatDaMan]

ESPN Cleveland is reporting that Josh Gordon's reinstatement is inevitable. Haven't really gotten to read anything about it yet, but I'm glad I picked him up in all three of my leagues.

[livid]

The thought is that he'll be reinstated once they pass the new drug policy, which the NFLPA is voting on today.

[Cole]

If college players can now smoke pot why can't grown men who make millions of dollars?

[Lineker]

So this was posted by Janay Rice this morning:

That poor woman.

[Dan]

Wonder if that means Justin Blackmon will be back?

[livid]

Wonder if that means Justin Blackmon will be back?

I don't think so. I think it's only suspensions that went into effect this season.

Also, I thought he could have applied for reinstatement already anyways?

Edited September 9, 2014 by livid

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Justin Blackmon's issues were more DUI and possession related and for arrests, not that he barely failed a surprise test.

[livid]

Nope. His suspensions were the result of him failing drug tests as part of the substance abuse program. The personal conduct policy is separate. His arrests don't help his case at all, though.

Edited September 9, 2014 by livid

[gunnar hendershow]

Looks as if the Pegulas bid will succeed for the Bills. That about rules out a move to Toronto any time soon (they also own the Sabres). I'm curious what happens with a stadium, but I'd suspect it will at least be somewhere in western NY. As someone who has been to Buffalo to visit family countless times I'm a big fan of the tiny city and glad they get to keep their two passions, Bills and Labatt, together.

[Cole]

Didn't really expect the Bills to ever actually move to Toronto but all the talk was fun food for thought. The NFL wants to do another LA team really bad (but pretty much can't without a miracle) and also penetrate Europe, Mexico, England. Feeling that the North American market is as big as it will ever get, aka tapped out in terms of growth.

[Lint]

So this was posted by Janay Rice this morning:

That was posted with Ray Rice standing behind her, his pimp smacking hand wound up

Edit: Also, is it wrong of me to take "No one knows the pain that the media & unwanted opinions from the public have caused my family" to mean Rice has beat her more since this came out?

[gunnar hendershow]

That's the thing with the NFL is where do they expand next. The entire role if the commissioner is to keep increasing the league's value, and there will be a huge jump the next time it comes for a TV deal (hell the NBA is going to double it's TV deal to $2 billion so imagine what happens next time the NFL is up). But beyond that they need new markets, they've been working hard on the UK and who knows maybe they try to start a European league back up at some point. Right now the league is very adept at using LA to force other cities into building their new stadiums through tax money, with Atlanta being an exception as Blank is forking over most of that.

Raiders will be moving, but who knows to where. Chargers need a new stadium and have done substantial marketing in LA. Five years ago it looked certain that someone would be moving to LA but now it doesn't look as surefire. California right now isn't a state that can fork over tons of tax revenue to build new stadiums, and owners are very, very greedy.

[Your Mom]

So this was posted by Janay Rice this morning:

That was posted with Ray Rice standing behind her, his pimp smacking hand wound up

Edit: Also, is it wrong of me to take "No one knows the pain that the media & unwanted opinions from the public have caused my family" to mean Rice has beat her more since this came out?

Yes

[GhostMachine]

Saw the video on ESPN, and there is no way that Ray Rice should ever be allowed to play for the NFL again.

[HC]

Not going to jump the gun, but if Gordon gets his suspension overturned I will never ever let Mick forget about it.

[TCO]

Well the Giants game wasn't worth the wait. As awful as expected.

Winless for Winston it is!

[HC]

Still gotta pay Eli 17 mil for one more year too, so there's another top pick in 2016 for ya,

[DYSI]

Still gotta pay Eli 17 mil for one more year too, so there's another top pick in 2016 for ya,

It's simple, sit Winston his first year and try and sure up the O-Line with Eli getting the dunkin donuts sacked out of him.

[Cole]

Glad I didn't stay up for the 2nd half of the late game as well, had it pegged to go over 46 points. Knew the chargers would cover +3, but wouldn't have wanted to stay up til 2am watching that crap.

[TCO]

Still gotta pay Eli 17 mil for one more year too, so there's another top pick in 2016 for ya,

There'll be a clean out after this season if it goes as badly as expected but Eli will stick around for another year. New GM, new coach and new QB if the pick is good enough a top one. No problem having the new guy sit behing Eli as he plays out his last year in New York.

I love him and he'll always be loved for the two Superbowls but it sadly looks like his time is up.