2018 NFL Off-Season Thread

[livid]

I know that the law moves at a glacial pace but it's still odd that it took a year + to get the charges filed against him.

[The Buscher]

Eric Reid has still not found a new team and he has no visits scheduled whatsoever.  Doubtless because he's not good enough to play in the league.

[Lint]

21 hours ago, Maxx said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/eagles/2018/03/23/michael-bennett-indicted-injuring-elderly-paraplegic-super-bowl-li/453774002/

High class guy!

Well known asshole is an asshole 

[Lineker]

EJ Gaines to Cleveland. 

[Lowerdeck]

From the other side:

 

Quote

Solidarity with Michael Bennett

By Haymarket Books / March 24 2018

Michael Bennett is being targeted for being a Black man who speaks out boldly against racism and police brutality.

The latest charges against Michael are clearly an effort by his political opponents — once again — to silence him. We will not let them succeed.

Our country has a long history of such attacks against those who work for justice, from Martin Luther King, Jr., to Muhammad Ali, to Angela Davis, among so many others.

We have also seen how athletes have been targeted over the past year, from the “blackballing” of Colin Kaepernick to the young people who have been kicked off of their teams for daring to protest during the anthem.

We are confident that the truth of the incident at the 2017 Super Bowl, fourteen months ago, will reveal that the charges against Michael – and the timing of this indictment and public attack on him — are politically motivated.

We stand in solidarity with Michael. We stand strongly behind his new book, which we are extremely proud to publish, and we applaud him for his ongoing work in solidarity with all of those who are challenging the voices of exclusion, intolerance, and racism.

—Haymarket Books

 

He might have done it, but it does seem odd that it took 14 months to press charges - and it being two weeks before his book is released.

[Dan]

Fuck Mike Bennett. Scum move when he intentionally tried to injure the Jags centre because his team lost and almost caused a riot in the stadium.

[Lint]

2 hours ago, Lowerdeck said:

From the other side:

 

 

He might have done it, but it does seem odd that it took 14 months to press charges - and it being two weeks before his book is released.

I too think its odd that it happened at the Super Bowl, one of the most video'd sports events in the country, yet none of the dozens of TV camera, probably hundreds of security camera, and tens of thousand of cell phone camera, caught it on video.  They also claimed he's "hard to get a hold of" yet looking at the Seahawks schedule will tell you where he is every weekend, so the point he played in Dallas on Christmas Eve.  They claim they contacted the Seahawks security in an attempt to talk to Bennett, yet the Seahawks claim they had no idea this happened.   And despite injuring someone, he wasn't arrested on the spot because, basically, "he's a big guy"

Do I think he's innocent?  Really don't know.  He's known for being a dick and trying to shove his way passed security certainly does seem like something he'd do.  Its just details around it seem fishy as hell

[Meacon Keaton]

Philly sports talk radio call ins and some of the DJ’s have spent literally all day defending Michael Bennett. 

[GhostMachine]

No surprise there. When it comes to sports, Philly's nickname should be Assholeville.

(Which, incidentally, would also be appropriate for a town named after Trump.)

 

Edited March 25, 2018 by GhostMachine

[Maxx]

That's not what a coincidence is

[Maxx]

Don’t cover things up Ghostmachine!

[Lineker]

Cleveland have added Drew Stanton to their QB room.

New York Jets CEO Christopher Johnson said Sunday that the team rescinded its offer to free-agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. "It just didn't seem to be in keeping with our long-term plan," Johnson told reporters at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando. Suh is also drawing interest from the Los Angeles Rams, Tennessee Titans and New Orleans Saints.

[Lineker]

The New York Giants will sign former Miami Dolphins safety Michael Thomas to a two-year deal, a source told ESPN.

Former Patriots OT Cam Fleming inked a one-year deal with the Cowboys, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source. The deal is worth a max value of $3.5 million. It could also mean La'el Collins moves from right tackle to left guard in Dallas.

[Pooker]

The NFL is a really messed up place when Suh is still drawing interest from teams but Eric Reid isn't.

[Maxx]

We making moves and filling holes!  This will hopefully keep them from drafting O-Line in the first round, which is something a lot of Cowboys fans seem to want.  We've already got 3 first round picks on the line, its time to spread around the 1st round talent to other areas of the team.

[Schlitzbrille]

Dis gon b gud.

[GhostMachine]

2 hours ago, Pooker said:

The NFL is a really messed up place when Suh is still drawing interest from teams but Eric Reid isn't.

Good news is, the Jets apparently dropped their offer to Suh.

I hate that dirty piece of garbage. 

 

[Pooker]

Same here. Bad news is, with 32 teams, somebody is going to sign him. While people with actual talent and who don't cheat or take chrapshots, like Reid and Kaepernick, won't be signed.

[The Buscher]

3 hours ago, Karl Dandleton said:

Dis gon b gud.

Bob McNair needs to roll over and die already.  Dude is stuck in the '50s.

[Lineker]

Suh is joining the Rams.