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[yankeehater]

How long until Harbaugh 1 picks up Harbaugh 2's trash?

How does waiver priority work this early in the season? Wonder if the Eagles could get him first or not.

 

[Futurevoid]

Achilles blowing up left and right...

This seasons torn ACL.

 

[squicken]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/08/robert-mathis-tears-achilles-tendon/



That sucks for the Colts. Tore his Achilles during his suspension

What? No. NO!!

 

[Spinluck]

Mathis is out for the year?

EDIT: Someone kill me.

 

[eznark]

Doesn't this also mean that Ray McDonald is going to get hammered? He actually was charged with domestic violence?

If guilty Harbaugh will cut him anyway, unless he is a filthy liar.

 

[ActStriker]

Judy Battista ‏@judybattista 2m
I've been told that the Ravens were told a "softer" version of the events that were shown on the videotape.

really

 

[Narag]

What? No. NO!!

You did this.

 

[Bread]

RIColts

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Judy Battista ‏@judybattista 1m
I've been told that the Ravens were told a "softer" version of the events that were shown on the videotape.

:jnc

If the circumstances weren't so awful, this whole thing would be great comedy

EDIT: squick's curse game is still immaculate, I see. Rides for the Rams, Bradford gets hurt. Pimps the Colts, Mathis gets hurt.

 

[LJ11]

Also, I don't think Ray Rice is completely done, this is the NFL. If he doesn't play again it's his age that's a big factor than his actions, sad as it is to say.

 

[MechDX]

Mathis is out for the year?

Yeah. Now you will have to face the Ryan "The Amish Rifle" Fitzpatrick without your best pass rusher.

You shaking yet?

 

[Spinluck]

We should put Luck on the D-Line.

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

Mathis is out for the year?

EDIT: Someone kill me.

Noooooooooo!

Luck is destined to be surrounded by garbage.

 

[Futurevoid]

How does waiver priority work this early in the season? Wonder if the Eagles could get him first or not.

Worst teams from last season get first dibs. Take the draft order and you have waiver wire priority....

 

[Crisco]

Just permanently change the name of your column to that you fucking hack.

 

[eznark]

Also, I don't think Ray Rice is completely done, this is the NFL. If he doesn't play again it's his age that's a big factor than his actions, sad as it is to say.

His age plus his poor performance in 2013 lead me to believe no one will give him a shot in 2015.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

really

Softer? How soft can you tell a domestic violence story?

"He just poked her in the face!"

 

[jakncoke]

Antonio Brown should be Indefinetly suspended for that kick yesterday...

Akron should be kicked out of Ohio and sold to Canada

 

[Narag]

EDIT: squick's curse game is still immaculate, I see. Rides for the Rams, Bradford gets hurt. Pimps the Colts, Mathis gets hurt.

We must entice him to be a Patriots fan once again.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Goodell really just does whatever he wants doesnt he. Hey you're suspended 2 games, oh shit they seen the other vid brehs tmz paid prob 6 figures for it. Oh shit public seeing it, pr cover up army enable. Tell the press Ray Rice is suspended till further notice! How can he get suspended twice for the same incident? I guess its finally correct action, only took the sports fan nation to call them out..

First suspension extended probably.

 

[jmdajr]

Yeah. Now you will have to face the Ryan "The Amish Rifle" Fitzpatrick without your best pass rusher.

You shaking yet?

Will Clowney be back for Thursday Night Football?????

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

Oh it is definitely unpopular. Higher ups at the university knew that children were being molested and covered it up. No punishment would be severe enough for that.

I've just always had the opinion that it was THOSE people that should be punished, not past/future players. The ruling should have been "Penn State can not play football until this list of people is completely eliminated from the administration, plus this list of things has to be implemented." The ruling they gave was a huge overreach.

 

[njean777]

We should put Luck on the D-Line.

Funnily enough he could probably do it. He is husky.

 

[Spinluck]

Noooooooooo!

Luck is destined to be surrounded by garbage.

Maths was the last bit of talent we had left on defense. Gonna be a long year.

 

[Greg]

Honestly, I do kind of agree with Vio-lence on this one. The league/Ravens lowkey fucked him.
(OBVIOUSLY RAY RICE FUCKED HIMSELF UP WHEN HE PUT HIS HANDS ON A WOMAN)

But if the league gave him a year off in the first place, this probably goes away. He comes back in 2015 with a tarnished reputation, but he'd probably wouldn't be seen as completely radioactive/untouchable to teams potentially looking to bring him in.

The way it down today, his NFL career is effectively over.

everyone dropped the ball (courts, league, Ravens), but he fucked himself

 

[gutshot]

How does waiver priority work this early in the season? Wonder if the Eagles could get him first or not.

I'm not sure why they would want him. Did you see Sproles in the game yesterday?

 

[HawkeyeIC]

That 2012 9ers draft class....

 

[LevelNth]

Rice will stand as the 'trophy' for the league to display it's new intolerance of domestic violence. He'll never play a snap in the NFL again.

Crazy day.

 

[MechDX]

Will Clowney be back for Thursday Night Football?????

Still waiting on how severe the tear is. Anywhere from 3 weeks to 6 months is being speculated

 

[squicken]

J

EDIT: squick's curse game is still immaculate, I see. Rides for the Rams, Bradford gets hurt. Pimps the Colts, Mathis gets hurt.

Curses aren't real. I mean rationally why would whatever spirit or god I have angered make so many others suffer?

 

[Fox318]

Also, I don't think Ray Rice is completely done, this is the NFL. If he doesn't play again it's his age that's a big factor than his actions, sad as it is to say.

What team would even sign him at this point?

Plus the NFL practically had to beg for Sam to get on a practice squad and Rice gets a spot?


If only Irsay was making decisions. He'd trade a 2nd for Rice.

 

[Bowser]

Maths was the last bit of talent we had left on defense. Gonna be a long year.

Don't worry, you've got defensive wizard Chuck Pagano crafting an intricate scheme

Spoiler

of zero pass rush and busted coverages to get Come-from-Behind Luck to show his powers

 

[slabrock]

Softer? How soft can you tell a domestic violence story?

"He just poked her in the face!"

He probably said she hit him multiple times before he reacted or something like that trying to make it like he was actually defending himself instead of him being a piece of human garbage.

 

[eznark]

I've just always had the opinion that it was THOSE people that should be punished, not past/future players. The ruling should have been "Penn State can not play football until this list of people is completely eliminated from the administration, plus this list of things has to be implemented." The ruling they gave was a huge overreach.

It was a systemic and institutional enabling of child rape. The entire sports program should have been shuttered and Happy Valley salted.

Instead the NCAA slapped their wrist and reinstated them asap because fuck, Pedo State makes bank!

 

[jakncoke]

Curses aren't real. I mean rationally why would whatever spirit or god I have angered make so many others suffer?

for you talking shit on Jerome Bettis career and Hines Ward. You've sealed your fate and the ones of the other fans of teams you jumped on

 

[Fantomex]

Ray Rice could have avoided all of this by just learning to parry like Jay Z. Wait for the elevetator to stop and just run out.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

So is Ray Rice's salary off the Raven's books, or does his cap hit still apply?

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

Maths was the last bit of talent we had left on defense. Gonna be a long year.

It's okay dude, Luck is going to have like 13 4th quarter comebacks this season.

 

[MechDX]

So is Ray Rice's salary off the Raven's books, or does his cap hit still apply?

Jimmy /J.I./ Halsell ‏@SalaryCap101 · 1m
Not tht this was remotely a consideration for the club, Rice will still count 4.75M in '14 and 9.5M in '15 against #Ravens' cap

 

[dionysus]

Have to agree with Eznark.

You have to punish the football program because it was the very placement of the football program above the lives of individual kids that caused the coverup and enabling of Sandusky. If you have a culture that values the football over the rape of little kids, you have to attack the culture itself as well as the individuals.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

Nah, it's very bad.

This should have been the punishment from the start.

Are you surprised by these actions? They are fucking months late on punishing him, and they weren't going to unless this video went public. The NFL fucked up real bad.

Yeah, they totally handled this situation perfectly from the outset and this wasn't at all motivated by the fact that the video went public and they could no longer hide exactly what happened in that elevator.

I was expecting them to do nothing about this. Just stand by their old punishment and try to sweep it under the rug.

I was saying not bad because it's obviously better than what I was expecting. Better late than never and all that.

 

[yankeehater]

Worst teams from last season get first dibs. Take the draft order and you have waiver wire priority....

Thank you.

I'm not sure why they would want him. Did you see Sproles in the game yesterday?

I saw Sproles, looked great on punt returns and terrible rushing outside of one run where the gatas were totally out of position on D. I just would like to have a 3rd RB that they can count on. If Shady even gets dinged and has to leave a game right now we only have Sproles. That is very scary to me.

 

[WesternHeretic]

So is Ray Rice's salary off the Raven's books, or does his cap hit still apply?

They pick up around ~ 3.5 million of cap space for this year, but in total about ~4.75 in 2014 ~9.5 million in dead money for 2015.

 

[Syrinx]

SI's new site is worse than Josh McCown.

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

It was a systemic and institutional enabling of child rape. The entire sports program should have been shuttered and Happy Valley salted.

Instead the NCAA slapped their wrist and reinstated them asap because fuck, Pedo State makes bank!

I mean, I really get this point of view on the other hand and can't say much about it, just with the caveat that this culture pervades the entirety of college sports and that they should all be treated exactly the same way, not just whatever team you want to make an example of today. I just think it's stupid as shit to isolate one college team for a culture that pervades them all, and then go on to punish players for shit they had no control over.

 

[MRSA]

So is Ray Rice's salary off the Raven's books, or does his cap hit still apply?

He's still getting paid.

 

[jmdajr]

Still waiting on how severe the tear is. Anywhere from 3 weeks to 6 months is being speculated

The Doctor on the morning 610 show made me

 

[BlackGhost]

How long until the Ray Rice redemption story begins?

 

[brentech]

Man, I go out for an hour and half bike ride, and this news breaks. Never working out again!

Spoiler

said Matt Stafford

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Also, I don't think Ray Rice is completely done, this is the NFL. If he doesn't play again it's his age that's a big factor than his actions, sad as it is to say.

Of course. Other guys have committed far worse crimes and been back. I mean Ray Lewis killed someone and he's a hall of famer!