NFL Thread

[Whittness10]

I don't mind the jerseys, but the pants I don't like at all.

[jsence2]

Damn...... Don't know if he did it or not , Im not the judge but shit that's along time.

Yeah.....so is being dead.

[packsyd2284]

Damn...... Don't know if he did it or not , Im not the judge but shit that's along time.

Yeah.....so is being dead.

Someone piss in your Wheaties this morning?

[jsence2]

Damn...... Don't know if he did it or not , Im not the judge but shit that's along time.

Yeah.....so is being dead.

Someone piss in your Wheaties this morning?

.....I was talking about Dockett, not Peay. The idiot is saying "life without parole" is long. I bet if you gave Oden Lloyd the chance of life in prison over being dead, he'd take it in a heartbeat. Being dead never ends.

[ReignOnU]

TEBOW to the Eagles!

[Seeitsaveit13]

I feel like this career resurrection should have been announced a week ago...

[ReignOnU]

I feel like this career resurrection should have been announced a week ago...

2 weeks. I see you working though.

[Seeitsaveit13]

Damnit, masters threw me off

[DRiccio21]

hey guys, Tebow to the Eagles

[The_Niddler]

hey guys, Tebow to the Eagles

[GeorgesGoons]

hey guys, Tebow to the Eagles

The double post made me laugh a little too hard I suppose.

[nick]

so Jameis was given the crab legs and apparently investigators inquired and he was telling the truth




GM says NFL investigators verified Jameis Winston crab leg story

One NFL general manager was asked his thoughts on the contention by Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher that Jameis Winston’s crab leg escapade was an isolated incident. His response was anger. Almost rage. Not at Winston but at Fisher. Let me explain.

Winston told Jim Harbaugh on ESPN's draft show that he didn’t steal the crab legs, but that they were part of an arrangement with a store employee that would provide Winston with free food from the store.

“Well, a week before it was my buddy’s birthday and we had got a cake and we met a dude that worked inside Publix and he said, ‘Hey, anytime you come in here, I got you.’” Winston said. “So that day we just walked out and he hooked us up with that.

“And when I went in to get crab legs, did the same thing and he just gave them to me and I walked out. Someone from inside the store had told the security that I didn’t pay for them, and that’s how the whole thing started.”

Bruce Feldman of Fox reported that Fisher says the school’s compliance department investigated the matter and found that what happened was an isolated incident.

I asked an NFL general manager about it and he offered this scathing rebuke of Fisher.

“Our investigators found several Publix employees who corroborated what Winston said. Winston told this story to our team and I believe others. We were able to determine that he was telling the truth. I won’t get into more detail than that.

“Should Winston have taken free food? No, of course not. But college football stars, at every campus in America, get free stuff. They all do. Every single one.

“We feel like Winston was wrong but he’s part of an overall college system where this happens daily. My personal opinion is that on this issue, and this issue alone, he was hung out to dry.”

Meaning, it was easier to portray Winston as a thief, than to face scrutiny from the NCAA.

Two things are clear here. First, as the general manager said, almost every athlete, in every big-time program, gets perks. That's just common sense. It is far more likely that Winston is telling the truth, and far less likely that he was alone doing it, and only did it that once.

Second, NFL investigators can find out anything.

Anything.

[DRiccio21]

so Jameis was given the crab legs and apparently investigators inquired and he was telling the truth

pretty sure we discussed this when it happened.

this stuff is very common

[trendon]

Every time we see something that shows that Winston isn't the Devil, Mariota loses a million dollars in guaranteed money.

[nick]

Every time we see something that shows that Winston isn't the Devil, Mariota loses a million dollars in guaranteed money.

Mariota is still going #2.

[The_Niddler]

Every time we see something that shows that Winston isn't the Devil, Mariota loses a million dollars in guaranteed money.

Mariota is still going #2.

#2 QB, yes, #2 overall, maybe not.

[nick]

Every time we see something that shows that Winston isn't the Devil, Mariota loses a million dollars in guaranteed money.

Mariota is still going #2.

#2 QB, yes, #2 overall, maybe not.

ok

[shel311]

Not being an a-hole here, but I thought that was common knowledge that was the story. Something like one manager told him he could have it for free, but the manager on duty on that day didn't know or have that same arrangement.

So he didn't really steal them, per se.

[OracleHCR]

He did steal them. He knowingly accepted stolen merchandise. I am not judging. I feel he was judged way too harshly for what actually happened. He was portrayed as going in and trying to shoplift the $35 worth of crab legs and was demonized by everyone who wasn't a Florida State fan. Most FSU fans knew what had happened and were ostracized for saying the kid isn't as bad as he is being portrayed. Most people judging him the harshest and calling him a thief probably have hundreds of dollars in illegally downloaded music or movies on their computers.

[trendon]

Every time we see something that shows that Winston isn't the Devil, Mariota loses a million dollars in guaranteed money.

Mariota is still going #2.

If that is true, this will be the greatest draft in the history of two of the following three franchises, if they hold their picks: Jacksonville, Oakland, and Washington.