NFL playoff thread

don't want to insult your partner
The NFL always makes money for his partners. One by one, our old friends are gone. Death, natural or not, prison, deported. The NFL is the only one left, because he always made money for his partners.

 

I agree.

Atlanta was selling out everything on D (5-2 formation with DEs rushing straight up field) to keep Kaep off the edges. That opened up Davis and Gore.

And Torrey Smith has added a ton to the Raven offense as well. Before him, there was zero threat of the deep ball when you played the Ravens. Now, teams like New England are afraid to blitz because if it's picked up, you have a serious problem racing to the goal line.

 

oh, how i wish i could take you up on your offer, drip. alas, i'll have to depend on others to take the baton, unless you could find a way to get my hospital-bidden ass to n'awlins and a whelchair chauffeur to help me get from interview to interview... i'm optimistic that there are a few healthier journalists -- print or tv -- who are up to the task of asking ray about it or to do the legwork required to speak to others who have an idea of what went down or how the relatives of the two murder victims feel and -- if either of them had kids -- how THEY feel every time they hear all the accolades ray is receiving. when you know there are so many untold layers to ray's story that have been ignored during his hof football career it's difficult to let all the puff pieces slide without wondering where the other side of ray lewis has gone....

 

She might want to worry about the concussion her husband played with on the last two minutes of the game.

I know this is releasing the OOP hound, but Welker seemed on his way to la la land. NBC quickly took the cameras off his million mile stare.

 

My point is what happened in 2000 happened in 2000. This is 2013. Time to move on. Has anyone thought that Lewis could be restricted legally from saying anything? He was ndicted on murder and aggravated-assault charges. His attorneys negotiated a plea agreement where the murder charges were dismissed in exchange for his testimony against two companions, Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting, and his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice. Lewis admitted he gave a misleading statement to police on the morning after the killings. Superior Court Judge Alice D. Bonner sentenced him to 12 months' probation, the maximum sentence for a first-time offender, and he was fined $250,000 by the NFL, which was believed to be the highest fine levied against an NFL player for an infraction not involving substance abuse. Under the terms of the sentence, Lewis could not use drugs or alcohol during the duration of the probation.
In 2004, Lewis reached a settlement with four-year-old India Lollar, born months after the death of her father Richard, pre-empting a scheduled civil proceeding. Lewis also reached an undisclosed settlement with Baker's family.

 

Sorry to hear about your health problems. I truly pray they improve. And I wasn't jumping on you. The relevance of what happened in 2000 to now is what I question. If given the chance, one way to spin it is something like, "Ray, can you elaborate on the changes in your life since 2000?" It defuses a potentially situation from occurring.

 

I'm sure the families of the men who are murdered have moved on...

Fucking idiot.

 

Asschair-QB they have been asked numerous times and have declined comments. What is there to gain but dredging up this tragedy? I joyously await your answer. Clown.

 

Asschair QB. Fucking awesome.

Isn't every chair an asschair?

 

I think he has earned the new handle.

 

and my point is that NOTHING about this pretty important part of 'the ray lewis story' is known to an entire generation of nfl fans. how this part think about it: how this episode of his professional life has been swept under the rug and virtually ignored since is pretty mind-boggling. hey, if a gag order is his plea agreements and plea bargaining. so the eff what? you dont need ray ray to talk about it to tell this part of his story. to let fans in the dark know that the superstar's 'dark side,' his not-so-role-modelish side, included his invovement in a double murder. you think this 'long time ago' footnote need not be included as part of the narrative about the football hero's life? fine. just then dont try to paint thee guys as untarnished heroes when you know there is so much evidence to the contrary. and if all evidence confirms he has indeed traveled aa straight and narrow pat since the 'unfortunate episode,' by all means shout this story of redemption from the rooftops.

now THAT THAR'S a super bowl story well worth reading amidst all the gang-bang material being readied to come our way over the next two weeks.gw

 

No argument that it's not a good story. It's something that did happen. And yes, I realize that the story has mysteriously been quieted and that a generation of NFL fans don't know about it.