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Jamarcus Russell evidently has sent a letter to every NFL team asking them to give him a second chance. He has told them that he is even willing to play for free.:spy:
ObsiWan said:
now we'll see if it was Graham or our play-calling responsible for his "poor" performance.
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or the QB(s)............
 
Tunsil hacker faces potential criminal, civil liability
April 29, 2016, 5:31 PM EDT

Largely lost in last night’s Laremy Tunsil limbo was the fact that someone violated his privacy and, in turn, broke the law.

As explained by Jason Lisk of TheBigLead.com, whoever hacked Tunsil’s Twitter account and posted video of Tunsil smoking marijuana with a gas mask and a bong faces up to five years in prison under the Stored Communications Act, if “the offense is committed for purposes of commercial advantage, malicious destruction or damage, or private commercial gain.”

As best we can tell, if the person who invaded Tunsil’s Twitter account also hacked his Instagram account, the second violation ups the ante to a punishment of up to 10 years.

Even without an improper purpose, the potential sanction consists of not more than one year for a first offense and up to five years for a second offense.

The improper purpose apparently need not actually result in harm. As written, the statute refers only to purpose not effect. And common sense suggests that whoever was getting into Tunsil’s social media account(s) wanted to harm his draft stock.

Deadspin notes that someone had been trying to sell the Tunsil video for weeks. Whoever had the video either knew or guessed Tunsil’s password, hacked his Twitter account, and in turn broke the law.

Getting in may have been easy. Covering it up could be impossible. Here’s hoping that the relevant federal officials quickly swoop in to investigate. If the hack committed in Major League Baseball justified the devotion of federal resources last year, the misconduct directed at Tunsil merits a similar response.

Tunsil also should be ready to pursue civil liability. However, the person who did it quite possibly doesn’t have the resources to even begin to compensate Tunsil for the damages resulting from however many spots he fell due to the hacking.
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Tunsil, you idiot.

Laremy Tunsil admits to taking money from Ole Miss coaches
The MMQB's Peter King gives his thoughts after the bizarre draft night situation surrounding Miami Dolphins first round pick Laremy Tunsil. Time_Sports
Hugh Kellenberger, The Clarion-Ledger 11:56 a.m. CDT April 29, 2016


CHICAGO — An anonymous hacker used the night of the NFL draft to try to take down Laremy Tunsil and the Ole Miss football program
Moments before the draft began a video of Tunsil smoking out of a bong fashioned out of a gas mask was posted onto his Twitter account. When it had done its damage, moving Tunsil out of the top 10 entirely and to the Miami Dolphins on No. 13, the hacker started on Tunsil’s Instagram account.

There they posted screenshots of alleged text messages between Tunsil and John Miller, assistant athletic director for football operations, in which Tunsil asks for money to pay rent and also for his mother's $305 electric and water bill. In reference to the former, Miller makes a reference to "Barney." Barner Farrar is Ole Miss' assistant athletic director for high school and junior colleges.

“I made a mistake,” Tunsil said in a press conference. “That happened.”

Pressed if that meant he had taken money from a coach, Tunsil said, ‘I’d have to say yeah.’

ESPN's Joe Schad tweeted Friday morning that Farrar said he had not given Tunsil any money and that Tunsil had not asked Farrar for any money. Attempts to independently confirm the news with Farrar were unsuccessful.

This is potentially devastating news to Ole Miss, which is already in the midst of an investigation process with the NCAA. A notice of allegations (which included violations that led to Tunsil serving a long suspension during the 2015 season) was delivered to Ole Miss in January. A third party requested a 30-day extension earlier this month.While Tunsil was being asked if he had met with the NCAA, his agent Jimmy Sexton's assistant stopped the press conference and escorted Tunsil to a room down the hall before closing the door.

Ole Miss released a statement late Thursday night that said it was aware of the reports and, "Like we do whenever an allegation is brought to our attention or a potential violation is self-discovered, we will aggressively investigate and fully cooperate with the NCAA and the SEC."

Coach Hugh Freeze was in the green room with Tunsil and fellow NFL first-round picks from Ole Miss, Laquon Treadwell (23rd overall to the Minnesota Vikings) and Robert Nkemdiche (29th overall to the Arizona Cardinals).

Tunsil missed the first seven games of the 2015 season for receiving the use of three loaner vehicles over a six-month period without payment; a four-month, interest-free promissory note on a $3,000 down payment for buying a used vehicle; two nights at a local home; an airline ticket purchased by a friend of a teammate; and one-day use of a rental car.

The whole night played out as one of, if not the, wildest draft day scenes in the history of the draft.

The leaking of the video shocked those at the NFL Draft and apparently those in team meeting rooms — multiple reports said that the Baltimore Ravens were set to draft Tunsil at No. 6 overall before the video was posted. As a result he was taken off their board entirely, and the Ravens picked Notre Dame's Ronnie Stanley.

Tennessee, who was expected to pick Tunsil when it had the No. 1 pick, traded up to No. 8, but instead of taking Tunsil the Titans went with Michigan State's Jack Conklin. Conklin was considered clearly the third-best tackle in the draft behind Tunsil and Stanley.

Tunsil admitted to the contents of the video — "I made that mistake several years ago."

"We know the story behind it," Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier told reporters in South Florida.

Even before the video dropped Tunsil had bad news during draft week. His former stepfather, Lindsey Miller, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging Tunsil had defamed Miller's character during the parties' legal issues last summer.

Tunsil, who left Ole Miss after his junior season, gave up two sacks in three seasons as Ole Miss’ left tackle. He sat out the first seven games of the 2015 season, but once he returned the Rebels were a top-10 unit among power five schools in yards per game and sacks per pass attempt.

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Snakes!


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Coach freeze and the whole ole miss program are snakes. They cheat!
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Are we believing this "hacker" story? I bet it was someone close to him that had access to his phone.
 
thunderkyss said:
Why hasn't this guy come through here yet? Doc, what can you tell us of his injuries?
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Shortly after halftime in Week 4 last year (mid October), Rolle was carried off the field with a high-ankle sprain. He missed the next 2 games, but continued to be dogged throughout the season with this injury.On Nov. 20, 2015 on the final play of a non-contact practice, Rolle sustained a significant MCL sprain of his right knee.........undoubtedly a compensatory injury due to his ongoing high ankle sprain issue. He then missed four games before the Bears were forced to place him on IR. It should also be noted that even before his high ankle injury, throughout the entire early part of last season, Rolle did not look anywhere close to the elite safety of years past.
 
thunderkyss said:
Why hasn't this guy come through here yet? Doc, what can you tell us of his injuries?
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Shortly after halftime in Week 4 last year (Oct. 4), Rolle was carried off the field with a high-ankle sprain. He missed the next 2 games, but continued to be dogged throughout the season with this injury.On Nov. 20, 2015 on the final play of a non-contact practice, Rolle sustained a significant MCL sprain of his right knee.........undoubtedly a compensatory injury due to his ongoing high ankle sprain issue. He then missed four games before the Bears were forced to place him on IR. It should also be noted that even before his high ankle injury, throughout the entire early part of last season, Rolle did not look anywhere close to the elite safety of years past.
 
Cowboys’ team doctor is confident in Jaylon Smith’s knee
Posted by Michael David Smith on May 4, 2016, 4:35 PM EDT

The Cowboys took a big chance when they took linebacker Jaylon Smith in the second round of the NFL draft, as Smith is recovering from a very serious knee injury.

Except that the surgeon who performed Smith’s surgery also happens to be the Cowboys’ head team physician, and he’s very confident that Smith will heal completely.

The Cowboys’ website reported that Cooper was a major part of the decision to draft Smith, and Cowboys Executive V.P. Stephen Jones said today on Mike & Mike that Cooper gave Smith a positive prognosis, leading the football people to get on board with the idea that he’s worth a second-round pick — even if he won’t play until 2017.

“Dr. Cooper sat us down and walked us through other injuries where the nerve didn’t fire right away and then ultimately it did and ultimately they made a full recovery to be the player they had been before the injury,” Jones said, via the Dallas Morning News.

Cooper is staking his reputation on his belief that Smith will return to full speed and get on the field in a year. And the Cowboys believe in their team doctor.
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Does the name Dr. Dan Cooper (the Cowboys' team physician) strike a bell with anyone here?
 
Jerry Jones: We hope Jaylon Smith will be back for the playoffs
Posted by Michael David Smith on May 5, 2016, 9:59 AM EDT


New Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith will need a full year to recover from the knee injury he suffered in the Fiesta Bowl. But perhaps no more than a year.

That’s the word from Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones, who believes that Smith could be ready to go in January of 2017, in time to help the Cowboys in the playoffs. Jones said on 105.3 The Fan that he doesn’t expect Smith to go on injured reserve during his rookie season because the Cowboys will be counting on him in January.

“We will not IR him,” Jones said. “We’ll take a chance he’ll be back for the playoffs.”

That assumes the Cowboys make the playoffs.

Jones said people who have already said Smith has no shot of playing as a rookie simply don’t understand how unpredictable the healing of nerve damage is. Smith might heal faster than most people think.

“That’s BS,” Jones said. “There’s no guarantees . . . don’t put a lot in these estimates.”

The Cowboys’ head team physician also happens to be the surgeon who repaired Smith’s knee. So if any team has good information on Smith, it’s Dallas. And Jones sounds very confident that a very good linebacker will be playing in Dallas sooner than you think.
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Amobi Okoye prepares for an NFL comeback
By Aaron Wilson
May 5, 2016


Amobi Okoye was in the prime of his life, a strapping young football player with eye-popping power and mobility who was looking forward to another NFL season.

Suddenly and cruelly, though, the former Texans starting defensive tackle found himself in a medically-induced coma for three months after being stricken with a rare disease that caused seizures and endangered his life three years ago.

As neurologists worked to diagnose and treat an autoimmune syndrome called anti-NMDA receptor ecephalitis that had stricken Okoye and caused convulsions during workouts and initially prompted fears that he had suffered a heart attack, the former Texans' first-round draft pick lost roughly 80 pounds. Okoye has a 145-day memory gap from his time in the hospital before being released Aug. 7, 2013.

Okoye temporarily lost most of his ability to speak. He had to relearn other basic human functions, including walking and eating.

Today, Okoye is a dramatic medical success story and has been cleared to play football again.

He's a survivor who carries a big dream of resuming his NFL career.

"I'm a walking miracle," said Okoye, a Katy resident who's been training at IX Innovations in Houston. "It took a while to finally diagnose what was going on with me. They never actually found a cause, but they knew how to treat it. There was a lot of trial and error.

"I don't recollect or remember anything from the time I went through the illness. I remember life before and after that period of time and I know I went through an illness and that my body was healed. It's a blessing and it tested your faith. I'm so happy to have my health and hopefully get back playing football."

Once a 19-year-old rookie as one of the youngest players in NFL history, Okoye is hoping to make a comeback to the NFL as he prepares to celebrate his 29th birthday in June.

Cut by the Dallas Cowboys last year after being medically cleared and then spending the 2014 season on their non-football illness list, Okoye has been preparing for another comeback.

"The illness happened and I really beat it," Okoye said. "I'm feeling really good. My doctor has cleared me for full-contact football since August of 2014. I'm working hard to get back in the NFL. I've always felt a passion for working out and my recovery has gone very well. I've been going through my normal training regimen. I'm full-go, training hard and waiting to get that call to get back on a team. I'm still fairly young. That kind of helps.

Okoye is back up to 300 pounds. He's training at IX Innovations, the same workout facility where former Texans Pro Bowl running back Arian Foster is also working out at as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon.

"I've been enjoying training there," Okoye said. "It helps a lot to be around the guys and push yourself. We do a lot of power and mobility exercises to simulate what you need to do on a football field. It's a lot of football and athletic-related things working on your core and explosive stuff."

A native of Anambra, Nigeria who moved to Huntsville, Ala., when he was 12 years old, Okoye became the youngest player to be drafted in the first round in NFL draft history in 2007 when he was selected 10th overall out of Louisville. Okoye recorded a career-high 5 ½ sacks as a rookie.

He missed just four games during his four seasons with the Texans before being cut in 2011 and being signed by the Chicago Bears. He played two seasons for the Bears before experiencing the illness in 2013 and then being signed by the Cowboys one year later.

"Unfortunately, it didn't work out with the Cowboys," Okoye said. "I'm trying to get back on now. I just want to showcase my talent and be a part of something good."

For his career, Okoye has 177 tackles, 16 sacks and three forced fumbles.

A lot of NFL teams could use a 6-2, 300-pound defensive lineman who ran the 40-yard dash in 4.85 seconds and bench pressed 225 pounds 30 times at the NFL scouting combine in 2007.

Okoye said he's more than open to potentially rejoining the Texans should they be interested in his services.

The biggest obstacle to landing a contract is the rust factor. Okoye last played in a regular-season game four years ago with the Bears when he appeared in nine games and had a dozen tackles and one sack.

"Amobi's not too old and he's been working out hard," said agent Ian Greengross, who represents Okoye along with Darin Morgan. "He wants one more chance, one more year. He's come a long way. To see where he was in the hospital as a once perfectly healthy football player in his mid 20s, it was unbelievable. Now, he's back at his fighting weight.

"Amobi's always been very dedicated. He graduated from college at 19 years old. Amobi has always worked as hard, if not harder than anyone else, so it doesn't surprise me to see this level of dedication and commitment to try to get another chance. He's perfectly willing to come in and work out in front of people. If they decide he's ready, then he'll sign."

Training diligently to regain his old size and strength, Okoye feels like he has unfinished business after making a big splash in his career initially as an AFC Defensive Rookie of the Month with four sacks in his first four games.

"Football is what I love to do," Okoye said. "It's a passion of mine. I'm still young and I can pursue it, so why not play? It's my passion. It's my love. When the time comes and a team calls, I'll be ready. I definitely have a few more years in me to play."
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Jerry Jones: We hope Jaylon Smith will be back for the playoffs
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Melvin Gordon’s knee surgery was actually a microfracture
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Melvin Gordon might not be worried about the condition of his surgically repaired knee, but now that we know what that surgery entailed, more people will be.

According to Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune, Gordon’s surgery was actually a microfracture procedure, which remains a scary word to most around the league.

Whether it’s UCLA linebacker Myles Jack plummeting out of the first round after admitting he might need it or Jadeveon Clowney failing to live up to his draft status, the specter of the surgery (in which doctors drill holes in bone to promote scarring to replace damaged tissue) is daunting.

But a source told Gehlken that Gordon’s recovery time was pegged at four to six months, and that they were optimistic he’d be back to 100 percent. Running back Reggie Bush had it once and was able to continue at a high level, so it doesn’t have to be a death sentence. Like Gordon, Dr. James Andrews did Bush’s surgery.

“Typically, I know especially in the NBA and the NFL, when people hear ‘microfracture surgery,’ they are going to think it could be a potentially career-ending injury,” said Dr. Brian Schulz, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles who did not perform Gordon’s surgery. “Normally, it’s more directly related to the size of the defect, what’s going on in the rest of the knee. If it’s a relatively small lesion that’s localized to a specific point, the microfracture has worked pretty well, even in professional athletes. . . .

“I don’t think microfracture is quite the kiss of death that everyone makes it out to be.”

Of course, if Gordon isn’t able to improve on last year’s disappointing performance (3.5 yards per carry, as the Chargers were worst in the league in that category), the stigma associated with his surgery isn’t going to go away.
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Imagine the uproar if we had drafted him and this happened.
 
PapaL said:
Melvin Gordon’s knee surgery was actually a microfracture
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Imagine the uproar if we had drafted him and this happened.
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Although not identified as medial or lateral, Gordon suffered a torn meniscus in his 2015 injury. The extent of this injury and how it was treated, along with how large and where the articular defect requiring microfracture surgery was will determine his ultimate prognosis. But I believe Gordon's and the Charger's projections at this point may be both a little bit premature and overconfident.
 
Ricardo Lockette, Seattle's former WR is going to be retiring after the blind side hit that resulted in a serious neck injury that he received last season. You can't play WR when cervical fusion surgery leaves you no longer being able to turn your neck.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Ricardo Lockette, Seattle's former WR is going to be retiring after the blind side hit that resulted in a serious neck injury that he received last season. You can't play WR when cervical fusion surgery leaves you no longer being able to turn your neck.
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Who whacked him on that play? Was it Lee from the Cowboys? Or maybe I'm thinking of another.
 
Gronk will be on the cover of the 2017 edition of Madden NFL...............the question now arises, will he and the Pats enjoy the Madden Curse?................
 
Poll: NFL's popularity may be facing warning signs
By Greg Rajan

Updated 5:35 pm, Thursday, May 12, 2016


The NFL is still king when it comes to pro sports in America, but its grip on fans' hearts may become less secure in the coming years.

That's one of the takeaways from the results of Public Policy Polling's annual professional sports poll released Thursday.

Of the country's major pro sports leagues, the NFL, with 55 percent, garnered the highest response of respondents who identify as fans of the league, with MLB (42), the NBA (36), NASCAR (26), the NHL (22), golf (19) and MLS (14) trailing.


A breakdown of the NFL's support, however, showed that while 60 percent of voters over age 45 identified as NFL fans, just 48 percent of those under 45 consider themselves NFL fans, potentially a sign of weaker support in the future. The NFL also had the largest gender gap between fans, with 64 percent of male respondents identifying as fans to 46 percent of women.

Some other interesting nuggets from the poll data:

  • The NBA had the biggest divide among leagues when it comes to fans' political affiliation. Of those who identified as Democrats, 49 percent said they are NBA fans as opposed to just 31 percent of Republicans.
  • Kobe Bryant's retirement provided a huge boost to his popularity, as he zoomed to the top of the favorite NBA player list with 27 percent after sitting third with 14 percent last year.
  • Golden State's Stephen Curry is the most-liked NBA player in the poll, with a 66 percent favorable rating to just 8 percent unfavorable. LeBron James was 60/23, while Bryant was 59/29.
  • In a victory for equal-pay advocates, 68 percent of respondents said the U.S. women's national soccer team should be paid the same as the men's squad.
  • While fans may complain about overpaid athletes, 43 percent support players during labor disputes to 20 percent siding with owners.
  • And in what may be the most disturbing result, 56 percent of fans polled approve of doing the wave at sporting events.
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Devin Hester worries about the future of the kickoff
Posted by Michael David Smith on May 14, 2016, 6:30 AM EDT


In light of Pop Warner eliminating kickoffs for its younger players and the NFL increasingly trying to reduce the number of kickoff returns, one of the best returners in history is concerned that the play is going away.

Devin Hester says Pop Warner was wrong to get rid of kickoffs, which research indicates result in more injuries than plays from scrimmage.

“I disagree with that decision,” Hester tells TMZ.

Hester worries that the NFL will entirely eliminate kickoffs some day as well.

“It’s a possibility. The league is always trying to figure out how to prevent injuries and maybe that’s what they will try to do,” Hester said. “But it’s a violent sport. At the end of the day, there’s no way around it. For me being a kick return and punt return specialist, I see it as eliminating a position that guys can be really good at. I don’t know if it will help.”

It may not help from Hester’s point of view, but if eliminating kickoffs can be conclusively shown to make the sport safer, it’s probably just a matter of time before kickoffs are eliminated at every level of football.
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Only a matter of time before we're watching flag football, because that would definitely making the sport safer.
 
DBCooper said:
Running and cutting is dangerous.
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Funny you say that
I was in my mid thirties and keeping myself in decent shape, jogging and keeping active. One day the church kids were meeting to play some football. I joined in and on first play I lined up as receiver, decided to do a simple flare pattern. Play started and off I went, 10 steps in my sliding on my stomach. No one touched me, I just forgot how to run FAST. So embarrassing at the time. Had to quickly reteach myself. Lol.
 
pirbroke said:
Funny you say that
I was in my mid thirties and keeping myself in decent shape, jogging and keeping active. One day the church kids were meeting to play some football. I joined in and on first play I lined up as receiver, decided to do a simple flare pattern. Play started and off I went, 10 steps in my sliding on my stomach. No one touched me, I just forgot how to run FAST. So embarrassing at the time. Had to quickly reteach myself. Lol.
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Lol, definitely a skill you have to keep up!
 
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