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Fitzy has told the Jets that he will not accept their screwy 3 yr offer. He has offered to play for them on a 1 yr deal for $12 million. The Jets aren't buying.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Things depend on which meniscus was torn (medial vs. lateral) and where on the meniscus the tear is located, and if the nature of the tear with the blood supply carries an option of repair vs. excision. If he's smart, he will have his meniscus repaired if that option is viable. But if he wants to think short-term and be prepared to play sometime this season, he will probably chose the simple procedure. Taking that approach can set him up though for a Clowney experience, especially if this "small" tear is synonymous with the typical "minor" we initially hear so often.

Having already undergone previous microfracture surgery on that knee, any further instability due to damage, especially removal of meniscus tissue......any removal leaves that knee in a position to further damage his articular cartilage........which probably has already progressed, if not by the previous trauma..........by the recent trauma. Even if a player can come back from a microfracture surgery, a second microfracture surgery has proven in most all cases to carry a poor prognosis as to return to play in general and certainly for any semblance of performance.

This is also about the time that he may be entering the arthritic stage. This recent injury is certainly not going to help things. BTW, when they speak of the 4-6 week surgical option, which would make you believe that reflects an arthroscopic meniscus excision, it needs to be noted that there is a 3rd option of nonsurgical rehab (not one that I believe is a good option in an "elite" football player) that comes with a 4-6 week timeline. No matter what, he will be losing very valuable OTA and/or preseason practice time.......something that is bound to adversely affect any rookie's first season.
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CloakNNNdagger said:
The reporting must be incorrect. If he is expected back by the start of TC, he didn't have a repair.......he must have opted for the excision.
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Jaguars have 'zero' concerns about Jalen Ramsey's surgically repaired knee
Tom Pelissero, USA TODAY Sports 4:48 p.m. EDT June 2, 2016



JACKSONVILLE — First-round draft pick Jalen Ramsey is “doing great right now and will be 100% ready for camp,” Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell said Thursday.

And the team has no long-term concerns related to last week’s minor knee surgery, either.

“Zero,” Caldwell told USA TODAY Sports. “Even Dr. (James) Andrews said this little meniscus deal, it won’t affect him at all, considering the part of the knee it was in and how small (the tear) was.”

Andrews, the renowned orthopedist, performed surgery May 24 to trim the meniscus in Ramsey’s right knee, which he injured during Phase 2 of the team’s offseason program earlier in the month. Ramsey watched Thursday’s practice and is walking without crutches.

The No. 5 overall pick out of Florida State, Ramsey had a prior cartilage repair on the medial (inner) side of the same knee years ago. But that injury was to a different compartment of the knee, Caldwell said.

“He did have a procedure in high school when he was 15, and it healed,” Caldwell said. “His MRI was very good at the combine. There were no issues with that.”

Ramsey, 21, hasn’t spoken to reporters since the surgery. The Jaguars are slated to open training camp the last week of July. Until then, coach Gus Bradley said, his message to Ramsey has been to be active in meetings and keep learning the cornerback and nickel positions.

“He’s very confident,” Bradley said. “Now, with his injury, he didn’t blink. Very strong-minded. He can see the light. He’ll miss some OTAs, but in July he’ll be ready to go.”

Second-round pick Myles Jack, the former UCLA linebacker, hasn’t been present since rookie minicamp because of an NFL and NCAA rule that prohibits him from participating while his school is in session. But the Jags brought in Jack last week for a medical checkup on his reconstructed right knee and “he’s doing really well,” Caldwell said.
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The article confirmed that this recent injury/surgery was to the same knee as the microfracture was performed. "Zero" concern?..........OKaaaaay.....
 
I guess I was so drunk, I couldn't remember to tell the truth.............


Report: Talib told others he shot himself
June 6, 2016, 7:38 PM EDT


Maybe Aqib Talib wasn’t too drunk to know who shot him, after all.

Mike Klis of 9news.com in Denver reports that the Broncos cornerback has told people close to him that he accidentally shot himself.

Police are still investigating the situation. It’s believed Talib was shot at a Dallas night club, where two others were shot. According to WFAA in Dallas, Talib told police he was “hanging out at a park with friends” when he was shot early Sunday.

Regardless of how it happened, it happened. Klis reports that the Broncos expect Talib to miss the rest of the offseason program.

As of Sunday night, the Broncos didn’t believe that Talib will be facing charges. However, former NFL receiver Plaxico Burress knows all about the consequences of shooting himself in the leg, thanks to strict laws in New York City regarding the possession of a concealed weapon.

The fact that Plaxico went to prison for shooting himself possibly is a factor in Talib’s alcohol-related amnesia. It would be unfortunate if: (1) the relevant Texas laws don’t impose criminal liability upon Talib for shooting himself; and (2) telling an untrue story to the police eventually does.
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Talib may have violated Texas gun laws
June 7, 2016, 4:44 PM EDT

Aqib Talib could end up having plenty in common with Plaxico Burress, after all.

Amid a report that Talib has told others he shot himself, ESPN explains that Talib could indeed end up facing criminal charges if he shot himself while in possession of a gun in violation of Texas law.

So-called “Constitutional carry” went out the window in Texas on January 1, with a law requiring a person who carries a gun to be licensed.

ESPN has set forth the menu of potential criminal charges for Talib: (1) carrying a weapon in public without a license into a place that sells alcohol is a Class 3 felony; (2) possessing a weapon while intoxicated is a Class A misdemeanor; and (3) discharging a weapon in public is a Class B misdemeanor.

WFAA reports that the bullet that struck Talib entered his right thigh and exited his right calf, suggesting that Talib may have indeed pulled the trigger on a gun that was carrying.

Potential league discipline for Talib will depend in large part on whether he broke the law in Texas. The Personal Conduct Policy, as revised in December 2014, could result in the NFL taking action against Talib even if he isn’t arrested, charged, or convicted.
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NFL mandates that the coin has to flip on the coin flip
June 9, 2016, 8:04 PM EDT

For NFL referees, it’s not enough to toss the coin. They have to flip the coin.

A new procedure implemented by the NFL this offseason mandates that on every coin flip before games and before overtime, the coin must turn over while in the air. If the referee tosses the coin and it doesn’t turn over, the ref is to toss it again.

The new rule, revealed on Twitter by former NFL head of officiating Mike Pereira, is obviously a response to the situation that arose in overtime of the playoff game between the Packers and Cardinals. In that game, referee Clete Blakeman decided that his first coin toss before overtime wasn’t fair because the coin failed to flip.

Blakeman made up the determination that the coin had to flip on its own, but now it’s part of the NFL’s rules. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who complained after the Packers lost to the Cardinals that he should have been allowed to re-call the flip, will be disappointed to learn, however, that the new rule doesn’t allow for the visiting team captain to call it again: When the ref re-flips the coin, the original call of heads or tails will stand.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
NFL mandates that the coin has to flip on the coin flip
June 9, 2016, 8:04 PM EDT

For NFL referees, it’s not enough to toss the coin. They have to flip the coin.

A new procedure implemented by the NFL this offseason mandates that on every coin flip before games and before overtime, the coin must turn over while in the air. If the referee tosses the coin and it doesn’t turn over, the ref is to toss it again.

The new rule, revealed on Twitter by former NFL head of officiating Mike Pereira, is obviously a response to the situation that arose in overtime of the playoff game between the Packers and Cardinals. In that game, referee Clete Blakeman decided that his first coin toss before overtime wasn’t fair because the coin failed to flip.

Blakeman made up the determination that the coin had to flip on its own, but now it’s part of the NFL’s rules. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who complained after the Packers lost to the Cardinals that he should have been allowed to re-call the flip, will be disappointed to learn, however, that the new rule doesn’t allow for the visiting team captain to call it again: When the ref re-flips the coin, the original call of heads or tails will stand.
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Geezus... first they don't know what a catch is, now they can't decide what a coin flip looks like.
And these guys decide the Superb Owl??
 
Breshad Perriman was a Ravens' 1st round WR pic last year. He missed most of his rookie season following surgery for a right torn PCL. He originally partially tore it the first week of TC, then came back after 8 weeks, then week 3 he extended the injury and missed the remainder of the season after surgery. Now he looks destined to miss his second season after he will likely require surgery for a torn left ACL........unless he tries to rehab the injury (not wise) like last year........and almost assuredly requiring surgery anyway.
 
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NFL forces Patriots to wear numbered jerseys at practice
June 12, 2016, 8:27 AM EDT

For the last few years, Patriots coach Bill Belichick has had his team practice in the summer without numbered jerseys. But this year, the NFL put a stop to the practice.

Mike Reiss of ESPN reports that the NFL instituted a new rule requiring all players to wear jersey numbers while on the field for Organized Team Activities and mandatory minicamps. The rule was put in place to make it easier to monitor compliance with rules regarding player practices, including that injured players should not be practicing.

Belichick liked having his players practice without jerseys early in the offseason program because he thought it enhanced communication between players, forcing them to get to know each other by looking at more than just a jersey number. It’s a tactic Belichick learned from studying Hall of Fame Steelers coach Chuck Noll, who always had his players wear jerseys without numbers in practice.

It’s the second consecutive year that the NFL has changed a rule regarding jersey numbers in response to something the Patriots did; last year the league changed the rules about eligible receivers wearing ineligible numbers after the Ravens complained about a trick play the Patriots used.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
NFL forces Patriots to wear numbered jerseys at practice
June 12, 2016, 8:27 AM EDT

For the last few years, Patriots coach Bill Belichick has had his team practice in the summer without numbered jerseys. But this year, the NFL put a stop to the practice.

Mike Reiss of ESPN reports that the NFL instituted a new rule requiring all players to wear jersey numbers while on the field for Organized Team Activities and mandatory minicamps. The rule was put in place to make it easier to monitor compliance with rules regarding player practices, including that injured players should not be practicing.

Belichick liked having his players practice without jerseys early in the offseason program because he thought it enhanced communication between players, forcing them to get to know each other by looking at more than just a jersey number. It’s a tactic Belichick learned from studying Hall of Fame Steelers coach Chuck Noll, who always had his players wear jerseys without numbers in practice.

It’s the second consecutive year that the NFL has changed a rule regarding jersey numbers in response to something the Patriots did; last year the league changed the rules about eligible receivers wearing ineligible numbers after the Ravens complained about a trick play the Patriots used.
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More of God'ell being God'ell.

Who was/is better for the game/NFL, God'ell or Noll/BB?
 
Pretty sure the rule they just passed says they have to wear assigned numbers. Part of the reason for the rule is so they can identify which players are supposed to be on limited activity.
 
https://nflcommunications.com/Pages/NFL-Network-and-NFL-RedZone-Dropped-by-Dish.aspx

LOS ANGELES, June 16, 2016: As of Thursday evening, June 16 at 7 p.m. ET NFL Network and NFL RedZone have been dropped by Dish Network's satellite distribution system. This represents the first time in NFL Network's 13 year history that one of its service providers has not continued to offer the network to its subscribers.

NFL Network continues to be distributed to over 60 million households across the United States, including strong distribution partnerships with every major cable, satellite and telco provider in the country -- including DIRECTV, Comcast Xfinity, Charter Spectrum, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon FiOS...
 
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While some predicted that Oregon LT Jake Fisher would "Will go to the most Pro Bowls from 2015 OL draft class" late last year he switched from #74 to #44 and is now listed at the Bengals 3rd/4th TE although he's playing H-Back. Pretty odd thing to do with your second round pick


Bengals move Jake Fisher to H-back

With Ryan Hewitt sidelined with a knee injury, the Bengals moved second-round pick Jake Fisher to the H-back position and gave him No. 44.

Fisher previously wore 74 and served as the moving tight end in overload running situations. The former high school tight end, however, has been used often in the passing game by offensive coordinator Hue Jackson this year. He’s been targeted five times on passes, catching one for 31 yards.

The five targets in one season are tied for most to an offensive linemen in NFL history, according to Pro-Football-Reference.com.

For now, this won’t just be a slight change in duties. He says he’s taking on Hewitt’s position and his change in number signifies as much. That means lining up at fullback as a lead blocker, going out in routes and attaching to the end of the line of scrimmage.
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Fewer players are getting arrested in the offseason
June 26, 2016, 7:37 PM EDT

The NFL has taken a hard line over the last decade when it comes to players who get into trouble away from the field. Changes to the Personal Conduct Policy in 2007 had an impact, but even more changes (including the introduction of paid leave) sparked by 2014 incidents involving Ray Rice, Greg Hardy, and Adrian Peterson seemed to get the attention of most players.

Arrests are still happening, but not with the same frequency — as indicated by a “days without an arrest” meter that often gets well into the 20s, 30, and 40s between incidents. The fact that the number currently sits at 26 in the break between the end of offseason programs and the opening of training camps shows that players who are left to their own devices are avoiding trouble better than they once did.

There have been nine players arrests since January 1. Last year, there were 13 in the first half of the year. Two years ago, there were 21. In 2013, the number was 29.

It’s not just an offseason phenomenon. At one point last season, more than two months passed between arrests of any of the roughly 2,000 players on rosters or practice squads.

That’s real progress, a testament to the arguably heavy-handed (but apparently effective) efforts of the NFL to beef up the consequences for players accused of wrongdoing. So while viable arguments remain regarding the ability of the Commissioner to serve as a truly fair and impartial arbitrator of disciplinary decisions made by the league office, the current system seems to be working. Well.
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A very sad story that is all too common amongst post football NFL players.

Refrigerator Perry is struggling, but says he’s happy
June 27, 2016, 3:38 PM EDT

One of the best things about William “The Refrigerator” Perry, who took America by storm as a 300-plus pound rookie defensive tackle-turned-running back on the 1985 Bears, was his infectious smile. So maybe when he says he’s happy, we should all just be happy for him.

“I’m home,” Perry told Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated on a visit to Perry’s South Carolina home. “And I’m happy. I can’t say everything is peachy keen, but I’m still enjoying life. I love Chicago, but there’s no place like home.”

The picture Telander paints of Perry, however, is less than happy.

According to Sports Illustrated, Perry drinks too much, his weight has ballooned to somewhere in the range of 430 to 450 pounds, he rarely sees his four kids or his two ex-wives, he lives alone in a retirement facility, the money he made playing football is long gone, he has both physical and mental ailments, and his doctor says he’s taking pills he shouldn’t take and not taking the medication he needs to take.

Perry’s brother, former Pro Bowl defensive tackle Michael Dean Perry, was appointed by a judge to be William’s guardian and conservator because William was in such bad shape that he could no longer care for himself. Perry’s son Willie thinks his uncle Michael Dean isn’t caring for his dad and wants guardianship for himself, an accusation that Michael Dean says is false. The Fridge’s old coach Mike Ditka says he seems to have given up on life.

For his part, Perry says, simply, “I’m my own man,” and he doesn’t need anyone telling him how to live his life. Perry doesn’t sound interested in changing, even if the way he’s living now can’t last much longer.
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JB said:
How much guaranteed?
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Mollywhopper said:
Ryan Kelly, Le'Raven Clark, Joe Haeg, and Austin Blythe should help some with that.
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Andrew Luck got paid, but he should have held out for more
6:03 PM CT
  • Dan GrazianoESPN Staff Writer

The numbers are eye-popping at first, sure. But within the context of the NFL quarterback market, Andrew Luck's new deal is a pretty big letdown.

This is a deal that has been anticipated for more than a year now by people around the NFL. Agents have been drooling in anticipation of a contract they believed would set new benchmarks and really drive the top of the quarterback market upward for the first time in years. Team executives have been watching to see how much of his considerable leverage Luck would wield against the Colts.

The answer? Not that much.

numbers set several records. The $87 million in injury guarantees ($47 million of which is guaranteed at signing) far surpasses the $65 million that Eli Manning got last year. The $23.3 million a year surpasses Aaron Rodgers' $22 million and Joe Flacco's $22.133 million. The $140 million total surpasses Jay Cutler's $126.7 million.

But it's not as great as it was supposed to be. The average salary is less than the $25 million many were predicting. The $47 million at signing is $13 million less than Ndamukong Suh got. Pushing off $27 million of the guarantee into the third and fourth years is seen by people around the league as too risky to the player. It's a nice deal, not a great one.

In fact, it helps keep a surprisingly stagnant portion of the NFL marketplace stagnant.

The quarterback position really hasn't kept pace with recent salary-cap growth. Since Rodgers signed his contract in 2013, the NFL's salary cap has risen from $123 million to $155.27 million -- an increase of 26.2 percent. Even counting Luck's new deal, over that same time period, the top quarterback salary has risen 5.9 percent.

Why? Well, I've been asking agents and executives that question over the past few weeks in anticipation of a Luck deal, and they all say the same thing. Quarterback is the ultimate leadership position. How does it look in the locker room if you insist on setting records and eating up all the cap space? Remember last year, when Manning got so upset about a report that he wanted to make more than Rodgers made? He didn't, a source said, and he hated that someone would suggest he did. This is the way these guys think -- especially those like Manning and Ben Roethlisberger, who have won their Super Bowls and made their big second-contract money already.

But Luck should have been different. Luck should have raked the Colts over the coals. If ever a player were going to take a stand and demand the league's first fully guaranteed veteran deal, this was the guy to do it. He didn't even come close.

No time soon will any player wield the kind of leverage Luck had over the Colts. He's universally recognized as a unique all-around talent -- a respected leader with a brilliant brain, a huge arm and swift feet. He's exactly the humble, half-goofy, badly bearded face of the franchise that the Colts want him to be. They'd be toast without him, and while yes, they could have franchised him next year for something in the low $20 million range, at some point he would have been able to threaten to leave.

Instead, like so many of his quarterback brethren before him, Luck chose to take the very pretty bird in the hand over the potentially historic bonanza in the bush. Tough to blame him, but if you're a quarterback looking for a big deal in the coming years, he did kind of let you down.

Drew Brees has one year left on his Saints deal. He could conceivably ask for more than Luck, but it would have been far sweeter for him if Luck were sitting at $25 million a year than $23.3 million. Kirk Cousins could be in for a big payday if he plays out 2016 on his franchise tag number and has a big season. But how will he be able to argue for more than Luck next March? He was looking forward to drafting and slotting in behind Luck's number the way guys like Manning, Roethlisberger and Russell Wilson were slotting in behind Rodgers not long ago. That slot was supposed to be more stratospheric than this.

We don't know who from the group of very young, promising quarterbacks on their first contracts will end up looking for top-of-the-market deals. Jameis Winston? Blake Bortles? Derek Carr? Marcus Mariota? Jared Goff? One of them, maybe a few of them. But whoever they are, when their time comes, it appears they'll be stuck in a quarterback market that doesn't seem to want to skyrocket. And if Luck plays the way the Colts and the rest of the world think he can, then those players' teams can hold Luck out as an outlier to whom they don't have the right to compare themselves.

If anybody was going to blast through the ceiling of the NFL quarterback market, it was going to be Andrew Luck. Instead, he settled for just nudging it upward a bit.

Richest Guaranteed Money Contracts
Below are the top 16 contracts in terms of total guaranteed money:

Name Pos. Team Amount
Andrew Luck QB Colts $87M
Eli Manning QB Giants $65M
Philip Rivers QB Chargers $65M
Ben Roethlisberger QB Steelers $64M
Fletcher Cox DL Eagles $63.3M
Joe Flacco QB Ravens $62M
Russell Wilson QB Seahawks $61.5M
Colin Kaepernick QB 49ers $61M
Marcell Dareus DT Bills $60M
Cam Newton QB Panthers $60M
Ndamukong Suh DT Lions $60M
Matt Ryan QB Falcons $59M
Drew Brees QB Saints $55M
Tony Romo QB Cowboys $55M
Aaron Rodgers QB Packers $54M
Jay Cutler QB Bears $54M

Source: ESPN Stats & Information
 
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