I heard they moved Goodell's desk to Dick Cheney's old "secure undisclosed location."
I heard they moved Goodell's desk to Dick Cheney's old "secure undisclosed location."
One time Lombardi was disgusted with the team in practice and told them they were going to have to start with the basics. He held up a ball and said: "This is a football." McGee immediately called out, "Stop, coach, you're going too fast," and that gave everyone a laugh.
John Maxymuk, Packers By The Numbers
He was safe until sponsors got upset. Piss off various activists, no problem. Piss off Budweiser, big problem.
Goodell may make it to the end of the investigation so they can clear house of him plus whoever saw the Rice video at once, instead of taking the publicity hit twice.
Fire Murphy, Gute, MLF, Barry, Senavich, etc!
True but it's not completely one-sided. The sponsors are acting because they're afraid their own images will get tarnished. Or, more concretely, out of fear that if a group of activists decided to mount a boycott in response to the scandal de jour, the sponsor might become one of its targets. (Much easier to boycott Budweiser or Marriott than the Vikings, especially in a year when the team's won-loss record is already causing fans to think about abandoning ship!)Originally Posted by MadScientist
It's all about shaking your money maker. If ever anyone wonders what might be the reason the league acts as it does, the answer is that it's about protecting the brand.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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Come on Fritz, shake that money maker!
All hail the Ruler of the Meadow!
Vikings add another former Packer.
Vikings add Charles Johnson to fill Adrian Peterson’s roster spot
Posted by Michael David Smith on September 20, 2014, 2:05 PM EDT
The Vikings have added a player to the roster to fill the spot vacated by putting Adrian Peterson on the exempt/commissioner’s permission list that most people had never heard of until this crazy week in the NFL.
That player is receiver Charles Johnson, who was signed off the Browns’ practice squad.
Johnson was initially a seventh-round pick of the Packers last year and didn’t make Green Bay’s 53-man roster but did make the practice squad. The Browns then signed Johnson away from the Packers’ practice squad and put him on the active roster, although he didn’t play in any regular-season games.
Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner was the Browns’ offensive coordinator last year, so Johnson arrives already knowing Turner’s offense.
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ESPN has a very good story up on the whole Ray Rice case and video. Pretty damning. There is a section in the story where they lay out how the "independent" investigation appears to be anything but. All these guys are connected. What a joke.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/...er-goodell-nfl
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Just noticed it was already linked in the Rice thread. Sorry.
Matt Cassel out for the year. Bridgewater to start. I haven't seen him play. Is he a read-option guy?
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
No. He's mobile, but more like a Russel Wilson type for mobility. Will move to throw. More of a pocket passer from what I've heard/seen.
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So the D is in for a rough time on Thursday, eh?
Scott Wells finds another way to miss some time - a tick bite!
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-wells-to-icu/
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Imagine for a moment a world without hypothetical situations...
Yes, I think so. I predict a game in which the Packers go off the field at halftime, behind the Vikings, with the fans booing lustily.
I just get that sense. Why Fat Mike can't seem to get his teams really ready is something I'm puzzled by.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
I don't think so Re:Sam... He lacks ideal size, underperformed at the combine. Compare to Jackson Jeffcoat. Jeffcoat was arguably better in college and did better at the combine with more preferrable size. Sam is a classic case of a fringe talent that would need to rely on incredible technique to survive in the league, but has no viable way of acquiring it due to the climate of the league (roster sizes, no d-league).
Sam was the most scrutinized 7th rounder ever in TC, and he performed. It's not like he looked lost and played like shit, ala Ricky Elmore. Sam posses the skills to be an NFL player.
Tyler Dunne @TyDunne · 16h 16 hours ago
Change in tune RT @RichCimini Ryan on Calvin Pryor: "He hasn't had the impact necessarily that all of us expected." http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/jet...-they-expected … …
Possibly another win for Ted by staying put.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Sam never did anyhing against starters, man. That said, I will settle for any excuse for the Cowboys to be punished.
Seattle coming apart at the seams...
@mortreport: SEA has grown tired of Marshawn Lynch's act and will part ways with him after season...
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro ~Hunter S.
Hahahahahhahahhaha!
What is Marshawn Lynch's "act"?
Stand-up? Dramatic monologues?
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