So... Aaron Hernandez

[denverYooper]

SEC: Go pro or go prison.

[denverYooper]

Andrew Brandt: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl...-patriots-cap/

There are a lot of times I don't pay much attention to Brandt, but his breakdown of the costs involved in the Pats cutting Hernandez is better than I've seen elsewhere.

[hoosier]

Anyone remember who is the Packer that Brandt is referring to?

Similarly, I remember once in Green Bay being notified of a player's serious encounter with the law, although not a murder charge. We looked at the information and decided, at that moment, that there was no way on God's green earth that the player would play for us again. The transaction/release was made soon after that.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Chmura?

[Guiness]

Chmura?

possibly - he joined the Packers in '99, Chmura's arrest was in 2000. The only other player that might qualify in Corey Rodgers in 2005.

Here's a list of Packer's arrested back to 2000. Pretty short list!

http://www.utsandiego.com/nfl/arrests-database/?appSession=56755516579377&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=&cpipage=1&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy=

[hoosier]

Yup, Chmura definitely is the only one who meets the never-on-Gods-green-earth standard!

I forgot about Marco Rivera getting busted for doing 95 in a 45 and then blowing a .19%. That had Albert Haynesworth potential right there.

[MadScientist]

Andrew Brandt: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl...-patriots-cap/

There are a lot of times I don't pay much attention to Brandt, but his breakdown of the costs involved in the Pats cutting Hernandez is better than I've seen elsewhere.

The thing that bothers me about this is that the Pats will still likely have to pay this SOB over $6M (deferred bonus and guaranteed salary). He doesn't deserve it and neither do his lawyers. Sure some good chunk of it could go to the victim's family in a wrongful death suit, but the dead guy was clearly an associate of Hernandez, so was he really the kind of guy who was worth anything?

[pbmax]

Yup, Chmura definitely is the only one who meets the never-on-Gods-green-earth standard!

I forgot about Marco Rivera getting busted for doing 95 in a 45 and then blowing a .19%. That had Albert Haynesworth potential right there.

Yeah, but Marco was TOUGH AS NAILS to get to that .19.

In other, happier, news, Aaron Hernandez has cleared waivers. All a team needs to do to sign him is give him the State Bar Lawyer Referral phone number and $120.

Plus have a hearing with Roger Goodell on how you have disappointed him.

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NFL won't act on Hernandez until someone tries to sign him http://wp.me/p14QSB-9cKP

[hoosier]

The thing that bothers me about this is that the Pats will still likely have to pay this SOB over $6M (deferred bonus and guaranteed salary). He doesn't deserve it and neither do his lawyers. Sure some good chunk of it could go to the victim's family in a wrongful death suit, but the dead guy was clearly an associate of Hernandez, so was he really the kind of guy who was worth anything?

Hard to know, guilty by association? In any case, one silver lining in this weird and pathetic story of shooting your friends and bungling the coverups is that the Patriots will take a significant cap hit for Hernandez in '13 and '14.

[Guiness]

Did I forget to attach the sarcasm icon to my post?

The Pats's quick trigger in releasing him = strategy for recouping part of signing bonus before it all finds its way into his defense teams pockets.

All water under the bridge now, because as pb pointed out above, he cleared waivers
/says Guiness, continuing his pointless harassment of 'lower case h' hoosier

[Guiness]

Yeah, but Marco was TOUGH AS NAILS to get to that .19.

In other, happier, news, Aaron Hernandez has cleared waivers. All a team needs to do to sign him is give him the State Bar Lawyer Referral phone number and $120.

Plus have a hearing with Roger Goodell on how you have disappointed him.

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 11m
NFL won't act on Hernandez until someone tries to sign him http://wp.me/p14QSB-9cKP

Best comment from that story:
“But Hernandez clearing waivers is another extraordinary development”

No, if a team was dumb enough to claim him on waivers, that would have been an extraordinary development.

[Guiness]

Ok, we can move on from all of this - he didn't do it. His mom says so.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/27/aaron-hernandezs-mom-he-will-be-cleared-of-all-these-charges/

[GrnBay007]

23 yrs. old and living a life millions of young athletes will only dream about! And now looking at life w/o parole. SAD!! Pathetic!!

Really makes you wonder what all happened that night that made him want to get his "friend" out of the picture. Nobody but him will probably ever know the whole truth.

[RashanGary]

No, if a team was dumb enough to claim him on waivers, that would have been an extraordinary development.

LMFAO!!!!

[denverYooper]

23 yrs. old and living a life millions of young athletes will only dream about! And now looking at life w/o parole. SAD!! Pathetic!!

Really makes you wonder what all happened that night that made him want to get his "friend" out of the picture. Nobody but him will probably ever know the whole truth.

Sounds to me like Hernando had fantasies about being Tony Montana.