NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

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Ameraves_sl said:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/report--49ers-defensive-end-ray-mcdonald-arrested-for-domestic-abuse-151554178.html

McDonald arrested for domestic violence. So yet another hit to the defense.
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1 year ban? As Rog' over-corrects for the Rice decision?
 
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Ryan Mallett to the Texans for a 6th. Case Keenum released.

I'd have to think Fitzpatrick is still the starter, but interesting info.

Edit: Or possibly 2016 7th conditional. That's cheap. Guess the Patriots didn't think he was worth much.
 
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Somebody made this comment on the yahoo story:

For people who don't know, ALL DV arrests in CA are felonies..... and the officer is required to arrest even if there is no evidence of abuse whatsoever if the"victim" alleges he or she was shoved or hit. And all DV arrests are no bail until the accused is brought before a judge. That DOESN'T mean anybody actually was abused. It is up to the DA to file charges based on the evidence. So the fact that MacDonald was arrested for felony DV doesn't really mean anything until we know what the injuries were (if any). More than half of the DV arrests in CA are dismissed out of hand once the DA reviews the case.... and he must make that decision within 48 hours.

So this has a better than 50% chance of turning out to be nothing statistically. It is EXTREMELY common, for example, for people to argue, and have one allege the other hit or shoved them just to get them arrested, whether they actually did or not. I've even had women pull their own hair out to present it as evidence of abuse to get an arrest (and had the daughter tell me she saw mom do it). I was a cop in CA for 25 years, and made thousands of these arrests.

In Minnesota it's even worse. The cops there arrest if a 'victim' claims he or she thinks it is possible that their partner could hit them at some point in the future without even an allegation that a actual battery occurred.

You REALLY have to wait for the evidence.
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No clue if the poster knows what they are talking about. It's hard for the NFL to respond to this kind of thing if they don't know whether the person is guilty or not since the court system moves so slowly. With Rice it was pretty open and shut due to the video but I don't know what the NFL does when it's a he said she said sort of situation.
 
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Who knows what they will do, but I still believe they shouldn't do anything until a conviction is made. If he did indeed do it, fuck em 1 year ban if what ya'll say about her being pregnant is true.
 
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Ugh, I'm getting so sick of this. It's too bad Carradine can't get his damn head around the playbook.
 
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Pretty sure the NFL won't hand down a punishment until after all legal proceedings are complete.
 
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I read the NFL will conduct its own investigation as well, so it doesn't necessarily have to wait for a criminal trial. Technically even an allegation w/o law enforcement involvement can trigger an internal investigation.
 
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Ameraves_sl said:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/report--49ers-defensive-end-ray-mcdonald-arrested-for-domestic-abuse-151554178.html

More issues for the 49ers. McDonald arrested for domestic violence. So yet another hit to the defense.
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Man they'll do anything to get out of getting lit up by Romo
 
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Elurin_sl said:
Ryan Mallett to the Texans for a 6th. Case Keenum released.

I'd have to think Fitzpatrick is still the starter, but interesting info.

Edit: Or possibly 2016 7th conditional. That's cheap. Guess the Patriots didn't think he was worth much.
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I'd like to see the Ravens pick up Keenum and cut Tyrod Taylor.
 
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that doesnt sound like a lot for an elite quarterback

anyways, anyone on the 49ers get arrested today?
 
Alex

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You're forgetting a lot of 49er fans. And Kirun is the crazed Alex Smith hater.

I am so fucking pumped for football on Thursday. We even kick off with what should be a good game.
 
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Most have been pretty actually been pretty reasonable about Kaep.

Anyways, what's up with the Bengals? Seems like nobody's really talking about them despite being a really solid team. Is it just the "Dalton can't win big games" hurr durr or is there something I missed?
 
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Thankfully I'll be out of town on business that day so I should not have any problems with my crap ass cable.
 
Alex

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Ambiturner_sl said:
Anyways, what's up with the Bengals? Seems like nobody's really talking about them despite being a really solid team. Is it just the "Dalton can't win big games" hurr durr or is there something I missed?
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The Bengals didn't do anything to get worse over the offseason. They also managed to make it through preseason with the only major injury being Marvin Jones - who should be back by Week 5 or 6. They let some FAs walk (Michael Johnson, Anthony Collins) but they extended Burfict and Dalton. Burfict especially has me pumped. That guy is a monster. Definitely one of the best LBs in the league. There are some questions concerning OL depth and we're really banking on Margus Hunt producing like a starting caliber player but really in the grand scheme of things, those aren't the worst concerns you could have for a team going into the season.

As for no one talking about them, I think it really just comes down to the lack of playoff wins. Until the Bengals actually do something in the playoffs, no one will take them seriously. I expect them to be pretty good this year but I highly doubt that both the Steelers and Ravens will go 8-8 again. The Steelers might. Because that defense looks like shit. But Big Ben is good enough to keep a team from being terrible.

Thing about the Bengals is that they have so much talent, it's hard to see them being bad. And now we have an OC who isn't Jay Gruden. Which is a big plus.
 
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