NFL Discussion Thread - Hall of Fame Game: August 3rd

[i fr3sh i]

Come on Eric

 

[noskey]

Cant believe Talib is going to NE for a 4th round pick

we got hosed on that one...but i dont really care. we need the help

I'd rather have Talib still, seeing as Tampa's giving up more yards than NE in the air. Getting rid of depth aint gonna help anything.

 

[DeadsetAce]

Cant believe Talib is going to NE for a 4th round pick

we got hosed on that one...but i dont really care. we need the help

I'd rather have Talib still, seeing as Tampa's giving up more yards than NE in the air. Getting rid of depth aint gonna help anything.

im talking as a NE fan....we usually pull deals like this off for a 6th or 7th in a draft 3 years down the road

 

[david bowman]

3 straight 3rd and long conversions against the chargers lol.

 

[dmxfury]

Can't bring myself to watch this game.

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

NFL failed with these weekly Thursday night games. Cut 'em out.

 

[SneakerProSr.]

So why these dudes REALLY taking Adderall like this?

 

[5am6oody72]

NFL failed with these weekly Thursday night games. Cut 'em out.

And for all the rhetoric about player safety, they have guys playing on almost no rest. It's hilarious that it's on the NFL's own network too, not even like they have to bend over to accommodate ESPN or something.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

^ regular refs suck ish too.

 

[david bowman]

So why these dudes REALLY taking Adderall like this?

Why not? It's basically like doing a bunch of coke but it's time released. I can totally understand why.

 

[buc em]

Ima kill Romeo Crennel if he doesn't start getting Jamal Charles the damn ball more.

Considering Schiano and Belicheck are all BFF and **** I can see us being trade partners many times as long as they're both coaching. I'm not too sure about us losing another corner considering Wright is about to be suspended a few games and we were already getting trashed in the pass game. But Talib is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year and we probably weren't gonna sign him back.

 

[alleniversonfan01]

So the ground can cause a fumble now? But I guess ball don't lie even in football

 

[ag 47]

I really thought the Chiefs were going to compete for the division this year. I was wrong.

 

[illmatic34]

Rasta layin the smackdown

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

Anyone read about this Tyron Smith story? I gave a quick check and didn't see it posted in here.

Those close to budding Dallas Cowboys star Tyron Smith describe the left tackle as emotionally torn apart over a series of events pitting his family against him over money.

On Tuesday afternoon, Dallas police responded to a 911 call to Smith’s North Dallas home, where siblings showed up to “harass and torment” him “in the pursuit of collecting financial gain,” according to the police report.

Smith, 21, has three sisters and two brothers. Two of the sisters were among at least three people who showed up at Smith’s home Saturday and Tuesday, sources said. The police report did not name the individuals.

It is the latest in a string of events over several months in which family members have tried to harass Smith for their financial benefit, according to sources.

Over the summer, Smith filed a protective order against his stepfather, Roy Pinkney, and his mother, Frankie Pinkney, to keep them from having any contact with him. The protective order also prohibits contact from Smith’s parents through his siblings. Frankie Pinkney, who resides in Southern California, didn’t return several phone calls seeking comment.

Smith, 6-5 and 308 pounds, is being represented by Dallas-based attorneys Royce West and John Schorsch.

“Lesser means were tried and they weren’t successful,” Schorsch said. “You can use your own imagination as to what it took for a guy that big and that imposing to be that worried.”

Schorsch said West filed the restraining order. West said, “I can’t shed any light without visiting with him first.”

Smith, who was the NFL’s youngest player last year, gave his family a substantial amount of money after signing a four-year, $12.5 million contract in July 2011, sources said, after he was drafted with the ninth overall pick out of the University of Southern California. However, family members keep coming back for more, sources said.

Cowboys security is aware of Smith’s family situation and has an organizational structure in place to help Smith avoid any incidents around the club, multiple sources said.

Cowboys officials declined to comment on the latest incident or the protective plan in place for Smith.

Smith’s parents own a cleaning business in Riverside, Calif., near their home in Moreno Valley. The protective order prohibited Smith’s parents from attending Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, Calif., in late July and August even though their son practiced each day only about a two-hour drive from their home.

During training camp, one of Smith’s family members had to be removed from the practice facility, according to Cowboys sources.

Smith declined to comment Wednesday afternoon when approached in the Cowboys’ locker room at Valley Ranch.

Joe Panos, Smith’s agent, said he was aware of the situation. “This is a family matter, a private matter, and we’ll address it when we feel like it’s appropriate,” Panos said.

It’s not uncommon for family members to seek money from an athlete who has signed a lucrative deal in professional sports.

Former Texas quarterback Vince Young, who was cut by the Buffalo Bills – his third NFL team – in August, was the third player selected in the 2006 draft and received a contract that guaranteed him $26 million.

Young is now reportedly broke and is suing his former agent and a North Carolina financial planner, alleging they misappropriated $5.5 million. Young also alleges that he was the financial victim of his own uncle, Keith Young, who served as his business manager.

People close to Smith said his family situation has been very difficult for him to deal with emotionally.

The soft-spoken Smith is a man of few words and a private person. He recently visited Camp Summit, a camp in Dallas for children and adults with disabilities.

This is Smith’s first season to play left tackle for the Cowboys. He spent his rookie year starting at right tackle, emerging as one of the team’s top offensive lineman.

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Disgusting. Of course it had to be his own folks trying to take advantage...the **** people do for financial gain never ceases to amaze me. SMH.

 

[MON5T3R]

Ouch.

 

[dmxfury]

Yeah that story is insane. Wow, I watch 2 minutes and see Charles killed and a pick 6. Chiefs are REAL bad. How'd they win a game? Vs the Saints?!

 

[Peep Game]

It's a shame that money can turn your on fam against you

 

[tripda6]

this Thursday Night every week idea was a bad one...

I DID NOT see the Chiefs being this AWFUL 

 

[alleniversonfan01]

Chargers finally figured out how to win: score on defense so Rivers doesn't have a chance to **** it up

 

[ag 47]

Smith’s parents own a cleaning business in Riverside, Calif., near their home in Moreno Valley. The protective order prohibited Smith’s parents from attending Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, Calif., in late July and August even though their son practiced each day only about a two-hour drive from their home.

Wow. They even own a business acting like this. I wonder what the name of their business is...they're local.

 

[buggz05]

"They don't shoot themselves in the foot. They shoot the foot off... with a 12-guage." - Deion on the Chiefs.

 

[langfor5]

The Chiefs are an ABSOLUTE and total train wreck. Its a damn shame to watch a once proud franchise go straight to the toilet. And to think I had such high hopes for this team.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

I really thought the Chiefs were going to compete for the division this year. I was wrong.

****, same here. Oh well

 

[buc em]

Makes absolutely no sense to me how bad the Chiefs are this year. They have talent all over the field. Something has to be going on there behind the scenes that we aren't seeing. Cassell is atleast average enough to get the job done with their receivers and RB's.