Cleveland Browns defensive back Kenny Wright was arrested Thursday after police said he led them on a quarter-mile foot chase that began in the parking lot of the police station.
So stupid...you can't even say he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Must have been gone out his mind.
Jaguar back gave officer an earful
Brian Williams went on a purple rant after being stopped in 2006.
By Paul Pinkham, The Times-Union
Jaguars defensive back Brian Williams went off on a sexual, racist and profane rant aimed at Jacksonville police during his 2006 drunken driving arrest, according to recently obtained documents from his ongoing prosecution.
Notes taken by Officer E.E. Bridges shortly after the arrest reflect Williams profanely threatening sex acts with the officer's wife and daughter and later called Bridges, who is white, a "h****" coupled with a sexual epithet. Williams, who is black, also said the officer arrested him because he was jealous of his date and that Williams was "an [n-word]'' in a Bentley, according to the officer's notes.
"Almost every other rant was racial," Bridges wrote in the handwritten report. "Loud and yelling throughout ride to jail."
Williams also offered to let Bridges have sex with his date "if you let me go," according to the officer's notes.
The incident wasn't taped.
Another Jaguar, Khalif Barnes, launched a similar rant when he was arrested two months later. His was captured on videotape.
Williams, 28, apologized after the incident and following news reports indicated he made racially provocative comments. But the actual statements were not part of the public record at that time.
He declined comment Tuesday through his attorney, Hank Coxe. "I didn't say anything in 2006, but it isn't within Brian Williams' makeup to be the one to initiate any racial remarks," Coxe said.
Jaguars spokesman Dan Edwards said the team has no comment on Williams' remarks. Assistant State Attorney Richard Mantei, who is prosecuting Williams, also declined to discuss the case.
Then new to Jacksonville, Williams was arrested in September 2006 on West Bay Street downtown after swerving and running Bridges' patrol car into a curb, according to a police report. The player was coming from Club Paris at The Jacksonville Landing and refused to submit to a blood-alcohol test.
Williams didn't reveal he played for the Jaguars, and Bridges indicated in his notes that he didn't learn that until the next morning on the Internet. Williams was a recent acquisition from the Minnesota Vikings and had just received a $10 million signing bonus.
Williams immediately pleaded guilty, received a standard six-month probation sentence and suspended license and apologized to the team, police and community. But later that month, Williams returned to court saying he wanted to withdraw his plea because he didn't understand its ramifications, didn't think he could pay a $2,500 bail and wanted to get out of jail.
Three months ago, an appellate judge allowed him to withdraw the plea over the state's objections, and the case began anew. A pretrial hearing is scheduled Monday.
The Times-Union obtained Bridges' notes Monday through a public records request seeking recent filings in the case. The document reveals Williams ranting about everything from sex to social status.
According to the report, Williams said he would rather flip burgers than be a police officer and bragged that he went to a "name college" while the (expletive deleted) officer "went to public college, probably junior college." Williams attended North Carolina State University.
Asked if he wanted his female passenger to take his car, Williams replied, "I ain't letting that ho take my car," Bridges wrote. Advised that a tow truck was the only alternative, Bridges said Williams responded: "Let the [expletive deleted] take it."
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Hell yeah I am happy it wasnt him. I see him being a mid tier number 1 guy for a miniute.
Garrard signs seven-year, $60 million contract with Jags
Associated Press
Updated: April 7, 2008, 6:00 PM ET
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Quarterback David Garrard probably could have gotten the Jacksonville Jaguars to pay him more money.
But he was tired of negotiating.
So Garrard ended the contract process Monday, signing a seven-year, $60 million contract that is the richest in franchise history.
"I pretty much had to say, 'Let's go ahead and wrap it up. I'm done,'" Garrard said. "It's too much stress on me and my family. My wife was done five weeks ago. She's already been on board with everything. We just kept working on it and I finally just said, 'You know what, I'd rather be happy now, have the city happy now, have the team, the organization, the owner happy now than trying to string something out having everybody on edge.'"
Garrard and his agent, Albert Irby, had been seeking something similar to the six-year, $67.5 million contract Dallas quarterback Tony Romo signed last season.
But Garrard settled for the latest offer because he "felt like it was time."
"I've just seen it too many times," he said. "I just didn't want to go through it myself. There's way too many things that can happen to you between here and now and when you're trying to get this done and that done. Is it really worth it? I just said, 'It's time to make everybody happy' because I was already happy."
A career backup who beat out Byron Leftwich last preseason, Garrard was entering the final year of a four-year deal that paid about $2 million annually.
The Jaguars were eager to get him under contract after his first season as a full-time starter.
The 30-year-old Garrard completed 64 percent of his passes for 2,509 yards and 18 touchdowns despite missing three games because of an ankle injury. He threw just three interceptions and finished with the NFL's third-highest passer rating (102.2), proving head coach Jack Del Rio made the right move when he announced his quarterback decision a week before the season opener.
"When you look at what transpired and how David responded, I think that's what's most impressive," Del Rio said. "A lot of people may have gotten down, gotten down on themselves, gotten bitter at me for the decision. Any number of things could have taken place that would have led to a different outcome.
"What you see is a young man that persevered, ultimately a coach that saw something, took a shot with him, and now we're together here for the foreseeable future here in Jacksonville, and tied together and hungry for more."
The Jaguars expect Garrard to be even better this season, with the addition of receivers Jerry Porter and Troy Williamson and another year in Dirk Koetter's offense.
"To have David lead this team for the next seven years, it really gives us the stability and the continuity that we need to compete at the highest level and bring a championship to Jacksonville and hopefully multiple championships," owner Wayne Weaver said. "David has earned this."
Well earned
[h1]Gabriel, out of the NFL last year, signs with Bengals to boost WRs[/h1]
Associated Press
Updated: April 8, 2008, 5:45 PM ET
Gabriel
CINCINNATI -- Receiver Doug Gabriel, who was out of the NFL last season, signed a one-year contract Tuesday with the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Bengals added Gabriel to their thin receiving corps after they released No. 3 receiver Chris Henry last week following his latest arrest.
Oakland drafted Gabriel out of Central Florida in the fifth round in 2003. He played for the Raiders through 2005, and was traded to New England. Oakland claimed him off waivers during the 2006 season, then released him last August.
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Report: Raiders agree to deal with defensive end Spires
The Oakland Raiders reportedly have found their replacement for Chris Clemons at defensive end.
The San Francisco Chronicle, citing an unnamed source, reported that the Raiders have agreed to a one-year deal with former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Greg Spires.
Spires will be counted on to help fill the void left by Clemons, who signed a free-agent contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Spires, who spent the last six seasons with the Buccaneers, has 39½ career sacks and also recorded a sack in Tampa Bay's victory over Oakland in Super Bowl XXXVII.
He was released by the Buccaneers this offseason in a salary-cap move.
Clemons, who tied for the team high in sacks with eight in 2007, signed a five-year contract with the Eagles in March.
Our D is only gettin better
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The Oakland Raiders reportedly have found their replacement for Chris Clemons at defensive end.
The San Francisco Chronicle, citing an unnamed source, reported that the Raiders have agreed to a one-year deal with former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Greg Spires.
Spires will be counted on to help fill the void left by Clemons, who signed a free-agent contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Spires, who spent the last six seasons with the Buccaneers, has 39½ career sacks and also recorded a sack in Tampa Bay's victory over Oakland in Super Bowl XXXVII.
He was released by the Buccaneers this offseason in a salary-cap move.
Clemons, who tied for the team high in sacks with eight in 2007, signed a five-year contract with the Eagles in March.
Greg
Flowery Branch - Falcons veteran wide receiver Joe Horn said Monday that he would like to be traded instead of remaining with the team as a "just-in-case guy."
"I want to win a Super Bowl and I want to win a Super Bowl here in Atlanta, but I don't think I can help this team win a Super Bowl sitting on the bench, waiting for third down," Horn said.
Horn said he had not approached the team yet about his desire to be dealt but that him and/or his agent would in the near future.
When told of Horn's remarks, general manager Thomas Dimitroff said: "He is still part of our team and we still see a future for him here."
Horn said that he would be professional for as long as he remains with the Falcons. He said he hopes the Falcons will push to deal him to a team who values him as a contributor.
"They're going with the younger guys and I don't have a problem with that, if that's the course they've chosen," Horn said. "I want to have an opportunity to play with a team that needs a veteran to play and contribute and who helps the young guys.
Also, Jimmy Williams is a bum...
Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT
@ Jeanty on the Bengals with Doug
I'll hit u on AIM
but@ the Bengals for getting rid of CHris Henry and then Signing this "character"
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Roy Cummings, Tampa Tribune - [Full Article]
Tampa Bay QB Jeff Garcia hinted at a possible holdout if he is unable to get a new contract signed before the season begins. Negotiations have been relatively nonexistent and Garcia said he may have to take a stand. "There might come a time when I might have to stand up," said Garcia, who is in the final year of a two-year deal worth $7 million. He is believed to be seeking an extension that will bring his total payout to the league average for starters, which is roughly $7 million. He also may want compensated a 2007 incentive that would have payed him at least 1 million for taking 70 percent of the snaps, but the team rested him in Week 17 after clinching the division.
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Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando
Seattle radio station KJR-AM 950 is reporting today that Lofa Tatupu, the Seahawks' perennial Pro Bowl linebacker, has been arrested for drunken driving.
The Seahawks recently signed Tatupu to a long-term extension. Team president Tim Ruskell has taken a hard line against off-field incidents. Tatupu is the defensive leader of the Seahawks. This is the first off-field incident involving Tatupu that I can recall hearing about.
KJR has a copy of the police report showing Tatupu blew .155 percent and .158 percent in his breath tests. The legal limit in Washington state is .08 percent.
Tatupu is known as an unassuming hard worker, a leader who is vocal but not flamboyant. How unflamboyant is Tatupu? The police report says Tatupu, whose new deal is worth more than $40 million, was driving a 2006 Hyundai Accent, worth about $11,000 fully loaded with 30,000 miles, according to Kelley Blue Book.
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