03-15-2013, 03:16 PM
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#561
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Lifetime In Suspension
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Originally Posted by Cheerio
Is Dumervil an OLB or a DE?
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He's far better as an OLB in a 3-4 scheme. No chance he gets re-signed in Denver now. Freeney will be on a plane to Colorado by day's end I'm sure
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03-15-2013, 05:14 PM
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#562
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Franchise Player
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^^^Freeney is in Boston tonight...maybe Dumervill will join him?
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03-15-2013, 06:56 PM
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#564
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by jeep991
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The contract has a maximum value of $47.5 mlllion, with $18 million guaranteed. The contract is worth a minimum of $27 million over the first three years, and could be as much as $28.5 million over the first three years if he goes to the Pro Bowl, according to ESPN and media reports.
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03-15-2013, 07:03 PM
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#565
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ResAlien
He's far better as an OLB in a 3-4 scheme. No chance he gets re-signed in Denver now. Freeney will be on a plane to Colorado by day's end I'm sure
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I'm not so sure.
It sounds like he just didn't want to leave Denver. Why else would you be willing to restructure your contract (after much consternation) instead of taking your chances on the open market?
Maybe they'll work on something longer term now with a lower salary to eat up the caps space they lost when Dumervil and his agent decided the 11th hour was amateur hour.
No matter how hard the agent tries to spin this as Broncos ineptness, it is crystal clear that he was not prepared to handle the situation for his client.
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03-15-2013, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
I'm not so sure.
It sounds like he just didn't want to leave Denver. Why else would you be willing to restructure your contract (after much consternation) instead of taking your chances on the open market?
Maybe they'll work on something longer term now with a lower salary to eat up the caps space they lost when Dumervil and his agent decided the 11th hour was amateur hour.
No matter how hard the agent tries to spin this as Broncos ineptness, it is crystal clear that he was not prepared to handle the situation for his client.
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Nah, no chance he comes back to Denver unless he's going to sign for far below market value. His agent just cost the Broncos almost 5 million dollars, unless he wants to sign for 3 he's gone and he won't sign for that IMO.
I'd bet they try to sign Freeney or Osi for 4-5 mil short term. They already planned to eat the 5 mil if they had to cut Doom but they won't let him get a windfall with them and get egg on their face because of all this.
Official Bronco statement http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-an...1-2de642fc3b80
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At 1 p.m. MDT, we were informed by Elvis’ representative that he declined our offer. We then prepared Elvis’ termination notice to officially file his release with the NFL office.
At approximately 1:25 p.m. MDT, however, we were informed that Elvis changed his mind and accepted the same contract we proposed nearly two-and-a-half hours earlier. Although we expressed our concern regarding the time constraints, we were assured that the signed documents would be submitted to us before the league’s waiver deadline.
We did not receive the documents from Elvis by the league’s deadline and were forced to release him shortly before 2 p.m. MDT.
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03-15-2013, 08:30 PM
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#567
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Franchise Player
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Adrian Wilson signed with the Pats today...replaces Chung.
Danny Woodhead signs with the Chargers
Last edited by Cheese; 03-15-2013 at 08:32 PM.
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03-16-2013, 10:40 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Interesting, Bernard Pollard was released because he was a major issue?
This departure, unlike that of Paul Kruger and Dannell Ellerbe, was clearly and comfortably the choice of John Harbaugh and the Ravens organization. In simple terms, Pollard’s constant complaining and locker room blow-ups finally caught up to him.
With the good, though, came a lot of bad. Pollard was a troublesome figure in the clubhouse, which is why he won’t be around in Baltimore next season.
“This wasn’t all about quality of play,” a source said on Wednesday after the news about Pollard’s termination went public. ”It was about locker room tranquility and chemistry.”
While there wasn’t one single incident that doomed Pollard, a series of friction-filled events contributed to the club finally saying “enough is enough”. The most notable of those was a post-game blow-up in Washington where the hard-hitting safety openly bashed linebacker Josh Bynes in front of the entire team and within earshot of several media members who were in the vicinity of the locker room setting up for post-game interviews.
“It was completely uncalled for,” said a 2012 teammate. ”From a team standpoint, the last thing we needed that day was to have one guy pitting himself against someone else. And to pick on Josh like that? It was wrong.”
Pollard’s role in the bye-week practice fiasco is well known by now. When Harbaugh suggested the team practice in pads on Wednesday before letting the team have off for the rest of the week, Pollard reacted angrily and rallied several teammates to demand a lighter, easier practice session. To his credit, Harbaugh took the high road and gave in, deciding, apparently, that the battle wasn’t worth winning when the season was still very much in the balance.
“He was always complaining about something,” the teammate remembered. ”Nothing was ever right in Bernard’s eyes. After a while it got kind of old. And a lot of guys in the locker are John Harbaugh fans. Bernard was very anti-John and open about it. He didn’t really hide it.”
Penalties and unnecessary roughness flags also plagued the hard-hitting safety. The former teammate cited one penalty in particular that unsettled the locker room. “Before the Indianapolis game, Harbs made a point of reminding us all about the late hits and the fact that we couldn’t afford any crucial penalties in a playoff game. With six or seven minutes left (editor’s note: It was actually with 3:46 to play) in the game, Pollard cracked Reggie Wayne for no reason at all. Right there, in front of the official, he just cracked him. We looked at each other like, ‘Is this guy serious or what?’”
“As a player, when you see another guy in the locker room trying to undermine the coach on a regular basis, you sort of wonder when the coach is going to take control,” said Pollard’s now-former teammate. ”It does become the coach vs. the player, ultimately. And we all wait around to see who’s going to win. It’s an unnecessary distraction if it builds up, which this did.”
The distraction is moving on to his fourth team in eight seasons.
http://wnst.net/baltimore-ravens/pollard/
Last edited by Drake; 03-16-2013 at 10:46 AM.
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03-16-2013, 12:25 PM
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#570
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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^^^Sounds like yet another diva...the NFL is littered with them.
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03-16-2013, 02:01 PM
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#571
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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NFL free agent Donte Stallworth was hospitalized Saturday with serious burns after the hot air balloon carrying him and two other people crashed into power lines, his agent said. The 10-year NFL veteran won't suffer any permanent damage from the accident in Homestead, said Drew Rosenhaus, Stallworth's agent.
"He's going to be OK. He has some burns, but he's going to be fine," Rosenhaus said. "He will be able to continue his NFL career. The injuries are not to the extent they will jeopardize his career."
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http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/90...lloon-accident
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03-16-2013, 02:28 PM
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#572
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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Originally Posted by transplant99
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Lucky the fuel line didn't come loose like that balloon in Egypt a few weeks ago.
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I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
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03-16-2013, 03:05 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Originally Posted by transplant99
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Donte can't really seem to catch a break. Injuries really derailed the early portion of his career. He was crucified for that guy he killed while driving drunk, which while careless, was also not 100% his fault. Now this.
I follow him on twitter and he comes off as a pretty smart and classy guy for the most part.
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03-17-2013, 09:14 AM
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#575
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Strathmore
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Originally Posted by Cheese
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I wonder what the Pats are up to? Freeing up cap space for who?
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03-17-2013, 09:55 AM
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#576
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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__________________
I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
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03-17-2013, 10:02 AM
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#577
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Everyone's Favorite Oilfan!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Jose, California
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Irsay tweeted that Indy is close to a deal with someone that they have been working on for 5 days and said it was a WR. Rumors are that it could be an RFA like Victor Cruz or Emmanuel Sanders. Heyward-Bey and Moss have also been mentioned but with how Irsay made it exciting, it shouldn't be those 2.
Really hoping it's Victor Cruz and the Giants don't match. That would be awesome!
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03-17-2013, 10:59 AM
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#579
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Originally Posted by Flickered Flame
I wonder what the Pats are up to? Freeing up cap space for who?
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No real rumors out there as to what they are up to. They did leave a door open to resign Lloyd if he doesnt catch on elsewhere. I hope they use the $$$ on defence and snatch Dumervill somehow.
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03-17-2013, 08:25 PM
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#580
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheese
No real rumors out there as to what they are up to. They did leave a door open to resign Lloyd if he doesnt catch on elsewhere. I hope they use the $$$ on defence and snatch Dumervill somehow.
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Funny cause i hope the Pack use the $$ saved by not re-signing Jennings....and use it to get Dumerville.
Matthews and Dumerville lining up opposite sides or moving about?...QB nightmare.
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