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How is Deron Burnt toast Jenkins not number 1? They trade up for the stale burnt bread..........

History says no, but I have seen flashes. However, there have been many, many receivers who had "great camps", I can show you clips of Clarence Moore in camp making insane catches, breaking through press coverage, making the tough catches over the middle against a Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Ed Hartwell types.. But when the games started, he was a lost puppy, couldn't catch a cold, hard alligator arms going over the middle.... The late great Sockdolager even asked him straight up during a camp interview we did about the differences between his practice performances and games; Clarence could only say he was trying his best. The Ravens have four receivers on the team with the exact same skill set, Butler being one of them. I doubt they keep all four, so time will tell.

I agree. In today's NFL, the rules prevent a player from "playing into shape" with these silly camps....

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/michael-oher-says-biopic-the-blind-side-has-hurt-nfl-career/ar-AAbJZzE?ocid=U142DHP Um, 3rd team in a short career pretty much tells the tale of a player's skill, not an opion based on a movie....

what I love about this group, if they keep all three wide outs of Aiken (6'-2"), Brown (6'-5"), Butler (6'-2") Perriman (6'-2") tight ends Williams (6'-4") Gilmore (6'-6") Boyle (6'-6") Talk about red zone size. The Ravens will be able to go bigs, or smalls in the red zone with size vs quickness or a mix & match bunch. That is not too mention Darren Waller, if he makes the roster (likely a ps or ir candidate) who is 6'-6". Currently with 11 wide outs on the roster, the three underlined all have the same skill sets, then you add in the smaller wide outs, Smith is a lock of course, but will it be Camp (who as we said on draft day last year, can't stay healthy) or Carter for the smalls? Let us not forget Cam Worthy who specializes in RedZone catching with his size, arm length and huge mitts. They normally keep five wideouts, as many as six, so five or so have to go. Should be a great battle....

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/25/us/nfl-chicago-bears-ray-mcdonald-arrested-released/

Why? The Ravens released him, they could have kept him. He hit his wife once, unlike many other players who have done far far worse to women, multiple times, they are still in the league.

All dead money from those contracts will be gone after this year. As for Ngata, trading is just the same as releasing as far as the cap goes.

Ask an ye shall receive... http://touch.baltimoresun.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-83587113/ http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/162593/why-ravens-rank-second-in-nfl-in-dead-money

Pats won't appeal fine nor draft picks. http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/kraft-patriots-wont-appeal-teams-fine-draft-penalties/ar-BBjY5CI?ocid=U142DHP Hmm, sure, sure, wonder what deal he worked out with Goody....

Well, that depends on how you read them. Take the clue from the footballs they were talking about the refs giving them; 16 lbs or so of air, well above the limits. That alone says a lot about the procedure the refs go through, how flawed it is. So yes, they, the "Pats" had to let air out just to get with in limits. Now, as I pointed out in another article above, even the Colts footballs were under and the refs had different readings on the same football, from two different gauges. Thus, the "Pats" could have let air out, but their gauge read with in limits, while another gauge would read below limits. It is very plausable, which would mean Goody & company went too far. Truth, who knows, but I see plenty of room in attacking the procedure to get the fines, draft picks, and suspension lowered maybe even over turned.

Everything in Baltimore would have crumbled if Joe gets hurt even if Taylor were still the back up. Dude can't read a defense. I do agree about Upshaw, quite the disappointment so far, Elam, well, just a bust. I suppose I could be wrong on him and he turns things around, but he has no instincts.

Oh, I agree, you have to hold the entire org responsible for the actions of their employees over all. However, in this case, hitting them as a team so hard when other teams with infractions are not hit nearly to this extent when they have had previous issues with the league's rules, does smell of another PR move by the league.

I am still looking for the quote from the league, sorry I will find it. However, I did come across this nugget- http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/07/nfl-initially-gave-patriots-bad-information-about-psi-readings/ Hello, 3 of 4 tested of the balls from the Colts in the same game. This is the first I have heard of this fact. I'll keep digging for the quote from the league say as an organization, they knew nothing about this, maybe it was just conjecture from a talking head, my memory is not as good as it was...

Sure, but the NFL has stated the Pats, as an org, played no role in this matter, so why take drastic step of draft pick deletions? Why the "large" fine if all they did was not be compliant, in the NFL's opinion? I can understand the stiff penalty on Brady, to some extent, based on what they think was his role in this, his lack of communication with the league, but he had no role in the SpyGate issue. As for "cheating", the NFL has handed down lessr penalties to players who cheat, whether it is with vasiline, cooking spray, stickem or other "advanatges" players use to gain an "unfair advanatge". They, like Brady, are not fully honest with what they do/did, so why is he not only fined (loss of salary) but also kept out of four games, when a lineman who sprays down his jersies is, on average, only fined roughly $50k max. Seems to me, being able to hold their block or keep from getting held has just as much affect on the game, if not more, than letting air out of the ball...

Pats rebutal to the report- get the popcorn ready..... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/sports/football/patriots-criticize-wells-report-in-lengthy-rebuttal.html?_r=0

a good solid team player, he can also play safety.

I don't see their proof that the NFL could have had a 2nd/follow-up interview with McDeflator, not even a quote from him. So is the "media" making something up again?

no up roar when the; http://espn.go.com/blog/minnesota-vikings/post/_/id/11218/nfl-aware-of-game-ball-incident-during-panthers-vikings nor when: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000091683/article/san-diego-chargers-fined-20k-by-nfl-in-towel-case So $20 k for trying to "cover up" the "crime that was not a crime in the Chargers case, but no draft picks taken from them. In the Vikes' case, nothing was done, even though they were caught, "red" handed... Keep it up Goody, you will soon be out of a job.......

And what do you want done with the records of Jerry Rice, who admitted to "cheating" by using stickem on his gloves after the rules were changed. Or any number of other teams who won super bowls while their offensive linement used vasiline on their jersies? In each of their Super Bolw victories, the other teams had plenty of chances to win, even at the end of games. While a deflated football is easier to throw, hold, etc, we do not know for sure, exactly how far below the limit the footballs were because the officials at the game/games in question, did not write down the weights....http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/29/nfl-didnt-log-the-psi-of-each-patriots-football/ So, as many have said, he is being punished for not being completly forth right, honest, more so than "cheating". While the NFL doesn't need a body for proof of a crime for punishment, they do need far more evidence to remove titles and records, even if they would go that far. To the best of my knowledge, the Chicago Black Socks were the only team to have records removed because of cheating, and that was a long time ago and a different sport.

Yep, this should be interesting. Kraft and Goody were good buddies, wonder if they will reamin that way? It was Kraft who pushed to keep Goody.....

I wonder what Kraft will do about the draft picks since Goody didn't do anything to the other two owners who swinddled people, one convicted, the other settled out of court....

He will appeal no doubt, and based on past history with appeals, win....... They came down hard on them, so Goody can keep his "respectability", now go check those linemen for vasiline on the backs of their jersies and stick-em on the gloves of the receivers..... fine them accordingly as well....

Exactly, there is a minimum and a maxium in each slot, makes things much easier for teams and players to reach an agreement.

Jerry Rice admitted to using stick-um well after the rule change banning its use.... No outrage there? How many passes would he have dropped without using it? To me, this is much ado about nothing, fine him and move on. The only court that would find guilt in this would be that of public opinion and maybe, maybe, civil court.