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I just heard his agent on Mike & Mike. apparently, or according to him, as per Mathis's doctor who had used this medication for fertility for over 20 years. Mathis only took this drug for four days in November, stopped taking it after he found ou his wife was pregnant and still has the left over medication from the prescription, likely a 30 day supply minus his four day use. Of note, Mathis was not the one with the "issue" of fertility, his wife was and due to her medical issues at the time, she could not take the medication. So I will take back my statement of his lying, but stand by he knew and should have followed the PROPER protocol for taking medications. He never even contacted his agent until the league suspended him.

Yes, because calling the hot line, or their agent, or a member from the league council is so difficult...........

For his lying, they should make it a 6 game suspension, maybe that will learn em....

Apparently, the Opie net work, after speaking with the Rams, have put this on the back burner. This tells me, the deal was in place before he was drafted. Maybe Opie can run after Marhawn Lynch, who is having his own reality show,,,,,

Again, all Mathis had to do, which every player is advised to do when wanting or needing to take a medication, is put in a request with the pertinent folks at the NFL HQ, and this would not be an issue. Instead, according to him, he asked his doctor if the meds would pass an NFL drug screen. Now, if you said it is out of bounds to expect a normal doctor to know which meds will or will not, I would agree.... As for Jones, no the Phins did not have to act as they have; indefinate suspension. What Jones saw on tv offended him. So the Phins could have sent a better message that we all need to be tolerant of others. Society today seems to think it is ok to punish people for not agreeing with certain things, but not hold others to the same standard. We are expected to accept all, except, or unless what another says is against societal norms for offensive. See, we have accept gays, blacks, jews, pols, women's rights, but not the right of another to not like them for what ever reason. To me, this is hypocritcal trying to force some one to think one way, be one way. If you accept the homosexual, you also have to accept the biggot. We cannot always help how we feel, what offends us or not.

FYI, Sams' show on the Opie network has been postponed. apparently neither he nor his representatives told the Rams about the show when he was drafted, much to their chagrin I am sure.

An exception would have been made if he asked the NFL FIRST. That is, IF this is true. For him to go from a career high 11 sacks to 19.5 at the end of his career makes one wonder. Take the four game and shut up, he knew, having been in the league this long, he just had to ask. So if anything he was stoopid and deserves the suspension. Now, if you want to complain about the Phins DB who was suspended indefinately just for tweeting some words over something he found offensive, now we can agree on suspending players players for food.....

I've known about it for years Papa, so have most if not all of the college coaches, so a player would know by talking it over with their coaches. Remember, these kids are not deciding in one day, they have been thinking about it most of the season and likely speak with their coach just after the season, before bowl games, a full month or more befor ehaving to declare. Now, how quickly do they get the results? Specifics I dont know, though we could easily find out with some more research. But bet that it is in plenty of time to make an informed opinion without looking at Mel's or Todd's or Florio's mock drafts- ALL of which say are for informational, conversational purposes only. Florio is likely only writing his crap because his mock's don't the attention of those from ESPN.....

Oh and I am not sure this was mentioned, but, Florio has done and does his own mock draft, so hypocrit anyone? http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/24/pft-final-mock-draft/

Yes, here is one "source" Im a bit busy to get a better one, but this will do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Draft_Advisory_Board Florio knows this as well, so run with it............. As I said, he is just making noise to get hits, clicks, people watching his show.... Peter King should know better.

Florio is a fake, just wanting the ratings, the hits & clicks. I know some people who USED to work for him; it's all about him. What he fails to mention is this FACT. Before these kids declare for the draft they, almost all of them, get an evaluation done by the NFL scouts as to where their draft status, if at all, might be... It has nothing to do with Mel nor McSnide. If any of them do rest on what the draft ninnies say, it is on them, not on Mel nor Todd. It is very common for the players, just like in the NBA, to get the eval, free.

Im looking forward to seeing Mathews play under Kelly in that offense. He has the rea chance to be offensive rookie of the year. As for Rice jr, not likely to even make the first cuts.

He would have been picked up as a free agent, even the Ravens were reportedly interested in bringing him into camp. Currently he 5th in line at the defensive end position for the Rams, behind four very productive players. They will not keep five ends, that is for certain, even if he can be productive on special teams, Listen, special teams may seem easy, but it takes a certain mentality to play, not everyone who plays football can play special teams, seriously.

He is too slow, and does not tackle well in the open field. He might make the team as a special teamer, sure, but it will be about money, because of his orientation as Rm said. Most 7th round draft choices never make a team, most. Some do, but very, very few, historically.

3rd round Max? We covered this in the Sams thread when he came out, go look at that thread.. It was not the cover up you and many think, it was his play on the field. One good season and that was based on 3 games. He did nothing against good teams, that is why he went next to last in the draft. If the Rams felt so highly of him, why not draft him earlier in the 7th, the 6th, the 5th? He will be lucky to make the roster, and the thoughts may be, then, does he make the team because of the public outcry that will come if they cut him? He is under sized for a defensive end, too slow to be a line backer, no moves, not very strong, no agility. This is why he went almost undrafted, not because of his sexual orientation.

Time will of course, tell if this was a good draft or not. Time has told the story of the past few drafts as C's at best. They didn't reach? Jernigan was a reach in the 2nd, no reach in the first I suppose, though the ranking and position of need met one pick after the Ravens. Based on what I know of these players from seeing most of them actually play in numerous games, I think we are in for a long 2 or 3 years; I hope I am wrong. We truly can't judge a player now on another team as each team developes players differntly and even uses them in different ways, so there is now no true way of knowing if they would have worked out better here. There is no or little doubt that the Ravens could have both filled the needs and drafted best player, but we will never know their rankings, we can only go off our feelings and the rankings of Mel & the like. Mosley, high praise from many in the proffesion, possible defensive player of the year, ok, sure, we shall see.

ummmm they must have really wanted him to trade for him, why not make the trade for stevie johnson for the same pick? quite odd, this kid will be lucky to make it through camp.

My daughter goes to LIberty, Coastal's arch rival. a bit of a mudder, not really a short yardage back but he is patient to wait for holes to open. Doesn't do well in the passing game, not a great blocker.... we shall see, I do like this pick.

Potential......................... has the body type they are looking for, but is not very strong and for me, the broken foot really worries me. Those things, especially on big guys, almost never heals right and always has lasting affects.....

Oh boy, another defensive tackle............

Maybe a blocker, again, he did not dominate lesser opponents so we shall see how he does now. They already have a blocking tight end, tall, good hands on the team, he was on the ps last year. Amaro is an athletic tight end, true, not a true blocker, but then, neither is Pitta, nor any of the receivers. He can get down the seem, gets off press coverage well too boot....

Yeah, Desire, not saying it will happen, but I would not be surprised if he beats out their number one pick for the starting job............... pickings are getting slim, real fast............... Browns have had a very good draft.

Yep, this is where Ozzie and his staff do their best work, late rounds and UDFA.

Amaro was there when they took Jernigan, I would love to know how closely they rated the players. Amaro is heads & tails better, right now, than Gilmore. You can only coach so much, you can't coach speed, you can't coach athleticism, and usually, if aplayer struggles with making catched in traffic, contested catches, they will always; usually.

True, but if he was the "highest rated player" on their board, there is an issue I see. He does have large hands and catches well, when wide open. But struggles to adjust to the ball in traffic and drops a lot of passes if they are contested. So, we traded one tight end who drops a lot, for another, but hey, he is an inch or two taller....