OT: NFL/Patriots 2016 Thread - 10-2

[Ten Thousand Hours]

Gronk has never come back from an injury early or on time. He is done for year.

The ankle injury?

 

[Fenway]

 

[Pia8988]

Are we experiencing the football version of Cam Neely?

Gronk was always an injury question mark since before he was drafted. It's a reason he dropped.

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

Mr. Glass

 

[Fossy21]

Poor Vikings

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

 

[Johnnyduke]

Jeff fisher signs extension with rams...today is not april 1

 

[JRull86]

Jeff fisher signs extension with rams...today is not april 1

Well he's a shoe-in to break the all-time coaching losses record.

Assuming they lose today, he'll need two more to have sole possession.

He honestly by the end of that extension could fall to under .500 as a coach, with over 350 games coached, just sad.

 

[Gee Wally]

The Patriots got a piece of good news Saturday as a league source confirmed that defensive tackle Alan Branch has won the appeal of his four-game suspension.

Branch was hit with the ban earlier this month for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Branch reportedly failed a test for marijuana.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/p...wins-appeal/xUtnrX8xkcwIawQISBURoK/story.html

 

[BruinsPortugal]

Jeff fisher signs extension with rams...today is not april 1

Can anyone give a reasonable explanation for this? Seriously.

 

[JRull86]

The Patriots got a piece of good news Saturday as a league source confirmed that defensive tackle Alan Branch has won the appeal of his four-game suspension.

Branch was hit with the ban earlier this month for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Branch reportedly failed a test for marijuana.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/p...wins-appeal/xUtnrX8xkcwIawQISBURoK/story.html

Very good news for the Patriots, as Branch has been very consistent in the middle, and after Branch and Brown, they really have a lot of unknowns as depth for that position right now.

Two random thoughts about this situation;

1) Shocked an NFL player actually won an appeal.
2) What the hell happened that he actually won the appeal? Did he actually fail the test? Get off on a technicality? Very curious.

 

[Ten Thousand Hours]

Very good news for the Patriots, as Branch has been very consistent in the middle, and after Branch and Brown, they really have a lot of unknowns as depth for that position right now.

Two random thoughts about this situation;

1) Shocked an NFL player actually won an appeal.
2) What the hell happened that he actually won the appeal? Did he actually fail the test? Get off on a technicality? Very curious.

Basically he failed back to back tests, one put him one failed test away from a suspension, the second obviously gave him a suspension initially. But he failed the 2nd only because it was so close to the 1st and the same marijuana in his system that caused the 1st failed test also caused the 2nd. Shouldn't have even had to appeal.

 

[JRull86]

Basically he failed back to back tests, one put him one failed test away from a suspension, the second obviously gave him a suspension initially. But he failed the 2nd only because it was so close to the 1st and the same marijuana in his system that caused the 1st failed test also caused the 2nd. Shouldn't have even had to appeal.

This is exactly what I was looking for thank you.

That system seems a tad rigged. Then again, it's the NFL so I'm not surprised.

 

[Ten Thousand Hours]

This is exactly what I was looking for thank you.

That system seems a tad rigged. Then again, it's the NFL so I'm not surprised.

It's also dumb that one of the least harmful drugs on their list is the one that stays in your system the longest. If you wanted to do drugs and pass tests, it'd be better to use cocaine or meth (performance effects notwithstanding) as those are undetectable after a few days.

 

[jgatie]

The Patriots got a piece of good news Saturday as a league source confirmed that defensive tackle Alan Branch has won the appeal of his four-game suspension.

Branch was hit with the ban earlier this month for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Branch reportedly failed a test for marijuana.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/p...wins-appeal/xUtnrX8xkcwIawQISBURoK/story.html

Looks like TuukkaTime/seidenbergy owes someone an apology!

 

[Ozamataz Buckshank]

Can anyone give a reasonable explanation for this? Seriously.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

No. 31 on the Rams was confused to hell on that play

Great start

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

Cyrus Jones handles punted balls like active grenades.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Love The Karate Kid music

 

[BruinsPortugal]

That explains everything, thanks. No wonder that franchise is getting nowhere.

 

[Seidenbergy]

Looks like TuukkaTime/seidenbergy owes someone an apology!

For providing a link to a ben volin report that said branch failed 4 tests and was suspended for it? LOL.

Your obsession with me is beyond creepy.

 

[Seidenbergy]

Rams look like they'd struggle with the brownies at this point.

 

[DKH]

If this was 2011 Line brawl after that hit

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

im surprised there was no flag on that hit on Brady

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

I kind of feel bad for Goff, his receivers can't even catch balls.

Not like Jeff Fisher cares though.