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50% off jerseys? Damn!
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Definitely thinking about phone ordering some stuff from NJ...50% off is what WE get. Imagine the employees potentially stacking their 30% on top of that and low key flipping them.
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Might have to make that call as well 
Salary cap projection went up again
Very good news
Salary cap projection went up again
Very good news
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Some of my pick ups 
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Adam Muema is gonna get trolled on by one of the other 31 nfl teams
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Is the superbowl patch new era on sale anywhere?
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Nike outlet in jersey gardens, NJ.
just copped a gray russell jersey and came out to be 50 shipped. good lookin out
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Get that paper BB[h1]Brandown Browner plans to sue the NFL next week[/h1]
Posted by Mike Florio on February 26, 2014, 1:00 PM EST
Reuters
After the NFL indefinitely suspended Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner, his agent/lawyer Peter Schaffer said that he “will sue the living daylights out of the league.”
Daylight is expected to arrive soon.
Schaffer tells PFT that he plans to file next week a lawsuit challenging the decision to suspend Browner. The complaint will be accompanied by a motion for preliminary injunction, asking the court to allow Browner to become a free agent on March 11, which would have happened but for the suspension. Schaffer also will ask that Browner remain eligible to practice and play until the lawsuit is resolved.
Cases attacking the arbitration process mandated by the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement typically fail due to a high standard aimed at respecting such outcomes. Browner brings to the table a unique twist. Although his latest violation of the substance-abuse policy happened while he was an employee of the NFL and a member of the NFL Players Association, Schaffer will argue that the violations placing Browner one strike away from an indefinite suspension lasting at least one year happened while he wasn’t employed by any NFL team, and while he wasn’t a member of the NFLPA.
Browner will contend that the NFL continued to subject him to periodic drug testing after he was cut by the Denver Broncos in 2006. Browner also will contend that the NFL notified him of those tests at an address where he no longer resided, and that the NFLPA never informed him of the mounting penalties and suspensions arising from his failure to submit to testing during the five years after he was cut by the Broncos and returned to the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks.
As PFT has previously reported, Browner actually had been placed on indefinite suspension before he returned to the NFL in 2011, but he somehow slipped through the cracks when he signed in Seattle. The league eventually placed him in Stage 3 in lieu of retroactively ejecting him from the league.
The lawsuit will be accompanied by an administrative complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming that the NFL’s overall approach to players who chronically test positive for marijuana violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. Browner is expected to argue that the NFL at a minimum views players who repeatedly violate the policy as being addicted to marijuana, and that the league’s handling of those players violates the duty to provide a reasonable accommodation.
Here’s a potential accommodation the NFL may want to consider: Quit worrying about what guys do on their own time unless and until they get arrested for something. When it comes to marijuana, that wouldn’t happen at all in Colorado or Washington.
Speaking of Colorado, which has legalized marijuana use for recreational purposes, that’s where the lawsuit will be filed. And that’s not a bad choice of venue given the local attitudes toward a substance that the NFL still refuses to allow its players to use, for any reason.
Apart from seeking a preliminary injunction allowing Browner to return to the NFL pending the outcome of the case, the lawsuit will seek all available financial damages arising from the league’s decision to suspend Browner for things that happened while he wasn’t an employee of the NFL or a member of the NFLPA.
“I’m not afraid to fight City Hall,” Schaffer told PFT by phone on Wednesday. “I’ve bent over backward to find a way to work something out with the league to make everyone comfortable.”
The NFL had no comment on the situation.
“I don’t understand how the league can ruin someone’s career over this fact pattern,” Schaffer said. “I’ll represent Brandon zealously to make sure his career isn’t ruined.”
Schaffer says he isn’t troubled by the possibility that taking up this specific fight will have separate consequences for Browner, or for his lawyer.
“My job is to protect my player,” Schaffer said. “You can use the word ‘blackball’ for Brandon. I could get blackballed, too. But I don’t care. I’d do it every day of the week.”
On one specific day next week, Schaffer will launch a process that could force the NFL to ultimately take a long look at how it administers the substance-abuse program — specifically as it relates to marijuana.
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What do you guys think of getting a WR via free agency?
Taking a chance on...
James Jones?
Jacoby Jones?
Kenny Britt?
If any of these guys are available for a good price, even though they all have their risks, I think any one of them would be a nice fit. Thoughts?
Or would you rather address the receiver need via the deep draft?
Taking a chance on...
James Jones?
Jacoby Jones?
Kenny Britt?
If any of these guys are available for a good price, even though they all have their risks, I think any one of them would be a nice fit. Thoughts?
Or would you rather address the receiver need via the deep draft?
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I don't want to invest more FA money in WRs. Like you said, the draft is deep. If we're going to spend that way, I'd rather just keep Tate.
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I think Kenneth Arthur proposed a deal of signing Britt on a one year deal (along with a Tate extension around 5 mil)
Instead of Brit, I'd rather just sign Rice for a 1yr 1mil with incentives deal. He'll be cheaper, low risk has already been part of this unit with his contract not effecting any other extensions/FA signings.
The salary cap being bumped higher than expected should give the team some good flexibility for 2014
Instead of Brit, I'd rather just sign Rice for a 1yr 1mil with incentives deal. He'll be cheaper, low risk has already been part of this unit with his contract not effecting any other extensions/FA signings.
The salary cap being bumped higher than expected should give the team some good flexibility for 2014
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I would take Rice over Britt as well.
But I've gotta think he would fetch way more than Britt would, which is why I think he might be the cheaper risk.
But I've gotta think he would fetch way more than Britt would, which is why I think he might be the cheaper risk.
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I'm not sure how much more he's going to be able to get...injury plague tenure with coming off an ACL tear, low production #'s
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Super Bowl fitteds at $15 on New Era.
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idk, you may be right...up to a potential 6mil but if he got anymore than that it'll be close to what he was getting here...I can't see a team giving him that.
Maclin injury history isnt as long as Rice's either. He's played in more than 10 games only once in the last four years and outside of that one year in Minny, Maclin has produced more.
Maclin injury history isnt as long as Rice's either. He's played in more than 10 games only once in the last four years and outside of that one year in Minny, Maclin has produced more.
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Do you have a link? I don't see it on there. Been intending to get one.
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Oh word. I was looking for the one with the patch but good looks nonetheless
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The love and than hate Rice for in this thread was awesome. Wish him luck. Will never forget his fumble against Tennessee
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I remember Mccoy trying to pick him up afterwards
******* idiot 
Also like to say seeing Tate and Baldwin speaking at schools is great considering one is a UFA and the other is RFA. Really makes me believe they both will be in the green and blue next season
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