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They aren't doing boy "dirty".

It's a business first and foremost from both ends.

I want Dez to get paid his millions, he's earned it, obviously the cowboys want some type of discount or deal.

But overpaying WRs usually doesn't work out.

Go look at the top 10 paid WRs this past season and count how many playoff wins they got.

You over there talking about its a business....so Dez in every right has played as if hes the no 1 WR in league point blank aint no discount or deal these dudes careers can be gone tomorrow get paid while you last. Most of the Top paid WRs in the league dont have a top tier QB anyway so yeah production wouldnt be that great gotta have a QB to throw the rock to em
 
 
B-Marsh shouldn't be punished because of Cutler,he's still more than serviceable
Punished as in getting released by Chicago?

That should be more of a blessing to him then
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Naa punished as in overlooked 
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,he's still one of the best when healthy. Agreed that getting out of Chicago would probably be whats best for him though.
 
They aren't doing boy "dirty".

It's a business first and foremost from both ends.

I want Dez to get paid his millions, he's earned it, obviously the cowboys want some type of discount or deal.

But overpaying WRs usually doesn't work out.

Go look at the top 10 paid WRs this past season and count how many playoff wins they got.

You can do this for every position except quarterback

Paying top of the market for any position is a problem unless you draft well enough to fill your team with talent on rookie contracts .
 
 
colts really need to just draft someone good and young at rb
Agreed.


I admire Gore anting to come to the Colts but I dont think he has anything left in the tank.
As a true Colts fan like you are, you should be ashamed of yourself for slandering the Inconvenient Truth.

His 2014 defecates on any Colts running back in the Andrew Luck era.  To say he has nothing left in the tank is simply absurd.  Even if his running falls off dramatically, he would still be an upgrade.  This is not to mention that he is still one of the best blocking RBs in the NFL, which would greatly improve your offense.
 
The man has a point 
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Hell if the Raiders could implement a half decent run blocking theme I'd salivate at the thought of Gore splitting carries with Latavius Murray. 
 
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As a true Colts fan like you are, you should be ashamed of yourself for slandering the Inconvenient Truth.

His 2014 defecates on any Colts running back in the Andrew Luck era.  To say he has nothing left in the tank is simply absurd.  Even if his running falls off dramatically, he would still be an upgrade.  This is not to mention that he is still one of the best blocking RBs in the NFL, which would greatly improve your offense.

Well yes he can help in that aspect but hes going to be asking for a nice amount of money (I know its not a crazy amount) that in my opinion I would rather see spent elsewhere. Like our Oline for that matter.


Draft a RB and go from there unless the deal for someone like Gore is dirt cheap.
 
Gore could run backwards into the holes and get more yardage than Trent. Least Gore would fall forwards.
 
I'd prefer Duke in Indy over Gurley.

I don't think they have the road grading Oline Gurley would benefit from.

Gurley in Baltimore, Duke in Indy are the fits I think would look good. Maybe I'm alone in that.
 
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Patriots locker-room attendant tried to put unapproved ball into AFC final
By Kelly Naqi
Outside The Lines

A locker-room attendant for the New England Patriots tried to introduce an unapproved special teams football into last month's AFC Championship Game, the same game at the center of the "Deflategate" allegations, four sources familiar with the investigation told "Outside the Lines."

One source said that the attendant assigned to the officials' locker room, identified as 48-year-old Jim McNally, has been interviewed by investigators for Ted Wells, the attorney the NFL hired last month to lead an investigation into allegations the Patriots intentionally used underinflated footballs on offensive plays in the first half of that game against the Indianapolis Colts, which New England won 45-7.

Three sources said that McNally has worked Patriots games for a decade, and has been in charge of the officials' locker room at Gillette Stadium since at least 2008. In the first half of the AFC Championship Game, McNally tried to give the unapproved football to an alternate official who was in charge of the special-teams footballs. Those footballs are known as "kicking balls" or "K balls."

Before every NFL game, footballs are inspected and measured by NFL officials in their locker room before they can be approved for in-game use. The "K balls" are used for special teams, and not by the offenses of either team.

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Jim McNally, at bottom of photo, attempted to give an unapproved football to an alternate official who was in charge of the special-teams footballs for the AFC Championship Game.

NFL officials put a special mark or stamp on each ball approved for use on offensive possessions, as well as the "K balls" used on special teams, to ensure only properly inspected and approved footballs are used in that game. Walt Anderson, the referee for the AFC title game, had personally inspected and marked each of the footballs that were approved for use in that game.

The alternate official, Greg Yette, became suspicious when he noticed that the football McNally handed him did not have the proper markings on it, three sources said. One of those sources added that Yette found it surprising that the officials' locker room attendant was on the field, trying to hand him a ball, because officials' locker room attendants don't typically have ball-handling responsibilities during NFL games. Once McNally tried to introduce the unapproved football into the game, the source said, Yette notified the NFL's vice president of game operations, Mike Kensil, who was at the game in the press box.

Sources said they are not sure at what point during the first half McNally tried to introduce the impermissible football to Yette. They didn't know his motivation for doing so, either. Yette, when reached by Outside the Lines, declined to comment.

An Outside the Lines reporter approached McNally at his home in Amherst, New Hampshire, earlier this month, but he said, "I can't talk to you," waving the reporter away as he walked up his driveway.

McNally is a part-time employee who was hired by The Kraft Group, a company owned by Patriots owners Robert Kraft. Kelly Way, the director of operations for TeamOps at Gillette Stadium, said NFL game-day employees are paid by The Kraft Group. McNally is not listed in the Patriots' main switchboard directory.

It is not known if McNally is the same locker room attendant who reportedly ducked into a bathroom with a bag of footballs for 90 seconds before taking them out to the field before the start of the AFC Championship Game. On Jan. 26, FoxSports.com's Jay Glazer reported that a locker-room attendant from the Patriots allegedly took footballs "from the officials locker room to another area" on the way to the field, and that Wells' investigators have video of that. Glazer later reported that the attendant stopped in a restroom with the game balls for 90 seconds. That locker room attendant, according to Foxsports.com, is a "strong person of interest."

The Patriots, who won the Super Bowl over the Seattle Seahawks on Feb. 1, came under scrutiny prior to the AFC Championship Game, when the Colts reportedly alerted the NFL during the regular season that the Patriots may be using underinflated footballs after the teams met Nov. 16.

A source told Outside the Lines that Kensil decided to personally go down to the officials' locker room at halftime of the Patriots-Colts game to check the game balls, in part, because of the suspicions McNally's actions raised.

Kensil did not respond to requests for comment but it has also been reported that the Colts noticed an underinflated football after an interception by linebacker D'Qwell Jackson. Jackson said at the Pro Bowl that he didn't notice that the football was underinflated. Also, Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, told "60 Minutes Sports" that Colts General Manager Ryan Grigson told league officials in the second quarter of the AFC Championship Game that the Patriots might be tampering with footballs.

One source said Kensil personally checked the PSI (pounds per square inch) levels of all 12 footballs the Patriots had for use on offense and found that 11 of those 12 were underinflated by "one to two pounds." They were reinflated to the league-required level and were returned for use in the second half.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick has attributed the 11 underinflated game balls to atmospheric conditions and has said the Patriots "try to do everything right; we err on the side of caution." Team owner Robert Kraft, in a strong defense of his head coach and quarterback Tom Brady, said: "I want to make it clear that I believe unconditionally that the New England Patriots have done nothing inappropriate in this process or are in violation of NFL rules."

He added "I would expect and hope that the league would apologize to our entire team" if the Wells investigation "is unable to definitively determine that our organization tampered with the air pressure in the footballs."

The NFL hired Wells on Jan. 23 to lead an investigation into Deflategate. In a statement released late last month, Wells said he expected his investigation to go on for "at least several more weeks" and asked that "everyone involved or potentially involved in this matter avoids public comment concerning the matter until the investigation is concluded. The results will be shared publicly."

Dean Blandino, the NFL's head of officiating, said at a Super Bowl news conference: "There was an issue that was brought up during the first half, a football came into question, and then the decision was made to test them at halftime. There's an investigation going on, I can't really get into specifics."

When asked for comment by OTL, Blandino texted, "I can't elaborate with the investigation still ongoing."

The NFL, though a spokesman, told OTL: "We're not commenting on the details of the ongoing investigation."

this story has changed so many times at this point :lol:
 
I like pretty much all of them, damn :smokin :smokin :smokin


Only one I don't like is the Giants :smh: :x


Dez is pissed about the franchise tag. Supposedly he's willing to sit the year. Who knows how true it is.
 
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The Giants helmet is god awful

not really feelin the Seahawke one either.

Rest are pretty dope
 
@AdamSchefter: Cardinals and Larry Fitzgerald closing in on multi-year deal that will get done and enable him to finish his career in Arizona.
 
I mean Palmer isn't terrible but man I'd love to see him with an elite QB (or even near elite) for more than just 2008
 
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