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POSTED 10:46 p.m. EDT, June 22, 2006
JAMMAL BROWN GETS BUSTED
A league source tells us that Saints tackle Jammal Brown has been arrested for domestic battery in New Orleans.
Per the source, Brown was arrested after an incident with his wife. Word is that Brown got in Mrs. Brown's face in the presence of one of her family members. After Brown left, the family member pushed Mrs. Brown to call the police.
When Brown returned, the police were in the house -- and then they took Brown to the big house.
It's our understanding that Brown already has been released on bond.
Of course, the best part of all of this is that we've now got another candidate to help beef up a relatively thin offensive line on the soon-to-be-release 2006 All-Turd Team. (We were afraid that we'd have to fatten up some of the receivers in order to fill out depth chart at center, guard, and tackle.)
JAMMAL BROWN GETS BUSTED
A league source tells us that Saints tackle Jammal Brown has been arrested for domestic battery in New Orleans.
Per the source, Brown was arrested after an incident with his wife. Word is that Brown got in Mrs. Brown's face in the presence of one of her family members. After Brown left, the family member pushed Mrs. Brown to call the police.
When Brown returned, the police were in the house -- and then they took Brown to the big house.
It's our understanding that Brown already has been released on bond.
Of course, the best part of all of this is that we've now got another candidate to help beef up a relatively thin offensive line on the soon-to-be-release 2006 All-Turd Team. (We were afraid that we'd have to fatten up some of the receivers in order to fill out depth chart at center, guard, and tackle.)
DID THE BENGALS KNOW ABOUT FROSTEE?
One of the hot topics making the rounds in league circles on Thursday is the question of whether the Cincinnati Bengals knew that USC defensive end Frostee Rucker was facing potential charges of spousal battery and vandalism stemming from an April 2005 incident before drafting him in April 2006.
Rucker is the guy to whom we were referring in our April 27 entry regarding one more potential pre-draft bombshell. Several teams were aware generally of a potential issue involving Rucker that could hurt his draft stock; none of our sources knew what the specific problem was.
What's currently unclear is whether the Bengals drafted his without, or in spite of, the knowledge that he could be arrested for something that allegedly occurred a year earlier. Since several of the teams who knew about the issue had opted to remove Rucker from their draft boards, our guess is that the Bengals were clueless.
Now that they know, and it remains to be seen whether coach Marvin Lewis ever makes an example out of one of his burgeoning flock of turdgulls.
STRAHAN ALLEGATIONS AREN'T STICKING (FOR THE MOST PART)
The general reaction around the league to the allegation by Jean Strahan that her husband Michael embarked on an "alternative lifestyle" with Dr. Ian Smith after Jean kicked Mike out of the house is that the notion of a gay Strahan is a bunch of hoo-hah, caa-caa, and/or doodie. However, one of our regular contacts raises an interesting point regarding the decision of Strahan to bunk up with Smith.
Once Strahan gets booted from the family home, what the hell is he doing moving into a one-bedroom apartment with a dude? Specifically, with this dude?
I loooove me some me.
Strahan made $5.25 million in base salary in 2005. He can afford an apartment. Or a suite at the Ritz-Carlton. Worst-case scenario, it's our understanding that the Giants maintain accommodations for guys who fly in for look-sees throughout the year. Strahan could have hunkered down in one of those rooms until he lined up something more permanent.
This ain't The Odd Couple. (Then again, maybe it is.) Grown men with great jobs don't need to share rent or other expenses.
Meanwhile, the biggest "we're not gay . . . not that there's anything wrong with it" controversy to hit New York since George Costanza complained to that reporter from the NYU newspaper about his "high and whiny" voice continues to percolate. Strahan's parents have spoken out on Mike's behalf, explaining that he's not gay -- and that they'd know if he were. (After all, they never put him in culottes as a child.)
More importantly, Jean Strahan is now backing away from her "alternative lifestyle" comment, explaining that she was referring merely to Strahan chasing women after the marriage dissolved. "This is someone who weeks earlier was committed to two babies and a family life," said Jean Strahan. "So all of a sudden he became a wild bachelor overnight.
To me, that was a very alternative lifestyle."
Please, Jean. You knew damn well what you meant. So now she either is backing away because she knows it isn't true, or because she thinks it might be true but knows that there won't be any black cocktail dresses with objective evidence to confirm her suspicions.
