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PFT PIC OF THE DAY
Eli and Peyton in their new Sunday Ticket ad: "Go git that there satellite. Deesh. Thing."
NO ARRESTS YET THIS WEEKEND
With most NFL types enjoying their last few days away from the game before the grind of a new season begins, we find it noteworthy that there have been no arrests of any NFL players through the first two nights of the Fourth of July weekend.
At least none that we know about.
Arrests have been a common occurrence for NFL players of late. Last week, Titans rookie Cortland Finnegan was busted for DUI and police in Georgia arrested Pats defensive tackle Johnathan Sullivan on multiple charges.
The week before that, Steelers receiver Santurdio was arrested for the second time in three weeks. For Bengals receiver Chris Henry, he had two arrests in the month of June.
Most factories have signs that display the number of days that have passed since a lost-time accident; maybe the NFL should do the same when it comes to brushes with the law.
We're not kidding. Since the Personal Conduct Policy isn't doing much to deter bad behavior, the league should come up with some type of an incentive to keep players from putting themselves in positions that could result in an arrest. Companies throw pizza parties or raffle off televisions if workers can make it through a certain number of weeks without losing a piggy to the meat grinder. ("No, that's not gristle in your burger -- it's a toenail.") Though there might be issues regarding the CBA and the salary cap that would need to be addressed, we think that offering free stuff to all of the players on the roster if everyone on the team can make it through a set period of time without anything more than a speeding ticket could go a long way toward creating the kind of peer pressure that will make guys think twice about doing things for which they can get cuffed.
Of course, the reward would have to be fairly significant, which in turn would make the undertaking relatively pricey in circumstances where the players manage to reach the lofty goal of continuously abiding by the law. But if the end result is less negative P.R. for the NFL, we think it's money well spent.
Then again, merely having such a plan in place would risk bad P.R. for the league, since it would be an acknowledgement that the show Playmakers wasn't so far-fetched after all. But we believe that, over the long haul, anything that might cut down on the number of players who are embarrassing themselves, their families, their teams, and the league is worth a shot.
Was the intersection at which Big Ben's bike wreck occurred part of the problem?
If Reggie Bush is "Jesus in Cleats," then Chad Johnson is "Moses with a Mohawk."
Finally, we're not the only ones raising the point that NFL's labor peace might be short-lived.
Titans CB Cortland Finnegan has hired the same lawyer who helped Steve McNair and Tank Williams with their unfortunate swig-and-steer episodes.
Former Steelers RB John Henry Johnson gets a pathetic NFL pension of $1,600 a month; the Baltimore Sun takes a look at the crappy benefits available to the aging pioneers of the sport.
It's July, and Junior Seau still hasn't gotten any offers.
Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck isn't worried that no Super Bowl loser since the 1999 Titans returned to the playoffs the next year: "Who were those teams? I don't even know. To heck with those guys. We're not them." (More importantly for the Lombardi-hungry 'Hawks, the PFT research team tells us the last team to win the Super Bowl the year after losing it was the 1972 Dolphins.)
Warren Sapp says that Keyshawn Johnson never once said "my bad" in their four years on the same team. (Keyshawn likely also never said, "Warren, I think your boobs have gotten smaller.")
More on the moron who used the longer version of Ozzie Guillen's slur of choice at the rookie symposium.
Reggie Bush thinks that the rookie symposium should be conducted right after the draft. (In your case, Reg, it would have been a good idea to attend the thing before the draft. By about a year. Or two.)
Packers G.M. Ted Thompson likes The Simpsons.
NFL referee Bernie Kukar is considering retirement.
There's no limit on the number of letters that can appear on the back of an NFL jersey (which means that the dream is still alive for 14-year-old
Bobby Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff.)
QB Tim Couch has undergone another shoulder surgery and won't play football in 2006. (Editor's note: Or 2007. Or 2008. Or 2009. Or 2010. Or 2011. Or . . . hell, you get the idea.)
Former NFL wideout and front-office exec Dwight Clark is involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. (The group is trying to figure out a way to handle a kid in Cleveland's wish that Clark "hadn't so thoroughly f--ked up the Browns.")
OutKast video director Bryan Barber will put together commercials for the NFL Network's new show, NFL Replay; the spots will feature several players from the "U", including Clinton Portis (who hopefully won't be singing that Eastern Motors jingle).
Former Bills QB Jim Kelly doesn't know who'll be the team's starter this year.
Bucs CB Ronde Barber isn't talking about his contract, which expires after the 2006 season.
Eli and Peyton in their new Sunday Ticket ad: "Go git that there satellite. Deesh. Thing."
POSTED 9:44 a.m. EDT, July 2, 2006
NO ARRESTS YET THIS WEEKEND
With most NFL types enjoying their last few days away from the game before the grind of a new season begins, we find it noteworthy that there have been no arrests of any NFL players through the first two nights of the Fourth of July weekend.
At least none that we know about.
Arrests have been a common occurrence for NFL players of late. Last week, Titans rookie Cortland Finnegan was busted for DUI and police in Georgia arrested Pats defensive tackle Johnathan Sullivan on multiple charges.
The week before that, Steelers receiver Santurdio was arrested for the second time in three weeks. For Bengals receiver Chris Henry, he had two arrests in the month of June.
Most factories have signs that display the number of days that have passed since a lost-time accident; maybe the NFL should do the same when it comes to brushes with the law.
We're not kidding. Since the Personal Conduct Policy isn't doing much to deter bad behavior, the league should come up with some type of an incentive to keep players from putting themselves in positions that could result in an arrest. Companies throw pizza parties or raffle off televisions if workers can make it through a certain number of weeks without losing a piggy to the meat grinder. ("No, that's not gristle in your burger -- it's a toenail.") Though there might be issues regarding the CBA and the salary cap that would need to be addressed, we think that offering free stuff to all of the players on the roster if everyone on the team can make it through a set period of time without anything more than a speeding ticket could go a long way toward creating the kind of peer pressure that will make guys think twice about doing things for which they can get cuffed.
Of course, the reward would have to be fairly significant, which in turn would make the undertaking relatively pricey in circumstances where the players manage to reach the lofty goal of continuously abiding by the law. But if the end result is less negative P.R. for the NFL, we think it's money well spent.
Then again, merely having such a plan in place would risk bad P.R. for the league, since it would be an acknowledgement that the show Playmakers wasn't so far-fetched after all. But we believe that, over the long haul, anything that might cut down on the number of players who are embarrassing themselves, their families, their teams, and the league is worth a shot.
SUNDAY MORNING ONE-LINERSWas the intersection at which Big Ben's bike wreck occurred part of the problem?
If Reggie Bush is "Jesus in Cleats," then Chad Johnson is "Moses with a Mohawk."
Finally, we're not the only ones raising the point that NFL's labor peace might be short-lived.
Titans CB Cortland Finnegan has hired the same lawyer who helped Steve McNair and Tank Williams with their unfortunate swig-and-steer episodes.
Former Steelers RB John Henry Johnson gets a pathetic NFL pension of $1,600 a month; the Baltimore Sun takes a look at the crappy benefits available to the aging pioneers of the sport.
It's July, and Junior Seau still hasn't gotten any offers.
Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck isn't worried that no Super Bowl loser since the 1999 Titans returned to the playoffs the next year: "Who were those teams? I don't even know. To heck with those guys. We're not them." (More importantly for the Lombardi-hungry 'Hawks, the PFT research team tells us the last team to win the Super Bowl the year after losing it was the 1972 Dolphins.)
Warren Sapp says that Keyshawn Johnson never once said "my bad" in their four years on the same team. (Keyshawn likely also never said, "Warren, I think your boobs have gotten smaller.")
More on the moron who used the longer version of Ozzie Guillen's slur of choice at the rookie symposium.
Reggie Bush thinks that the rookie symposium should be conducted right after the draft. (In your case, Reg, it would have been a good idea to attend the thing before the draft. By about a year. Or two.)
Packers G.M. Ted Thompson likes The Simpsons.
NFL referee Bernie Kukar is considering retirement.
There's no limit on the number of letters that can appear on the back of an NFL jersey (which means that the dream is still alive for 14-year-old
Bobby Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff.)
QB Tim Couch has undergone another shoulder surgery and won't play football in 2006. (Editor's note: Or 2007. Or 2008. Or 2009. Or 2010. Or 2011. Or . . . hell, you get the idea.)
Former NFL wideout and front-office exec Dwight Clark is involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. (The group is trying to figure out a way to handle a kid in Cleveland's wish that Clark "hadn't so thoroughly f--ked up the Browns.")
OutKast video director Bryan Barber will put together commercials for the NFL Network's new show, NFL Replay; the spots will feature several players from the "U", including Clinton Portis (who hopefully won't be singing that Eastern Motors jingle).
Former Bills QB Jim Kelly doesn't know who'll be the team's starter this year.
Bucs CB Ronde Barber isn't talking about his contract, which expires after the 2006 season.
