NFL Discussion Thread - Hall of Fame Game: August 3rd

[cryingfreemancoa]

@AdamSchefter: After visiting with the Chargers, OT Bryant McKinnie is re-signing a two-year deal with the Ravens, Baltimore announced.

 

[cash money 1999]

its pretty evident by half the race if your going to win or not , most people sandbag the last 10 yards if they losing

 

[airjordan jb23]

Would love to see footage of that race

 

[Chester McFloppy]

Cliff Harris busted for weed possession in New Jersey.

 

[shox23]

Cliff Harris busted for weed possession in New Jersey.

The original Tyrann Mathieu

 

[hymen man]

I usually never pay attention to Rookie Camps... but I'm hearing great things about Xavier and Patterson.. granted it's mini rookie camp.. but I'm extremely excited to see what these two will bring to the table for us this season and the future.


Floyd is there as well obviously, but there's not much physical interaction between players to gauge how he's doing but I'm sure he's gonna come in hungry and prove to the teams that passed on 'em that he's the goods.

SKOL!

 

[jj watt]

that NFC North next year is going to be brutal

 

[fraij da 5 11]

Gonna be sad seeing my dude Xavier get eaten up by Arod.

 

[hymen man]

Yeah well, screw you pal!

 

[jpzx]

Gonna be sad seeing my dude Xavier get eaten up by Arod.

LOL.

DROY

 

[SneakerProSr.]

Gonna be sad seeing my dude Xavier get eaten up by Arod.

LOL.

DROY

I see this quote and raise you an Ziggy Ansah. Even Vegas thinks so.

I'm going to bump the or create the NFC North thread.

 

[dredizzle87]

I honestly think Rhodes will be a beast .. excited to get my jersey . Word is June/July for authentics to be released

 

[rell826]

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Former Houston Texans star Mario Williams is suing his ex-fiancée, demanding she give him back the expensive engagement ring and other gifts.

In the lawsuit filed Friday, former Houston Texan Mario Williams is demanding that his former fiancée give back a nearly $800,000 diamond engagement ring. Court papers say she refuses, so Williams is planning to taking her to court

Court records say Williams -- the former Texans defensive end who now plays for the Buffalo Bills -- gave Erin Marzouki a $785,000, 10-carat diamond engagement ring in February 2012. Williams claims his former fiancée terminated the engagement earlier this year.

Court records say the "defendant never intended to marry plaintiff and used the relationship as a means to get to plaintiff's money and acquire gifts."

Williams also alleges he purchased more than $230,000 in luxury items for his former fiancée and also gave her a credit card where he claims she charged more than $108,000 in less than a year.

Under a rule that is recognized by Texas courts, Williams may be entitled to get the ring back because it was given as a gift with the intention of getting married, and Marzouki reportedly ended the engagement.

Would have been better off getting a hooker. Clearly got used.

 

[finallyfamous]

I honestly think Rhodes will be a beast .. excited to get my jersey . Word is June/July for authentics to be released

Can't you just customize one on NFL.com? The prices are just outrageous though :x

 

[fear the ibis]

Thank you Marlins, for screwing over every single sports fan in south florida with your ******** stadium.

And thank you Steve Ross,for being a greedy bastard and asking for public funding for stadium renovations that you could EASILY pay for yourself just to increase profits.

Dee: Fins' future in Miami 'bleak'
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Dolphins Won't Pay For Renovations

AFC East blogger James Walker discusses Dolphins CEO Mike Dee's comments about the future of the team in South Florida.
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Miami Dolphins CEO Mike Dee said in a television interview Sunday his team won't pay for any renovations to Sun Life Stadium after the Florida Legislature ended its session without passing any funding plan that would assist the team's quest to refurbish the stadium.

"We cannot do this without a private-public partnership," Dee told WFOR-TV in Miami. "At this time we have no intention of investing more."

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When asked about the long-term future of the Dolphins in South Florida, Dee said: "I wouldn't want to prognosticate what the future holds, but it's clearly bleak."

Dee said in the interview that 73-year-old owner Stephen Ross has no intentions to move the franchise, but at some point he'll sell the team and the aging stadium will be an issue confronting the new owner.

Dee was asked in the interview whether moving the franchise to Los Angeles now becomes an option.

"I don't think it's an option for Steve Ross, but for a subsequent owner? The Dolphins are one of the only franchises in the National Football League that do not have a long-term lease with their community," he said.

The refusal of the GOP-controlled Legislature to aid the team wasn't just a defeat for the Dolphins -- it could also sack South Florida's efforts to lure another Super Bowl to the region in the next few years. Miami was expected to vie, along with Santa Clara (home of the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium, opening in 2014) and Houston for Super Bowl L in 2016 and Super Bowl LI in 2017.

"We clearly have our work cut out for us," Dee said. "Having a stadium that's competitive is probably comparable to having a good quarterback when you're playing football. You can win without one, but it's hard to win regularly, and it's hard to beat a team that's got a good quarterback. And in this case we're playing a community [Santa Clara] that has a great quarterback, a brand-new stadium. Houston has a new stadium that's been renovated, so we're going to have to work hard."

He said the Dolphins aren't interested in a "Band-Aid" approach to renovations but instead wanted to pursue a plan to modernize the stadium that would be "tantamount to a new stadium."

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CEO Mike Dee said the Dolphins won't pay for any renovations to 26-year-old Sun Life Stadium and without help from the state to help refurbish it, the team's future in South Florida is "bleak."
The Dolphins wanted both state and local help to pay for $400 million worth of renovations to 26-year-old Sun Life Stadium. The Dolphins wanted $3 million a year for the next 30 years from the state. Dee said Ross was committed to funding 70 percent of the cost.

The Dolphins weren't the only sports franchise affected. Others who lost out include the city of Orlando, which was hoping for help to lure a Major League Soccer team, as well as the Jacksonville Jaguars and Daytona International Speedway.

The professional sports teams were all backing a Florida Senate proposal that would have allowed each of them to compete for a share of state tax dollars. The measure would have created a process for pro teams to vie for $13 million a year in state incentives.

But the House -- led by Speaker Will Weatherford -- refused to bring up the legislation.

"I think part of the complication was the fact that it wasn't just the Dolphins," Weatherford said Friday. "You had five or six different franchises that were looking for a tax rebate, and that's serious public policy. You're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars, and I think the House just never got comfortable there when the session ended."

But the defeat was especially stinging for the Dolphins because the team had already agreed to pay for a Miami-Dade County referendum on whether to raise local bed taxes to assist the team. The initial Senate bill authorized the use of the taxes. The failure of legislators to act makes the May 14 ballot question meaningless, even though early and absentee balloting had already begun.

"We suspect that it's a pure political decision, that [Weatherford is] choosing politics over the right for the voters of Miami-Dade County to decide this issue, and that's a shame," Dee said.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

 

[dredizzle87]

Can't you just customize one on NFL.com? The prices are just outrageous though

they dropped the prices for the custom vikings jerseys ,. $150 for the elite custom .. (last years jersey) which is not bad seeing this years nike replica is $100 .. i just cant mess with replica, so im assuming the vikes new elite 51 authentics will be around 150-200,

 

[rrlegend]

Thank you Marlins, for screwing over every single sports fan in south florida with your ******** stadium.

And thank you Steve Ross,for being a greedy bastard and asking for public funding for stadium renovations that you could EASILY pay for yourself just to increase profits.

loria screwed the city so many diffirent ways 

 

[mister friendly]

Thank you Marlins, for screwing over every single sports fan in south florida with your ******** stadium.

And thank you Steve Ross,for being a greedy bastard and asking for public funding for stadium renovations that you could EASILY pay for yourself just to increase profits.

.

Yep

Why do all these teams want public funds to aid a private company? If you want public funds, the public should have a small stake in your business that way you can never move without repaying the public.

 

[Chester McFloppy]

Cliff Harris busted for weed possession in New Jersey.

Cliff Harris busted two days later for domestic harassment.

 

[jj watt]

The Phins won't be moved, too much history in that franchise.

It's terrible circumstances though

ESP considering a baseball team :x is effecting a football team

 

[rrlegend]

The Phins won't be moved, too much history in that franchise.

It's terrible circumstances though

ESP considering a baseball team

is effecting a football team

the browns would beg to differ , but in all honesty they shouldnt be going any where  the omaha / salt lake city  dolphins though lol

 

[finallyfamous]

the browns would beg to differ , but in all honesty they shouldnt be going any where  the omaha / salt lake city  dolphins though lol

Well, like the browns did I would expect the Dolphons to change everything. New team name, colors, etx

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Can't imagine Miami without the Dolphins.

 

[djexpanium]

With all their history....

Can't imagine Miami without the Dolphins.

 

[do work son]

Thank you Marlins, for screwing over every single sports fan in south florida with your ******** stadium.

And thank you Steve Ross,for being a greedy bastard and asking for public funding for stadium renovations that you could EASILY pay for yourself just to increase profits.

.

Yep

Why do all these teams want public funds to aid a private company? If you want public funds, the public should have a small stake in your business that way you can never move without repaying the public.

Does property value of outlying land of the stadium, and a rise in business of those close by count as the public as having a public stake?

The public has no chance. It's either fund the owners, or they pick up the team and leave.