Ravens release Ray Rice

[Skinzman]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Id take him over Chester

At this point, I would take a cheap stuffed animal that I won at a carnival over Chester.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

He's suspended indefinitely, no guarantee he'll be let back in after a year.

Last I checked Incognito isn't on a roster.

Incognito is different. He was a locker room cancer. Rice wasn't. Besides, not sure how they can suspend Rice indefinitely when they are in fact breaking their newly rules they've just put in place.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Skinzman

At this point, I would take a cheap stuffed animal that I won at a carnival over Chester.

He was abysmal last week. Just aweful in pass pro, better in run block. Richie Incog can do both better, you just have to be able to put up with horrific and graphic sister and mom jokes.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Incognito is different. He was a locker room cancer. Rice wasn't. Besides, not sure how they can suspend Rice indefinitely when they are in fact breaking their newly rules they've just put in place.

They probably reserve the right to review and rule on each case individually, hence the indefinite ban. Either way, no team is going to want to touch this guy for a long while.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

He's suspended indefinitely, no guarantee he'll be let back in after a year.

Last I checked Incognito isn't on a roster.

He's not on a roster but teams are looking into him.

[irish]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Incognito is different. He was a locker room cancer. Rice wasn't. Besides, not sure how they can suspend Rice indefinitely when they are in fact breaking their newly rules they've just put in place.

What Incognito did is totally different from Rice but the forgive and forget aspect of teams towards players isnt.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by irish

He's not on a roster but teams are looking into him.

Sure has been a long look. It's week 2... teams aren't exactly knocking down his door. They had all offseason to look into him.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Sure has been a long look. It's week 2... teams aren't exactly knocking down his door. They had all offseason to look into him.

He may or may not get signed, who knows. My point is he was a pariah and now teams have and are looking at him. I have learned to never say never when it comes to the NFL.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by irish

He may or may not get signed, who knows. My point is he was a pariah and now teams have and are looking at him. I have learned to never say never when it comes to the NFL.

I hear what you're saying on 2nd chances, he probably just isn't the best example since he's still waiting for that 2nd chance. He also didn't beat a woman on camera.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I hear what you're saying on 2nd chances, he probably just isn't the best example since he's still waiting for that 2nd chance. He also didn't beat a woman on camera.

True. The video is the whole thing in this case.

I still cant get past the fact that the cops had the Rice video and barely batted an eyelash yet the media has turned it into one of the worst things ever done by an NFL player.

[MTK]

Totally agree the bigger story should be why he's walking free.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Totally agree the bigger story should be why he's walking free.

I guess you cant expect much from AC cops. From what I have seen of them they are a notch above strip club bouncers but not as smart.

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by irish

True. The video is the whole thing in this case....

The power of images.
This reminds me of Desmond Hague, the puppy kicking CEO that ended up getting fired. At first the board of his company punished Hague and required him to serve 1,000 hours of community service and donate $100,000 towards the creation of an organization dedicated to protecting animals. The public outcry was so intense after they announced the punishment that they ended up having to fire him.
His company was a sports catering company that served some NFL stadiums.

The other one is the new Ferguson video that shows the two contractors raising their arms and saying "his arms were up and they still shot him", as they were watching the shooting. That is going to be hard for the policeman's defense team to overcome.

[SkinsGuru]

why does the video have anything to do with anything?? he is being punished for the same thing twice . . . when he told folks (nfl, police, ravens, etc.) that he punched his wife and knocked her out, what the hell did they expect it to look like on video? this is the nfl trying to make up for the public perception that the nfl did not punish him hard enough . . .that is it. . . . that being said, i agree with the harsher punishment, just not how the nfl got there

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by SkinsGuru

why does the video have anything to do with anything?? he is being punished for the same thing twice . . . when he told folks (nfl, police, ravens, etc.) that he punched his wife and knocked her out, what the hell did they expect it to look like on video, him give her flowers and she fell? this is the nfl trying to make up for the public perception that the nfl did not punish him hard enough . . .that is it. . . . that being said, i agree with the harsher punishment, just not how the nfl got there

My thoughts as well.