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[PhillyPhreak54]

ROBINSON BACK IN REHAB

Vikings receiver Koren Robinson is back in alcohol rehab, according to his agent, Alvin Keels.  Keels tells Profootballtalk.com that Robinson re-entered treatment in late June.  Robinson is scheduled to be married on July 22.

Keels stressed that Robinson's decision to resume treatment was voluntary and not the result of any violation of the league's substance abuse policy or specific recurrence of the problems that plagued his career with the Seattle Seahawks.  Keels said that Robinson can leave the program at any time.

Keels' comments were made in response to information we received from a league source indicating that Robinson was indeed back in rehab.  (Operating uncharacteristically like "real" journalists, we called Keels for confirmation -- and got it.)

In 2005, Robinson spent 30 days in a South Carolina treatment center after being cut by the Seahawks.  He eventually signed with the Vikings, and made the Pro Bowl as a kick returner.  The Vikings signed him to a three-year deal during the offseason, but we've heard that the deal was structured to protect the team against any bad behavior.

[Diomedes]

Lots of us read PFT now.

They're reporting that Sauerbrun will be suspended four games.  Tested for ephedra.  He's been a known 'roid head since the Carolina doctor/Panthers story a while ago.

WTF are these guys thinking?  You're a punter.  Making COIN to do very fargin' little.  Avoid the Ripped Fuel, motherfarger!!

[Rome]

Broncos moving on without Lelie but would welcome him back
By ARNIE STAPLETON, AP Sports Writer
July 6, 2006

DENVER (AP) -- Mike Shanahan knows just the place receiver Ashley Lelie could compete for the No. 1 job he covets so much that he's boycotting the Broncos' minicamp: Denver.

"If you want to compete to be the No. 1 guy, why not be here? Why not be here in camp?" Shanahan said after the Broncos began their three-day practice session Thursday. "If you're afraid of competing against a No. 1 guy who's 35 years old (in Rod Smith)?

"I don't think you're going to find a better scenario than what he has here."

Lelie wants to be a featured pass-catcher in somebody's offense and is convinced he'll never get that opportunity in Denver. He wasn't pleased with the Broncos' interest in Terrell Owens over the winter and declined to attend the club's offseason conditioning program, forgoing a $100,000 contract incentive to work out instead in Tempe, Ariz.

Ironically, during the winter and spring he worked out with former Pro Bowl receiver Javon Walker, who joined the Broncos in a draft-day trade from Green Bay. Walker, who missed most of last season with a torn knee ligament, has a lucrative new contract that will kick in next March if his comeback goes well in 2006.

Lelie, who is entering the final season of the rookie contract he signed as the 19th overall pick in 2002, had 42 catches for 770 yards and one TD last year, numbers that were down from 2004, when he racked up 1,084 yards and seven touchdowns on 54 receptions.

"We drafted him as a No. 1 draft choice. We would love him to be the No. 1 wide receiver. That's why we drafted him No. 1. He's done some good things for us. I think there's still a big upside for him. I just think he's making a bad decision," Shanahan said.

"It would be different if people were beating down the walls to get him, but they're not," Shanahan said. "Why not come in here and try to do what you can do and make a name for yourself at a place that drafted you No. 1?"

Lelie and his agent, Peter Schaffer, say there's nothing new in their stance: Lelie wants a trade.

Smith said he wants Lelie to return to Denver: "I can't tell anybody else how to go and handle their business. I just want to see him in the football camp. I would rather see him on a football field with us."

Shanahan isn't ready to give up on Lelie.

"He'd still have an opportunity here if he decided to come back," Shanahan said. "I'm not saying I wouldn't be a little tougher on him -- I'm just joking."

But he's serious about fining him.

Lelie could be out as much as $12,000 for missing the three days of workouts. Once training camp starts later this month, he could be fined $6,000 for each day he stays away.

"I really haven't been reaching out, to be honest with you. Because he won't return my phone calls," Shanahan said.

With Lelie absent and Walker limited, several young receivers have gotten plenty of chances to impress the coaches during the offseason workouts, and third-year pro Darius Watts has taken advantage.

Walker ran routes Thursday but won't face defensive backs until training camp.

"He looks like he's in pretty good shape," Shanahan said. "He's making some strides. He did most of the drill work. We didn't do any team work with him. I think he could have. But we have a plan over the next three weeks to keep working him like he's working now and hopefully, by the first day of camp, he's ready to go full speed."

[ice grillin you]

"If you want to compete to be the No. 1 guy, why not be here? Why not be here in camp?" Shanahan said after the Broncos began their three-day practice session Thursday. "If you're afraid of competing against a No. 1 guy who's 35 years old (in Rod Smith)?


sportscenters monday nite moment tonight was from 1996...elway to rod smith 50 yards to beat the raiders in a last minute touchdown drive...they even had their classic old jerseys on...i couldnt help not believing that rod smith was in the league then

[ice grillin you]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2514911

[Diomedes]

^^^^
that's a link to the story about a Raven getting stabbed and running from his attacker, in case anyone cares

[Seabiscuit36]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2514911

"Nobody Fargs with Jesus"

[Feva]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2514911

Too easy.

[SunMo]

more Bengals fun...

Bengals | O. Thurman suspended for four games
Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:35:08 -0700

Mark Curnutte, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, reports Cincinnati Bengals LB Odell Thurman has been suspended for four games of the NFL season for violating the league's substance abuse policy, according to a source close to the situation. The source said it was not necessarily a positive drug test that led to the suspension, as a missed test counts the same as a positive test.

[Feva]

The Bengals are the Cowboys and Ravens, v 2.0

[BigEd76]

Call me London Fletcher-Baker

[Feva]

What does his husband call him?

[CSD]

From PFT:

KEITH DAVIS SHOT

The Dallas Morning News reports that Cowboys safety Keith Davis has been shot in the head and the thigh, in connection with an apparent drive-by shooting.

More details coming.

[Diomedes]

Now they're saying he's dead.

[CSD]

From PFT:

KEITH DAVIS SHOT

The Dallas Morning News reports that Cowboys safety Keith Davis has been shot in the head and the thigh, in connection with an apparent drive-by shooting.

More details coming.

ESPN is reporting that Davis died.