Around The NFL - 2007

[SD_Eagle5]

Something to make rjs happy:

Titans QB still upset over losing Heisman to Reggie Bush
September 27, 2007

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Titans quarterback Vince Young thanked Reggie Bush for helping him get tickets to Monday night's game in New Orleans. That doesn't mean Young has forgotten losing the Heisman Trophy to the running back.

Young tells "60 Minutes" in an interview performed in June but airing Sunday night that he was angry about not taking the Heisman Trophy back with him to Texas in December 2005. He finished second in voting behind the Southern California running back.

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"And I wanted to show the world that I was the real Heisman Trophy winner. But on paper, Reggie Bush is the Heisman Trophy winner. (I am) not taking nothing from him, he knows he's a phenomenal athlete," Young said in the interview.

Is he better than Bush?

"I always feel like I'm better. Always," Young said.

Young responded by running for 200 yards and throwing for 267 in beating Bush and the Trojans in the Rose Bowl for the BCS national championship in January 2006.

Young finished that season with 3,036 yards passing, 26 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He ran for 1,050 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Bush had 1,740 yards rushing, 478 yards receiving and returned 18 punts for 179 yards. Bush led the nation with an average of 222.3 all-purpose yards and scored 19 touchdowns.

Bush also was drafted a spot ahead of Young in April 2006.

Young easily won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award by going 8-5 as a starter. He set a rookie quarterback rushing record with 552 yards and became the first rookie quarterback to play in the Pro Bowl since Dan Marino in 1983 as a late addition.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

<rjs> Worst QB in the NFL </rjs>

[PhillyPhreak54]

PATS HIT WITH CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT

A pair of lawyers in New Jersey have filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court on behalf of all Jets season-ticketholders who paid for seats to watch the Patriots and at the Meadowlands during the eight-year Bill Belichick era.

The action arises from the finding earlier this month that the Pats were secretly videotaping the defensive signals sent from the Jets' assistant coaches to the players on the field.

Alleging that the cheating violated the federal RICO laws and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, the lawsuit seeks $184 million in damages.  The number comes from the $61.8 million paid for tickets to the game, which is trebled under the theories alleged.

"How many times have the Patriots done this? We find it hard to believe they did it just once," attorney Carl Mayer said, according to the Associated Press.  "We just want to get to the truth of the matter of what the Patriots did to the Jets.  I think the ticket holders are genuinely concerned about it.  This is a type of misrepresentation."

Cases of this nature -- which some might call aggressive and others might describe as frivolous -- hinge initially on the identification of one or more legal theories that, if the facts alleged are proven to be true, will support a claim for the relief sought.  On that point, we plan to track down a copy of the complaint and give it a fair and objective analysis.

If the lawsuit can survive an initial challenge based on what's known in the profession as a "motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim" under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, then the question becomes whether the plaintiffs can prove the alleged facts.

And the problem for the Patriots is that the evidence of historical cheating was given to the NFL, which promptly destroyed it.

Um, that's a potential problem.

The suit also will expose Belichick and his current and former assistant coaches and all current and former employees of the football operations to depositions under oath.

That's a potential problem, too.

Stay tuned on this one.  The primary battleground will be the motion to dismiss.  Because once the pre-trial discovery process begins, things could turn very ugly, very quickly.

The farg? Goddamn lawyers and whiners....

[PhillyPhreak54]

Jeff Reed...Steelers kicker...your thoughts.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Jeff Reed...Steelers kicker...your thoughts.

He LOVES the cock.

[Seabiscuit36]

looks like bigbird

[rjs246]

Something to make rjs happy:

Titans QB still upset over losing Heisman to Reggie Bush
September 27, 2007

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Titans quarterback Vince Young thanked Reggie Bush for helping him get tickets to Monday night's game in New Orleans. That doesn't mean Young has forgotten losing the Heisman Trophy to the running back.

Young tells "60 Minutes" in an interview performed in June but airing Sunday night that he was angry about not taking the Heisman Trophy back with him to Texas in December 2005. He finished second in voting behind the Southern California running back.

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"And I wanted to show the world that I was the real Heisman Trophy winner. But on paper, Reggie Bush is the Heisman Trophy winner. (I am) not taking nothing from him, he knows he's a phenomenal athlete," Young said in the interview.

Is he better than Bush?

"I always feel like I'm better. Always," Young said.

Young responded by running for 200 yards and throwing for 267 in beating Bush and the Trojans in the Rose Bowl for the BCS national championship in January 2006.

Young finished that season with 3,036 yards passing, 26 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He ran for 1,050 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Bush had 1,740 yards rushing, 478 yards receiving and returned 18 punts for 179 yards. Bush led the nation with an average of 222.3 all-purpose yards and scored 19 touchdowns.

Bush also was drafted a spot ahead of Young in April 2006.

Young easily won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award by going 8-5 as a starter. He set a rookie quarterback rushing record with 552 yards and became the first rookie quarterback to play in the Pro Bowl since Dan Marino in 1983 as a late addition.

Let it go and learn to throw overhand, Vince.

[ice grillin you]

warner>leinart>young

right?

[phattymatty]

Jeff Reed...Steelers kicker...your thoughts.

he shaved his head last week.

and i wish i didn't know that.

[Father Demon]

warner>leinart>young

right?

*ding*

[QB Eagles]

Rumor is that Travis Henry has tested positive for smoking weed. This would be his third violation of the NFL's drug policy and would lead to an immediate one-year suspension.

[rjs246]

My Selvin Young Handicap, is looking fairly money right now.

[SunMo]

tell me about it, i was quite chagrin when i just checked the free agent pool for him

[reese125]

"And with nine mouths to feed and no other obvious marketable skills, we can't say we blame him for trying."

I mean, is it really that hard to pull out? Seriously?

Hes gotta be shteintin bricks right now, and its a crying shame all those kids will starve to death...please

[ice grillin you]

there goes the weed makes you impotent argument