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God what the hell is up with all this sympathy for a guy who committed suicide and left behind children. This man got paid to playt a game for a living and instead of investing his money like a smart man he tries to reinvent the damn wheel and loses his ass. Is it unfortunate ? Sure. Could he have invested it and lived VERY comfortable for the rest of his life ? Yep. Sorry if I dont buy the concussion thing, but I have been hit by more IED's than I care to count and have at least 3 concussions linked to explosive trauma, and several others from whatever asinine field problem I have had to do for the military. Some have coming from jumping out of plains and then smacking your head on a rock or something on a PLF. The concussion things are bullshit there are far more accountants who have suicides and depression than athletes. So by some of you guys logic numbers are a cause of depression. That is a completely bogus and irrelevant argument. Not only have people who have played contact sports and had far more concussions that JR and are perfectly fine way more than they are not. Ok no too people have the same life experiences, how is it soldiers who come back from Iraq and Afghanistan can have their legs blown off and are happy with prosthesis that allow them to live normal lives. So excuse the hell out of me for having no pity for a guy who had a career most would love to have, more money than any of us are likely to see, and the adoration of millions. CAnt do it. This is one big fuckin pity party for a man who took a cowards way and left his kids to fin for themselves. No pity from me. Call me an asshole if you want but this whole lets make some excuse for him shit is getting fuckin old.

Well God damn it. The season has not even started and we are not healthy.

I will never say that but I understand the premise.

Yes circumstances maybe and they do very but the whole concussion thing is BS, their are literally thousands of athletes who have lived perfectly acceptable lives after sports who had more concussions than Seau. So it goes back to what I said, when you have kids man up and fix your problems. The End. I did not condemn him, apparently he did that himself. If the man no longer feels his life is no longer worth living and by all accounts should be a big advocate for his own life, people want me to feel sorry. No all my condolences go to his children, not the man who thought his kids were no longer worth living for. :confused:

Ok really are we going to use that excuse...it was the concussions. Lets look at high profile athletes who were probably more screwed up than him and have learned to cope. Muhammad Ali, Chuck Liddel, Leon Spinks, Jake Lamotta, Ken Shamkrock, Jack Johnson, Pernell Whittaker, Randy Couture, Shane Mosley, Bernard Hopkins, Ray Mancini, Matt hughes, Deacon Jones, Jim Brown, Marion Motley, Earl Campbell, Lorenzo Neal, London Fletcher, Ray Lewis, Joe Frazier, and this list goes on and on and on. They have managed it cant be just concussed or hits because seriously all these guys took a bigger pounding.

The hulk. Relies on pure Strength and violence at the point of attack. The defense is intimidating and wants to just destroy things. The offense is Bruce Banner mild mannered, just there to manage the beast. Ultimately when push comes to shove ineffective.

Yeah damn those selfish kids who need their father. There is no way that they are selfish for wanting a father. That is ridiculous, and coming from you it shocked me. And it is in no way unfair for them to ask their father to be there. It was selfish for him to do what he did. You tihnk his kids are going to live this down anytime soon ? I am not sure what you meant by this but the way it reads is that it is selfish for someone to ask somebody to live when they are suffering. That means his kids are selfish ? Cant see that. If you have kids you need to man up, your life isnt all about you anymore. So leaving your children without a father...Sorry but in my opinion you need to man up and fix your shit if that means being a father to your kids.

I hate this about sports. If brett was not famous this is a non issue and is thrown out already.

Bein honest I cant spare sympathy for someone who leaves behind kids because of suicide. He was a great player and up until a few hours ago thought the world of him. I just cant believe such a devout family man would do that to his kids. This was a blow. Either way I hope he found his peace. My heart goes out to his children.

Honestly who knows with the Ravens ? We do the same thing every year let aging vets go, sign two or three cheap FA's and then Ozzie always drafts how he wants and not how fans think he should. I mean three years ago when he drafted Ray Rice after Mcgahee came off a 1000 yard season I was like WTF???? Yeah that turned out horribly..... So this year we shore up special teams in FA, and get Upshaw, and some much needed PO line help. Anywhere between A or C could apply who knows.

Yes Asante is wildly overrated. I would like to know how he is not. Receivers still have big games against him. He is terrible in press coverage. He is getting old. His makeup speed is not what it used to be so he cant afford to take as many risks as he does. Yeah the dude is overrated. When people say he is top 5 I cant help but laugh. If they said he was an average corner who is great in the zone and will let up big plays but will also make some then I would be cool with it. If he is in the top 5 though I discredit anything that person says from there on.

That IS Class. He hasnt even coached a down yet and I am rooting for him.

Let me start by saying I wish Baltimores draft went like this: 2nd Round: Mychal Kendricks (2nd) Tommy Streeter (6th) 3rd Round: Shea McClellin (1st) Greg Childs (4th) 4th Round: Micheal Brewster (UDFA) 5th Round: Brandon Hardin (3rd) Sean Richardson (UDFA) Travis Lewis (7th) 6th Round: Vick Ballard (5th) 7th Round: Jeff Adams (UDFA)

Wow you have to be a real piece of shit to fin humor in ruining what had to be the most exciting moment in that kids life to that point.

It was pretty solid so far. WE shall see if they are adept at talent late though.

I would love to assign a grade but we opted out. It could be great value but who knows. If we get Upshaw which I think we do then it is a success.

He might have done better.

With the 29th pick in the 7th round the Baltimore Ravens Select: Jeff Adams OT Columbia Not bad for a 7th round pick. He is a big physical guy who is good against the pass with very good feet and can slide well on the line. He has long arms and an extremely powerful base. he is a very smart football player and is a great developmental prospect. His problem is in the run game, to say he is not adept at it would not be a fair synopsis. That being said he tends to lunge instead of keeping his feet under him. The potential is there in the run game because the times that he does keep his feet under him he is a very physical run blocker as well. Being honest he has played less than stellar competition so the tape wont hold much weight here because dominating in an Ivy league school is not hard. That being said there are enough physical tools here he could be a very good prospect with some coaching and a strength and conditioning program.

Especially If Micheal Brockers is on the board.

I think Poe has got people gassed up. For a guy who did not dominate in Conference USA in college I am not high on. Being honest before the combine who knew who he was ? The majority did not and the people that did had him nowhere in the universe of the 1st round.

I think you could not go wrong with either as long as you guys dont draft Poe.

That is not true at all about mid round picks. At worst I would say 50/50 contributors. i know in the last 4 years the ravens have gotten two future pro bowlers and one all pro already from the third round. A lot of people from the 3rd are good players.

I will go the opposite and say elite HC. I think Brady is a great QB, that said when he went down they went down with Matt Cassel. He has proved to be less than elite outside of BB's system. The Steeler's still did pretty well with with Batch because their coach adjusted fire. I think the snafu here is that there really arent many elite coaches. People have great teams and assume they are a great coach. As evidenced by Tony Dungy, people thought he was a great coach but when he left they were still contenders. I understand this points to the QB in this case, which it does. But the players made that coach. That is not an elite coach. Guys like Bill Parcells would take guys who fit what he did and made a living turning franchises around. Chad Pennington anybody ? I am anything but a Pats fan but BB is one of 4 elite coaches in this league in my opinion, and they could all do well without their starter.

I don't really think you could argue he is not a top 10 WR. He is fringe top 5 in my opinion. As it stands if I had to pick right now it would be. Megatron Fitz AJ Nicks Then Wallace possibly. Right here it could be argued for may candidates suck as Jennings, Marshall etc.

So the Hard knocks thing where he decided he wasnt going to show up with his team, and Ryan had to check his room at night hoping he showed up. Ya know where Rex actually had to help in getting a deal done. That time he wasnt there. So youre telling me santonio only acts a fool because of his QB. What about Big Ben ? Pretty sure he will go down as a way better QB than Santonio will receiver. If you havent caught any instances of Sanchez complaining I dont know what to say ? You are going to tell me your locker room is cohesive. I guess we should take your word over all of those players that are there. What Namath has to do with this era is he cant help but be a distraction. The dude cant shut his mouth. You want to have all these problems on your team, and then have the franchise trying to posture in the media. Not a good look.