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Zrebiec just made a correction...it's a torn bicep, but the same timetable

Yep, definitely part of his schtick.

LOL I actually read it all. It's really not as bad as it seems, since each page is divided into individually numbered quadrants (4 "pages" for each standard page) and about 30 pages at the end are an index, so it really amounts to about 120 pages (took me a couple of hours). Some really fascinating stuff in there. I posted an exchange where Goodell will have nothing to do with some made up story about ball preparation Brady was making (trying to use the Belichick "ball rubbing" defense) and Kessler basically steps in and essentially says "these facts are too confused so let's just move on" lol.

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/depth-chart-offseason.html

You mean Melvin? Walker is listed behind Webb, Arrington and Pointer.

Just finished reading the whole thing. It's true that Brady's team was trying to paint this thing as a witch hunt against the Patriots and Brady. To be honest, Troy Vincent's testimony wasn't all that great, but I don't see where the NFL came off looking that bad. Kessler did make a point to question Well's independence, suggesting that since his client was technically the NFL (since he was hired by them) that his duty as a lawyer was to provide evidence favorable to the NFL. However, I think Wells did a good job in explaining the difference between being hired as an impartial investigator and actively representing a client. The testimony also brought out how the instructions to Exponent were to find the truth, no matter what the results were - which was continually questioned by the Patriots and their insufferable fans - and dispells the witch hunt talk: If anything Kessler looked bad...like one of those sleazy courtroom lawyers that manipulate the truth by asking leading questions and cutting off the answers. Even Goodell had to berate him once (I thought it was funny): Probably the funniest part was when Goodell called B.S. on Brady. They were trying to argue Belichick's contention that rubbing the balls made the psi seem higher at game time for the balls, even arguing ball preparation was different for that game, but it still didn't add up and the commissioner caught it: LOL, too funny

Weren't we hearing reports not too long ago about how well he was doing, and was singled out for praise by Pees in a press conference? You may be ultimately correct, but many on these boards seem to overreact to a single practice session.

Looks like Arian Foster suffered a serious groin injury last night - will probably require surgery, but he isn't expected to miss the whole season.

I have a love/hate relationship with the 24/7 coverage that everything gets these days. While it is nice to get minute by minute updates, we have to remember that this is still just training camp, where players are getting evaluated. Too muc stock can't be placed on just one practice. I understand Brown has not lived up to expectations so far, but if the coaches wanted to get a closer look at Means, that necessarily means that he'll be playing more with the ones and twos and will naturally be taking snaps from Brown on those teams. I now it's not quite the same, but if the coaches wanted to get a better look at Myers during one of the practices, would we be really be questioning Urschel if he ran with the threes that day?

Speaking of videos, just did some googling - looks like they had it up until 2007 at the pro bowl. I thought it was fun to watch those "competitions" like best hands, strongest man, fastest man, etc. It was actually more fun than watching the pro bowl itself.

Let alone a first round draft pick...

Jernigan, Williams, or Mosley seem like good bets.

Exactly. For comparison, just take a look at the injuries the Steelers have had so far this TC: Senquez Golson: shoulder Mike Mitchell: ankle Shamarko Thomas : shoulder Martavis Bryant : elbow infection Maurkice Pouncey: leg Ryan Shazier: shoulder Gerod Holliman : leg Ross Ventrone: ankle Cortez Allen: shoulder Jarvis Jones: biceps Bruce Gradkowski : back Josh Harris: shoulder Steve Mclendon : shoulder Deangelo Williams: shoulder Mike Adams : back

Variance is a measure of the dispersion of a group of measurements about the mean (average) - it can tell you how tightly grouped the measurements are. In this case, if you start with a group of footballs all inflated to the same psi (if you assume the Patriot ball boys did their job correctly), if the Ideal Gas Law was the only deflating force acting upon the balls, one would expect the measurements at halftime to be close to the same psi (tightly grouped around the mean psi rating). The fact that the variance was relatively large, and significantly larger than the variance of the Colts' balls, suggests that some other force may have been acting on the Patriots' balls to cause the wider range of measurements. The formula is:

Stole this from another site, but here's what PFF had to say about Jimmy just before he was injured last year: "Ok football fans, time to take notice of Jimmy Smith. A strong argument could be made for him being the best cornerback in football this season. He has been nothing short of dominant this season against great competition. The Bengals, Steelers, Panthers, Colts and Falcons all had no success while targeting him. He didn’t allow more than 28 yards against any of those teams. He hasn’t allowed a touchdown against anyone and quarterbacks have a rating of 51.5 while targeting him. He’s long, rangy and strong and can compete against whoever he lines up against. He has a similar style to Richard Sherman and he needs to be getting more praise than he is."

Maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but I seem to recall that in the Hard Knocks episode, they made the rookies sing their Alma Mater... But if they wanted to make it a quasi-hazing experience for the rookies, make them sing something like "Dancing Queen" by ABBA - that would be hilarious.

As a kid a remember the skills challenge (I think it was called) during pro-bowl week. I know it was more than QBs, and they even did an NFL's fastest man race...last one I remember seeing, Darrell Green won.

Chancellor is in the middle of his extension, but wants more money...officially a holdout at camp now.

Thanks for the update, especially the DBs. Heard a lot about Melvin getting reps in place of Webb, so it's definitely interesting to hear about Pointer too.

I'd bet dollars to donuts if that was Hill out there, Perriman would have torched him too. Any safety in one on one coverage vs. Perriman on that route is a total mismatch.

Not in the least. If you watch the presser or read the transcripts, you'll note that in college, Perriman didn't think the stance was really important because he didn't see a lot of press man coverage, so he was able to get a free release from the line of scrimmage. However, since being drafted he's been seeing it in practice all the time, so he has to work on his release. Having a balanced stance means that he can get more power off the line to fight through the initial jam of the db. If the receiver is unbalanced, the db can jam him hard and re-route him much more easily. It's one of those little things that fans don't put much thought into, but can have a big effect on the field.

Go for it! Glad people found it funny

Let's see: cries when he's about to be tackled, wears uggs, sends 10,000 texts in a couple of months, uses facebook to make an important statement. Yep, Brady is a 15 year old girl.

Yeah, I'm not sure there was this great conspiracy by the NFL. Sure, they wanted to get on top of Pr game, because that's really all that matters today (thanks to the non-stop coverage sports gets - thanks, ESPN and all that followed). However, just because the Patriots came off looking like fools - this guy comes off as upset the Patriots played the PR game so poorly - doesn't mean the NFL was setting up some sort of web to catch them. They were offering settlement to the end, and didn't learn of the destroyed phone until just before arbitration. If anything, Brady handed his own behind to Goodell on a silver platter.

However, one of the arguments in the PA lawsuit is that the punishment is unreasonable (this is why Peterson's suspension was reduced, and you've been arguing on the fringes of this). The destruction of evidence is certainly relevant to the fact that Brady's actions were beyond simple "failure to cooperate" and whether or not the egregiousness of spoliation of evidence (again, an action without precedence) justifies upholding the 4 game suspension.