2014-15 NFL Season Discussion

[Krazy]

I 'm still for lighten protection for kicker/punters but that kick would be a flag in any game. I see kickers/punters like watching a FIFA game you tap them and they turn into Sam Bradford.

[T-Bonizzle]

Kickers and Punters are football players, but I don't think they spend a lot of time getting tackled, run over, or kicked in the face....

[Doug E Fresh]

On a non-Browns embarrassing note...

New video shows Rice legit punching his wife.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/tmz-releases-footage-of-ray-rice-punching-wife-124132772.html

[Cory]

On a non-Browns embarrassing note...

New video shows Rice legit punching his wife.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/tmz-releases-footage-of-ray-rice-punching-wife-124132772.html

Yikes.

NFL would rather take all the fun out of the league and personality than rightfully ban a man-midget douchebag

[Krazy]

Yikes.

NFL would rather take all the fun out of the league and personality than rightfully ban a man-midget douchebag

Give him a season ban he is a sports figure and a role model. This isn't how a role model behaves.

[Cory]

I think the Ravens cut him tonight.

[Fnord]

He's still a good player, even though his actions out of the NFL are really fucked up. But look at Vick... lol

[Justin]

All Brown had to do was go left and he had nothing but grass and three blockers in front of him and he would have scored.

[Justin]

And as expected...Rice has been cut.

[Fnord]

Yep. I eat my words. lol

[Krazy]

Here is what ESPN reported

BALTIMORE -- Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released that appears to show the running back striking his then-fiancee in February.

The grainy video, released by TMZ Sports, apparently shows Rice and Janay Palmer in an elevator at an Atlantic City casino. Each hits the other before Rice knocks Palmer off her feet and into a railing. An earlier TMZ video showed Rice dragging Palmer, now his wife, from the elevator at the Revel casino, which closed Sept. 2.

The Ravens said earlier Monday that they never saw the new video. Hours later, they sent out a one-sentence release:

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"The Baltimore Ravens terminated the contract of RB Ray Rice this afternoon."

The NFL also took action, saying on Twitter that commissioner "Roger Goodell has announced that based on new video evidence that became available today he has indefinitely suspended Ray Rice."

Coach John Harbaugh was expected to talk Monday night after practice. Rice had three years remaining on his contract at $4 million this season, $3 million next season and $3 million in 2016. The Ravens will not owe Rice any money.

The NFL suspended Rice for two games in July for domestic violence, a punishment at the time that received widespread criticism in different circles.

"We requested from law enforcement any and all information about the incident, including the video from inside the elevator," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Monday morning. "That video was not made available to us and no one in our office has seen it until today."

Goodell indicated as much on Aug. 1 when during the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction weekend.

"When we're going through the process of evaluating the issue and whether there will be discipline, you look at all of the facts that you have available to us," Goodell said. "Law enforcement normally has more ... information, facts, than we have. We'll get as much as we possibly can."

Rice's lawyer, Michael Diamondstein, declined to comment when contacted by The Associated Press.

The 27-year-old Rice was charged with felony aggravated assault in the case, but in May he was accepted into a pretrial intervention program that allowed him to avoid jail time and could lead to the charge being purged from his record.

After Goodell drew criticism not being tough enough on Rice, in a letter to all 32 NFL owners in August he wrote, "My disciplinary decision led the public to question our sincerity, our commitment, and whether we understood the toll that domestic violence inflicts on so many families. I take responsibility both for the decision and for ensuring that our actions in the future properly reflect our values."

"I didn't get it right," he added. "Simply put, we have to do better. And we will."

First-time offenders now face a six-game suspension.

Rice began his suspension Sunday, when the Ravens opened their season with a 23-16 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. He was scheduled to return after Thursday night's game against Pittsburgh. According to the terms of his suspension, Rice could not be with the team and must work out alone.

Rice hasn't spoken often to the media since his arrest, but on July 31 called his actions "inexcusable" and said this is "something I have to live with the rest of my life."

He added: "I know that's not who I am as a man. That's not who my mom raised me to be. If anybody knows me, they know I was raised by a single parent, and that was my mother. I let her down, I let my wife down, I let my daughter down. I let my wife's parents down. I let the whole Baltimore community down. I let my teammates down. I let so many people down because of 30 seconds of my life that I know I can't take back."

source
ESPN.com

[Justin]

I'm not sure the NFL can go back and suspend him indefinitely. 

[Krazy]

I'm not sure the NFL can go back and suspend him indefinitely.

The NFL didn't suspend him Ravens terminated his contract.

[Mike Powers]

Did you even read what you posted?

[Doug E Fresh]

Both things happened. NFL did suspend him indefinitely and Ravens cut him. ESPN texted me so.