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      Dwayne Bowe: Chiefs players arranged for women to meet in hotel rooms on road trip

      May 24, 2010 /

      Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe is once again in hot water following comments he made in a recent ESPN the Magazine article.

      SI.com provides the details:

      No one, at least inside the organization, wants to talk about Bowe’s story, the one he told to ESPN the Magazine for last week’s edition. He said teammates arranged for women they met on social networking sites to meet them at a hotel during a road trip to San Diego in 2007, his rookie season.

      Calling it “importing,” Bowe said the women were flown in three or four days in advance and took up the entire floor of the hotel. He said the women knew just about everything about the players.

      Nothing about this story surprises me. You mean athletes went out of their way to hook up with random women on the road? Shocker.

      What does surprise me, however, is why Bowe would share a story like this. Outside of bringing attention to yourself or trying to show off, why would any athlete tell the media about something like this? Did Bowe think that the story wouldn’t be published? What was he hoping to gain by giving access to this kind of behavior?

      Chiefs head coach Todd Haley has already said that this will be a make or break year for Bowe, who is incredibly talented but can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Last year, he reported to camp out of shape and then was suspended four games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. If he wants to continue his career in Kansas City, he might want to concentrate solely on football for a while and lay low.


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      Is Robiskie ready to shine for Browns in 2010?

      May 24, 2010 /

      Tony Grossi of the Cleveland Plain Dealer compiled a list of five players that he believes may shine for the Browns in 2010 and of those five, I happen to agree with his selection of second year receiver Brian Robiskie.

      Brian Robiskie: The second-year receiver dressed for 11 games as a rookie and caught passes in only three of them. If one OTA practice open to the media is any indication, he should at least quintuple his season total of seven catches.

      Of all the receivers at last year’s scouting combine, I felt as though Robiskie was the most polished. That’s not to say he was the best, but his route running was superb (which is usually a great indication that a young receiver will make an impact right away in the NFL) and he displayed soft hands during all of the drills.

      Neither Grossi nor I are suggesting that Robiskie will be a superstar, but I think the former Ohio State Buckeye could mount a career that resembles former Bill Don Beebe’s. Some of you might be thinking, “Oh, wow – Don Beebe, huh? Wow – great.” But Robiskie could do much worse than to have a Don Beebe-like career. Much worse.


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      Orton on the trading block? Broncos say no.

      May 24, 2010 /

      According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Broncos are denying that quarterback Kyle Orton has ever been on the trading block.

      Broncos official texted on report Denver had shopped QB Kyle Orton: “Kyle Orton Has NEVER been available or discussed. Ever! Period.”

      The Broncos aren’t going to risk upsetting Orton by making it public that he’s on the trading block. Because if they do have intentions of trading him and a deal never goes through, then their starting quarterback will go through the entire season knowing that his team wanted to deal him in the offseason.

      The Broncos find themselves in a tricky situation. Orton’s contract expires at the end of the year and with three developmental quarterbacks (Brady Quinn, Tim Tebow and Tom Brandstater) behind him on the depth chart, it wouldn’t be a bad idea for the Broncos to try to get something for the veteran QB now before he bolts at the end of the year.

      Then again, the Broncos need to go with the quarterback that they believe gives them the best chance to win now. With a year of Josh McDaniels’ offensive system already under his belt, that player is Orton – not Quinn or anyone else. Will Orton get Denver to the Super Bowl this year? Probably not, but he’ll likely perform better than any other quarterback on the roster and therefore, it might not be worth it for the Broncos to trade him for a mid-round pick. (I’m just speculating what they would get for him, but it would most likely be a mid-to-late rounder.)

      That said, if Quinn turns in a great training camp/preseason and proves that he can be a capable starter, then the Broncos would obviously be more apt to trade Orton before the season. It makes no sense to have two capable starters on the roster when one of them will surely be moving on in a year. Might as well get something in return for him now.


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      Goodell active in getting concussion law passed

      May 24, 2010 /

      According to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter to 44 governors urging them to pass a law that protects young athletes from playing soon after they’ve suffered a concussion.

      Washington state has already passed the Lystedt’s Law, which helps keep young athletes from returning to the field too soon after they’ve suffered a concussion. The law was named after Zackery Lystedt, a Washington young who suffered a brain injury in 2006 after returning to a middle school football game following a concussion.

      The Lystedt law contains three essential elements:

      _Athletes, parents and coaches must be educated about the dangers of concussions each year.

      _If a young athlete is suspected of having a concussion, he/she must be removed from a game or practice and not be permitted to return to play.

      _A licensed health care professional must clear the young athlete to return to play in the subsequent days or weeks.

      I’ve made it a habit not to talk politics on this blog or in my everyday life for that matter. But this is a law that needs to be passed nationwide.

      Young athletes are often so desperate to please their parent or coach that they’ll risk injury to prove themselves. They’ll tell someone that they’re fine enough to play and then the next thing you know, they could suffer a serious injury.

      But if a coach or a parent has a checklist to go through before the athlete can get back onto the field, then it takes the guess work out of whether or not he or she is ready to start playing again. It’s a good law and it’s nice to see someone like Goodell strive to get it passed in all states.


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      Holmes speaks for the first time since altercation on airplane

      May 23, 2010 /

      Jets receiver Santonio Holmes spoke to the media for the first time since he was involved in an incident aboard a plane last month in which he feels he was unfairly treated by a flight attendant.

      From the New York Post:

      “I just felt like I was being scrutinized just for who I am,” Holmes said. “The stewardess was not working in the back of the airplane where I was sitting. She came to the back and addressed me to take my iPod off and turn it off. I turned it off, but as she walked away she said she still heard music.

      “I took my headphones off and put them to the lady next to me’s ear and said, ‘Ma’am, do you hear any music?’ She addressed, ‘No sir.’ I put my headphones back on and went to sleep and when I got off the airplane the police were standing outside waiting for me.”

      Asked, because the incident occurred in Pittsburgh, where he used to play, that was why he was treated that way, Holmes said, “I honestly think it was — flying back to Pittsburgh for the first time since being here in New Jersey. She definitely was just trying to make a name for herself, because she actually was the one that went to media and reported it. Nobody else did.”

      Holmes could have been completely innocent in this situation, but because of the choices he has made in the past, it’s hard to believe his side of the story. Since May of 2006, he’s been arrested for disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana, and also had a lawsuit filed against him for an incident in which he allegedly threw a glass at a woman in an Orlando nightclub.

      Maybe this flight attendant did have it out for him and Holmes was a victim. But he can’t act surprised that he was scrutinized when he has been in the headlines multiple times for the wrong reasons. Sorry, but you make the bed you lie in.


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