Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The Early Lead - Brandon Lloyd has special message for Redskins after Pro Bowl honor (SFW)
The Early Lead - Brandon Lloyd has special message for Redskins after Pro Bowl honor: "Posted at 1:43 PM ET, 12/29/2010
Brandon Lloyd has special message for Redskins after Pro Bowl honor
By Cindy Boren
Brandon Lloyd seemed to be joking. Or maybe he was just refreshingly honest. Or maybe he's unacquainted with the high road.
After he was named to the AFC Pro Bowl team, the Denver Broncos' wide receiver was asked if he would like to say 'told you so' to his former teams, the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins (with whom he was a 'bust of the decade') and Chicago Bears.
'No, I want to say, '[Bleep] you.' ' he said in a reportedly half-serious, half-good-naturedly way. 'And I mean that in the most professional way.'
Just how it was taken!
By Cindy Boren | December 29, 2010; 1:43 PM ET
Categories: Redskins"
Brandon Lloyd has special message for Redskins after Pro Bowl honor
By Cindy Boren
Brandon Lloyd seemed to be joking. Or maybe he was just refreshingly honest. Or maybe he's unacquainted with the high road.
After he was named to the AFC Pro Bowl team, the Denver Broncos' wide receiver was asked if he would like to say 'told you so' to his former teams, the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins (with whom he was a 'bust of the decade') and Chicago Bears.
'No, I want to say, '[Bleep] you.' ' he said in a reportedly half-serious, half-good-naturedly way. 'And I mean that in the most professional way.'
Just how it was taken!
By Cindy Boren | December 29, 2010; 1:43 PM ET
Categories: Redskins"
After catching all those long passes, Brandon Lloyd drops the bomb | All Things Broncos
After catching all those long passes, Brandon Lloyd drops the bomb | All Things Broncos: "After catching all those long passes, Brandon Lloyd drops the bomb
By MIKE KLIS
AFC Pro Bowl, Brandon Lloyd, Broncos
Brandon Lloyd was the only Broncos player to make the AFC Pro Bowl squad and to help mark the occasion, the team arranged for the local media to join him on a conference call.
Lloyd was extremely thoughtful, humble and appreciative until near the end of the conference call when he admitted to taking some personal satisfaction in showing his previous teams in San Francisco, Washington and Chicago that they were mistaken about the type of receiver he could become.
Asked if he wanted to tell those three teams: ”told you so,” Lloyd said half-good naturedly, half-seriously: “”No, I want to say, ‘(Bleep) you.’ And I mean that in the most professional way.”
After about 3 seconds of stunned silence, Broncos media relations director Patrick Smyth jumped into the call: “Anything else for Brandon, guys? I have receivers coach Adam Gase here … ”"
The Early Lead - NFL fines Brett Favre $50,000 for lack of cooperation in investigation
What a joke. fining a guy who made 20 million last year 50 k is like asking for a dollar from someone random. and what a load of shit that they couldn't trace back the ip address from the cell phone, cell phone forensics are well beyond that stage of technology.
And for those of you that think racism no longer exists, how much differently would this have gone down if it was Randy Moss sending texts of his Johnson and not Favre, the golden boy.
The Early Lead - NFL fines Brett Favre $50,000 for lack of cooperation in investigation
The Early Lead - NFL fines Brett Favre $50,000 for lack of cooperation in investigation
NFL fines Brett Favre $50,000 for lack of cooperation in investigation
By Cindy Boren
Brett Favre on Tuesday night in Philadelphia. (Jim McIsaac / Star Tribune)
Updated at 3:09 p.m.
The NFL has fined Brett Favre $50,000 for lack of cooperation with its investigation into improper emails and text messages he allegedly sent Jenn Sterger when both were employed by the New York Jets two years ago.
The league, however, said it could find no violation of its personal conduct policy by Favre, who, at 41, has said that this will be his final season. He has admitted leaving voice messages for Sterger, but the league said its forensic analysis could not determine whether he sent lewd photos to her. Sterger's representative blasted the news of the fine.
"My client and I are extremely disappointed, but not surprised, at today's NFL announcement that Brett Favre did not violate the NFL 'workplace conduct' policy," Sterger's lawyer, Joseph Conway, said in astatement. "While I am not privy to how [NFL Commissioner] Mr. Goodell reached such a finding, we strongly disagree with his conclusion that there was insufficient evidence to support a violation of the policy.
"To the contrary, our evidence and the personal testimony of Ms. Sterger clearly showed a pattern of lewd and offensive behavior by Mr. Favre that lasted all of the 2008 season. As noted in the NFL's release, 'there was no evidence to suggest that Sterger engaged in any inappropriate conduct.' In addition to the offensive messages, there was ample evidence to show that the sexually explicit photographs were part of Favre's inappropriate behavior. Our evidence clearly showed that the photos were sent by Favre."
The league's statement:
The NFL office conducted an investigation to determine whether Brett Favre's interaction with New York Jets game-day employee Jenn Sterger in 2008 violated the NFL Personal Conduct Policy.
In reviewing the matter, the sole focus was on whether there was a violation of league policies regarding conduct in the workplace. NFL policies do not extend to private conduct or make judgments about the appropriateness of personal relationships, except where that conduct or those relationships raise issues under the law or league policies.
The investigation included an analysis of publicly available reports; a series of interviews with knowledgeable individuals, including Sterger and Favre; a review of communications between the two furnished to our office; and independent forensic analysis of electronically stored material. The investigation was limited in several respects because the conduct occurred in 2008 but was not brought to our attention until this fall. As a result, certain records and individuals were unavailable to the NFL.
The investigation also reviewed a second media report about allegations involving other women who worked at the Jets' facility in 2008. Misconduct by Favre regarding that claim was unable to be substantiated because individuals with potentially relevant information declined to be interviewed or otherwise cooperate with the investigation. In addition, our investigation took longer than might ordinarily have been the case due to difficulties in arranging to speak with certain key individuals, the time required to retrieve and review stored electronic records, and Commissioner Roger Goodell's decision to meet personally with both Favre and Sterger before making a decision.
On the basis of the evidence currently available to him, Commissioner Goodell could not conclude that Favre violated league policies relating to workplace conduct. The forensic analysis could not establish that Favre sent the objectionable photographs to Sterger. The review found no evidence to contradict the statements of both Favre and Sterger that they never met in person, nor was there anything to suggest that Sterger engaged in any inappropriate conduct.
However, Commissioner Goodell also determined that Favre was not candid in several respects during the investigation, resulting in a longer review and additional negative public attention for Favre, Sterger, and the NFL. The commissioner notified Favre that he has been fined $50,000 for his failure to cooperate with the investigation in a forthcoming manner. Commissioner Goodell stated to Favre that if he had found a violation of the league's workplace conduct policies, he would have imposed a substantially higher level of discipline.
In a memo to clubs today, Commissioner Goodell reminded them of the serious nature of this matter and stated that NFL policies make no excuses for improper or potentially unlawful conduct in the workplace. "Every member of every club's staff should be able to work in an environment free of harassment or hostility, and one in which every employee is valued, respected, and given a full opportunity to contribute to the goals of the club and the NFL," Commissioner Goodell said. "Our new training program on workplace conduct will help all of us to promote the right kind of environment for all employees and I intend to dedicate the fine I have imposed on Favre to help fund that training program."
By Cindy Boren | December 29, 2010; 12:55 PM ET
Categories: Brett Favre, NFL
Grading 15 rookie keepers
a very nice write up
Grading 15 rookie keepers
Grading 15 rookie keepers
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