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Jerome Simpson could still play SundayPosted by Mike Florio on September 24, 2011, 8:39 AM EDTGetty Images
The fact that I continue to get emails from readers alerting me to the story regarding the arrival of 2.5 pounds of marijuana at the residence of Bengals receiver Jerome Simpson, and the discovery of six more pounds of the stuff there, tells me three things.First, some of you don't visit this site as regularly as you should.Second, some of you don't realize that we have a search box on the site that works extremely well.Third, we need to do a periodic Jerome Simpson update so that a reference to his situation appears on the first page of the Rumor Mill, which contains only the 15 most recent stories.Simpson is listed as questionable on the injury report, even though he has no injury. He was held out of practice on Thursday and Friday as the Bengals try to figure out what to do with a guy whose residence was the apparent nucleus of a marijuana distribution operation. On Friday, coach Marvin Lewis seemed to leave the door open on the possibility of Simpson playing."We're still taking to people and figuring out what the best thing is for Jerome," Lewis said, per Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer. "Any decisions I make on it are going to be based on what people recommend is the best thing for him."Lewis, who vowed to "support and help" Simpson, pointed out the player's positive attributes."There hasn't been a nonprofit, a school visit a visit to a hospital that Jerome Simpson hasn't been involved in," Lewis said. "He's done as much as anyone on the team in being part of the community. I think that's why everyone feels the way they do."The process really has to [carry itself out] and unfortunately it became more public than we expected it to be. But it is what it is right now."That reference to the situation becoming "more public than we expected it to be" is a little odd. It arguably implies that, if the Bengals had been able to keep it all under wraps, Simpson would have practiced all week, and he would be playing.Meanwhile, a prosecutor in Kentucky has stated unequivocally that Bengals tackleAnthony Collins is not a suspect, accepting completely Collins' explanation that he simply was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The fact that I continue to get emails from readers alerting me to the story regarding the arrival of 2.5 pounds of marijuana at the residence of Bengals receiver Jerome Simpson, and the discovery of six more pounds of the stuff there, tells me three things.First, some of you don't visit this site as regularly as you should.Second, some of you don't realize that we have a search box on the site that works extremely well.Third, we need to do a periodic Jerome Simpson update so that a reference to his situation appears on the first page of the Rumor Mill, which contains only the 15 most recent stories.Simpson is listed as questionable on the injury report, even though he has no injury. He was held out of practice on Thursday and Friday as the Bengals try to figure out what to do with a guy whose residence was the apparent nucleus of a marijuana distribution operation. On Friday, coach Marvin Lewis seemed to leave the door open on the possibility of Simpson playing."We're still taking to people and figuring out what the best thing is for Jerome," Lewis said, per Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer. "Any decisions I make on it are going to be based on what people recommend is the best thing for him."Lewis, who vowed to "support and help" Simpson, pointed out the player's positive attributes."There hasn't been a nonprofit, a school visit a visit to a hospital that Jerome Simpson hasn't been involved in," Lewis said. "He's done as much as anyone on the team in being part of the community. I think that's why everyone feels the way they do."The process really has to [carry itself out] and unfortunately it became more public than we expected it to be. But it is what it is right now."That reference to the situation becoming "more public than we expected it to be" is a little odd. It arguably implies that, if the Bengals had been able to keep it all under wraps, Simpson would have practiced all week, and he would be playing.Meanwhile, a prosecutor in Kentucky has stated unequivocally that Bengals tackleAnthony Collins is not a suspect, accepting completely Collins' explanation that he simply was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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what a joke that every other commercial for the NFL is sponsored by alcohol, a far more dangerous drug than weed, and yet possession of weed is illegal in some states.
that was a quick rebuke. 45 minutesthough you were right they didn't wait till the last minute. How does this break at 7:45 am, that's like 4:45 Cali time.?
