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Breaking News 6/15: Suspension for Martavis Bryant Coming? (1 Viewer)
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nightmare
Footballguy
DJackson10
Footballguy
I'm all for having a reasonable discussion but don't send me terrible one sided offers. I should explain this a little better but this guy has a storied explanation why this trade is good for you every offer he sends. A few people have told him if you need to write an explanation for it unless it's some out of the box idea then it's probably not a great trade to being with for said person you are offering it too. We do veto the obvious deals. However this person is having at it with the Commissioner because he feels he has carte blanche on the entire league. I think we are realizing why he wasn't liked in his other leagues he played in years ago. If you don't like how the league works become a commissioner and make your own league. Don't make life difficult for us because you are turning a league that was suppose to be fun into a high school drama hour because you've been called out for some pretty bad tactics. I'm all for reasonable discussions however theres a tab listed for untouchables for a reason. I don't want to trade those guys. I've already told him 3 times I'm not trading Melvin Gordon or Carson Wentz. Despite that he's tried to send me offers where he totally overvalues his players and wants me to give up the higher pick? Sorry but trying to trade me Eric Ebron who's hurt each week is not worth me giving up one of these two guys plus the higher pick. Especially when 1 or 2 weeks later he ends up releasing the player he wanted to trade me.
Our Veto is there to keep things fair in our league. We aren't expecting 50/50 down the middle but don't be accepting trades for a B level player where you give up your keeper picks for the dude. That's how guys stock up and become powerhouses then use those picks to get more keepers and give their old keepers away for more keeper picks. Use some common sense. Yeah I know some of the guys I play with would probably never last in one of the leagues here. I'd rather play in a competitive league with somewhat professionals who don't act like children. It's why I'm trying to find a league here and maybe get out of that league plus I don't know how much longer that league will be there for.
DJackson10
Footballguy
That makes more sense reading his but I'm a little confused on one part. If he's in a program already and was traded and missed a test because of it, was that because he has to go to some other testing facility because he was traded? I don't know where or who they do the test but it makes sense they wouldn't have to travel out of town for it. Would this failed thing be similar to changing companies and your new office not getting all your paperwork for the transfer or what have you?
Silver & Black
Footballguy
I'm guessing we hear tomorrow, maybe end of the week that there will be no suspension.
Boone22
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Snorkelson
Footballguy
Kind of feel bad for these guys. It must be hard watching every little thing that you might ingest, or having a prescription that you have to get a waiver for. Could you imagine if you had to clear it with work before you could take a prescribed medication, and that 1) they could deny you the right and 2) if you took it you could be fired as well as 3) if you get clearance, the paperwork may get messed up anyway and it gets flagged.
Stompin' Tom Connors
Footballguy
These guys are making bank. Being super careful and vigilant for the few years that the average NFL career entails just seems part of the job. I do agree that substances that are added, changed, etc. to the list of banned substances is something that is hard to keep up on, and even then not foolproof in terms of accidental ingestion, but these guys should know what they are signing up for.
Thanks for the read, @DJackson10 -- agree that Occam's Razor points to a logistical issue than an infraction leading to suspension. But until we hear differently, I'm going to be on eggshells.
We seem to be on the verge of having a viable 3-deep WR set that may not be best in the league, but has the right talent and ability top to bottom. Without Bryant as that 3rd WR (even though there are still plenty of questions whether he can elevate his game accordingly, with or without this infraction news), we suddenly seem way more precarious and thin in terms of depth, playmaking ability, and even playbook creativity for our passing game.
Bojang0301
Omar4Heisman
Love when the NFL does this. If he’s going to get a year long I’m done with him. Instead I have to keep him on my rosters until they finally stop sitting on their hands and make an announcement. What a terribly run organization.
Snorkelson
Footballguy
Yes they get paid well, but so do lots of jobs, and if you have an adderall prescription or something chances are they aren’t firing you for taking it. Granted the nfl has peds to screen for but some of the stuff is ridiculous. I suppose the “all or nothing” attitude the nfl takes is archaic. Give a reasonable level that may be present that takes out some of the margin for error, and a lot of non issues would be resolved without ruining the integrity of the game. I’m trying to remember the specifics but someone got flagged recently for having “unknown substances” in his system (may have been another pro sport.)
smbkrypt24
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Maybe,but before everyone assumes that is what got him suspended it's worth mentioning the only person making this claim is Edelman.
Julian Edelman couldn't be suspended for unrecognizable substance
smbkrypt24
Footballguy
I had no problem with your post but thanks. I was just trying to emphasize that Edelman is only one making this claim and we don't know if it's true but it often gets tossed around like it's fact.
Stuart Ullman
Footballguy
Talk about a boom or bust kind of player. I mean, the Pack letting Nelson walk tells you what you need to know there.
Tremendous upside. I'll make an effort to stash him as my WR4 if possible. You never know. The talent is certainly there.
Tremendous upside. I'll make an effort to stash him as my WR4 if possible. You never know. The talent is certainly there.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I read that article about Bryant yesterday and I'd not go so far as to say it's much ado about nothing. I'd instead look at in terms of he's got a fighting chance to not get suspended, it's far from a done deal with this being the most positive line I read from that piece yesterday: " I am told there was a similar story a couple of months ago (I don’t know who the reporter was) that was killed because it turned out that there was a complication that was cleared up when Bryant visited the NFL offices."
That is actually the part that worries me.
If he botched the procedure once and got a pass from the office, having a second procedural issue come up a month later is a red flag for his attention to detail, and may (in the view of the league office) merit a wake-up call.
Of course, this assumes the article is actually correct. Everyone is going, by necessity, on inference, rumor and conjecture right now.
That's a good and valid point. I was looking at in terms of a reporter had jumped the gun before and might be again but you raise good points.
massraider
Footballguy
This also assumes one or both issues were HIS fault. No reason to assume that.
Well, aside from most other screw up being the player's fault.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
...and someone in one of my leagues dropped him to the waiver wire for Ryan Switzer. Can you say knee jerk?
