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U of Tennessee WR Justin Hunter (1 Viewer)
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Chaka
Footballguy
Attorney defends Justin Hunter, says he didn't sucker punch anybody:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13372965/tennessee-titans-receiver-justin-hunter-sucker-punch-anybody-lawyer-says
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13372965/tennessee-titans-receiver-justin-hunter-sucker-punch-anybody-lawyer-says
Yeah could be that too.
The punishment should be light now IMO. He needs some, fighting isn't OK, but this is now very cloudy and you've got the whole boys will be boys premise.
Bennett missed a week. (If I'm reading old articles correctly, it was TC and they went 8 days then 6 for some reason) He had fought with a teammate and the root cause was he was being lazy in camp, players wanted coaches to get on him and eventually that boiled over into a fight. Hunter has been mister perfect this offseason (other than this) showing up for everything and not really doing a thing to get Whisenhunt's ire. He matured seems to be the common sentiment.
His court date is just before the last game of preseason. My guess is they suspend him for that game and get a better opportunity to look at the young guys and that'll be it.
Somewhere in here is a common feeling amongst everyone(since they all have wealth) that they're glad this didn't happen to them and probably want the jerks of the world to know they can't stir this junk up. For example Lewan has a mean streak and plays like a fighter at times. They probably worry if this jerk gets a bunch of $ and Hunter a big suspension, that the same will happen to them. Remember a few months back, some college kid was a weisenheimer trying real hard to push Manziel's buttons. I think things like this are more concerning to NFL players and coaches(former players) than the public realizes.
Day 7 Training Camp Observations
http://www.titansonline.com/news/article-4/Day-7-Training-Camp-Observations/b08e55dc-1fa7-407a-aaed-26a508f25324
Excerpt:
http://www.titansonline.com/news/article-4/Day-7-Training-Camp-Observations/b08e55dc-1fa7-407a-aaed-26a508f25324
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cstu
Footballguy
ROYALWITCHEESE
Footballguy
Soft. That doesn't change.
cstu
Footballguy
Titans find little success when targeting Justin Hunter:
http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2015/08/30/titans-find-little-success-when-targeting-justin-hunter/71424670/
http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2015/08/30/titans-find-little-success-when-targeting-justin-hunter/71424670/
Today ALL the starters are expected to play, Mariota may not. They asked the coach to after last game's bad performance. Whis has yet to say if he'll let them
ChuckLiddell
Footballguy
This guy worth hanging onto in dynasty? I need a roster spot for a kicker before the season starts, and he is among a very small handful of guys who I am considering dropping (Brandon Coleman, Charles Clay). He is currently the leader in the clubhouse, but its a tough call...hes definitely shown flashes.
I would not drop either of those guys for Justin Hunter. He is basically the 5th WR option on TN at this point. Brandon Coleman has been running with first team offense on the Saints above Marquise Colston, is 6'6" and could be a Redzone monster. Charles Clay signed a 2 year $24.5 million contract with the Bills in an offense that gets a lot out of their TE's with Greg Roman's offense, in other words they didn't sign him to not have him involved.
packer_junkie
Footballguy
cut hunter.
Is he really running with the 1s (Coleman)? Everything I've read suggests otherwise. I'd like to find a nice late round stash WR and Coleman would fit the bill if he's indeed running above Colston. The only mention of that I see is him playing with the 1's in a preseason game. Nothing about playing above Colston, though I'd assume all 3 of the WRs could be on the field at same time a lot.
AP-VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Tennessee Titans wide receiver Justin Hunter's trial on misdemeanor charges arising from a July bar brawl has been pushed back to Sept. 15 so defense attorneys can try to produce a key witness.
Hunter attorney Toby Vick says the witness is the person who really punched a man outside a bar in Hunter's hometown on July 3, not Hunter, as prosecutors contend.
The witness had been subpoenaed to show up to court on Tuesday as Hunter's trial on assault and battery was set to begin. The charge stems from a brawl that began inside a bar in the oceanfront tourist district of Virginia Beach. The fight led to a man's jaw being broken.
Prosecutors have previously said the brawl began after Hunter interrupted a conversation a man was having with someone else at the bar that night. After an exchange of words, Hunter punched the man in the face twice, according to prosecutors' statements in July. After a melee ensued and the bar was cleared, prosecutors contended the man Hunter originally punched was bent over and spitting blood on the sidewalk outside when Hunter "sucker punched" him again before leaving.
The man had to be taken to a hospital for treatment.
On Tuesday, Hunter's attorneys said the no-show witness had told a detective that it was he who punched the man outside of the bar. Hunter's attorneys said they subpoenaed the man and that they expected he would invoke his Fifth Amendment at trial so as not to incriminate himself if he was to appear at court. Hunter's attorneys had been seeking permission to allow the witnesses' past statements to be admissible in court even without him there.
Prosecutor Wendy Alexander said the witness lives in the same neighborhood as Hunter's mother and suggested he is being offered up as a "fall guy" to take the blame for the victim's most serious injuries stemming from the fight. Before ruling whether previous statements by the witness could be admissible, Alexander suggested the court delay the trial to make sure he wasn't just stuck in traffic or sick.
Hunter attorney Toby Vick says the witness is the person who really punched a man outside a bar in Hunter's hometown on July 3, not Hunter, as prosecutors contend.
The witness had been subpoenaed to show up to court on Tuesday as Hunter's trial on assault and battery was set to begin. The charge stems from a brawl that began inside a bar in the oceanfront tourist district of Virginia Beach. The fight led to a man's jaw being broken.
Prosecutors have previously said the brawl began after Hunter interrupted a conversation a man was having with someone else at the bar that night. After an exchange of words, Hunter punched the man in the face twice, according to prosecutors' statements in July. After a melee ensued and the bar was cleared, prosecutors contended the man Hunter originally punched was bent over and spitting blood on the sidewalk outside when Hunter "sucker punched" him again before leaving.
The man had to be taken to a hospital for treatment.
On Tuesday, Hunter's attorneys said the no-show witness had told a detective that it was he who punched the man outside of the bar. Hunter's attorneys said they subpoenaed the man and that they expected he would invoke his Fifth Amendment at trial so as not to incriminate himself if he was to appear at court. Hunter's attorneys had been seeking permission to allow the witnesses' past statements to be admissible in court even without him there.
Prosecutor Wendy Alexander said the witness lives in the same neighborhood as Hunter's mother and suggested he is being offered up as a "fall guy" to take the blame for the victim's most serious injuries stemming from the fight. Before ruling whether previous statements by the witness could be admissible, Alexander suggested the court delay the trial to make sure he wasn't just stuck in traffic or sick.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
Is Roger Badell even in charge of discipline these days? Everything he touches makes the league look bad and I thought the owners had finally grown tired of it and wanted him to stand in the corner for awhile and think about it.
cstu
Footballguy
Actually 3 targets - Bucs committed pass interference on a pass in the end zone. Led to Sankey's rushing TD.
ChuckLiddell
Footballguy
In the exact same boat. Could really use the roster spot, but I am so scared to cut him and then watch the light go on for him...on someone else's roster. Has shown big time flashes of major talent. Finally a legit QB in town. I think you have to hold.
I don't see any reason to discipline him. There's more of a need to stand behind him as players get accused and crimes then become sensationalized. I think stuff like this makes players gravitate toward him.
He turned himself in, answered every cop Q, got a lawyer after that, was forward with the team.
If you go back and look at it, this accuser needs to be worried about getting sued. This went from nothing, to people on fb telling the guy he should press charges 10 days later, to a stabbing, to a fight inside, to a cheap shot outside, to getting courts to withhold his name, same friends discuss him lying on fb, trial comes and he's proven to be "full of it" with him being the instigator and Hunter being innocent.
Our judicial system is badly twisted when these people start fights with someone that has money, solely to profit from the fight.
The NFL really would put itself in a bad spot here if they weren't in Justin's corner or just staying out of it. It's fairly common like the hookup that predetermined she wanted to get pregnant from a star athlete. There's something creepy something familiar to their players here
Can't.
DGB not getting in much even when they're up a zillion points oh so curiously does not bode well for him. That makes Hunter the guy in the tall WR spot. He had more snaps than the others.
You're stuck with the 16 attempts. That's just not good for FF.
I really don't see how you could rationalize cutting him and not at least waiting another week. There's gotta be more than 16 attempts this week for you to make a better judgement. He may stink, we all know that, ya just sort of have to see it first before you bail IMO
az_prof
Footballguy
Right. And they didn't need to take many shots downfield. But what if a team takes away those underneath routes and short crossing patterns that Wright runs so well? Hunter is the deep threat and I think Mariota is capable of getting him the ball. It just wasn't the game plan nor was it needed in week 1.Bri said:
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root of all aliai
I don't think he's even shown flashes on the level of Britt.
He's the next guy off my roster (22 spots, 12 teams). He's only staying on this week because there's nothing that helps me on the WW.
buck naked
Footballguy
A 23 page, 4 year old thread is useless, just like Hunter.
I think he was a second round pick and I really can't blame the Titans at the time. Not a strong draft and in terms of height, speed, jumps he was in a Julio/Calvin/Green class but in Hunters case I think he's an athlete playing football, not a football player.
