The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V2

JPP claims he doesn't need his hand to do what he does. Giants are saying he is looking great and honestly I think the bulk loss will do him good. I'm cautiously optimistic.

Dunno if ye heard, but Jeremiah Ratliff appeared at the bears facility last week, and was acting erratically, ending up in a blazing argument with the gm before being cut, escorted off premises, and the police were called. This opened up a can of worms about his behaviour last year and how it fed into the loss of confidence in trestman.

Anyway tonight his agent has said Ratliff has no memory, at all, of the events described in the police report and is being treated in Dallas for an unspecified but related football related injury.

That's some scary **** right there.

Edit: it gets scarier, from nfl.com: Once again, after parking his car and entering on foot, he allegedly told an escort that "I am the devil," and wished death upon the children of staff members, the report stated. Ratliff, on the day prior, was also overheard as saying he "felt like killing everyone in the building."

Police were informed that the Bears believed Ratliff owned "multiple firearms," and that they were concerned for the safety of the staff inside the building. Ratliff was described as "very angry and irrational," in the report.

In other news, I'm watching Colbert right now and gronk just showed up in a halo 5 suit trick or treating.

Paully D wrote: »

The equivalent of an "I've been hacked" excuse.

Yeah but clearly his actions weren't those of someone in full control of their faculties. That having been said it could still be substance abuse related or any number of other things. Either way last week wasn't the first time it happened. The behaviour last year and the story around it is remarkable, both for him, and for the response of trestman.

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Yeah but clearly his actions weren't those of someone in full control of their faculties. That having been said it could still be substance abuse related or any number of other things. Either way last week wasn't the first time it happened. The behaviour last year and the story around it is remarkable, both for him, and for the response of trestman.

Ya, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't substance abuse related and if he's a regular user, then it can trigger episodes of psychosis and paranoid delusions. If the guy really is a multiple firearm owner, then somebody better take secure possession of them.

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Ya, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't substance abuse related and if he's a regular user, then it can trigger episodes of psychosis and paranoid delusions. If the guy really is a multiple firearm owner, then somebody better take secure possession of them.

Yeah, it's scary stuff on every front. Big loss to the bears too, but they're clearly not in the business of keeping problematic characters of any kind around this year, unlike last year when trestman, having watched Ratliff break a play clock, aggressively attack several other players, and did literally nothing to stop him, then made him a CAPTAIN the following Sunday. But anyway...

gufc21 wrote: »

London game not on bbc?

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You have to wonder how bad are the Giants & Saints defenses, when 13 TD's are thrown in a game.

jack presley wrote: »

It's not just that there were 13 TDs but on a lot of them the receivers were in acres of space.

Yeah there were some awful TD's

Vernon Davis is being traded to Denver.

Clementine Scary String wrote: »

bloody outstanding pickup for denver he's exactly the kind of guy peyton could use as well given how his arm has gone

Think Davis is a bit past his best now but could still be useful given Manning loves throwing to his TE. Not sure I see him as a difference maker for the Broncos though but probably an upgrade on Daniels alright.