Adam “Pacman” Jones is really on the verge of some major trouble. The police recently confirmed he was involved in a fight at a Dallas hotel with his Cowboys assigned security guard. No charges are being filed, no arrests were made. Very close call for Jones. He has to know that if his name goes on one police report, his NFL career is immediately over. If this kid wants to keep playing football, this is not the way to do it.
Al Davis could be getting himself and the Raiders in trouble for his recent public claim of tampering by the New England Patriots. Davis said the Pats tampered and brought Moss in for an early workout before trading for him back in April 2007. The NFL said they may give a large fine and potentiall dock one or more draft picks. Basically, the league is saying Davis needs to shut his mouth and file his grievences properly and in a timely manner.
Jets safety Eric Smith will be serving a one game suspension after losing his appeal over the hit on Anquan Boldin. Yesterday afternoon on Sirius NFL Radio, Smith stated his claim and said he was going to knock the ball loose and prevent a TD, and was looking to hit Boldin right in the chest. The corner hit Boldin from behind, which basically knocked the receiver into the helmet-helmet collision. If you watch the video below, you can see that Boldin clearly was hit from behind and it does indeed look like Smith was going in for a chest high hit. However, the severity of the injury and the fact that Smith looks like he was leading with his helmet is probably what the NFL is going on. It’s legal to hit a defenseless player (IE – receiver in the air), but helmet to helmet while defenseless is going to get you a fine.
In other news, my fantasy team is down to only 2 players I drafted. Clinton Portis and Braylon Edwards. I just traded Tomlinson and Earnest Graham for Eli Manning, Greg Jennings and Santonio Homles. Got my 2nd win with all three new starters in the lineup last week. Hopefully things are looking up.