The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V3

Didn't mean to imply you had!

And in Watson watch, the panthers owner has publicly said they are out of that sweepstakes which is fair enough but you’d wonder how far into it they were.

JJ Watt done for the season. First bit of bad news the Cards have had. Could their season be about to unravel? It's happened them on more than one occasion before.

And something that mentioned by Ian rappaport yesterday is let’s say the Texans do trade him to the dolphins go on a winning streak and the pick isn’t as high as expected than the Texans get a picks that’s not as valuable as it was in November 2021.

Calvin Ridley stepping away from football to focus on his mental health. Wow

Von Miller traded to the Rams. I guess they're all in on a SB this year.

Jaysis only after seeing too that Derrick Henry is essentially out for the season with a broken metatarsal. Such a shame, thought he was in with a real shot of MVP. Would be nice to see a non-QB win it for once.

I'd still fancy the Titans on making the playoffs on account of their division, which would open to door for a Henry return should they get that far.

Thought that as well. Broncos were almost certainly moving on from Miller. at the end of the season anyway and they don’t look like contenders this year. They must have thought it was Xmas when the phone rang with that offer

Didn’t realise Denver were paying most of his salary. The trade makes a bit more sense on both sides in that case.

Rams going all in and really loading the cannon. It’ll be fascinating to see it play out

Melvin Ingram gone to the Chiefs for a 6th, wasn’t getting the starting role in Pittsburgh and wanted out. Seems a reasonable deal on both sides. He has played well when called up this year

Yikes, he's being charged with DUI resulting in death. The other car went up in flames and the person's body was found after they put it out. Absolutely awful.

Apparently that's a 2 year minimum / 20 year maximum jail sentence for him in Nevada.

I would legit never drive a car myself again if I had that type of money. Drink or no drink, any time of day.

Just reading up on it there and they were saying about how he credits his friend Roderick Scott with getting him started in football and he died in a car accident at 17 years of age.

So he really should know better.

Aaron Rodgers has tested positive for COVID, misses the Chiefs game this weekend.

Ruggs' car has airbag computer records that flagged him decelerating from 251 kmp/h to 204 kmp/h at the moment of impact. Twice the legal alcohol limit, and a loaded gun in the car also.

He's the latest entry on the NFL arrest Database and won't be the last. On the sympathy scale I'm at 0%

https://databases.usatoday.com/nfl-arrests/

Follow on to this story, Rodgers told the media he was vaccinated during the summer.

Turns out it wasn't a proper vaccine, he took some alternative medicine.

Had him pegged as one of the more normal NFL players.

You mean to tell me that Rodgers is a bit of a gobshite? Well I am not the least bit surprised, though I did actually like his shouting at the Bears the other week.

So its a bit more complicated than that. During the summer he said:

“Yeah, I’ve been immunized,” Rodgers said in August. “There’s guys on the team that haven’t been vaccinated. I think it’s a personal decision, I’m not gonna judge those guys.”

So he was very careful not to lie and say he was vaccinated, instead saying he was immunized. Its a very deceptive, political answer - but its not outright lying.

Its still very silly mind you, but its an interesting insight into his mindset and way of operating. I'd say a lot more people will have sympathy for the Packers general management dealing with his off-season drama last summer now.

The Ruggs story gets worse and worse the more you read.

Just a warning - some graphic details below.

From The Sun for those that don't like visiting their website.

"A bystander, Alexander Hart, was nearby standing as a security guard at a condominium and rushed to help, according to the police report.

When he arrived, he heard screams coming from the Toyota.

Tina was still alive, he told the police but he couldn’t pull her out, because she was pinned inside the SUV.

The Toyota “was soon overcome with smoke and heat from flames,” and Hart had to back away, according to the report.

Tina's dog, who was in the back seat, also died.

Ruggs refused a sobriety test at the scene, police said, but later blood tests were taken at the hospital showing his intoxication levels.

His girlfriend Rudy Washington, 22, was also in the car and was rushed to the hospital with major injuries.

She underwent surgery Tuesday for a severe arm injury, authorities said.

Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure said he was troubled by his initial review of the case against Ruggs, adding that in 16 years on the bench he had never heard of a crash involving a vehicle traveling so fast."

It's minimum of 2 and maximum of 20 years for DUI causing death. It's hard to see any mitigating factors here other than - I'm assuming - a lack of previous for the same offence. Even still, he should be hitting the upper limits for that charge alone.

As mentioned above he was also in possession of an illegal loaded gun, which in the state of Nevada which such lax gun controls, is an achievement in itself. There is also the matter of him having a radar detector and laser diffuser installed in his vehicle. I'm still not clear on the legality of them in Nevada, but it appears that laser diffusers are illegal in most states at a federal level.

Thankfully, it looks as if he'll be spending at least 10-15 years behind bars, all while (hopefully) being sued for every penny he has by the family of the deceased. An absolutely horrendous way to go and Ruggs deserves everything that's coming to him.

I've no sympathy for Riggs whatsoever and he deserves every day he gets in jail.

You are painting the worst picture possible though. Why?