Tuesday afternoon everything will be laid on the table as Tom Brady and his lawyer Jeffrey will stand in front of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and try to all pretend Brady is innocent. The whole circus starts at 9:30 a.m. at the NFL’s Park Avenue offices. I really wish they were televising this.
And yes, to answer a few of you, Tom Brady will be at the hearing tomorrow in New York City.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) June 22, 2015
Unfortunately they won’t, but they are prepared for the appeal hearing to go on for more than one day, with Thursday set aside specifically for Goodell to hear any extra defense evidence or arguments in Brady’s favor.
Monday it was reported that the NFL’s attorney and lead investigator in the DeflateGate scandal, Tedd Wells, will also be at the hearing appealing Brady’s four-game suspension for ordering to New England Patriots’ underpaid schlubs to deflate footballs to his liking. The Patriots, as is well-known at this point, were caught using deflated footballs against the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship Game.
Cam Newton doesn't have time for those Tom Brady balls 😂😂 https://t.co/t3TjOzct7I
— NFL Retweet (@NFLRT) June 22, 2015
As far as when Goodell will let his decision be known, who knows? He still hasn’t officially told Greg Hardy the answer to his suspension appeal and his hearing was on May 28. Goodell, regardless of what Brady believes in his narcissistic, sociopathic brain, will not vacate his own suspension so the next step for Terrible Tom is to accept the suspension or take the NFL to court.
And we all know what might happen if he does that.
NFLPA will investigate Taylor Thompson release
According to ESPN, the NFLPA is “looking into” the Tennessee Titans’ release of tight end Taylor Thompson last Friday, who was waived with no injury designation.
Thompson has stated that he requires knee surgery for an injury sustained last season and, if so, the Titans should have put that in the release report. Thompson cleared waivers at 4 p.m. Monday and can now sign with any team. Thompson could need microfracture surgery that will sideline him all of 2015.
The CliffsNotes version on Taylor Thompson. TE thinks something's wrong with knee, and the #Titans don't
— Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) June 18, 2015
Thompson played in just three games last season and caught just two passes for 24 yards. Thompson has been primarily used as a sixth offensive lineman in the Titans’ rushing attack since they drafted him in the fifth round of the 2012 draft out of Southern Methodist.
Browns sign former QB Terrell Pryor as a wide receiver, Bengals angry over practice video
Former Ohio State quarterback Terrell Pryor, whose college career ended ingloriously with a season-long suspension for selling his own autograph, which is an insane rule that the NCAA should do away with.
Pryor should have entered the NFL as a wide receiver to begin with. At 6-foot-5 and 235 pounds he presents a monster target and back at Ohio State ran a confirmed 4.33 40-yard dash. He owns the current NFL record for the longest touchdown run by a quarterback when he reeled off a 93-yard run against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2013. He spent last season as the No. 3 quarterback on the Seattle Seahawks’ roster.
Didn't the Browns have enough guys who can't play QB in the NFL without adding Terrell Pryor to the mix?
— Dale Lolley (@dlolley_pgh) June 22, 2015
Pryor was cut by the Cincinnati Bengals last Thursday at quarterback, but he didn’t let them get away unscathed. Pryor posted practice videos from Cincinnati’s OTA workouts, something no other player has done in NFL history.
And there’s a reason for that.
An unnamed Bengals rep told ESPN, “I haven’t been around another player who has done that. By no means did we think a player would do something like that.”
Terrell Pryor was the No. 1 recruit in 2008. Johnny Manziel won the 2012 Heisman. And 35-year-old Josh McCown is Browns starting QB. Crazy.
— Garrett Downing (@GarrettDowning) June 22, 2015
Pryor took the videos down an hour later, but the damage was done. The Bengals’ official even tried the threat of blackballing Pryor, but it didn’t seem to have kept Cleveland from calling his agent.
“If I’m (a team), I have to think hard about signing him,” the Bengals source said. “Or else he might give out valuable information of theirs too.”
Pryor is a natural talent that is used to having the ball in his hands and can run like a deer. Why it took this long to make this switch is beyond me, but if he gets his route-running down, he can be a real offensive weapon in Cleveland and they need one.
