NFL offseason thread: FOOTBALL STARTS SUNDAY

[Demosthenes11]

roger goodell just suspended seau 2 games for a blow to the head

[Chun Liroy]

0/10

[Akiyama]

45 mins since reported or so.. still nothing on NFL-N or ESPN.

[Cail]

The New Orleans Saints and quarterback Drew Brees are not any closer to a contract extension and have made little progress on a long-term deal, a person familiar with the negotiations told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Brees, who was tagged by the Saints as their franchise player, has not signed his one-year tender and has skipped the team's voluntary workouts to date.

Brees led the Saints to the franchise's first Super Bowl championship after the 2009 season. He broke Dan Marino's single-season passing yards record last season, throwing for 5,476 yards and 46 touchdowns.

Last month, Saints owner Tom Benson said "we're close" when asked if a long-term deal was near.

Before the NFL draft, general manager Mickey Loomis said Brees' contract is the team's most important order of business.

oh saints

45 mins since reported or so.. still nothing on NFL-N or ESPN.

went to espn.com to read a story about it, and was surprised to find this

[Rhinox]

roger goodell just suspended seau 2 games for a blow to the head

Terrible.

[Rhinox]

45 mins since reported or so.. still nothing on NFL-N or ESPN.

Nothing on svp show either. Has to be coming from Bristol not to talk about it.

[Dimmauk]

My source at ESPN says they are checking with family before reporting. Standard procedure.

[Cail]

Nothing on svp show either. Has to be coming from Bristol not to talk about it.

agreed, cuz neither mortenson, schefter, nichols, or clayton have anything on twitter either

[Akiyama]

A few of the ESPN anchors have though.. but yeah, probably keeping it hush hush.

[Hex]

And ESPN just now reported it but no details. CBS saying Self Inflicted gun shot to the chest.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/ey...-gunshot-wound

[Chun Liroy]

That nigga tried to lil wayne himself.

[Dimmauk]

Why shoot yourself in the chest? Sounds suspicious.

[Bregor]

And Jayson Williams just got out of prison...

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...his-downfall/1

[Tymon]

To preserve your brain for research.

Several other NFL players did the exact same thing. That's why there is a massive lawsuit right now about head trauma.

That said, 8 players from the '94 Chargers are dead now. One guy, Doug Miller, got struck by lightning, lived, and was being resuscitated when he was STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, AGAIN.

Final Destination up in this shit.

[Cail]

its on OTL on espn atm

[Boyiee]

Watching it at the gym now on otl. It's too bad.

[Rhinox]

Why shoot yourself in the chest? Sounds suspicious.

Dave duerson did the same thing he wanted to preserve the brain for research.

[Rhinox]

They now saying he shot himself in the head.


Edit nvm

[Akiyama]

Nah, chest shot so it would save his brain.

Marcellus Wiley on NFL Live right now tearing up. Tough to watch.

[Mertron]

roger goodell just suspended seau 2 games for a blow to the head

LOL