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NFL Has Both Good and Bad Characters In Its Ranks

Just a couple of links that you might find interesting.

The first, a nice piece on Oakland Raiders special teams player Jarrod Cooper, the anti-Michael Vick of the NFL. For animal and dog lovers in the group, you'll enjoy the genuine commitment and interest Cooper has shown to his volunteer efforts.

 

Now that you're feeling all warm and bubbly, check out this investigative report on Jeramy Stevens. Yikes.

This guy has fooled a number of people over the years. Just about everybody has a good side to them. It's amazing that some are duped into showing leniency towards clearly awful people just because they occasionally do or say a nice thing.

And finally, a quick photo of the Jerome Bettis signed jersey that cgolden won for the contest I held during Super Bowl week. Because I had been burned before by people promising me things and not delivering, I didn't promote the contest too much. As a result, there were very few entrants, but cgolden was certainly deserving of the prize. I don't receive much compensation for this site, but cgolden provides lots to our daily discussions and distraction from real life for absolutely nothing. For that reason alone, I couldn't be more pleased the jersey promptly arrived to him the other day. Enjoy, sir.

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wow...
I knew Stevens was a bad apple, and there are alot of them in the college and pro ranks.  I'll tell you this: Joey Porter has some cahones for calling him out in the Super Bowl and following through on it.  This guy sounds like a monster and I'm surprised he got pushed around the way he did in that game

by nerves of steel on Feb 14, 2008 2:29 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sounds like a punk
Nobody who behaves like that has the mental toughness to be great in the NFL.

I hadnt finished reading the article when I posted the link. Just finished. Man, that's ridiculous all the shit he's gotten away with.

by Blitzburgh on Feb 14, 2008 2:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I see he is an ufa again
Any chances we sign him?  Spaeth and Stevens baby!!! :-)

by nerves of steel on Feb 14, 2008 2:53 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol
I think we're more likely to see Faneca re-up for 10 years and 100 million dollars than we are to see Stevens land in the Burgh.

by Blitzburgh on Feb 14, 2008 2:56 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

amazing
It absolutely floors me how much stuff athletes/celebrities get away with. It's even more suprising that the Seahawks (who were so close to all the news) would draft him. In the end, he'll get the eternity that he deserves.
"You know who I want? William Wallace. That's who I'm looking for" - Bengals defensive line coach when asked who he was looking for in the draft

by cgolden on Feb 14, 2008 3:26 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yea
good pt about seattle being willing to draft him with all the info right in their backyard about him.

neuheisel is a scum bag, win at all costs kind of guy. suspended for the first half of one game for driving drunk into a nursing home then fleeing the scene???? You've got to be kidding me.

I'm usually pretty damn lenient about judging athletes but i had no idea there was this much baggage on this guy.

by Blitzburgh on Feb 14, 2008 3:30 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pretty disgusting
If you ask me. A man completely mentally and psychologically unsuited for the opportunities that his talent provided. I am just as disgusted with the enablers that the culture of celebrity provides that allow for people like Stevens to keep on going with their unacceptable behavior. Tragic.

by RickVa on Feb 14, 2008 5:05 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

agreed
That was a pretty thorough and disturbing article. This guy has no remorse whatsoever.

by Blitzburgh on Feb 14, 2008 5:16 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

this guy is trash
  I hated him from the Superbowl, and now this story just proves how much of an asshole he really is.  Makes me sick.  The whole story makes me sick.  I am so glad the we root for an organization that would never draft, or hire an idiot and a criminal like Stevens.  

by steelerark on Feb 14, 2008 5:24 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

email
That email he wrote to the woman he raped is the worst part of it all. Pretended to be remorseful only to say he wished he had sodomized her as well. Scary evil shit.

by Blitzburgh on Feb 14, 2008 5:33 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Stevens
I could only get through about half of it before I had to stop.  What a scumbag!  

by WolfpackSteelersFan on Feb 14, 2008 5:35 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bettis jersey
Congrats to cgolden on the jersey!

by WolfpackSteelersFan on Feb 14, 2008 5:37 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yup
good for him, happy he won.

but yall got to participate next time! Hall of famer signed jerseys at stake! C'mon now!

I understand u had to stop, but if you can find a way to stomach the article, find a way to finish it when you can. It's long and hard to swallow, and just when you think you've read the last of his transgressions, there's more. Unbelievable.

by Blitzburgh on Feb 14, 2008 5:41 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ok
Maybe I'll give it try tomorrow.  I just wanted to bring it back to something happy.  I'm just glad our LBs and safetys creamed Stevens in the SB!

by WolfpackSteelersFan on Feb 14, 2008 6:13 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hehe
I'm not telling you what to do. In fact, it's probably a waste of time, as I'm sure you get the point. He's a POS.

I think it may be a 4 day series by that reporter. I'll check back tomorrow.

by Blitzburgh on Feb 14, 2008 6:21 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thanks man
"You know who I want? William Wallace. That's who I'm looking for" - Bengals defensive line coach when asked who he was looking for in the draft

by cgolden on Feb 14, 2008 8:56 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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