2008 NFL: Week 10

[FishFanInPA]

Bills games must be pretty boring:

The call came out early in the third quarter Sunday to investigate numerous complaints of a commotion in a ladies’ restroom across from Section 336 in Ralph Wilson Stadium. It didn’t take security officers long to figure out the cause of what police later called a “public disturbance” in the restroom. A woman, law enforcement officials said Monday, was having sex with her boyfriend in a bathroom stall. The couple was arrested, two of 37 people arrested at the stadium by Orchard Park police and Erie County sheriff’s deputies before, during and after Sunday’s Bills-Jets game. Police charged Alicia A. Venneman, 29, of Northville, in the southern Adirondacks, with disorderly conduct. They also charged a man whom police identified as her boyfriend, Jeramy H. Kemper, 31, of Mayfield, with tres- passing and resisting arrest. “This was inappropriate behavior in public,” Scott Berchtold, Bills vice president of communications, said Monday. “Our security staff reacted accordingly, and law enforcement officials were called in to handle the situation.” In November 1998, a couple was charged with public lewdness after being caught having sex in the upper-level stands during a Bills game.

[JJ]

Culpepper was named the Lions new starting QB.

[Junior]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Cadillac Williams could re-enter RB equation - St. Petersburg Times

TAMPA — This is how dire the Bucs' running back situation is becoming: Jon Gruden hopes to get a lift from a player with a reconstructed right knee who hasn't taken a hit on the field in more than 13 months.

The return of Cadillac Williams, possible after the bye week, was merely a feel-good story until the run of injuries at running back.

Starting tailback Earnest Graham was forced to leave Sunday's 30-27 overtime win at Kansas City with a knee injury but finished the game. Backup Warrick Dunn didn't even make the trip because of a pinched nerve in his back. Fullback B.J. Askew has missed six games with a hamstring strain.

No wonder Gruden took the unprecedented step of giving players seven days off from practice.

"It's going to help us," Gruden said of the bye week. "Obviously our running back situation in particular is very concerning to us. Both fullbacks, both halfbacks. Carnell Williams will get a chance to work in this week a little bit more, and we'll determine his progress next week. But we've got a number of guys that are nicked up and guys that we need back. Hopefully this week will help us."

Graham, the Bucs' leading rusher with 560 yards and four touchdowns, has taken hits as a ballcarrier and at fullback. He has filled in for Askew and Byron Storer, who was placed on injured reserve after tearing his right ACL against Carolina.

"I think he got hurt early in the game," Gruden said of Graham. "He went to the locker room; trainers looked at him. Courageously, he came out and played in the second half. It's a tough time of year, midseason, for a running back in the NFL. These guys are all sore and beat up.

"Have we asked a lot of Earnest? Maybe too much at times, yes, yes we have, but that's what you do with your best players. … We got to lean on our guy and he's our only healthy, versatile back going into the game, so that was our plan (Sunday). Unfortunately, we fell behind and we obviously had to get into a little bit of a throw-it mentality late in the game."

Graham rushed 19 times for 62 yards and threw his first NFL touchdown against the Chiefs. And he lost two fumbles. With Dunn inactive, the Bucs did not make much use of Michael Bennett, who had two carries for 1 yard.

But the Bucs got some help from Clifton Smith, the undrafted rookie free agent from Fresno State who had a 97-yard kickoff return. While Graham was undergoing tests, Smith pitched in with three carries for 17 yards and caught one pass (though he also lost a fumble).

"He really helped us not only in the kicking game but from scrimmage," Gruden said. "Earnest went out in the first half and missed a few possessions, came back and gritted it out. But in those final couple drives, you saw a lot of Clifton Smith, as a runner and a receiver, picking up the blitz, knowing what to do. …

"You look at him, he's not a tall guy, but he's a very thick, quick, shifty, elusive back. And he's a natural — he understands the game and he shows great poise as a player."

As for Williams, Gruden hopes to use practice squad players to provide contact during individual workouts this week. The Bucs have until next week to activate Williams or put him on injured reserve.

"(Williams) is not, I am sure, real thrilled about enjoying his bye week like some of the other guys, but we will have him in pads (today) and Wednesday," Gruden said. "He has a great look in his eye. He is very confident, I think, in his knee and what he has put into this.

"We will see what Earnest and Warrick's health status is and we will make that decision next week, but there is a possibility that (Williams) can help us, and that would be really exciting."

[JJ]

Brown fans are cool:

YouTube - Cleveland Browns Tennessee Rednecks Part 8

YouTube - Cleveland Browns Tennessee Rednecks Part 8

[Fritz]

Word on the street is the Dolphins released Derek "Dropsies" Hagan. I also heard the Raiders might be looking to drop up to 12 players. Which amuses me.

[Ramp]

Originally Posted by Fritz Word on the street is the Dolphins released Derek "Dropsies" Hagan. I also heard the Raiders might be looking to drop up to 12 players. Which amuses me.

De'Angelo Hall and Javon Walker amongst others...

[FishFanInPA]

Joey Porter not exactly all there....

YouTube - CSU vs. BYU - Gartrell Chest-Bumps Joey Porter

YouTube - CSU vs. BYU - Gartrell Chest-Bumps Joey Porter

[Hugg]

Brandon Marshall really needs to stop running his mouth about Porter or he's going to find himself getting attacked from behind in Vegas this off-season.

[Fritz]

[Hugg]

ESPN.com spent a weekend in Cincinnati and surveyed 100 Bengals fans. Here were the results: 1. Who is most to blame for the Bengals' current state? Mike Brown: 66 Marvin Lewis: 12 The players: 22 2. Do you have confidence in Bengals' leadership to turn it around? Yes: 38 No: 62 3. Should Cincinnati trade WR Chad Ocho Cinco next year? Yes: 56 No: 44 4. Should the Bengals re-sign WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh? Yes: 85 No: 15 5. Is Marvin Lewis the right coach for Cincinnati? Yes: 51 No: 49 6. Will you buy Bengals season tickets for 2009? Yes: 20 No: 80

ESPN - Survey says -- ding! -- Bengals fans fed up - AFC North

[JJ]

Quinn's first start so far:

11/15, 102 yards, 2 TDs

[Ramp]

it's unfortunate his WR can't catch shit

[Hugg]

Jacksonville receiver Matt Jones snapped back at Joey Porter on Thursday, a day after the outspoken Miami Dolphins linebacker questioned how Jones could still be playing despite having a felony cocaine charge against him earlier this year. "I don't even know why he's even thinking about me," Jones said. "I mean, maybe he likes other men and sits up and thinks about stuff, so I don't know. ... Is Joey Porter the commissioner? Then why would I even worry about it?" On a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Porter responded to a question about the NFL's crackdown on hits deemed illegal and dangerous by saying he was "still trying to figure out how a guy gets caught with cocaine in his car and still plays the game and nothing happens." "How does he get away with that?" added Porter, fined $20,000 last month for criticizing referee Ed Hochuli after a loss to Houston. "And then you fine people $20,000 for making comments to the media about the refs. The guy got caught with cocaine."

ESPN - Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Matt Jones responds to Joey Porter's remarks

Porter needs to feud with the whole league.

[BeefWillingham]

Yeah, Matt Jones is such a fucking retard.

Clever answer.... well, ummm, maybe hes a faggot!

[Ramp]

Matt Jones is awesome (sans the cocaine stuff)