. April 21, 2010 SouthAmerica: This basket case definitely belongs with the Oakland Raiders. Al Davis should call immediately the Pittsburgh Steelers and offer to trade Oakland Raiders' quarterback JaMarcus Russell with Ben Roethlisberger. The best home in the NFL for a basket case such as Ben Roethlisberger it is on the Oakland Raiders. What Al Davis is waiting for to make that call? ******* âSteelers signal Roethlisberger's on his ownâ By ALAN ROBINSON (AP) Associated Press â April 21, 2010 PITTSBURGH â Ben Roethlisberger is on his own this time. The Pittsburgh Steelers stood behind their quarterback when he wrecked his motorcycle while riding helmet-less in 2006, tsk-tsking his immaturity yet eagerly welcoming him to training camp a month later. Coach Mike Tomlin and director of football operations Kevin Colbert lined up with Roethlisberger last year at a news conference when he angrily denied assaulting a Nevada hotel employee. The look in their eyes said: Ben's still our guy. Nobody is standing with Roethlisberger now. His teammates are publicly supporting him but, of course, that's what teammates do. But if Roethlisberger anticipated one of the most image-protective franchises in pro sports treating his six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy as routine business, he got a surprise. The Steelers are mad. They're out of patience. They're so determined to put Roethlisberger's off-field problems behind them, they spent time Wednesday weighing whether they'd trade their two-time Super Bowl winner if they got the right offer. If Roethlisberger's pending behavioral evaluation and the knowledge he can't play until October don't scare him straight, the Steelers reason, perhaps the thought of being traded to a last-place team will do it. "I agree and support the decision the commissioner made, the discipline for Ben Roethlisberger," Steelers president Art Rooney II said. "I commented last week that discipline was appropriate in this case and we were prepared to impose discipline if the commissioner felt it appropriate to go that way." If Roethlisberger wants to go on playing, Rooney said, he must do it the NFL's way. The Steelers' way, too. ⦠There's a new quarterback to break in, albeit a familiar one: Byron Leftwich, reacquired the night before from Tampa. A backup in 2008, he is expected to compete with Dennis Dixon to start the four games, and perhaps the six, Roethlisberger will miss. As Leftwich walked into the Steelers' cafeteria, a half-dozen fellow players shook his hand or gave him hugs. "He was a pretty obvious choice to bring back," Rooney said. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iP-BtJ3bxItDKyPsjvLXI5B8KfmAD9F7R3E00 .
. Thermactor: caralho, you're actually a raiders fan! ***** April 22, 2010 SouthAmerica: I have been a Oakland Raiders fan for a very long time. By the way, I also have been a Los Angeles Lakers fan since Lee Alcindor â the greatest basketball player to ever play the game â moved to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1969. E no Brasil sempre torci para: Santos (Estado de SP) â o time de Pele. Botafogo (Estado do Rio) â o time de Garrincha. E na Italia sempre torci para o Juventus. Acima de tudo sempre torci para a selecao Brasileira de futebol â que por sinal vai ganhar mais uma copa do mundo â desta vez na Africa do Sul. Go Brazil!!!!!!! .
. Correction: By the way, I also have been a Los Angeles Lakers fan since Lew Alcindor â the greatest basketball player to ever play the game â moved to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1969. Lew Alcindor better known as....
This Roethlisberger stuff is overshadowing the whole draft in terms of coverage. After exposing yourself to a young girl how do you show your face among your peers? Like some alleyway drunk degenerate ...Aqualung Ben.
As the 2010 NFL season is about to enter into preseason games we take a look at the former Aussie rules footballers who have been trying to secure a place in the position of punter at various clubs across the US. Ben Graham - Arizona Cardinals - after a great season in 2009 Graham is guaranteed to be the starting punter for 2010 and will be holding punts for his former Jets team mate Jay Feely. Sav Rocca - Philadelphia Eagles - the club has brought in Ken Parrish to compete with Rocca for the punting job and it looks like the competitior might beat the incumbent for the place on the team as he can kick off, saving wear and tear on the leg of the team's kick David Akers, who turns 36 in December. If Rocca does lose the job he may get a shot elsewhere in the NFL during the season. Mat McBriar - Dallas Cowboys - Mat will continue with his long term employer as the team's punter and looks likely to be the holder for kicker Nick Folk. Chris Bryan - Green Bay Packers - former Collingwood footballer Bryan is looking to break into the NFL and is currently in a battle for the punter's spot with Tim Masthay. It looks like a decision may not be made until both have punted in the preseason games, Bryan's use of the drop punt for accuaracy is definitely working in his favour. Jy Bond was cut from the training camp squad of the New York Giants and is now signed in the UFL with the Hartford Colonials as punter. And David King (not from North Melbourne but Euroa and Norwood footy clubs) who was earlier signed to an initial places on the roster of the New England Patriots was released from the squad in June after the Pats' decided to go with Zoltan Mesko who they took high in the draft. Others that were mooted as possible crossovers after retirement such as Anthony Rocca, Nick Davis and Scott Lucas all made some steps in the direction of the NFL but decided not to follow through or were unable to find a team that would sign them. Dustin Fletcher has long been considered to be a good chance of making the transition but looks set to play with Essendon again in 2011. Carlton's Brendan Fevola has himself voiced his desire to punt in the NFL on multiple occaisions but his off field efforts as well as his mounting injuries may work against him when his AFL career come to an end.