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Definitely go with White. It's impossible to know which WR will get the ball in NO, and ATL should have a decent game this week.

He's definitely playing. Looked good in warmups. There's a thread on it.

Heh, what was I thinking believing a Pats injury report ...

I thought Jordan was inactive also.

I'm hoping he won't start. I'd rather see him rest that leg this week than do more damage to it.

So, when the salary cap fails to achieve true parity, good teams are supposed to stop trying and bad ones are supposed to take cheap shots to preserve the "health" of the game?

Yes, good analogy. That is a possible scenario. Or, as Jack McKeon did to Grady Little a few years ago, the manager of the losing team could whine to the media about the winning team scoring too many runs, causing Little to apologize for it and then send the Red Sox on a losing streak after forcing them to "hold back" in the next game. Wouldn't want to see the Pats make that mistake.

Yeah, but I think of baseball retaliations as being more about keeping player behavior in line rather than being about a high score. Pitchers don't usually hit batters because the pitcher is getting racked but because the batters are crowding the plate or because someone on their team got hit already. If a team retaliated in response to a cheap shot from Harrison, it would seem understandable to me. But I think taking cheap shots because your team can't stop the offense is kind of pathetic.

Does this mean Randy can sing?

This article gives a few more details. It is definitely 2 different people. The Massachusetts athlete received the shipments in Jan. 2002 and Oct. 2003, and the 6'5" 276 lb entertainer/athlete got a shipment in Jan. 2003. http://www.dailynewstribune.com/business/x1941734367

An addiction to amphetamines doesn't seem surprising at all to me. One of the most commonly prescribed amphetamines is Ritalin. Half the world seems to take Ritalin these days, and I could definitely see how someone who suffered brain damage could be classified as having attention-deficit disorder among many other issues! It seems to me that more than one NFL player/ex player has become addicted to one form of drug or another related to their injuries -- didn't Farve have a pain killer addiction at one point? I don't see anyone thinking Farve's a pathetic druggie because of that. I think this story is very sad. I don't like seeing Ted Johnson dragging the Pats/Belichick through the mud, but I also think he thought long and hard about it before doing so. In the article I read in the Boston Globe, the reporter said that Ted had initially told him the story last summer and then changed his mind and asked him not to run it. He said that the suicide of Andre Waters a couple of months ago caused Ted to change his mind again and want his story out there. It does seem like a disproportionate amount of ex-NFL players have serious mental instability issues and other problems. The whole culture of the game is for people to play despite the fact that their body parts are hanging off. Players are going to want to play no matter what because they know their jobs are on the line. I do think that coaches and trainers need to do all they can to help protect these guys (especially with head injuries), and I do also think it is important for players to look out for themselves. If getting this story out there can change anything for the better, then it's a good thing.

Knee injury. I'm not sure how serious. He was able to walk off the field, but didn't return.

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