Something odd

[Clockwork Orange]

Ravens | Team eliminates Houston from draft board
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:24:22 -0700

Jamison Hensley, of the Baltimore Sun, reports the Baltimore Ravens have eliminated Georgia Tech CB Reuben Houston from their draft board because of repeat criminal offenses.


Ravens | Team eliminates Nicholson from draft board
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:22:44 -0700

Jamison Hensley, of the Baltimore Sun, reports the Baltimore Ravens have eliminated Florida State LB A.J. Nicholson from their draft board because of repeat criminal offenses.


Ravens | Team eliminates Wroten from draft board
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:21:31 -0700

Jamison Hensley, of the Baltimore Sun, reports the Baltimore Ravens have eliminated Louisiana State DL Claude Wroten from their draft board because of repeat criminal offenses.
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Yeah, you don't want anyone with character issues on your squad, right Billick?

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[Crushaholic]

Wonderful. That means all three will be Raiders next season...;)

[watermock]

meanwhile Ray Lews just signed a 100 million dollar contract.

[Paladin]

You got it all wrong! Ray-Ray was holding this knife and a guy ran into it. And Jamal is not a criminal. He is an ex-con. There is a difference.

[Dr. Broncenstein]

I'm sure this is not a new practice, even for Baltimore... but the media release is interesting... you think they are trying to send a message to anyone in particular?

--Baltimore hates criminals--

[Taco John]

It's a strong statement by the team. Who knows if they were even going to pick these guys up, but just the fact that they are going out and making the announcements is a positive thing in my book.

Good for Billick. Way to send a message to kids aspiring for the NFL.

[Vegas_Bronco]

Soooo young and sooooooooo soooooo dumb! Why would it be too 'hard' just to stay out of trouble when you have so much ahead of you? Possible $500,000 per year and you can't keep your record clean.

[ClevelandBronco]

In a related story, young thugs who commit repeated criminal offenses report that they will no longer speak with Jamison Hensley of the Baltimore Sun or The Baltimore Ravens Football Club, because "they rattin' an' **** on us, you know what I'm sayin'?"

A spokesman for the Ravens said that while the team will continue its efforts to reach out to young thug prospects, the Ravens front office is already satisfied with the older thugs who are already on their roster.

"We like to think of these young thugs as possible future free agent acquisitions," said Lem Michaels, Assistant Coach of Prospective Players Currently on Probation. "After all, they're less expensive after they've been suspended by the league once or twice."

Vince Lombardi has been rolling in his grave for some time and was unavailable for comment.

[Atlas]

It's a strong statement by the team. Who knows if they were even going to pick these guys up, but just the fact that they are going out and making the announcements is a positive thing in my book.

Good for Billick. Way to send a message to kids aspiring for the NFL.

You ghot a point. Teams remove players from their draft all the time but they rarely make a point of announcing it.

[Bronco LB 59]

This is merely the Ravens attempt to put their best poker face out there. I don't buy it.

[Ratboy]

I would laugh if the Ravens took all three of them.

[Orange_Beard]

These guys are too criminal to be on the Ravens? I didn't think that there could be such a thing.

[-Slap-]

It's a strong statement by the team. Who knows if they were even going to pick these guys up, but just the fact that they are going out and making the announcements is a positive thing in my book.

Good for Billick. Way to send a message to kids aspiring for the NFL.
Talk is cheap. Wasn't that Billick outbidding people for Samari Rolle last year before the swelling even went down on his wife's face?