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AkChief49;261159 wrote:The officer performed a field sobriety test on the 20-year-old Blackmon. Under Texas law, drivers under 21 can be arrested for having any detectable amount of alcohol in his or her system and Blackmon fell into that category, Bartram said.
And that can go either way then. Was he hammered beyond belief like this last one or was the officer smelling beer and took him in? That there was a plea deal screams to me that they didn’t get anything solid (aka he didn’t blow over a .08) or it wouldn’t have been pleaded down to a minor in possession. Granted star athlete’s get preferential at times which makes me able to see the other side that he was hammered and got away with one.
Either way the guy’s an idiot for driving with a .24 BAC and deserves to have the book thrown at him.
TopekaRoy;261143 wrote:You are not being completely accurate here. Your post implies that he wasn’t driving drunk on his first offense. That’s not true. From the article:So this is his 2nd DUI arrest because it is the 2nd time he was arrested and charged with a DUI! Just because he plea bargained his way out of the DUI charge, that doesn’t mean it never happened.
The headline is completely accurate because it says “Justin Blackmon … gets a 2nd DUI charge.” This is his 2nd DUI charge.
A good point, didn’t look at it that way. I just saw 2nd DUI which I thought was saying he got his second DUI. I did some searching (which by the way it’s hard to find a definition of a DUI complaint). From what I can find it seems that a DUI complaint is when they get someone for another offense (speeding in his first one) and feel that it’s alcohol related.
I’ve looked at various cases and it seems that it’s either they can’t pass the drunk tests but blow below a .08 or by the time they do administer a BAC test that it’s below. The other time it’s done is when they think they were driving drunk but can’t prove it enough to get a conviction. My guess is that the found alcohol in the car, he’d been drinking and was driving WAY to fast but couldn’t prove that he was drunk.
I still think the headline is a little misleading but the bottom line is that what everyone has said is right. The guy either has a problem drinking or figuring out when he shouldn’t be driving.
His 1st offense was a minor in possession, there never was a DUI. Was he drunk and driving? Probably but that’s speculation.
The 2nd one was absolutely over the limit. I’m not trying to defend the guy and you’re right when you drink you need to know not to drive. But how many other people do the exact same thing and it’s not thrown into the public? I’d be hard pressed to find the headline “Joe Schmoe arrested for DUI”. Sure you might see one here and there but it’s when the guy blows something insane, crashes or kills someone.
Overall I agree that they should throw the book at him but you have to agree that the journalist was manipulating the headline to get people to read it. Especially since he never got a 1st DUI.
kcticketguy;261072 wrote:Looks like the Jaguars might have been fooled. Hopefully this kid cleans up his act.KC Ticket Guy’s Blog: Justin Blackmon (OSU COWBOYS/ Jacksonville Jaguars) gets a 2nd DUI charge
Meh, after reading it I expected it to be a lot worse. He got a “DUI complaint” not exactly sure what that is but I’m still young enough to remember some of the stupid stuff I did when I’d just turned 21 or 22. So that one I’d kinda blow off.
This one is just him being stupid but the headline is a journalist trying to get shock value. That’s like someone saying that I’ve drank over 100 beers. Sure I might have done that, especially when you give me a two year time span to do it in.
70 chiefsfan70;257851 wrote:I think that they could have done better by trading the #1 pick and got compensated say like the rams did. If Manning was too much risk for them they could have signed Tebowe, Flynn, or any of several others. Then with the 3 extra first round pick they could have one heck of a team. Plus they could have used the extra picks trade up and get a QB next year. It appears that there may be 4 maybe 5 good qbs in the 2013 draft. This way they could have a good qb with less then half the cost of Luck, and with the trade they could build the rest of the team.I’ve been looking at this for a while too and that’s why I’ve been saying get all the pieces in place this year then sell the farm and get a franchise QB next year. Cassel will have one more year on his contract and then we’ll be set.
To me if we go ahead and draft a tackle that signifies that Pioli is drafting a year ahead. I’d also see us grab a LG somewhere in the draft like we did Asamoah and let him learn for a year too. Then we let Albert and Lilja walk (I think both are free agents next year) and plug these guys in. Then we’ve got our two new guys, Hudson, Asamoah and Winston. Sell the farm and get a franchise QB and then away we go! It’s just a thought and I doubt it holds water but you never know…
AussieChiefsFan;256068 wrote:interesting. From that video, is that all the OS is? It doesnt even have a desktop with wallpaper and desktop icons and a taskbar.I haven’t looked at OS8…I mean Windows 8 but as a programmer I’d imagine that they’re taking these steps to make the operating system work simply on tablets, phones and computers.
I think well soon see either minimized operating systems for tablets and phones and a separate one for computers or OS’s will simply get simpler for all platforms.
Ryfo18;238364 wrote::efpge: :beat_DeadHorse:It’s like watching my brothers argue, neither one of them wants to back down and possibly admit the other might have some sort of merit in both of their discussions and both want the last word.
I’ve had my back and forths with Chief though and in the end we’ve come to realize that some points we agree on, some we agree to disagree and some just will never ever be brought up again.
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jmlamerson;238299 wrote:Cassel is an average QB who is overpaid. It does not affect this team’s performance at all how much he is overpaid. As I showed you, we have massive amounts of cap room and could absorb another three Cassels without hitting our cap limit.Are people really not getting this?
I get it, I just think you didn’t understand what I was saying. I don’t mean that as an insult, shot at you or whatever way. I just think our wires got crossed. To me cap space says absolutely nothing about how good or bad a team is. Look at Philly, they went out and broke the bank for their team, look at where they are at. Why not save 30 mil and have the exact same record.
I was merely trying to understand why the cap space mattered at all. Would you rather us be like the Vikings and spend every last penny and be 0-4? Just trying to figure out what this obsession is with us not hitting the cap space? Who out there has been worth the money that we missed out on that would have made a singular difference in the beat downs that were the first two games or swung the Chargers loss?
jmlamerson;238287 wrote:FYI, that number is from August 16. It’s about two months out of date and includes dead cap space.We’re only going to get a top-10 QB if we draft one. And the rookies have a cap now, you know. We can fit any rookie QB, even taken 1st overall, in our massive cap space. I can barely muster the energy to say it again, it doesn’t matter how much Cassel makes. We’re clearly hoarding our pennies.
Teams like the Vikings that waste their cap on bad (re: overpriced and old) free agents are worse than those like us who hoard cap space. But teams that win championships fall in the middle of those two extremes. They certainly don’t leave the RT spot to be manned by the likes of Barry Richardson or the FS spot by Sabby Piscatelli.
If you can find a better and more accurate one that’s cool, doesn’t really matter. I can barely muster the energy to keep beating my head against a wall when going back and forth with you but I’ll try. Cassel is overpaid or he’s a top 10 QB because that’s how he’s paid. Not to mention you just said above that the Vikings are old and overpriced which is why they were so close to the cap limit. So either Cassel is overpaid or he’s an elite QB there’s really no way out of that because it’s an either or situation. You’ve said he’s an average QB so the other is that he’s over paid.
To upgrade everything you want it’ll take money. I really would be curious what it is and agree that it’s hard to find an accurate web site that’s up to day. Regardless, I’d love to have an QB drafted that isn’t named Stanzi. I do think Stanzi was a good pickup and would challenge a backup for that role. Hope I’m wrong and he’s a starting QB in the future.
Whatever the case may be it’s been an interesting going back and forth with you and I’ll be curious to see Cassel’s development during the rest of his contract and what we do in the role of QB.
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jmlamerson;238253 wrote:We have plenty of money. Our owner is pinching pennies. We’re $30M under the cap. If we were paying Cassel $1M a year, we’d be sitting at $40M under the cap. Hell, we cut guys who should have been Chiefs-lifers (like Waters) to save money.If our owner wanted to field a better team with better players on the lines, he could have. Easily. But he didn’t. Hell, we’re paying out less than $70M in salaries (actual money, not cap) this year (Kansas-City-Chiefs Salaries | Kansas-City-Chiefs Player Salaries | 2011 Kansas-City-Chiefs Salary).
Neither Cassel nor any other Chief has anything to do with it.
If you wanna start throwing out links here’s another one showing all the teams and their cap space. http://blogs.nfl.com/2011/08/16/updated-cap-space-for-all-32-teams/. Guess who’s got the most cap space, we do with almost 33 million in free space. Guess who’s got less cap space? The Minnesota Vikings and we beat them on Sunday. If you can’t figure out that cap space and the ability of a team to win games doesn’t matter by now nothing will.
Having cap space and overpaying a player isn’t comparing apples to apples. Comparing an average QB pay to an elite QB pay is. If you want to grab on to any excuse other than that we’re over paying for a QB that’s average that’s cool. Fact is we’re over paying for an average QB and that’ll make our team less likely to go out and get a better one or try to draft one that could be better.
Not to mention that a few posts ago you posted a thought about Cassel not being a top 10 QB. Which would make me think you want a top 10 QB. You know what makes that more likely to happen? Not paying someone that’s not in the top 10 a top 10 salary.
jmlamerson;238240 wrote:Who gives a **** how much Cassel is paid? You’re not paying it. We’re so far under the cap that it doesn’t affect the roster. Who cares?Our OL sucks. Our DL sucks. We need better OTs and a real NT for the seventh year in a row. Every game we’ve won since 2009 has been in spite of our overall OL and DL (though I like some individual players), not because of them.
Well when you list off so many needs what would one need to go out and get that? Oh yeah…money!! We’re under the cap but unless you can get those great players you always seem to be listing off or complaining about for far under 30 mil a year I personally give a **** about what Cassel is paid. Talk about short sighted.
jmlamerson;238215 wrote:People who see these things in blacks and whites are impossible to take seriously. Cassel has good games and bad ones. He’s a decent QB who is smart and efficient enought to win games with the proper support, but he does not have the athleticism or accuracy to win games only on his arm. He isn’t our savior, but neither is he our devil.What’s wrong with you people that he either gets blind support or blind hatred? There are average players in the NFL, you know. And there’s no shame in being an average player in the NFL.
How many “average” players get paid 11 mil a year? That’s why I have a problem with Cassel as Chief and I have gone back and forth before. He’s going to be 30, when his contract is up he’ll be 32 and I’d be shocked if he’s a Farve type that stays good into his late 30’s. Paying him that type of money was a monster mistake but I get it and move on from that.
Unfortunately I didn’t get to watch the game but he seemed to do ok against a team that’s not 0-4. Sorry guys, getting engaged seemed like a much better idea.
I really am curious though. Are the same people that defending Cassel being quiet about the O-line too after some have blasted them earlier? No I’m not pointing at anyone but I know there are those out there that defend Cassel but throw the O-line under the bus. Then when Cassel has a good game and leads them to a W they give Cassel all the credit and none to the O-Line.
josh1971;232781 wrote:With the exception of Larry Johnson, I have seen that happen with everyone who has left or come to KC. We hate a guy until he has arrowheads on his helmet, and once a guy trades his Chiefs uniform for another one, we hate him. Sure, there may be different levels of hate, but you sure don’t care as much about a guy not here anymore.
My example is Tony Gonzalez. I don’t give two poops if that guy gets a super bowl ring- especially since he left KC because he didn’t think he could get one here. So, getting a ring was more important than staying in KC, so good riddance. Other people still love the guy and wish the best for him. I hope Atlanta goes 5-11 every year he’s there. I’m bitter about his leaving.
I think Brian Waters IS still a good lineman, but it wasn’t my decision to cut him, and I don’t know why we did. But… we did, so we move forward without him, and complaining about it isn’t going to help. I am intrigued by the fact that he’s not on another team yet.
Nothing against Brian Waters or you but he’s been cut and available since July 28th (2 weeks) and no one has signed him. If he was still good I’d say he’d be practicing elsewhere.
Brian Waters was a good player while he was here, the past couple of seasons he’s slipped and anyone denying that just likes to remember the glory years and how he was when Roaf was beside him. As for the Pro Bowl, as Connie said that’s a glorified popularity contest. If it wasn’t then the pro bowl game would mean something or have some kind of value to the winner.
