Just shook my head when I saw the headline, bring on Spiller...LOL

Ronnie never signals when he turns...that's what a running back does.

Expect these charges to be lowered to illegal lane change.

these guys NEVER learn. They are sooooo rich!! Hire a limo service for the night. Call a cab!! Anything.

Stupid....Stupid.....Stupid!!!

Who the heck is passing out the drinks and car keys at the Dolphin's facility? First Will Allen then Ronnie Brown. Is this some sort of epidemic? Coincidentally, BOTH are coming off of injury.

montequi Wrote:
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> Who the heck is passing out the drinks and car
> keys at the Dolphin's facility? First Will Allen
> then Ronnie Brown. Is this some sort of epidemic?
> Coincidentally, BOTH are coming off of injury.


The sad part is neither think they did anything wrong. Will Allen pleads not guilty with a mountain of evidence against him. And Ronnie did poorly on the field sobriety test but is trying to fight this.

dolphaholic Wrote:
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> Just shook my head when I saw the headline, bring
> on Spiller...LOL


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Boy did Ronnie just screw himself out of how many million dollars when his contract comes up? His stock/leverage with other teams has gone to doo doo just because he won't get a designated driver. I used to think he was intelligent too.

DaytonaDolfan13 Wrote:
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> dolphaholic Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Just shook my head when I saw the headline,
> bring
> > on Spiller...LOL
>
>
> -------------------------

I figured you'd get a kick out of that comment Daytona

I am cop with numerous DUI arrests, so I can tell you that there are many options that can come out of this. It will depend on if he took the breathalizer, how poorly he did on the test, did he perform the one leg stand, plus there are plea agreements. All of those things have to go in before he is convicted. An arrest only needs probable cause. But he is stupid for trying to drive. I live outside of Cincinnati, and they pay us off duty rates to drive the Bengals players around to keep them out of this type of trouble. I am sure they have similar deals, but he was in his home town area though.

You'd think after what happened with Stallworth recently these guys would learn

Jim B Wrote:
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>
> We know he did poorly on his sobriety test. We
> don't know if they tried to get him to stand on
> his one bad foot.
>

You're right....After reading further through news articles I see nothing (as of late AM Monday) about a blood alcohol level. He could really have had trouble "walking the line" with a bad foot.


> Ronnie has been clean as a whistle up until this
> point and I think it would be reasonable to give
> him the benefit of doubt until more facts come
> out.

I agree. I shouldn't have judged him yet. If he didn't blow an illegal level on a breathalyzer then I won't judge him ... yet. I said earlier I thought he was an intelligent guy so between that and his clean record I give him the benefit of the doubt, for now.

Unfortunately this is so common, its really not even worth talking about anymore.

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"When you suck long enough, you get a Hickey"

Even if the charges are lowered, he's been booked. This means that some sort of disciplinary action will come down from the mighty Roger Goodell. I'm extremely dissappointed in Ronnie at this point, since he was always someone I could point to and say hey, he's a smart role model. The failure of being able to find a blood alch level report says to me that he was probably 1)stoned on painkillers or 2)high on herb. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. This doesn't help the Dolphins, thats for sure. I now see why they hired that fella to keep players out of trouble, seems like these dolts need someone to tell them NO.

they are millionares who need a babysitter!

Odenn Wrote:
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> Even if the charges are lowered, he's been booked.
> This means that some sort of disciplinary action
> will come down from the mighty Roger Goodell.

But what if the charges are lowered to making a lane change without putting the blinker on?

I'm
> extremely dissappointed in Ronnie at this point,

If it turns out he was drunk driving, then yes I'd agree with you 100%. I'm hoping he wasn't and still give him some benefit of the doubt.

> since he was always someone I could point to and
> say hey, he's a smart role model. The failure of
> being able to find a blood alch level report says
> to me that he was probably 1)stoned on painkillers
> or 2)high on herb.

In which case the NFL should test him right away and find out for themselves.

For once Mike, I 110 percent agree with you. In a time where normal folks are just looking to keep their jobs and pay the light bill at best, these pricks are acting like life has no rules for them just because they play football. WE are the reason these guys can live a life of luxury, the fans. The least these morons could do is hire a Life coach to take care of them and make sure that they are able to get onto the field and play without having issues like this. It seriously gets my peeved when people that have EVERYTHING in life treat life like its worth NOTHING. Grow up Ronnie, Stallworth, and the rest of them that can't seem to understand that a taxi costs far less than a prison sentence.

dolphaholic Wrote:
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> You'd think after what happened with Stallworth
> recently these guys would learn

Yeah, well, you'd think they would have learned after the same thing happened to Leonard Little in 1998.

I hope Ronnie really is not guilty of anything other than a traffic violation, and not just because he's a Dolphins player.

Odenn Wrote:
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> For once Mike, I 110 percent agree with you. In a
> time where normal folks are just looking to keep
> their jobs and pay the light bill at best, these
> pricks are acting like life has no rules for them
> just because they play football. WE are the reason
> these guys can live a life of luxury, the fans.
> The least these morons could do is hire a Life
> coach to take care of them and make sure that they
> are able to get onto the field and play without
> having issues like this. It seriously gets my
> peeved when people that have EVERYTHING in life
> treat life like its worth NOTHING. Grow up Ronnie,
> Stallworth, and the rest of them that can't seem
> to understand that a taxi costs far less than a
> prison sentence.


I fail to see what money has to do with anything. People make dumb decisions all the time, why be harder on someone with money. You guys sound jealous because he does not have to wake up and go to a miserable remedial job, lets stop hating. I am sure that everyone on this sight has either friends that drive drunk and if you dont have friends then it is the man in the mirror. I am not condoning his actions but dont act like this is exclusive to people with money...

money is relevant because if you are rich like these guys, it's very easy to find another way home if you've been drinking--i.e, private car services. most of us poor schlubs can't afford that, so that takes the option of getting home without your car out of the equation.

Miami Reppa Wrote:
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> I fail to see what money has to do with anything.
> People make dumb decisions all the time, why be
> harder on someone with money. You guys sound
> jealous because he does not have to wake up and go
> to a miserable remedial job, lets stop hating. I
> am sure that everyone on this sight has either
> friends that drive drunk and if you dont have
> friends then it is the man in the mirror. I am
> not condoning his actions but dont act like this
> is exclusive to people with money...

Yes, you're damn right I'm hating. I'm hating how someone who has more pocket money for a day than I make in a year can't call a god damned taxi! Am I saying DUI's are exclusive to people with a lot of money? Hell no, I'm not a moron. Let's be real. If I had a million in the bank, I'm not going to make the mistake of being behind the wheel, and possibly killing myself or worse, killing an innocent pedestrian, because I'm not smart enough to either a)pick up the phone for a taxi or more likely b)get one of my lackey buddies to drive me home. With so much and so many in your life relying on you to be healthy and able in the next few months, there is ZERO ZERO ZERO reasons, given the information we know, to justify driving while f'd up. None. I understand your statement, but I didn't find it pertinent to classify my remarks by saying "not just rich people", because anyone that picks up a local paper knows DUI's happen every day to many, many people. I'm not defending the not so fortunate by excluding them.

Millionares thinking they are above the law. Nothing new.

They can afford a cab or a limo service for the night. Even just a driver. But they think, I will roll the dice. If I get caught the cop will ask for an autograph or some tickets to a game and I am on my way.

It's not about being jealous of the rich. It's about the rich abusing a system and putting innoncent people at risk without thinking twice about it

The good to come out of all of this is what is taking place now at the Owners Meetings. Goodell calling out Big Ben. Saying he won't stand for this crap.

And the one thing the owners and players can agree on. In the NEXT CBA, you will have it bargined set rules with set suspensions and the addition of a "Death Penalty". The Union doesn't want Goodell to be a dictator on this stuff. The NFL wants a way to get rid of some of these guys. So its WIN-WIN for everyone involved and they both agree on this!!

Goodell will represent the owners. The Union will have someone represent them. FOR EXAMPLE.. when Player X is arrested (doesn't matter if its a DUI or jaywalking) they miss 2 games. 2nd offense they miss 6 games. Third offense a season. 4 offense BANNED FOR LIFE! Or whatever the scale ends up being.

And some offenses (ie Pacman Jones, Tank Johnson type) you go directly to the Death Penalty if agreed upon by Goodell and the Union rep.

But this is badly needed! NFL players are arrested far too often. It's a bad image to a league that is raking in billions and doesn't need a bad image! The NFL doesn't need Big Ben, or Ronnie Brown, or Plaxico!! If they never play in the NFL again, the league won't miss a beat.

Like I said, time to draft a RB, too many question marks

if we can get a 4th for Smiley and drop down and get a 2nd or third we could really load up

Could Smiley turn into a TE like Pitta or graham or NT or FS?

I think Smiley's way too big to be a FS, but with this lap-band craze I guess anythings possible

berkeley223 Wrote:
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> money is relevant because if you are rich like
> these guys, it's very easy to find another way
> home if you've been drinking--i.e, private car
> services. most of us poor schlubs can't afford
> that, so that takes the option of getting home
> without your car out of the equation.


Yup. exactly.

For example, here in Boston the bars close by 2:00 AM but the subway shuts down by 1:00 AM! People are forced to take cabs (which are expensive here) or are more tempted (as wrong as it is) to take a risk by drinking and driving home.

If I'm pulling in a seven-figure salary, I can call a cab, coach service. If I'm an ordinary Joe, I can afford subway fare if the damn thing is still running. Big difference.