NFL Lockout: Which Players Are Having the Worst Offseasons?
The NFL lockout has caused quite a stir in the sports world, but it seems to be affecting our everyday life as well.
Players seem to be getting bored, or just have more time on their hands, and trouble is lurking around every corner.
Arrests, controversies and suspended licenses seem to be the storyline of this offseason, so if the NFL doesn’t hurry up and resolve their issues they are going to have a huge image problem to take care of.
Let’s take a look at a list of some players that are having a pretty bad offseason:
10. Carson Palmer
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Compared to the rest of the guys on this list Carson Palmer is having a day at the beach.
But when you consider that the nearest beach for him in on Lake Erie’s beautiful toxic shores then you might be more apt to understand why he is not enjoying his offseason.
Palmer has requested to be traded out of Cincinnati and has threatened to retire if the Bengals do not meet his wishes. The Bengals on the other hand don’t seem to want to part ways with their quarterback, so it seems like an old west shootout is inevitable.
It worked out really well for the last “gun slinger” that tried to hold his team hostage…
9. Albert Haynesworth
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You know you might be having a rough life if your nickname is “Fat Albert”.
Unfortunately for Fat Albert his nicknames seemed to be the least of his problems this offseason.
Not only does he hate the team that has him under contract, but he apparently hates anybody driving a car as well.
Haynesworth was charged for simple assault in a road rage incident.
Haynesworth allegedly struck another driver after a verbal confrontation that started because Haynesworth received a “non-verbal hand gesture” while driving.
I mean common Fat Albert; we’ve all gotten the bird at one time or another!
8. Dez Bryant
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I wonder how many times that stupid “pants on the ground” song has come up in reference to this story.
Dez Bryant was looking like a fool with his pants on the ground, and it almost got him arrested.
Bryant and three friends were ejected from a mall because of a dispute between himself and two off-duty police officers who apparently weren’t too happy about their baggy pants and exposed underwear.
This sparked an angry rebuttal from Bryant which led to him and his friends being “escorted” out of the mall.
Police reported that Bryant refused to leave until his “representative” got their though, so he parked in a fire line until said “representative” showed up and got him to leave.
No official charges were filed against Bryant besides a Miscellaneous Incident Report.
Looking like a fool…
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7. Johnny Jolly
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Johnny Jolly either has a really bad cold, or can’t get himself off the “purple drank”.
Either way I’m sure he’s not too happy, which is ironic given his last name.
Jolly was arrested again for possession of codeine.
According to police Jolly’s car was pulled over for a “routine traffic stop” because his car had illegally tinted windows.
His license was suspended, which seems to be a trend, and while searching his car they found two bottles under his seat. One had 600 grams of codeine in it, which is never a fun time.
Why don’t these guys just renew their licenses!
6. Mike Vrabel
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Good ole’ Mike Vrabel is a three- time Super Bowl champ which is thrilling I’m sure, but apparently he gets his jolly’s stealing from casino’s nowadays.
Reports are that an officer saw Vrabel taking bottles of alcohol from a deli without paying for them.
To make things worse Vrabel is one of the outspoken members of the NFLPA, which makes them look real good right about now.
Vrabel called the whole thing “an unfortunate misunderstanding.” I’m sure he felt the same way about telling the rookies not to go to the NFL Draft.
5. Laurence Maroney
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Laurence Maroney was arrested for possessing marijuana and the unlawful use of a weapon after his car was stopped by the police in January.
In his defense he apparently has a permit that allows him to carry concealed weapons, but the police argued that even though he had the permit on him he was arrested for “possessing a firearm while under the influence of drugs.”
Check this scene out.
Two vehicles were stopped after police spotted three vehicles circling and disrupting traffic. Police took at .45 caliber, 9mm and a .223 rifle out of one car and a glock out of the other.
Say hello to my little friend.
4. Everson Griffen
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Crime is never a funny thing and I urge you not to laugh at this one, but to be honest it’s hard not to.
Vikings big man, Everson Griffen, was arrested twice and tasered once in three days.
Take a minute and let it out.
Homie had a rough weekend. He was arrested on a Friday night for public intoxication and spent the night in the tank. That Monday he was arrested again after he was pulled over with an invalid driver’s license.
That is when Griffen decided to take his fate in his own hands though, so he apparently told the police that he “didn’t want to go back to jail” and sprinted away.
The police caught up to him quickly and tried to subdue him, but according to reports he grabbed an officer in the “groin area”.
He got the Taser.
3. Louis Murphy
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A member of the Oakland raiders getting in trouble!?
Say it ain’t so!
Murphy was pulled over while on an easy Sunday morning drive for playing his music to loud, which I’m sure could have been an easy fix for him.
According to the police he refused to show them his ID and shockingly enough he resisted being handcuffed.
Now, things like this happen so really Murphy had no reason to be on this list, but when the cops found an unmarked prescription bottle things got interesting.
Later on the eleven unmarked pills were identified as Viagra and Murphy claimed that he took the label off of the bottle because he didn’t want his girlfriend to know that he needed them.
I’m pretty sure she knows now, and so does the rest of the world.
I think that’s the last time that Louis Murphy takes medical advice from JaMarcus Russell
2. Brandon Banks
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Anytime you start talking about a member of the Washington Redskins being assaulted you are treading on some very thin ice, so I am going to walk carefully around this one.
I am going to assume that Redskins returner, Brandon Banks, is having a pretty rough offseason.
He and a friend got stabbed outside of a D.C. night club and he had to spend some time in the hospital with a knife wound and a tube in his chest to prevent his lung from collapsing.
To make matters worse somebody captured the fight that brought on the stabbing with a cell phone, so now Banks might have to face charges.
Apparently the fight started because the stabbing suspect decided to wear white after labor day.
How dare he.
1. Aqib Talib
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Any time that you are facing up to 20 years in prison I think that it is fair to say that you are having somewhat of a bad offseason, and that is why Aqib Talib gets the number one spot on this list.
Let the record state that Talib is denying the allegations against him, but let it also state that he is being charged with a felony gun crime in Texas for allegedly firing a gun at his sister’s boyfriend.
To make matters even worse apparently his mom got in on the action and they took turns playing duck hunt for a minute or two.
The boyfriend was not hurt, but I have a feeling that he is not going to be invited over for Easter dinner.
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