Joey Porter gets 3 game fine

[Crazy4Bengals]

So I just returned from my 6 month checkup at the dentist. Normally I wouldn't bother boring you guys with that sort of information, but as I sat in the waiting room, I noticed something interesting. Sitting there on the table was an old SI issue that had an article about the Joey Porter signing in Miami. In it, they enumerated his 'troubles'. They listed things that I simply forgot about. You remember ... the William Green fight before the game. That was an actual physical fight, not just Joey and his big old jaw yapping. Then you had the 'bad word' usage in the Cleveland game that was caught on tape. They also mentioned the Vegas fight. Hmmm ... no prior problems? I now don't get it. Seems like a pattern to me. Seems like there is 'history' to be sure. Yet no suspension.

Hmmm no pattern at all, only 1 problem with the law.

[duus]

So I just returned from my 6 month checkup at the dentist. Normally I wouldn't bother boring you guys with that sort of information, but as I sat in the waiting room, I noticed something interesting. Sitting there on the table was an old SI issue that had an article about the Joey Porter signing in Miami. In it, they enumerated his 'troubles'. They listed things that I simply forgot about. You remember ... the William Green fight before the game. That was an actual physical fight, not just Joey and his big old jaw yapping. Then you had the 'bad word' usage in the Cleveland game that was caught on tape. They also mentioned the Vegas fight. Hmmm ... no prior problems? I now don't get it. Seems like a pattern to me. Seems like there is 'history' to be sure. Yet no suspension.

Hmmm no pattern at all, only 1 problem with the law.

Really? There is no pattern there of confrontational and potentially violent behavior? I understand that two of those were on the field of play, yet both were acknowledged by the league as well as fans of the league. Are we suggesting if something happens on the field of play (before, during, and after games) is not to be used in a critical manner when something off the field occurs? For me, I see a pattern. Maybe the guys should get drunk on the sideline after the game, get a DUI at some point, but rely upon folks to say they do not see a pattern. Seriously ... that's a pattern of potentially dangerous misbehavior at the very least.

[jjakq27]

So I just returned from my 6 month checkup at the dentist. Normally I wouldn't bother boring you guys with that sort of information, but as I sat in the waiting room, I noticed something interesting. Sitting there on the table was an old SI issue that had an article about the Joey Porter signing in Miami. In it, they enumerated his 'troubles'. They listed things that I simply forgot about. You remember ... the William Green fight before the game. That was an actual physical fight, not just Joey and his big old jaw yapping. Then you had the 'bad word' usage in the Cleveland game that was caught on tape. They also mentioned the Vegas fight. Hmmm ... no prior problems? I now don't get it. Seems like a pattern to me. Seems like there is 'history' to be sure. Yet no suspension.

Hmmm no pattern at all, only 1 problem with the law.

Being an a**h*** is a terminal condition and should be punishable in some way regardless of the number of priors. Porter and all of his unnecessary yapping is a perfect example of that.

If he is as good as he thinks he is, I still can't figure out why the Steelers just let him walk.

[oldschooler]

Seriously, please show me one example of two people doing the same thing and being treated differently. I'm not even asking for the same charge, I'm asking for similar charges with similar background. The reason guys like Pac-Man and Henry got what they got while Porter got a 3 game fine is because they are repeat offenders, and this new policy is about repeat offenders. So, guys who are in trouble over and over again are going to be punished more harshly than the guy with one mistake.

Of course repeat offenders will be punished more harshly.

But You`re wrong. The new conduct policy isn`t about repeat offenders.

The new conduct policy states . . .

"It is important that the NFL be represented consistently by outstanding people as well as great football players, coaches, and staff," Goodell said. "We hold ourselves to higher standards of responsible conduct because of what it means to be part of the National Football League. We have long had policies and programs designed to encourage responsible behavior, and this policy is a further step in ensuring that everyone who is part of the NFL meets that standard. We will continue to review the policy and modify it as warranted."

The strengthened standards apply to all NFL employees: players, coaches, officials, owners, front-office and league personnel. And Goodell emphasized in the new policy that those standards will be considerably tighter than outside the league.

"It is not enough to simply avoid being found guilty of a crime," the new policy says. "Instead, as an employee of the NFL or a member club, you are held to a higher standard and expected to conduct yourself in a way that is responsible, promotes the values upon which the league is based, and is lawful.

"Persons who fail to live up to this standard of conduct are guilty of conduct detrimental and subject to discipline, even where the conduct itself does not result in conviction of a crime."

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nf...ct-policy_N.htm

Nowhere does it say anything about "repeat offenders, multiple infractions",

or anything like that.

Also, you mention Pac-Man and Henry. They were supposedly punished under the old policy.

Porter was supposedly punished under the new more stricter one (implemented in April of this year).

[HoosierCat]

A follow-up...Joey in same boat as Levi with a knee owie?...seems so per PFT:

POSTED 7:20 p.m. EDT, August 5, 2007

PEEZY HAS A BAD KNEE?

Len Pasquarelli of ESPN.com reports that Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter is having his right knee evaluated after missing two days of practice.

"It was something that he noticed during the offseason program," coach Cam Cameron said. "He was working his way through it. It isn't something that happened since we started practice. He just wanted to get it checked out."

Coincidentally, we received on Friday an e-mail from a tipster who told us that Porter has had arthroscopic surgery on the knee, and that he will miss four weeks. We assumed that the e-mail was in reference to a media report on the subject, but our own MDS determined on Saturday that there was no available evidence at the time of any knee trouble for the guy known also as J. Peezy.

So we opted to take a wait-and-see approach on the issue. Though the report doesn't state that Porter has had any type of medical procedure, we wonder whether the Fins are opting to manage discreetly any evidence that Porter might have something more than a day-to-day thing. Especially if it was an issue that should have been realized by the team before $20 million in guaranteed money was paid to an aging defender whom many teams believe based on film study of his 2006 performance no longer has it.

We're particularly suspicious at this point because Pasquarelli's item seems to be parroting a party line about Porter's condition: "Porter, 30, has been relatively free of knee problems during his eight-year NFL career. The former Pittsburgh Steelers star has missed only six games in his career, and has never been sidelined for more than two contests in a year. He did wear a brace on his right knee during organized team activities sessions (OTAs) in June, but has not employed it in the early portions of training camp."

This carefully crafted passage conveniently omits reference to the fact that Porter had arthroscopic surgery in May 2006 on his right knee due to an injury from the prior season.

"I played through it so well through the playoffs that nobody thought [the knee] was as bad as it was," Porter said in August 2006. "It was hurting, but nothing where I couldn't play through it. At that point, it swelled up, I iced it, I took the necessary precautions. But, at the same time, I never knew there were some loose particles in there and wondered why it kept showing up in the offseason when I'm working out."

One year later, it was the same thing all over again, with a problem being first noticed during the offseason program. This time around, however, it's not known whether Porter first injured the knee in the 2006 regular season. If he did, and if the Fins paid out $20 million in guaranteed money for a guy who ends up being damaged goods, someone is going to have to answer some tough questions to the boss, baby.

Maybe Levi got a swift kick in? A follow-up-follow-up:

POSTED 10:10 p.m. EDT, August 5, 2007

SOURCE SAYS PORTER HAS BEEN 'SCOPED

In response to our item from earlier on Sunday, in which we mentioned that we recently received a tip that Miami linebacker Joey Porter already has had arthroscopic surgery on his ailing right knee, a league source says that Porter has indeed undergone the procedure, and that he's likely out until the regular season opens.

It's unclear why the team would be concealing Porter's condition at this point. On Saturday, coach Cam Cameron indicated that the knee was still being evaluated.

The Dolphins signed Porter in March to a contract that pays him $20 million in guaranteed money. Other teams believe based on his performance in 2006 that Porter's best days are in his behind. Right next to that bullet hole.

[duus]

POSTED 7:20 p.m. EDT, August 5, 2007

PEEZY HAS A BAD KNEE?

Len Pasquarelli of ESPN.com reports that Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter is having his right knee evaluated after missing two days of practice.

... this could just be a trick by a very smart new headcoach ... "Hey Joey, you need to get your knee evaluated" ... "pssst, hey doc, evaluate his head while your at it!"

[jjakq27]

POSTED 7:20 p.m. EDT, August 5, 2007

PEEZY HAS A BAD KNEE?

Coincidentally, we received on Friday an e-mail from a tipster who told us that Porter has had arthroscopic surgery on the knee, and that he will miss four weeks. We assumed that the e-mail was in reference to a media report on the subject, but our own MDS determined on Saturday that there was no available evidence at the time of any knee trouble for the guy known also as J. Peezy.

Fo' shizzle's sake. Can we please stop with all of the Snoop Dog nicknaming crap? J. Peezy? Come on. How queer is that?

No wonder he needed four other guys to help him with Levi.

[HoosierCat]

PFT had an update earlier. The fins came out and said that Porter has not had any knee surgery...yet. It's still in the "evaluation" stage. In other words, something is definitely screwed up with their high-priced FA LB's knee.

[COB]

Knee? Doesn't matter. Porter's game consists of screaming at players on the opposing team during warmups, then disappearing during the actual game. A bad knee won't mess with his game at all.

[HoosierCat]

J. Peezy off to the surgeon...

POSTED 4:38 p.m. EDT; UPDATED 4:52 p.m. EDT, August 6, 2007

PORTER VISIT DR. ANDREWS

Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter, sidelined with a right knee injury that the team has been (in our estimation) trying to downplay, traveled to Alabama on Monday to see Dr. James Andrews, one of the best known orthopedic surgeons in all of sports.

Technically, Porter went to see Andrews for a "second opinion," which implies that there's a "first opinion" that the player and/or the team doesn't like.

Porter had arthroscopic surgery on the same knee in May 2006, during which cartilage was removed. One full football season -- and nearly 15 months in the aging process -- later, Porter is having more trouble with the knee.

It doesn't bode well for a veteran linebacker whom many thought had lost some of his pop in 2006, or for the team that paid him $20 million in guaranteed money.

Last season, the Dolphins' medical staff swung and missed on the overall conditions of quarterback Drew Brees and quarterback Daunte Culpepper. Based presumably on input from the doctors, the team opted not to pursue Brees, a free agent, but instead to give up a second-round draft pick for Culpepper.

This time around, the physicians might have made a very expensive blunder regarding Porter.

[HoosierCat]

J. Peezy goes under da knife...

POSTED 12:20 p.m. EDT, August 7, 2007

PORTER GETS 'SCOPED

Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in Alabama. The surgery was performed by Dr. James Andrews, and not by the team's physicians.

Porter went to Alabama for a second opinion on Monday, presumably because he didn't like what the team physicians had to say. The fact that Porter opted to have the surgery performed by Dr. Andrews suggests that Porter felt more comfortable with him than with the team doctors.

It is the second surgery that Porter has had on his right knee in less than 15 months. Since there is only a finite amount fof cartilage in the joint, and presuming that this most recent procedure removed more of it, the term "bone on bone" could eventually become a reality for Porter.

Porter is expected to be out of action for two weeks, and probably will not participate in any preseason games.

[jjakq27]

Pleezy, enough with the JPeezy.

[HoosierCat]

Pleezy, enough with the JPeezy.

Ya know I only do it for you!