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Welcome to the End Around, a weekly look back at the world of the National Football League. serves as your guide.It was a good week for ...1. :.2. : The running back has found yet another conductor for the annual Hype Train. 3. : In practice, but still!It was a bad week for ...1. Chuck Pagano: The are sending Pagano into 2015 as . or bust for Chuck Strong?2. : Another silent seven days for Rice on the free-agent front. Is this the end for the running back?3. PAT purists: Football fans a valuable bathroom break.Coaches gather at NFL Annual MeetingInitial impre sions ...Andy Reid is the greatest. Chip Kelly is Johnny Cash. Belichick has no toenail shame. Tom Coughlin manages to look both 70 and 7 at the same time. Todd Bowles is given unmatched air space. Joe Philbin still has a job? Bruce Arians matches his Kangol and shirt. Dan Quinn looks like a bad guy from a Dateline episode. Jack Del Rio has size 48 feet. Jim Tomsula flashes the most chest hair. Pettine and Bradley are in a row two bald-off. Mike Tomlin is over the whole thing. Andy Reid is the greatest, still."Hey Towwww-mmy, get awwf tha cliff ya knucklehead!"I like that guys have clauses in their contracts that forbid them from riding motorcycles or playing basketball, yet can of a freaking mountain with no contractual ramifications.If tried this, he would explode on impact. made a wise decision.What The What?I
Chris Webber Jersey 've gotten a few tweets about this guy, an English rugby prospect named Tyrese Johnson-Fisher.The video is quite striking, particularly the 37-second mark when TJF turns his opponent into a human piata. You're honestly telling me the would be better off with over this guy?And now the kicker: Johnson-Fisher is only 15 years old. Fifteen! Runs like , trucks like . I don't know if his abilities would translate to football -- or if he'd even be interested -- but I'm inviting him to work out for my team if I'm a GM. Sadly, I am not a GM.Tweet of the weekI've been constipating walking into the Veteran combine with my shirt off and then walking out Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) Everything about this idea is problematic and potentially gro s, and yet I was disappointed when it didn't happen.Aaron Rodgers cares not for your criticism went to Cal, but his college hoops allegiances lie with the University of Wisconsin, which advanced to its second straight Final Four with a win over Arizona on Saturday.Rodgers attended the game and was on the court when the Badgers cut down the nets following the win. This angered one CBS columnist, MVP for not giving any interviews and Rodgers was granted acce s that credentialed media was not.The beef found its way to Rodgers, who offered a sharply-worded response, complete with flame-throwing hashtags:To the biggest twitter crybaby of the night, I had a pa s to be on the court. Send your complaints to the A.D. Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) Also with interview requests, sometimes the answer is yes and sometimes it's no. I'm not there for u, I'm there to support my friends n UW. Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) I see both sides here. Rodgers shouldn't feel obligated to talk to the media when he is on his own time. Then again, giving reporters 30 seconds of his time is hardly root canal.Dennis Dodd only loses me when he questions Rodgers' all-acce s pa s. Fair or not, star pro athletes are afforded life liberties that Chaz Six-Pack or Carl Reporter will never enjoy. It's best not to think about this and just be thankful you weren't born as a garden slug or something.Thanks Al Goreapproaching 20th anniversary of NFL's 1st website launch. fact sheet handed out at Draft Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) It's funny to think back to when the Internet was just this buzzy thing that nobody quite grasped. If you want to relive that feeling of wonder and bewilderment, try to teach your grandmother how to acce s her Gmail account.Spring of Gronk updateYep, everything checks out here. As you were.Clipboard Jesus' duck dynastyHere's quarterback providing some insight into a day in the life of one of Nashville's . I have no idea what one does with 13 deceased ducks, but I'm also not a rugged outdoorsman with impeccable taste in .Quote of the Week, Part I"My truck is about as subtle as a punch in the nose. It shows how excited I am to be a part of this community."-- Rex Ryan, Here's the truck, in case you forgot ...Rex Ryans new truck love it GO BUFFALO drew (@tackett1278) Quote of the Week, Part II"I hit the thing and say, 'Thank you very much, I know exactly where
Joel Embiid Jersey I am now.' She comes back and says, 'You don't have to thank me.' I swear to God, that's what she said. Then I couldn't get her to shut up."-- coach Tom Coughlin, explaining , a bot sent from the future to destroy him.WhoopsNew Era says it's fixing Jaguars draft hat that had Miami skyline Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) The good news in this flub from the New Era folk is that it prompted me to Google "Jacksonville skyline" and you know what? That's an End Around freebie for the Jax tourism board. "Discover Jacksonville! It's not bad!"Rich guy does rich person stuff arrived at his 30th birthday party last week on a camel. There was also traditional Arabian garb, a that cost more than your car, , who might be contractually obligated to attend a different party every night of his life. He doesn't even have to know the people involved.Peterson received some criticism when these photos started showing up on social media. I don't quite follow all that. Though, I also wouldn't spend $20,000 to rent a humped beast for two hours.Hero of the Week: Vikings social media guyHappy Birthday, ! Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) Speaking of A.P., you gotta respect this transparent bid by the to get back in the good graces of their star running back. Needs more camel.Villain of the Week: Father TimeMichael Bush when he learned he ran a 4.91 40 at the Veteran Combine: 'You gotta be ****ing me. 4.91? There you go, there goes my career.' Marc Se sler (@MarcSe sler) Don't let your babies grow up to attend the veteran combine.Until next time ...The "Around The League Podcast" is now available on iTunes! to listen and subscribe.