In what is becoming all too commonplace in the NFL, and around 4949 Centennial Blvd especially, the latest guy to get arrested/charged/indicted is linebacker Ahmad Brooks. His incident of course stems from the party that got RayMac in trouble initially last December. And it involves the same girl. She was apparently knocked unconscious when she fell down poolside. and was groped by Brooks. RayMac then allegedly took her upstairs and raped her. How she knew what went on while she was unconcho is a mystery, but the other curious thing is, she leveled the charges against RayMac in December, but waited until May to point the finger at Brooks.
While RayMac has left a trail of sexual assault charges, and now his indictment for the December case, this is a first for Brook. His only other altercation was when someone took his keys at a party, and Brooks’ recourse was to smash a beer bottle over his head a few times. Nothing ever came of it, but there was the obligatory investigation, and the dude, Lamar Divens, was released amid little fanfare.
The Niners response was to send Brooks home for the Denver preseason game, and to await further reports, but shit, the whole thing smells fishy. RayMac’s abuse issues were well known by the time the Niners released him in December, even before the allegations came out last August that he had abused his girlfriend. Three months earlier (not reported to the public) they were fighting, and she grabbed his gun and threatened to kill herself. When he said he was calling 911, she split. RayMac has of course dumbed himself out of the league with more charges against him, at least for the time being.
The jury remains out on Brooks though. Word is, there is video evidence of some of what the woman claims. At this point who knows? If that pops up and shows anything, we are down another linebacker . . .
In the immortal words of Chris Cornell, I can’t get any lower, still I feel I’m sinking.
Will this madness ever end? Will the season ever start? Will the Niners have enough players? Stay tuned . . .
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Don’t look now but Desmond Bishop can play ! Good call by BERGER.
Not sure if he doesn’t remind me of Brooks more than skuta. Kid looks quick !
That Armstead is one big strong sob
I laugh at the ever present “due process” stuff trotted out by management. What they can do with players is all controlled by what’s in the CBA. The Niners could cut Brooks right now, and due process in this country wouldn’t blink. It’s all in how much the player can contribute. If Brooks were some walk on dude free agent who got videoed doing something untoward with an inebriated lady, he’d be out the door pronto. Brooks has a bit more traction on the field. We shall see what happens. But, whatever does happen, “due process” will have nada to do with it…
I concur.
Due process was a convenient phrase to hide behind to keep a good player/bad person playing.
Like you said, it means nothing in the NFL, unless they want it to.
Yup. With the number of LBs we’ve lost this offseason he’s sticking around as long as possible.
I heard last night that whatever actions are taken can only be taken by thee league at this point. Some sort of CBA thing? I don’t get it, but who ever the ESPN lawyer is, he said that.
I stumbled on this blog to read about my 49ers but I read some wonderful comments by a few of you.
I think the OLB is going to be rough this year. The top three from last year are gone. I hope that the next three do well and have success.
I think Lynch is going to be really good, but setting the edge and getting off run blocks from that position has to be one of the harder tasks in the NFL. We’ll know what’s up by about game 3. I’m crossing my fingers that everything turns out fine. I’m excited but skeptical at the same time with all these changes taking place.
Brooks is a goner, it’s just a matter of time.
Unfortunately you are probably correct. And it is probably sooner than later.
Do you think the NFL isn’t concerned with PC-ness? This is Goodie Goodell’s mantra. The Chris Carter thing just emphasizes this all the more. Thren again, with Robert Kraft on the outs with Goodell, and the Super Bowl here in Jed’s house, maybe Goodie goes light on Brooks. First offense (sexually anyway) and all.
Otherwise, it’s keep up appearances, throw your friends under the bus and keep your name out of the police blotter. Hello Ray Lewis.
Meanwhile on Skeeber’s blog the prediction is the Niners are doomed. I mean kaput……fini. Well that’s the general drift of the matter. On this blog we’ll enjoy the tunes!
Skeevie posts thread number 250 about how bad the team is, followed by 25 of bullit’s posts of the same vein. When the players were getting busted under Harbaugh, not a peep out of company boy (due process! due process!) but now its a national crime. Beyond the fact that it is in the league’s hands now escapes him.
Funny how that works. This team very well may go down in flames, but Harbaugh leaving is the least of the things that could drive this team into the ground.
It’s the shiny object crowd that jumps on the superficial bullshit that is the Harbaugh departure.
He saw the writing on the wall with his team getting old, and a lot of FA defections, and made the move to go to Michigan. Is it a coincidence that they played their worst game of the year 4 days after the Michigan job came up for grabs? Hello Raider game.
He left a trail of destruction but it isn’t obvious. Baalke plays his piece in this, but Harbaugh desperately wanted out and went about it with his usual turmoil.
Unca- You seem to be enamored with Donald Trump. Obviously he is doing a job on you. One thing is obvious, he has the Democrats in a tizzy. Meanwhile, the economy tanked in 2007 when the Democrats took over the House and Senate. Go look up the time line and it is obvious. When the GOP took over the House things started to improve. Now that the GOP has the House and Senate the economy is doing much better. Your Democrats just keep fucking the USA and you keep running protection for them.
Your party just keeps giving free stuff for votes and that can’t be sustained. But as long as you think the illegals and people getting hand outs will vote for Democrats then I guess in your mind that it is more important to sustain the Democrat party than the USA. Oh wait, I guess since you are an Independent you can see this is already true. Only a Democrat would defend this foolish policy.
Blah blah blah. Trump has the Republicans in a tizzy, skippy. It ain;t my party he’s bringing down. He’s the Republican version of Ralph Nader once he’s bounced from the GOP. Try paying attention. I know. Difficult. What happened when the GOP took over the White House? Hmmm. Different story there. Surplus to deficit, 2 unfunded wars, they’ll praise us as conquering heroes, yadda yadda yadda. Oh yeah, that didn’t count.
Face it, the Republicans are rich little entitled good ol’ white boys. You fighting the war on Christmas? They might as well be the little rascals sitting in their he-man woman-hater clubhouse. You know, like good little frat boys.
You are the one who started the politics on this thread by assuming everybody agrees that Fox does nothing but lie. A typical MSNBC tenet.
I’m sure the rest of you love politics. Feel free to chime in. Or not.
I’ll tell you what stopped with the GOP in the White House, car bombings. Looks like that is back in vogue now that the Dems have been apologizing for everytrhing. What about a white guy shooting some black people, it was about a crazy fool and banning a flag. Now that a gay black man has murdered two white people on live TV it is about guns. Should we ban the Rainbow flag since he was gay? How many representatives is this racist president going to send to the funerals? The only thing this President has brought is more racial tension than we’ve had for decades.
Right. Car bombs? Do you live in Belfast in 1973? Looks like you picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. What the fuck is your problem? Are you dense or just trying too hard? Apologies=murder? Got it. If you can’t remember, there was uproar over both sets of crimes. Beyond that, slavery was a thing. Remember? Of course not. A guy screaming racist epithets as he murders people in church is a little different than a disgruntled co-worker targeting co-workers. Of course you don’t see anything different. You play the Fox card. What do they have in common? Hmmmmmmm. Toughie there. Can ya figger it out, skippy? Bet yer real proud of Nevahhhda assemblyman Jim Wheeler who said he’s all for bringing back slavery. I know the republicans want to go back to the 50s, but I never imagined it was the 1850s.
Yeah, that’s the president’s fault that crime happens. Blah blah blah. By that reckoning, Bush is solely responsible for 9-11. Oooopsie!! Well, he IS responsible for the 6,000 soldiers who have died in Iraq/Afghanistan and the hundreds of thousands injured and maimed soldiers who he them turned his back on. Along with your Congress. .
As long as you don’t have a dog in the fight, it’s easy to be a hawk,isn’t it?
Let’s review your topic, slavery. The Democrats started the KKK to scare republicans away, who sympathized with the blacks. RFK wrote the bill for civil rights in the 60s but the Dems wouldn’t pas it. It was the GOP who got the votes up to get it passed. Now the Dems give the blacks a bunch of free stuff and claim to be on their side. All they really do is help them get angry at society help then stay angry and use scare tactics to try and convince them we are a racist society and Republicans are the racists. You are doing it right now. You tell them you understand, here is some free stuff, vote for us. It’s the Dems plan to make them indentured servants.
Yeah, here’s your sign. You and Charlie Manson make about the same amount of sense.
Good luck with that.
I can guarantee Manson was not a Republican.
NEw thread is up.
Leave the politics on this one Bergs, if you insist.
Not unless you want to mention it first.
Here ya go . . .
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/charles-manson-denied-parole-effectively-ending-his-bid-for-republican-presidential-nomination
Leeeeeets see how long it takes you
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