Footage released of Ray Rice dragging unconscious fiance after their altercation last week

[dcmissle]

The morphing on Tuna's behalf would elicit a knowing nod from Francesa. Go with Clemons because it was in real time and came straight from Parcells to Willy.

That was a remarkable event. On the morning of the draft, the Globe ran two stories, one by McDonough, the other by Borges, offering conflicting predictions of who the Pats would pick. Borges was right, McDonough wrong, and Willy never quite got over it.

 

[Shelterdog]

The morphing on Tuna's behalf would elicit a knowing nod from Francesa. Go with Clemons because it was in real time and came straight from Parcells to Willy.

That was a remarkable event. On the morning of the draft, the Globe ran two stories, one by McDonough, the other by Borges, offering conflicting predictions of who the Pats would pick. Borges was right, McDonough wrong, and Willy never quite got over it.

 
I still can't believe Borges was right.

 

[dcmissle]

And I still can't believe McDonough and Borges broke press box protocol by high-fiving as the Pats won their first SB. Fellowship of the miserable.

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

The amazing thing to me about that '96 draft was that it's brought up all the time--Parcells' now famous "shopping for groceries" line--but no one ever talks about the fact that Parcells was wrong. Brackens or Clemons? Who cares? The Pats don't go to the Super Bowl without Glenn's 90 receptions that year.

 

[RedOctober3829]

@AdamSchefter: #Ravens RB Ray Rice indicted on one count of aggravated assault. Carries 3-5 year prison term.
 

 

[dbn]

I almost (but don't) hope that he is free to play this season so that I get more chances to refer to him as "Mell"

 

[soxhop411]

Aaron Wilson ‏@RavensInsider  5m
Ravens: 'This is part of the due process for Ray. We know there is more to Ray Rice than this one incident.'

 

[MarcSullivaFan]

Aaron Wilson ‏@RavensInsider   [URL="https://twitter.com/RavensInsider/status/449294112693686272

https://twitter.com/RavensInsider/status/449294112693686272"]5m[/url]
Ravens: 'This is part of the due process for Ray. We know there is more to Ray Rice than this one incident.'

This statement could come back to haunt them.

 

[soxhop411]

This statement could come back to haunt them.

no doubt

 

[Reverend]

Totally. Based on my knowledge of domestic violence, I actually read it in the negative way first before realizing the source of the statement.

They need someone a bit more savvy to tweet for them.

 

[Dogman]

Totally. Based on my knowledge of domestic violence, I actually read it in the negative way first before realizing the source of the statement.

They need someone a bit more savvy to tweet for them.

 
I don't think the tweeter is to blame here.  It looks like he is basically quoting verbatim the Ravens statement on Rice. 
 
Isn't an insider a reporter?

 

[Reverend]

 
I don't think the tweeter is to blame here.  It looks like he is basically quoting verbatim the Ravens statement on Rice. 
 
Isn't an insider a reporter?

My bad--shouldn't have attributed it to the tweeter. Yeah, whomever the Ravens have putting that stuff out. Yowza.

 

[SMU_Sox]

Rev, this reminds me of Croesus and the oracle. If you [go to war] a great empire will fall. I read it in the negative too at first before I saw who tweeted it.

 

[Reverend]

Rev, this reminds me of Croesus and the oracle. If you [go to war] a great empire will fall. I read it in the negative too at first before I saw who tweeted it.

Wow. You, like, way out-nerded me there. I'm talking social science and you drop an ancient classics analogy?

You're running some serious need game there, son!

But yeah, totally agree. It's perhaps both a testament to the progressive nature of this site and the problematic situation of the public consciousness that the Ravens would put that out without spotting the double entendre.

 

[NortheasternPJ]

Hopefully Ray Rice has the Remy legal team. 1 domestic incident? No problem!

 

[mt8thsw9th]

 

Aaron Wilson ‏@RavensInsider  5m
Ravens: 'This is part of the due process for Ray. We know there is more to Ray Rice than this one incident.'

 

 
I take this to mean he's assaulted many, many women, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. That's the only reasonable explanation for that type of quote about someone who beat up a woman in public and attempted to drag her seemingly lifeless body out of an elevator, only stopping when he realized there was a witness to the crime. Something like that.

 

[SMU_Sox]

Wow. You, like, way out-nerded me there. I'm talking social science and you drop an ancient classics analogy?

You're running some serious need game there, son!

But yeah, totally agree. It's perhaps both a testament to the progressive nature of this site and the problematic situation of the public consciousness that the Ravens would put that out without spotting the double entendre.

 
 
Well, I'm Greek and the only thing that keeps us relevant aside from crapping all over the EU is to bring up our past. Greeks: holding onto the glory years since 200 B.C.E.

 

[RIrooter09]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10693847/ray-rice-baltimore-ravens-gets-married-janay-palmer-one-day-indictment
 
They got hitched on Friday.

 

[Average Reds]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10693847/ray-rice-baltimore-ravens-gets-married-janay-palmer-one-day-indictment
 
They got hitched on Friday.

Was Rice's lawyer the best man?

Friggin' ridiculous.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Was Rice's lawyer the best man?

Friggin' ridiculous.

 
I wonder how spousal privilege may play into this.

 

[mascho]

Spousal privilege may not matter much, since this took place in a casino and they allegedly have everything on tape.

 

[RedOctober3829]

 
I wonder how spousal privilege may play into this.

I saw a tweet from a lawyer saying there is no spousal privilege in NJ

 

[E5 Yaz]

Are candlesticks still appropriate as a gift in this case?

 

[dbn]

Aww, I love a happy ending.

 

[Ed Hillel]

This is like a Lifetime movie directed by Ray Lewis.

 

[Leather]

I saw a tweet from a lawyer saying there is no spousal privilege in NJ

I think there was a Sopranos plot line about this.

 

[Dogman]

This is like a Lifetime movie directed by Ray Lewis.

 
Awesome.

 

[Couperin47]

Was Rice's lawyer the best man?

Friggin' ridiculous.

 
As long as there is no prenup, she'll make him pay someday...

 

[Couperin47]

What a modern day love story! Broadway next?

 
Courtship ritual where you knock your intended unconscious, then drag her around a casino ? It's an episode for a revival of The Flintstones.

 

[MarcSullivaFan]

What a piece of shit.

https://twitter.com/ravens/status/469917140158386176

 

[soxhop411]

“@Ravens: Ray Rice: "I won't call myself a failure. Failure is not getting knocked down. It's not getting up."”

“@Ravens: Janay Rice says she deeply regrets the role that she played the night of the incident.”

Horrible.

 

[MarcSullivaFan]

Maybe someone else you should apologize to?

https://twitter.com/ravens/status/469916892522508288

 

[Reverend]

Maybe someone else you should apologize to?

https://twitter.com/ravens/status/469916892522508288

 
Who, his wife? Why should he apologize to that failure?

 

[MarcSullivaFan]

 
Who, his wife? Why should he apologize to that failure?

I'm not sure I'd go that far. I mean, she did eventually get up. Maybe there's a time limit? After which you are a failure?

Too bad he's not taking questions.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

What do you mean, she got up.

 

[Rovin Romine]

She's only a failure if she had to get back up under her own power.  

 

[mascho]

“@Ravens: Janay Rice says she deeply regrets the role that she played the night of the incident.”

Horrible.

 
What role did she play?  Punching bag?  CPR training dummy?

 

[RedOctober3829]

That tweet from the teams official account saying the wife's comments is a slap in the face to all domestic violence victims everywhere. I didn't have a lot of respect for that organization before and I have even less now.

 

[MarcSullivaFan]

That tweet from the teams official account saying the wife's comments is a slap in the face to all domestic violence victims everywhere. I didn't have a lot of respect for that organization before and I have even less now.

I've actually had lots of respect for the organization, even if I hated some of the players. The live tweeting is incredibly stupid and tone deaf.

 

[Ed Hillel]

The NFL is just the best.

 

[Reverend]

The NFL is just the best.

 
His lawyer sounds like a real sweetheart too:
 

"I think the problem that Ray Rice has is the video and that created such a public outrage," Atlanta lawyer David Cornwell, a former NFL counsel who has represented Ben Roethlisberger, Donte' Stallworth and New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, told the Baltimore Sun earlier this month. "He has no other prior incidents and, all things being equal, he probably would be looking at a fine from the NFL under normal circumstances. The video makes it a little more complicated.
 
“That's what could get it out of the fine range and into a suspension because the league will respond to the unique aspect of the video and the fact that there's a female involved. Those are complicating factors. The NFL has ignored plea bargains and things of that nature in the past."
 

 

 

[Ed Hillel]

I'm surprised the Ravens feed didn't tweet that out as well. Maybe they will!

 

[MarcSullivaFan]

The only problem my client is facing is the indisputable video evidence that he punched his fiancé in the face and knocked her out. In other words, his problem is what he actually did.

As an aside, he's very lucky he didn't seriously hurt her. A punch from a guy of his strength could easily have fractured her skull. It's disgusting.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Was there video of the actual punch?  I thought the only video was him dragging her out of the elevator?

 

[amarshal2]

 
 
RT @Patriots Odin Lloyd deeply regrets his involvement in the Aaron Hernandez incident.

Deadspin comment
http://deadspin.com/ray-rice-sometimes-in-life-you-will-get-knocked-down-1580795933/all

 

[SMU_Sox]

I feel like this has been said already but 1) I'm on the mobile, 2) I don't care, 3) it's fucking right so it needs to be said again. Hey, at least he didn't smoke the reefer.

 

[MarcSullivaFan]

Was there video of the actual punch?  I thought the only video was him dragging her out of the elevator?

I believe the casino had video of the punch as well.

http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24451337/report-video-exists-of-ravens-rb-ray-rice-knocking-out-fiancee

 

[mascho]

I feel bad for the recent college graduate working for the Ravens' social media department.  He thought he was finishing up the first week at his dream job, would send out a few tweets during this presser, then head out to Ocean City for the long weekend.  He'll still be headed to Ocean City, just a few hours earlier than expected and without a job.  
 
Ray Rice, on the other hand...

 

[cornwalls@6]

I so want it to be them the Pats Kick the shit out of in the AFC title game.  With that moronic POS held to -10 rushing and a couple of fumbles.      
 
 
 
 
Edit: Should of prefaced that I wish he was facing a long suspension, if not outright ban. But, sadly, I fully expect him to be in uniform for them this year.      

 

[Hambone]

In that scenario does he get up at the end? If so he's the winner