Floyd Receives Sentence

The next shoe to drop is to see what Goodell does...hopes for leniency were probably out the window with the multiple positive tests...anything less than four games would be surprising...hopefully this doesn't drag on long term, but the way New York operates, I doubt we get anything definitive until camp is rolling...

This guy is unbelievably lucky and ridiculously stupid. To be given such an opportunity and possibly waste it, wow just wow. 

NFLN also reporting 5 days of house arrest too

@"BarrNone55" said: NFLN also reporting 5 days of house arrest too

Yabbut, 4 of those night he has to go to bed without supper...

Ooh such fierce consequences. Unreal. 

@"BarrNone55" said: Yabbut, 4 of those night he has to go to bed without supper...

Here is my thought on this:
1. His excuse is plausible. Hate him all you want, but the more you research this stuff (I have some personal experiences with it, including friends who make their own)... it is honestly a reasonable explanation.
2. The judge DOES believe his story, but knows that case law precedent is a real hum-dinger, so if he accepts it outright, he's setting up hundreds (if not thousands) of appeals and possible class-action lawsuits from people with DUI convictions, etc.
3. He still should have known better.

My guess is that Gooddell plays along, gives him a suspension, and reduces it to one game. It's still a severe penalty, because one more infraction would cause a one-year ban... but it doesn't completely derail him from ever getting another shot right now.

@"Max" said: Here is my thought on this: 1. His excuse is plausible. Hate him all you want, but the more you research this stuff (I have some personal experiences with it, including friends who make their own)... it is honestly a reasonable explanation. 2. The judge DOES believe his story, but knows that case law precedent is a real hum-dinger, so if he accepts it outright, he's setting up hundreds (if not thousands) of appeals and possible class-action lawsuits from people with DUI convictions, etc. 3. He still should have known better.

My guess is that Gooddell plays along, gives him a suspension, and reduces it to one game. It's still a severe penalty, because one more infraction would cause a one-year ban... but it doesn't completely derail him from ever getting another shot right now.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000817454/article/michael-floyd-ordered-to-day-in-jail-for-violating-sentencing-terms?campaign=Twitter_atn

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/06/26/huge-win-for-michael-floyd/

This cat has used up 8 of his 9 lives. He had better tow the line here on out or kiss his career good-bye.

Considering what we know about the tea, and the trivial amount of alcohol in Floyd's system, I'm not sure how the judge could've handed out a more severe punishment. The tea defense isn't as "absurd" IMO as the idea that Floyd, after passing 500 tests, and 5 days from the end of his sentence, would crack a couple of beers just before administering his breathalyzer. 

He dodged a bullet here obviously. Lets see if he can help this team at all and make any of it actually worth a damn. If he can't turn his career around in his hometown on a decent football team, then he's useless.