Braylon Edwards Still Has Not Been Called To The Principal's Office

by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 4:16 PM PDT in San Francisco 49ers News

Braylon Edwards spoke with the 49ers media today and told them he had not heard a single thing from the commissioner's office in regards to any possible violations of the league's conduct policy. As he described it, "Yeah, that's great news, that's a little better than good news."

Potential discipline against Edwards was potentially on the horizon following a July guilty plea to a DWI charge from 2010. I did a little poking around though and came across a tweet from Chris Mortensen last September following the initial arrest. According to that tweet the DWI did not fall under the personal conduct policy. He had a previous assault issue that might elevate it, but given how confusing the league's discipline power can be, I honestly don't know what to make of it.

I will say that since the league has not called Edwards into the principal's office yet, can they really justify calling him in now with only a week and a half left until the season? They've dealt with some players that had issues during the lockout (Aqib Talib and Kenny Britt). If they haven't called in Edwards eleven months after his DWI, it seems like we should be able to assume he won't be suspended (yes I'm actually going to assume!).

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I would assume that would be the case...

I think this is definitely an instance where no news is good news. If the league was going to do anything, I can’t imagine they would’ve waited this long

by djs9989 on Aug 30, 2011 4:23 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions

Edwards and Smith appear to be working hard...

in practice to make their connection lethal… now if only Joe Staley and company can only block, someone, anyone.

Alex gotta love his options, Gore, Miller, Vernon,Delanie, Edwards,Morgan,Crabtree,Ginn, and waterbug Williams.

by BigMar on Aug 30, 2011 4:25 PM PDT reply actions

Yes, this is great news

Can’t wait to see him playing in ‘real’ games.

by 10forTech on Aug 30, 2011 4:28 PM PDT reply actions

Can't wait to see him AND Crabtree on the same field together.

Plus Vernon, plus Walker, plus Morgan, plus Williams… not all at the same time of course… but those are going to be some lethal options. Tough to defend once the offense starts clicking….and blocking.

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by Drew Kerr on Aug 30, 2011 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions

I would actually love to see

Davis, Walker, Edwards, Crabtree, Gore all on the field at the same time.If the O-Line blocks and Smith throws the ball correctly I think that combination could be really good.

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by manraj7 on Aug 31, 2011 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Well prepare to "love"

There will be a lot of formations that include 2 TE’s, 2 WR’s, and 1 RB

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by Drew Kerr on Aug 31, 2011 1:59 AM PDT up reply actions

no news is good news

now what’s this i hear about Norris? did he get cut…traded? incur a season ending injury? none of the above?

by Doni S on Aug 30, 2011 4:36 PM PDT reply actions

Norris?

I think somebody was just being sarcastic about it.

by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions

ah…well then, I’m still holding out hope for Saturday

by Doni S on Aug 30, 2011 4:40 PM PDT reply actions

Only way I see him getting suspended

is if the NFL wants to show how much bias they have against the 49ers lol I mean if they let the other guys off and suspend Braylon, they will give themselves away

by sanfranfanmdk on Aug 30, 2011 5:11 PM PDT reply actions

I think Goodell forgot about him now that he is on the West Coast

We don’t exist to the powers that be

He will remember in Week 2 when we beat “America’s team”

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by Drew Kerr on Aug 30, 2011 5:21 PM PDT reply actions

he was about to take care of the situation

but James Harrison put an empty milk carton back in the fridge and that stuff don’t fly with the Commish.

by mcwagner on Aug 30, 2011 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs

So it appears WR's will be Edwards-Morgan-Crabtree-Ginn-Williams...

The one guy im not yet sold on as a “consistant” W.R. is Ginn.

Yes, Ginn would be our deep threat, but we know the dude drops many, many balls.

Ginn is one of those players that does better in practice, then in real games. I think that holds true for his kick return abilities too.

Makes me wonder if Ginn is concerned about taking a hit…even on kick returns he runs out of bounds a bit to much for my liking.

On the other hand, Phillip Adams that guy is a warrior running back kicks.

by BigMar on Aug 30, 2011 5:30 PM PDT reply actions

I hate being that guy

But I think Braylon needs a 4-game suspension to really illustrate how real things are. It’s not fair that he slips off to San Francisco on a one year deal and the league forgets about it. Luckily for us Niners fans, the league doesn’t care. I hope Edwards does well for this team, and I hope he becomes a better person, but I still think he needs four games to think about it.

by Andrew Davidson on Aug 30, 2011 5:44 PM PDT reply actions

suspension

I don’t think he was going to get suspended wherever he went.

by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions

You know, David, I think you are one of the few people on SBN that actually use the subject line here as if it were identical to the one used in email. I have no clue why I get such a kick out of it.

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by joe579 on Aug 30, 2011 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Why use it as it was "meant to be used"

When it functions flawlessly as the visual equivalent of a small pause of measure before the punchline or final conclusion of a joke and/or statement

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by TryAndCatchVD on Aug 30, 2011 7:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

sometimes....

I use it like this. But yea, normally I use it as the subject of whatever I’m talking about.

by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions

You said something a week or so ago about a DWI but that happened a while back... I think during the 2010 Season (in progress)

Why should the 49ers suffer the penalty for that? And why did the Jets NOT suffer a penalty for it?

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by Drew Kerr on Aug 30, 2011 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions

DWI

He got the DWI last September. That’s what this post is about. That DWI. Given that he hasn’t been called to Goodell’s office it would seem like nothing would happen. But whether it’s the 49ers or Jets that would have suffered from a suspension, I don’t think that really matters.

Say during the final week of the regular season he did something worthy of a suspension but played on that last Sunday because it was too soon to give out a punishment. Then he signs somewhere else in the offseason. The new team suffers the penalty knowing it’s possible he could be suspended. Not quite the same context, but same idea of a new team suffering from a player’s mistake.

by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah. I see what you mean. If the team that takes the chance wants to do that it's their choice.

But I just feel like it should’ve been addressed back in September.

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by Drew Kerr on Aug 30, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions

agree

But if you check out the Mortensen tweet from last September in the post, it’s possible this was never going to be an issue.

by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Wonder why

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by Drew Kerr on Aug 30, 2011 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions

not sure

League conduct policy is not particularly clear.

by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Sounds like a discretion type of deal.

I am sure Goodell is looking at it like a, “it’s already been settled with the law” type of deal.

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by Drew Kerr on Aug 30, 2011 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I suppose...

but hasn’t stopped Goodell in the past.

by David Fucillo on Aug 31, 2011 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions

Braylon's comments... for anyone who does not believe in the "not showing their hand" bit.

Very telling…
http://www.csnbayarea.com/pages/ninersvideo#

Go to the Braylon Edwards video

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by Drew Kerr on Aug 30, 2011 9:59 PM PDT reply actions

interesting video

I’m gonna embed it in a post in the morning, so thanks for pointing it out. Having all the weapons is all well and good, but we’ll see if there is improved OL play alongside it. Wide weapon receivers don’t matter if your QB is on his backside within two Mississippis

by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, or less.

I really hope their ready. In other news, John Carlson (Seahawks TE) is out for the season.

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by Drew Kerr on Aug 30, 2011 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions

yea...

In related news, I just drafted Zach Miller in a money league I’m in. I’m a big Miller fan. Seattle could have been filthy at tight end if Carlson had stayed healthy. One less weapon for Tarvaris.

by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah.

It sorta sucks for both of them though that they have a running back throwing them passes. Although, Miller is used to catching off target passes so that would work out big.

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by Drew Kerr on Aug 30, 2011 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions