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Saints Sign
Odell Beckham Files
Bucs Fans
Wear Jameis
Winston’s No. 3
We guess all the quarter- backs who have been sus- pended had to go through this trust thing among fans. Quarterbacks like Tom Brady, Ben Roethlis- erger, had to go through and they are bound for the Hall Of Fame.
So, where does Jameis Winston stand with the Buccaneers fans?
Local reporters played “Spot the Jameis Winston jersey” at Bucs camp on Sun- day and there were a surpris- ingly large number of contestants, good and decent people, in No. 3. Some of them remained after practice, as Winston and other Bucs worked the autograph lines.
JAMEIS WINSTON
Winston, who is sus- pended from the first three games of the regular season, signed anything fans handed him. A young boy held up a sign that read “Jameis Win- ston Can We Take A Selfie?” The quarterback took a smil- ing selfie with the boy, then autographed the sign.
Bucs Counting On
Says Jerry Jones Has ‘Old
WR Michael
Lawsuit Against Man Suing
Floyd
Him Over Alleged Beating
MICHAEL FLOYD
Michael Floyd has finally found a home.
Floyd signed with the New Orleans Saints on Tuesday.
Floyd, 28, spent last sea- son with the Vikings, catching just 10 passes for 78 yards. Most of his NFL success came during a five-season stretch with the Arizona Cardinals from 2012-2016. But they re- leased him following a DUI ar- rest, and he was picked up by the Patriots.
Floyd was limited last year by a calf injury.
Le’Veon Bell Spotted Partying At Strip Club During Holdout
LE’VEON BELL Le’Veon Bell is frustrated
that he was unable to reach an agreement on a long-term ex- tension with the Pittsburgh Steelers again this offseason, but it doesn’t appear he is let- ting the situation weigh him down.
On Monday, Bell and a woman named Marliesia Ortiz were having themselves a grand old time at a strip club in Miami. Ortiz shared some videos on social media that showed Bell getting cozy with some of the dancers.
Bell is not expected to re- port to the Steelers for about another month, which would be the same timeline he fol- lowed last offseason. While he’s certainly free to do what he wants, you could make the ar- gument that he has a lot more free time on his hands than his teammates, who are currently in the heat of training camp.
Odell Beckham, Jr. has maintained that he is innocent after a man claimed he was bru- tally beaten at a party hosted by OBJ earlier this year, and the star wide receiver is now mak- ing an accusation of his own.
Ishmael Temple filed a $15M lawsuit against Beck- ham back in March, claiming he attended a party at Beck- ham’s Beverly Hills home in January and had a gun pulled on him by Beckham’s body- guard for no reason and was later brutally beaten by the bodyguard and another man. In more recent allegations, Tem- ple said he witnessed Beck- ham offer to pay a woman a large sum of money to have sex with him. He also said he has evidence of “drugs of the most prohibited types readily avail-
ODELL BECKHAM, JR.
able and consumed” at parties hosted by Beckham.
Beckham has countered with a lawsuit against Temple, claiming Temple’s allegations are nothing more than an ex- tortion attempt. As evidence, Beckham’s legal team points to the fact that Temple at first demanded a $999,999 settle- ment but then lowered his ask- ing price to $225K without explanation.
Richard Sherman
Ryan Fitzpatrick To
Plantation Mentality’
Step In For Suspended
Richard Sherman is an outspoken NFL player and knows he would not fit in well on a team owned by Jerry Jones.
Sherman, now in his first season with the San Francisco 49ers, said he was happy that the NFL and NFLPA are talk- ing about a national anthem policy. But he’s not happy about Jones, who said anyone who plays for his Dallas Cow- boys will be required to stand for the anthem.
“The owner of the Dallas Cowboys, with the old planta- tion mentality,” Sherman
Jameis Winston
As a veteran quarterback accustomed to ever-changing roles, there’s little Ryan Fitzpatrick hasn’t experi- enced during a 14-year NFL career.
He’s been a starter and a backup — several times.
Now, the Tampa Bay Buc- caneers are counting on him to help them weather Jameis Winston’s three- game suspension for violat- ing the league’s personal conduct policy.
And then head back to the bench.
“I thought I had seen and been through it all,” said Fitzpatrick, who’s entering his second season with his seventh pro team. “But an-
RICHARD SHERMAN
said of Jones. “What did you expect?”
Sherman has never held back, so it’s no surprise he’s unafraid to share these thoughts on Jones, especially when the Cowboys’ biggest star stood by his owner.
JAMEIS WINSTON AND RYAN FITZPATRICK
other year, another different situation.”
Not that the 35-year-old is complaining.
Fitzpatrick signed with Tampa Bay before last sea- son, knowing coach Dirk Koetter sought him purely as a backup.
Antonio Brown Appears To
Be Doing His Best To Recruit
Dez Bryant To The Steelers
Only days after the Browns showed some serious interest in adding Dez Bryant, it ap- pears Antonio Brown is now trying to convince the former Cowboys receiver to sign with his team. The Steelers star took some time out of his day on Sunday to try and recruit Bryant to Pittsburgh.
Of course, just because Brown is recruiting the for- mer Cowboys receiver doesn't mean the Steelers are actually interested in signing him. As a matter of fact, the Steelers are set right now with Brown and Juju Smith-Schuster in
ANTONIO BROWN AND DEZ BRYANT
their top two receiving spots, which means Bryant would have to compete with Darrius Heyward-Bey, 2018 second- round pick James Washing- ton and Eli Rogers -- who was re-signed last week -- if he were to end up in Pittsburgh.
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