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Lamar Jackson Sets
Zach Wilson Gets Encouraging News Regarding Knee Injury
ZACH WILSON
Multiple reports suggested that Zack Wilson suffered a bone bruise during Friday’s preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Wilson also suffered a meniscus tear, and is set to miss 2-4 weeks. The meniscus injury will require arthroscopic surgery, but a full repair is not believed to be necessary.
If all goes according to plan, he will not miss much time, if any, in the regular season.
Deshaun Watson
Deadline For Ravens
Proposes Eight-Game
Contract Talks
Ban, $5M Fine
Baltimore Ravens quar- terback Lamar Jackson has seemingly set a hard deadline for sorting out a new contract.
Jackson said during his press conference on Saturday that he has a hard deadline of Week 1 to get a deal done with the Ravens.
“Yeah, we’re coming up to it,” Jackson said, via Pro Football Talk. “It’s coming up. The season’s coming up. We’re going to be good for the season.”
He is entering his fifth- year option, which will pay him $23.016 million this sea- son. If a deal isn't finalized by
LAMAR JACKSON
March 7, the Ravens would have to place the franchise tag on Jackson to keep him from becoming an unre- stricted free agent.
As we head into the Na- tional Football League season, sports fans want to know how the Deshaun Watson sus- pension will play out.
After being suspended for six games by Judge Sue L. Robinson, the NFL appealed the decision and has ap- pointed former New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey to hear the argu- ment. Now Watson has of- fered a compromise.
Watson, the Cleveland Browns new quarterback is willing to accept being sus- pended for eight games and pay a $5M fine. Robinson initially recommended that Watson be suspended for six games this season. The NFL wants an indefinite suspen- sion (for at least a minimum of one season) along with a $5M fine.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league want Watson to be suspended for a minimum of 17 games, a substantial fine of
DESHAUN WATSON
over $5M and wants to man- date the Browns quarterback to undergo evaluation and treatment before he gets the chance to apply for reinstate- ment.
Earlier this week, Goodell was asked why he wants to ap- peal Robinson’s decision.
“Because we’ve seen the evidence,” he said. “She (Robinson) was very clear about the evidence. She rein- forced the evidence, that there [were] multiple violations here and they were egregious, and that it was predatory be- havior. Those were always things we felt [were] really im- portant for us to address and in a way that’s responsible.”
Fernando Tatis, Jr.
Offers Explanation For
80-Game PED Suspension
Fernando Tatis, Jr. on Friday issued a statement in response to his suspension without pay for 80 games after testing positive for per- formance-enhancing drugs.
The MLB commissioner’s office announced on Friday that Tatis would be sus- pended after he tested positive for Clostebol, a banned ana- bolic steroid.
In a statement through the Major League Baseball Players Association, Tatis shared that he unknowingly used a ring- worm medication that con- tained the steroid.
“I have been informed by Major League Baseball that a test sample I submitted re- turned a positive result for Clostebol, a banned sub- stance,” Tatis said in the statement. “It turns out that I inadvertently took a medica- tion to treat ringworm that contained Closteblol. I should have used the resources avail-
FERNANDO TATIS, JR.
able to me in order to ensure that no banned substances were in what I took. I failed to do so.
“I am completely devas- tated. There is nowhere else in the world I would rather be than on the field competing with my teammates.”
Tatis also apologized to the entire San Diego Padres organization and MLB, noting that he would “never do any- thing to cheat or disrespect” the game that he loves. The Padres in a statement ex- pressed their shock and disap- pointment upon learning of Tatis’ suspension.
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