Rennie Curran is the subject of a short ESPN Page 2 piece on his charitable trip back to his familial homeland of Liberia. Nice work by Rennie to bring awareness to a cause that means so much to his family. As a quick aside, clicking on that article was the first time I'd read a Page 2 piece in around seven years, which is crazy because in the early 2000's they had the best roster of sports writers in the world: Hunter S. Thompson, Eric Neel, Ralph Wiley, Gregg Easterbrook (before his columns became a lazy, snooty Mad Libs), young Bill Simmons and I know I'm forgetting some others who passed through that corner of the internet. Now, it's lifeless husk serves as a reminder of why we can't have nice things on the internets.
Da'Quan Bowers' (whose name always reminds me of Dukie from The Wire now...) stock is apparently plummeting, and it's not all about his medical issue, explains Adam Schefter (via Paul K):
"For starters, teams have medical questions about him and his knees. It's a real concern. Another front-office exec told me that his biggest questions about Bowers were not his medicals but his video. He watched the tape and didn't see what some others have. He said that of Bowers' 15 sacks last season, six came when he wasn't blocked and three others came from a certain kind of scheme -- so his 15 sacks last season are effectively down to six. The film also showed his effort was not consistent and his production was spotty.
"After listening to some people talk about Bowers, it will not surprise me if he falls out of the top 10 or even out of the top 20."
David Boclair discusses off-season conditioning during the lockout, and points out that at least Chris Johnson has an incredible reputation for always staying in shape. Kenny Britt, however, has to be one of the biggest concerns on the roster after he showed up to last year's OTAs so out of shape the team held him out of practices.

• Show that the NFLPA* would likely win an antitrust trial
• Show that a lockout carries the threat of harm that can't be quantified monetarily
• Convince the judge that a preliminary injunction would not harm the NFL more than it helps the NFLPA
• Convince the judge that the public interest is best served by the injunction





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