Jared Allen’s suspension cut in half!
UPDATE 9:25 CST: Thanks to a heads up from loyal reader Redbeard, we can go ahead and make this official — Jared Allen’s suspension has indeed been reduced by the NFL to two games! Adam Teicher of the Kansas City Star actually came out of hiding (which is presumably to give his new hair plugs time to properly grow) to break the story. Honestly, I haven’t even been over to the Star since Friday, mainly because the last Kansas City Chiefs piece the site ran appeared on July 8, and the next latest came out on June 26. Yeah, they are really slipping. Jason Whitlock has a new piece out as well. I’ll look at that tonight and give my two cents on the column tomorrow. - “Suspension of Chiefs’ Allen reduced to two games” - K.C. Star
Like I said earlier, this is huge news for the Chiefs, as Jared is arguably one of the better defensive ends in the NFL. More importantly, the reduction makes him available for both the home opener against the Vikes and the pivotal road match-up against the division rival San Diego Chargers on September 30. Maybe the league got such a big kick out of the signed DUI ticket that they decided to give Jared a break?
(Hat tip to Arrowhead Pride for the original tip)
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July 15th, 2007 at 8:33 pmwell thats good were gonna really need him lets just hope he can stay out of trouble he seems to be doin ok so far to be gettin 2 games knocked off
July 15th, 2007 at 8:43 pmI would still like to have him for the first two, especially Chicago.
July 15th, 2007 at 11:24 pmWe all would, but I honestly think we have a better shot of knocking off San Diego. That will be our third road game, against a division rival we know well with a new coach. If there is a time to beat San Diego out there, it will be early on. Plus, their fans are nowhere near as rabid. In the past two years I’ve been to a preseason Bears home game and a regular season Chargers game. The Bears fans were much better, even though the game’s outcome was meaningless. We can win that fourth game.
July 16th, 2007 at 1:44 amBears fans always will be better even if they were 0-16…
July 16th, 2007 at 1:59 pm