Shaun Rogers avoids felony gun charge

"Cleveland Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers(notes) entered a diversion program Thursday to avoid trial on an airport weapons charge, but he still faces a possible NFL suspension."

""We are reviewing it under our policies," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press in an e-mail after Rogers’ court appearance."

Maybe the league will go easy on him in light of the legal outcome, but I wouldn't be surprised if he still gets one or two games.

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I think he’ll still see a suspension. 2 games sounds about right.

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by Andrew Tolliver on Jul 15, 2010 2:01 PM EDT reply actions

I don’t think the league will punish him since there was no intent of doing something that could harm the league’s image. I think Goodell just tells Rogers that he is an idiot and to not let it happen again.

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by Kimble_79 on Jul 15, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions

It does hurt the league’s image and Goodell is a stickler (too strict for my tastes). Though a suspension does seem harsh here — I predict a heavy fine and some other type of non-suspension punishment.

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by TheDriveStillHurts on Jul 16, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

what I said was that there was no intent of something that could harm the league’s image. I do agree that it does hurt it, but there was no intent to do that. He was just being an idiot. I would agree with a fine only handed out.

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by Kimble_79 on Jul 19, 2010 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions

I think this could be a positive and would not be surprised if the league chose not to suspend him. Anything more than one game and I would be disappointed.

by Roger Dorn on Jul 15, 2010 3:15 PM EDT reply actions

one game wouldn’t seem out of line, but the prosecuter’s decision sure makes it seem like he believes it was unintentional. I think combine that with Roger’s manning up to it right away and I think he could get by without a suspension.

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by notthatnoise on Jul 16, 2010 11:07 AM EDT reply actions

wow, get rid of the apostrophe in “Roger’s”

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by notthatnoise on Jul 16, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions

When I did the DL preview a few weeks ago, I was writing it late at night and I put down “Roger’s.” I kept staring at it, thinking, “why doesn’t that look right?” Finally it clicked after a few minutes.

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by Chris Pokorny on Jul 18, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions