The 'Bombshell' flames out, Jamie Dukes strikes again
by John Bena on Aug 17, 2009 9:58 PM MDT
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PrintIn a way I feel sorry for Jason La Canfora. After spending years covering the Washington Redskins, doing it pretty well I might add, La Canfora joined NFL.com to, in a lot of ways, take the place of Adam Schefter. If that job weren't hard enough, his co-workers may make it damn-near impossible.
Take Jame Dukes, for instance. Yes, that Jamie Dukes who has few decent things to say about anything regarding the Broncos. That's fine, he's an analyst and is allowed his opinion even if it is completely misguided. Need an example? How about this 'Tweet' that Dukes sent out earlier this evening -
6:46 PM mst - Jamiedukes BOMBSHELL ALERT COMING OUT OF DENVER.
Yes, a bombshell alert coming out of Denver.
He then goes on to 'Tweet' this a few minutes later -
jamiedukes No one died if that's what you're worried about but i just don't know what they are thinking.
Perhaps Dukes doesn't remember that the Broncos had not one player die a couple years ago, but two. A comment like that, in regards to the Broncos is, well, in poor taste to say the least.
Then, like any good co-worker who likes to stir up the pot would, Dukes throws all the light on La Canfora -
jamiedukes Jason La Canfora is working the story and will be posting it on his blog late tonight.
Yep, that was the last Tweet of the night by Dukes. The waiting game was on, and La Canfora was under pressure to produce something good. The result?
What is the HUGE BOMBSHELL?? How about this -
BRONCOS APOLOGIZE TO MARSHALL
That's right, the Broncos said they were sorry to Brandon Marshall today. Why, you might ask? I'll let La Canfora tell you -
The Denver Broncos apologized to disgruntled wide receiver Brandon Marshall this week for an incident involving their public relations staff, according to league and team sources, another unusual event in what has been a trying offseason between the sides.
Broncos chief operating officer Joe Ellis apologized to Marshall on behalf of the organization after a junior member of the team’s public relations staff was instructing players Friday on what to say after the team’s preseason game that night, according to sources. The public relations staffer specifically was urging them not to express too much joy or emotion if questioned by the media about Marshall’s acquittal on battery charges earlier that day in a Georgia courtroom, the sources said.
Marshall, who has been seeking a trade, already had trust issues with the Broncos, clashing over his contract (he would like an extension beyond the year remaining on his rookie deal) and the team’s treatment of his hip injury, and this incident only deepened that chasm, according to sources.
Marshall, 25, was accompanied by lawyer Harvey Steinberg at the face-to-face meeting with Ellis, and believes the "coaching" being done by the public relations staffer was in fact a directive from upper management, according to league sources. Broncos sources rebuffed that notion and attributed the incident to the public relations staffer being "overzealous" and acting on his own.
Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Brian Xanders had no knowledge of the actions of the public relations employee until learning about it after the fact, according to the team. Both Bowlen and McDaniels expressed their happiness for Marshall in public remarks made Friday night. Marshall and his agent, Kennard McGuire, declined to comment.
Yes, that's it.
Again, I won't blame La Canfora for this, and I wouldn't imply that this isn't a story. It is. The relationship between the Broncos and Brandon Marshall is rocky to say the least. What makes this all look ridiculous is Dukes and his actions. I'm not a journalist, though I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I'm not trying to be one. I am totally biased. That doesn't mean I am unfair or blinded by my emotions, however.
Dukes is the opposite. He is TRYING to be a journalist and as Vic Lombardi tweeted earlier -
VicLombardi - This is the perfect example of someone using Twitter to hyperbolize an otherwise tame story... technology is dangerous in the wrong hands
I couldn't have said it better myself.
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To Jamie Dukes - Bombshell
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
by SlowWhiteGuy on Aug 17, 2009 10:04 PM MDT reply actions 2 recs
Wonder if Jamie was jumping into a pool when he tweeted that....
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES, CHILDREN!!!!!
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Inconceivable!
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One of my All-Time faves....
There are about 10 movies that I will watch until the end, no matter what I am doing or planning to do, day or night, if I come across them. The Princess Bride is one of them…
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by John Bena on Aug 17, 2009 10:14 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
We’ll never survive.
Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.
by SlowWhiteGuy on Aug 17, 2009 10:19 PM MDT up reply actions
“What about the ROUSs?
Rodents of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist…."
Gotta love the ROUSs!!!
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I loved Fezik
Why am I leaning against this wall
You’ve been mostly dead all day
by SlowWhiteGuy on Aug 17, 2009 10:23 PM MDT up reply actions
"Are there rocks ahead?"
“If there are, we’ll all be dead!”
“AAH! No more rhymes now, I mean it!”
“Anybody want a peanut?”
A child growing up without that movie has been abused.
Precision in thought, concision in style, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Aug 17, 2009 10:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Mawage
Mawage is what bwings us togebah today
Mawage such bwessed awaingemont
People can use statistics to prove anything, 87% of all people know that.
That's the best line of the movie!
But it’s funny, I often get that scene confused with the one from Spaceballs….
by Gristle McThornbody on Aug 18, 2009 8:15 AM MDT up reply actions
Other than kissing Winnie Cooper....
It’s the best thing Fred Savage ever did!
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"No, I'm from Iowa, I only work in outer space."
by KaptainKirk on Aug 17, 2009 10:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Love that movie
I have the thinkgeek shirt that has the “Hello, my name is…” with “Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!” written on it.
:) Awesome
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
The book is excellent too!
I have a good friend who refuses to see the movie because he’s afraid it might mess up the book for him. I think the movie does the book justice, but it is necessarily condensed. Even the forward in the book is pretty entertaining (and the movie actually works that in).
hey guy
was not ander the giant in that movie. I saw it twice. seoncd time because first I fling chew up ju ju bees on plastic spoon at screen. then milk dud and then I get thrown out. what ever guy I was younger.
I is fan of the Denver
by Horvil Tiki on Aug 18, 2009 12:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Yes, it was Andre the Giant...
..and Andre died not long after the film was produced.
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Aug 18, 2009 1:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow.
I mean even when he is not talking about the Broncos I can not stand him. He is the worst, unbearable. Him talking on anything in the NFL makes me want to rip my ears off.
"Some guys got drafted and they ain't played football in 15 years and I'm still waiting to get drafted. I'm still waiting to hear my name." -Rod Smith
It's weird
You have to imagine that the NFL has to do something about this. You can’t have an recognizable employee dropping insane rumors and throwing fans into a tizzy unless he is going to deliver. I’d understand if he was some sort of blogger but this guys stuff is showing up on NFL.com.
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To all you that gave me, and others, for calling Jamie Dukes an idiot, you probably see waht we are getting at. The guys is the court jester of journalism and an over inflated ball of hot air. What a MORON!
Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
All I want is 53 Rod Smiths. Is that asking too much????
"Peyton Hillis didn’t rip the sleeves off his jersey, they flew off out of fear."
Calijoefornia.
Wait Boydy
He brings moron to an all time level…… though its a much lower level for sure.
"Time wounds all heels" Groucho Marx
by dmitchell624 on Aug 17, 2009 10:09 PM MDT up reply actions
What about the Court Jesters
they have feelings too
by SlowWhiteGuy on Aug 17, 2009 10:14 PM MDT up reply actions
I would love to see Donal Trump come on the show and say, "You're Fired"
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
Ignoring Dukes and all his glory for a moment...
I don’t even know what the Broncos should do with Marshall anymore. If he is going to sit, let him sit…but if they can get a 1st rounder and a little more for him. I say pull the trigger.
"Some guys got drafted and they ain't played football in 15 years and I'm still waiting to get drafted. I'm still waiting to hear my name." -Rod Smith
Hi my name is Jamie Dukes
and I have nothing important to say.
"FLAG! Fail on the field. Re-do." -Disco_Stu
"pssshhh...."
that is the sound of the fuse going out on your little cherrybomb there Dukes.
Thanks for playing.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Aug 17, 2009 10:23 PM MDT reply actions
And Dukes still has a job because.......
OMG, this guy is a total moron and I have no idea why NFLN employs this guy. I love the fact that there is a channel devoted to the NFL, however I dislike it more just because Dukes works there.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
Between him and Wilcots, its like they can't find any quality job applicants or something.
Maybe the pay is low? I don’t know but these two dips are definitely running amateur hour at NFLN.
"It's the first time that I've probably ever seen a 260 pound back run into a free safety and go flat on his back, I mean it was exciting." ~John Elway
I gotta give it up to Vic,
way to call Dukes out.
And I can’t blame a PR staffer for wanting to get guys to just leave the Whatley trial be. The sooner we get that story out of the press the better. We can thank Vick and the Eagles for squashing the verdict story. If we can just ignore Dukes, maybe we won’t be hearing about this mess in a week.
"It's the first time that I've probably ever seen a 260 pound back run into a free safety and go flat on his back, I mean it was exciting." ~John Elway
Unfortunatly I don't think that will work with Dukes
I do like the fact that Vic called him out. I am glad somebody did.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
I think the real bombshell is the picture in this article
the helmet behind Marshal’s head really looks like its floating!
On To Victory!!!
Football is easier when you use the force.
"It's the first time that I've probably ever seen a 260 pound back run into a free safety and go flat on his back, I mean it was exciting." ~John Elway
by jibbons on Aug 17, 2009 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think it was McJedi
Playing mind tricks on him…
Marshall has been getting this funny feeling recently that there is always someone there watching over him..
Maybe this is Josh’s way of keeping him out of more trouble!
Marshall skipped practice
and is demanding a trade. That’s not the bombshell?
Marshall is only practicing once a day
as are several veterans. He didn’t skip the practice according to the DP.
"as in football so in life"
Wow
Usually for this much drama you had to become a Cowboys or Raiders fan. Good thing now we have Jamie Dupes stirring the pot as well. LOL
Bombshell
I came to know a bombshell out of Colorado. I married her!
"Sanity is the realization that everyone is insane to some degree." Me
On a day when it comes out that the Raiders head coach cold-cocks one of his assistants...
…sending him to the hospital…. This is the “bombshell”? Woah… Marshall wants out of Denver and Denver ***can’t*** trade him… Sit out or don’t… I’m over it.
J
by Jezru on Aug 17, 2009 10:51 PM MDT reply actions 4 recs
EXACTLY....
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Well...
I guess we have to figure that the NFL Network is paying Dukes’ Sprint Wireless bill and thus enabling him to yell fire in crowded movie theaters….
In other news, Jamie Dukes’ fingers are not too fat to type on his Blackberry.
Actually....that's not completely true.
He utilized the speech-to-text feature with every text he does. That’s why his Blackberry’s keep exploding on him. They can’t compute the crap he’s spitting out.
"FLAG! Fail on the field. Re-do." -Disco_Stu
OH!!!
He must have said “Oysters on the Half Shell” and it came out “BOMBSHELL”… I think we can blame the blackberry…. I know I can blame mine…
J
"Kick him in his hairy aunt"
damn that T9 word auto correction!
by Royal With Cheese on Aug 18, 2009 9:25 AM MDT up reply actions
I wish Tom Cable woulfd punch Jamie Dukes in the face.
Quit drinking the Kool-Aid and start drinking the good stuff, and everything is always alright.
by Chuck "DeadDrunk" Breedlove on Aug 18, 2009 3:45 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm sorry but the whole "no one died"...
Well, I just find that appalling…
AND degrading, derogatory, discourteous, disparaging, disrespectful, hurtful, insolent, offensive, repulsive, rude, slighting, uncivil, etc.
Quit drinking the Kool-Aid and start drinking the good stuff, and everything is always alright.
by Chuck "DeadDrunk" Breedlove on Aug 17, 2009 11:05 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
How ridiculous is this guy?
It’s just beyond comprehension… really Dukes!?!?!?!
"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy
There is only one name that fits the bill for Mr. Dukes
First name: TOOL
Last name: SHED
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
I have two Labradors
and I had to mow the lawn tonight. I think I stepped in a Jamie Dukes bombshell.
It all starts in the trenches - HT 11/11/08
Leave the hateful vitriol to the uninformed - HT 3/16/09
I went to camp am 8/17...
Marshall was either lazy and/or in pain while he was out there. Don’t know where his head is at, but he did not seem to want to be out there. I live in Central FL, like UCF and Marshall seemes like a likeable guy, but this is getting reaaly frickin old. One thing that kind of stood out to me, was that he didn’t really do the stretch drills, he was in line, but he didn’t do squat (literally!). The Broncos might be able to get something in trade, but I would rather they make BM blink and just roll on like he’s just injured.
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That public relations employee was doing a good job
That is exactly what he should be telling the players. It is ok to say your glad for your team
mate but don’t be too effusive, that can anger women. Marshall’s lawyer would know this and should have given Marshall about the same advice, namely don’t gloat, express yourself cautiously in a victory like this. It’s just good advice. Now when I hear that Marshall wanted an apology and he and his agent were babies and wanted to go in for a meeting like this it really makes me wonder. All is not well. Clearly sound advice would be let it go and just concentrate on football so we can get you a new contract the right way. No it’s not a bombshell to say the least but Broncos do not let this agent goad you into doing something stupid.
by Lisa FB on Aug 18, 2009 6:09 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
I think you hit it on the head Lisa
…and the agent is reaching because he knows there is so little ammo to pursue the contract extension; anything with any sort of negative perception coming out of the organization is going to be pounced on. BM, through his own actions, does not have much of a leg to stand on, and I am thrilled when I hear that the organization calls him out on it. No contract extension, no trade. Give an effort, keep your nose clean, play your heart out, and EARN the right to a extension (or a fair value trade).
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"3rd and 6, Elway shotgun... Elway, scrambling, looking, running-- DIVING!!!-- inside the 5 yard line for a first down! Is he only 37?! How important is this football game? How bad does John Elway want to win this football game? Where you see the quarterbacks go down: Not Elway!"
by Sharpe as a Tack on Aug 18, 2009 7:35 PM MDT up reply actions
No waste
“A mind is a terrible think to waste” thankfully, Jamie Dupes doesn’t have to worry about that.
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Not Sure How Many of You are NHL Fans.....
….but consider this. Dukes seems to like to inject himself in to the player vs. team spats (especially Broncos spats for some reason) on the side of the player. Being a former player himself this is not really a surprise.
However as some of you may know, the NHL went through a lockout 4 years ago that scuttled the whole season. I live in Canada and we went through this similar situation before the NHL lockout, where various former players now in the media tore down whatever the teams and owners did, and praised whatever the players did, in order to curry favor with the players in advance of the lockout. And sure enough, those former player media guys that were so friendly to the players – and so critical of the organizations – got all of the interviews with the NHLPA come lockout time.
I personally think Dukes is trying to set himself up in this fashion. I thought it was funny that he wasn’t critical of Kyle Orton after the SF game, but then I realized that Orton is a player and is not the Denver Broncos organization.
Anyway something to keep an eye on.
Yeesh. With a name like that, you pretty much have to be a lawyer.
"3rd and 6, Elway shotgun... Elway, scrambling, looking, running-- DIVING!!!-- inside the 5 yard line for a first down! Is he only 37?! How important is this football game? How bad does John Elway want to win this football game? Where you see the quarterbacks go down: Not Elway!"
by Sharpe as a Tack on Aug 18, 2009 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow! What a bombshell?
Such big news and none of the other major news media picked up on it. But the guy continues on with his trust issue stuff today. I think that Dukes and BM have some kind of deal in which Dukes is a mouthpiece to instigate trouble in hopes this will change the public viewpoint and BM gets a raise. Ain’t gonna work. Only trust iassue that exists is Dukes and reality.
"Sanity is the realization that everyone is insane to some degree." Me
Jamie Dukes must be
the real reason Adam Schefter left NFLN. He must have looked at him and said “How could I be associated with this knucklehead? Get me out of here!”
Imagination is more important than knowledge. A. Einstein
Or he said...
if you’re paying Dukes that much… I want THIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSS much!
Take my advice... I'm not using it!
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