I suppose the NFL believes that people are going to watch the Thanksgiving games regardless of who is playing, so there's no reason to use the Broncos-Cowboys game on Thanksgiving.
A trashed hotel room at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis belonged to Clemson wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and Rutgers wide receiver Mark Harrison, according to league sources.
Recently, Yahoo! Sports reported that a room shared by two players was left in bad condition, but did not identify the occupants. It was learned this week, through multiple sources, that the room belonged to Hopkins and Harrison.
NFL sources said they believe Harrison is not responsible for what happened to the room.
His agent, Ed Wasielewski, also said Harrison was not involved.
"My client completely denies having anything to do with the hotel incident," he said.
Hopkins' agent, Hadley Engelhard, said of his client: "He had as much to do with anything in that room as you did."
Hopkins told FOXSports.com in an exclusive interview Thursday night that the room was fine when he checked out.
"Luckily, thank God, my agent got my flight booked early or it really would've been questionable if I did [it] or not," he said. "My agent got my flight booked early. He told me hurry up.
"I got done before Mark Harrison, so I was already packed. I already took a shower and packed and everything. Mark came in and we spoke for at least 20 minutes about the combine. Then the bellman came in and helped me get my bags out. And I left. That's, honestly, all I can say."
Hopkins told FOXSports.com that he hopped on a flight and heard the news that his room was trashed and covered in "feces" the next day from Engelhard.
He also told the website that he feels Harrison had nothing to do with the incident.
"I say check the cameras," Hopkins said in the interview. "That's the best way that you're going to get the answer. Check the cameras and check the timing of everything."
Harrison's former coach at Rutgers, Kyle Flood, quickly came to Harrison's defense, as well.
"I've been in this program (at Rutgers) for eight years, and Mark was a three-year starter," Flood said. "He's been on a lot of road trips and we've never had a single disciplinary issue with him. He's a model of the type of person we want here at Rutgers. It would be so out of character to be involved in this that I just cannot imagine under any circumstance that it would happen and involve him."
Urine and feces were found around the bathroom, toothpaste was left on the mirror and partially eaten food was on one of the beds. Neither player made any attempt to clean up the mess, according to witnesses, and neither player has taken responsibility for the room. But, the NFL community is now well aware of which players occupied the room.
One NFL coach expressed disappointment to hear that Hopkins, regarded as a potential second-round pick, may have been involved.
What makes the conduct of the players disappointing to NFL teams is National Football Scouting president Jeff Foster warns each player at the start of the combine that all eyes will be on them and they will be evaluated from the moment they arrive in Indianapolis until the moment they leave.
The room Hopkins and Harrison shared was on the first floor of the Crowne Plaza where players stay and teams conduct interviews. At the end of the combine, some scouts took pictures of the room because of its condition, according to sources. Teams also have inquired more and more about which players stayed in the room.
I suppose the NFL believes that people are going to watch the Thanksgiving games regardless of who is playing, so there's no reason to use the Broncos-Cowboys game on Thanksgiving.
To start the season, the Jags play 5 out of 8 games away if I remember correctly. This also includes our home game in London against the Niners in October-November. The first month in September, we have back to back west coast games which is going to kill us.
On paper it looks like the only Sunday night game that would potentially be flexed out would be week 15's Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game, and even that could easily stay as both teams should be in playoff contention. You have to assume that almost regardless of record they wouldn't flex out week 11 with Giants-Packers, week 12 with Patriots-Broncos, week 13 with Giants-Redskins, week 14 with Falcons-Packers, or week 16 with Patriots-Ravens.
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