Bummed to see the Raiders finally release Tim Brown yesterday too, after 16 seasons with the team. Sounds like rumors have him heading to Tampa Bay or Dallas, in an effort to grab one more TD pass for the magic #100.
He was hoping to stay in Oakland as the #3 option behind Porter and Rice, but apparently the coaches told him that wasn't going to happen, and that they wanted a couple of the "kids" to get a chance in there. Tim didn't want to play such limited downs, so he said it's time to go. Sounded like a fairly amicable parting though, fortunately. He was Mr. Raider, and the last holdout from their Los Angeles playing days...
As for Q, the reports I've been hearing said he was already at a drug rehab center sometime in the past 18 months. Didn't say for what though...
I also heard that with respect to Bob Marley's Ricky Williams situation, the NFL has a policy that if you come back within one year of a positive drug test, you'll be punished. But after that, it sounds like you might be in the clear. So maybe Ricky's just gonna sit this season out under the guise of retirement, smoke a big ol' bunch o' weed as he walks the earth, and then maybe come back to the NFL for the 2005/06 campaign. I just highly doubt this is gonna wind up being a permanent retirement. He'll need to eventually make some more coin to buy some more reefer, after all...