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ccsambassadors · 6 years ago

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2018-19 Student Ambassador Profile

Name: Allison (Allie) Runyan

Senior: Fine Arts/ Art Education

Why CCS?

I chose CCS because of the environment. First of all I like that the

campus is in the heart of Midtown, Detroit. It is a great place for the

uprise in Detroit and I find it easy for aspiring artists to get involved

with the art community. I also personally enjoy the tight-knit

community that CCS has to offer. The school is small and therefore it

makes it really easy to get to know everyone around and make a lot of

connections. Because the school is on the smaller size, the class sizes

are also rather small, making the one on one access from teacher to

student easily accessible. Lastly the facilities are intriguing. In fine Art

especially, we have access to printmaking facilities that are not

common for most schools. We also have our own senior and junior

studio spaces that are granted specifically to us, another aspect that is

not generally received at most colleges.

Why Tours?

When I first was deciding to come to CCS, I went on a personal tour

myself. The student tour guide was very inspiring and exciting and

overall was a large reason that made me seriously consider the

school. She had helped me feel comfortable and welcome here at the

school and that is my goal when giving tours to prospective students.

I am a very involved student in many aspects of the school and I love

to talk, so my goal is to spread my energy to others that I encounter

during my time here.

What drives you to create?

Creating to me is just part of my everyday life. It is in what I do on a

day to day basis. From writing, to making music to making physical 2d

and 3d works, it is all around me. Other than being a way of

expression, creating is a way to speak in various forms. It is a way to

invoke change and ideals in yourself and the viewer. Creating enforces

an intimate connection between yourself and the physical work and

then again the work to the viewer and that relationship alone is

enough to make me want to create something new and challenge the

ideals of what a relationship can do.

Favorite thing about Campus?

Fine Art Junior and Senior Studios. Large spaces for us to work 24 hours. Great studio spaces with plenty of access of materials and machinery. Real life studio space experience. Other that that my favorite thing about the campus other than the facilities for our

use is the golden hour in the oval. On the Ford Campus there is a grass

oval that is filled with sculptures. When it is nice outside there are

always tons of people playing games, laying in hammocks, relaxing,

picnicking and so on. It is like a large community in a garden. But the

best part is at the golden hour. When the sun start to set everything

in that area falls under the gold shine created from the sun hitting the

buildings around us and it is one of the most beautiful things I have

ever seen. You can be stressed out but as soon as you see that golden

shine, almost everything stops for a moment and it almost feels like a

surreal moment.

Favorite thing about going to school here?

Small classes, better connections with professors. Treat us like artists in a profession rather than a student. Networking opportunities. Detroit is a great scene for up and coming artists.

Must-sees in Detroit:

This is a hard one because Detroit is amazing and there are tons of

things to do here. But to name a few;

EVENTS: Noel Night, Dally in the Alley, Campus Martius Tree Lighting Ceremony,

Dlectricity, Eastern Market After Dark, Murals in the Market, Jazz Fest

PLACES TO GO: Baker’s Keyboard Lounge (Jazz Bar), DIA, Detroit Public

Library, Eastern Market (especially saturday mornings), Red Bull

House of Art, MOCAD, Detroit Artist Market, The Magic Stick (for

concert events and glow bowling), Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The

Little Caesars Arena (Hockey and basketball), Commerica Park

(baseball), Russell Industrial Center (CAVE openings), The Peacock

Room, Frida, Simone DeSusa Gallery, Belle Isle (beach and nature

reserve), Hamtramck Disney Land, The Jar House and the Power

House (in Hamtramck).

PLACES TO EAT: Ally Taco, Detroit Pizza Company, Common Pub, Hop

Cat, Stach International, Supino Pizzeria, Treat Dreams, Socratea,

Great Lakes Coffee, Seva, Cass Cafe, Jonny Noodle King, Kuzzos

Chicken & Waffles, Rose’s Fine Food, Detroit Vegan Soul, Avalon

International Breads, The Farmers Hand, Mudgie’s, Green Dot

Stables, Taqueria El Rey, The Bronx Bar.

ART GALLERIES: (openings every weekend) CAVE at the Russell, Simone Desusa Gallery, Public Pool, Holding House, Pops Packing, MOCAD, Detroit Artist Market, N’Namdi Gallery, Hidden Gate Gallery, DIA, Detroit Film Theatre

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beckmorchaud-blog · 7 years ago

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Huntress, Chapter Four: Laugh, I Nearly Died

Warnings: Injury, Medicalized, loss of consciousness, jealousy

My head was pounding, throbbing like I’d had a barrel of Maker’s Mark entirely to myself. I tried to open my eyes, but as the shifting blue and green above me swirled making no discernable shapes, I regretted it and closed them tight again. “Susanne!” I heard Dean’s gravelly voice in my ear. As I came into my own head, I listened to the cry of sirens beckoning closer and felt Dean’s hand in mine. I groaned and tried to move, but a massive hand pushed me back. “Don’t move,” his voice told me, “you’re bleeding. Jesus Christ, what the hell happened?”

“It’s part of it,” I groaned, trying again to open my eyes. I had more luck this time, as his face came into my peripheral vision and I rolled my eyes in his direction. I had to close them again as the movement had caused the world to fuzz out again. The sirens came closer until the sound of them was splitting my head. I felt Dean rifling through my pockets, and I knew he was confiscating my badge. It wouldn’t do to have the medical staff alert the FBI to an injured agent that didn’t actually exist. I squeezed his hand in thanks. I heard the sharp crack of two slamming car doors and then the softer click and clank of a third opening. “What do we have here?” a new voice, one I didn’t recognize came from somewhere behind Dean.

“My wife,” Dean said, and my breath caught in my throat for a second. My heart hammered in my chest at the sound of those two words. To be honest, it pissed me off more than thrilled me, as the pounding in my chest set off a worse than ever pounding in my head. Rationally, somewhere, I knew that this lie had multiple facets, the first of which is his ability to stay with me, the second being our current relationship didn’t exactly lend itself well to believability that we were siblings. I groaned as he continued. “Something happened to her car when we went to get back in… it took off, and she had to jump,” I could hear a low whistle from a third unknown before the next guy spoke. “Looks like it!” the guy said. I heard the sound of thin wheels on the pavement as the first EMT began a field exam, starting at my feet, “Looks like the car’s a total loss-” “WHAT!” I exclaimed, and my head jerked up- the pain in my neck and head was excruciating, and within seconds, the whole world had fallen black again.

“Mrs. Mossberg?” a voice in my ear said. It sounded like a recording with the reverb turned way up high, “Are you awake, Mrs. Mossberg?” “Susanne,” Dean’s voice crooned on the other side of me- I groaned. “Welcome back, Mrs. Mossberg,” the first voice said. I opened my eyes and saw Dean. I blinked rapidly. “What happened?” I asked the room at large. “You were in quite the car wreck,” the female voice said. I turned my head slowly to my right and saw a tall brunette nurse in a ponytail and purple scrubs standing opposite Dean. She was studiously checking the flow rate on the IV leading to my right arm. She pressed a button on the wall and moments later a blond woman in a white coat walked in. “Glad you could join us!” the blond said cheerily in a thick southern accent, “I’m going to ask you a few questions, is that alright?” “Yea,” I said. I was lying in an adjustable hospital bed in a single room with yellow accents. There were no flowers or adornments except a framed watercolor directly under a television anchored on a metal arm and fastened to the wall. I looked at Dean. “What’s your name?” “Susanne,” I said, pausing and trying to remember the last name the nurse had used, “Susanne Mossberg,” I remembered. “And where are you, Mrs. Mossberg?” “Hospital,” I said. “Where?” “New Orleans, Louisiana,” I said. “Who is the man sitting beside you?” she asked. I paused before answering, and Dean nodded imperceptibly, very carefully pressing his left ring finger into my palm and touching mine with his thumb. There were rings on each of our hands. “My husband,” I said with a soft smile. Dean returned it. “What’s his name?” “Dean Mossberg.” “Do you know what today is?” “Tuesday?” I asked, and Dean chuckled and answered for me. “We’ve been on an extended vacation for some time, Dr. Runyan. Keeping track of the date has never been Badger’s strong suit.” I stuck my tongue out at him. “So what’s the damage, Doc?” he asked her, squeezing my hand. “Your wife has a broken right wrist, and her clavicle is fractured. She has a hairline skull fracture along her forehead and a bruised cheekbone from her collision with the pavement,” the Doctor kept listing things, “She’ll need to stay overnight at least, though I’d prefer two nights on the safe side.” “Whatever she needs,” he said with a firm nod. “What happened to my car?” I asked him. “We had heard you were pretty…” the nurse paused, looking bemused, “irate… when the EMTs mentioned it,” “What happened to my car?” I repeated slowly, a bit menacingly. “It’s a total loss, Badge,” he said. I groaned and squeezed my eyes shut. “Motherfucking son of a bitch,” I ranted. Both nurse and doctor took this as their cue and left the room, “What the fucking fuck am I supposed to do now?” “Badger, you’ve got a crack in your cantaloupe, take it easy.” “Fuck that, I’m dead in the water,” I grumbled loudly. “You’re not the only person with a car,” “You mean the only person without one? Maybe not, but I’m probably the only hunter relegated to fucking public transportation,” I snapped. “You can come with me,” he said quietly. I stared at him, my face still hot with frustration and anger- I had no words to respond to his invitation with. “I’m not sure that’s the best idea,” I responded after a long time. His face became a mask, hard in every facet but I strove on, wanting to explain, “I like what we have had going the last couple of day,” I explained, “And I don’t want to ruin it by having us all up in each other’s grills 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for god only knows how long,” Dean’s features softened as quickly as they had turned to stone. “I’m supposed to be proving it, aren’t I?” he asked. He pulled my left arm, uninjured except some bandaged road rash, up to his lips and kissed my hand. “This is me proving it. I want you riding shotgun with me,” he said with a smile. I smiled back, but it hurt, and I winced. “Cheekbone,” I muttered, squeezing his hand to reassure him I was alright. He frowned and I resisted offering him a small smile. “What happened back there, Badger?” he asked softly, kissing the back of my hand again. It seemed that this was the only part of me he was allowing himself to smack- it occurred to me that perhaps I looked worse than I had thought. “It was part of this,” I said, “The case,” I explained. “I no more than turned the car on and it shifted into drive,” “Did the gas peddle move on its own?” he asked. I nodded. “It was like there was a heavy foot on it- flooring it,” “It’s goddamn lucky you were able to get the door open… Cops said it was locked when they arrived on the scene,” “It jams,” I explained, “it can be locked but not closed all the way,” “Your car was a piece of shit, Badger,” he said, making an attempt at humor, “Maybe,” I conceded, my voice low, “But it was mine.” Dean hushed me, and carefully leaned over me planting soft lips against my forehead as the tears came, swollen and fat under my eyes. His used his thumb, gently wiping the tears from my face, his caress like velvet as it avoided my injuries. I took a deep breath and looked down at myself, assessing the casualties. I could feel the uncomfortable sensation of medical tape against the skin on the left side of my body where Dean was sitting. A dull white air cast covered my right arm from the fold in my palm to my elbow, and my right shoulder felt like it was on fire every time I moved it. It was my right cheekbone that was bruised, I could feel, and from the hard sound of paper, I had a few lacerations on my scalp near where my skull had fractured on that side as well. I let out a low breath and closed my eyes. “Need more juice?” he asked. “Water,” I corrected. He grabbed a cup off the table behind him and filled it from the bright plastic pitcher there. He smiled. “How about Pain meds?” he asked, bringing the paper cup to my lips for me to sip, and I realized that was what he had meant from the beginning. I nodded slowly and placed a hand on his once again. Dean paged the nurse with the button on the wall, and my medication was increased with a shot into my IV. Dean watched absently, his face a mask of thought until she left. “I need to go gank whatever the fuck did this to you,” he said, his voice low and graveled. There was anger buried in it, that was certain, but also a need. “Stay with me,” I requested. I was ashamed of the whine creeping into my voice. “Badge, you’re not the only one getting hurt if I don’t do something about this freak,” he reminded me, a bit stiffly. “I need my stuff,” I whined outright then, “And I’m all alone.” Dean sighed and considered, passing one hand gently through my hair, looking down at me. “I’ll bring you your laptop and a few changes of clothes,” he said, “Might as well ditch the hotel room, given the timeline the Doc gave us,” I groaned and shook my head. “I’ll keep it. I’m going to need somewhere that isn’t the bench seat of your Impala to recover when they’re satisfied I’m not going to croak right away.” I told him. He chuckled a bit and leaned down, pressing gentle lips to my forehead. I yawned and grimaced as a sharp pain lit through my face. “Get some rest, Sweetheart,” he said. He turned out the lights as he left my hospital room and I closed my eyes. I drifted in and out of sleep for what seemed like hours. My dreams were disturbed, dark shadows crossing my path through a heavily wooded forest. I was running in the dream, all-out sprinting and branches were whipping across my face. Each time a dark shadow crossed my path, I’d change course, take an alternate route, but each time I did, the destination seemed to be the same. A figure in the distance, running toward me. I dodged the next shadow, and there was the figure, still growing closer. I jerked awake and looked around the room. The light outside the window to my room had faded and changed first from the white light of noon to the dark orange whispers of late afternoon. The room was empty, the lights turned off. I looked around at the sparse and medicinal fixtures and saw my duffle sitting on the bench window seat on my right, zipped tight. My laptop and cell phone were sitting on rotating table stand on my left. Dean had been back and had left again while I was sleeping. I groaned and straightened up in bed. Every movement hurt my right shoulder but It also hurt to lie down, and I had been doing that for quite some time. I picked up my cell phone, flipping it open and calling Dean with three presses of the On Button. “Mossberg,” he answered. “Hello, Sweetheart,” I crooned into the phone, forcing down a painful smile. “Ahh,” his mouth moved away from the phone, “I apologize, Mr. Lender, it’s my wife,” he said, pausing, “How are you feeling?” he asked. “A bit better. The pain meds are delicious,” “Good,” he said, “I’m glad… Listen, I’m just wrapping up here, I’ll be there shortly, alright?” “Mhm,” I hummed, “I will see you soon then, Mister Mossberg,” I teased. “See you then, Sweetheart,” he said, the call disconnected. I wondered absently if he was genuinely wrapping up, or if he was just wrapping up this particular interview. I opened my laptop and surfed onto a few different websites, looking into lore surrounding the type of magic we were seeing. It was a bit arduous work, but I knew that I ought to get used to it- I was likely to spend the next 6-8 weeks on research duty until my wrist, and noggin healed enough to cut the cast off- there would undoubtedly have to be one or I was unlikely to be able to hit the hunt again ever with a bum wrist. My eyes began to hurt much sooner than they usually would from screen strain, and I could only attribute it to the break in my face. When the doctor came in, all legs and blond hair, I shut my computer quickly. “How are we feeling this afternoon, Mrs. Mossberg?” she asked me. “Fine as can be expected,” I sighed. I checked the time on my phone and then tucked it under my leg for safe keeping. “Well that’s good,” she said with a small chuckle, running her eyes over the clipboard attached to the foot of my bed, “We’re going to have to put a more permanent cast on your wrist this afternoon,” she said, almost apologetic. I moved my mouth in a facsimile of a smile, too afraid to offer something real with consideration of the pain. “That’s cool,” I told her, straightening up a bit more in bed. It occurred to me as she and a nurse prepared their tools for putting me in a cast how much I really didn’t want Dean to arrive while they were setting my wrist. It was a desire that had little to do with the amount of pain I knew was coming, even as the nurse injected something for it into my IV line; It had everything to do with the attractive women. I couldn’t fault him for looking, but flirting with them would set this whole thing back, and I was sure he wouldn’t be able to resist. Of course, he had been in the room with them when I had woken up, but even a dog like Dean Winchester was capable of self-restraint when there was an injured friend in front of him. I closed my eyes and looked away from my arm as they moved it around, as gently as possible, but still, I was forced to suck in a deep breath more than once, and on at least two occasions while they worked, I swore loudly. It was the second time I cussed that Dean felt the need to arrive. “Mother Fucker!” I exclaimed. “Didn’t know a little wrist problem could work you up so much,” Dean commented from the doorway. I opened my eyes and looked at him acidly. He was resplendent in his black on white monkey suit, the fabric of his shirt going tight across his shoulders and his suit pants tighter, I was sure than most actual law enforcement officials dared wear them. “Shut your hole, Wi-Wimp.” I snarled. The words lost their effect as I caught myself about to call him Winchester and stuttered over the insult I replaced it with. He raised an eyebrow at me and crossed the room in three quick strides, coming to the side of my bed. I pressed my teeth together, waiting for him to speak to the medical team, to flirt with them. “Wimp, huh?” he said, smiling softly at me. His hand came up and began to smooth my hair above my forehead, “You’re going to have a wicked case of bedhead, Badge,” he said, his voice low and gravelly. “Not before I take another involuntary snooze,” I said, glancing at my arm. They had it splinted now, and the nurse was holding it by the split, 90 degrees to my bicep. “Could we get her some more pain meds?” he asked, glancing at the doctor. “Unfortunately your wife is maxed out for the moment,” the tall blond replied. Dean grimaced for a moment and looked back at me, “Turns out you’re the wimp,” he teased. He leaned down carefully and kissed my forehead. “My ass,” I growled. He laughed, “How’d you make out?” I asked, trying to distract myself from the odd sensations and pain in my opposite arm. “It’s wrapped,” he told me. I furrowed my brow, confused, then winced and glanced at my arm. Surely that’s what he was referring to- there was no way he had been able to wrap the case in 6 hours. “Our second’s teenage daughter needed more attention from Daddy than she was getting,” he explained. I raised my eyebrows now. “So we’re all set?” I asked, still surprised. “On with our vacation,” he said, glancing again at the medical staff. “Well there’s that at least,” I said, smiling softly. I tried to communicate with my face that I would need a lot more details than he was able to provide to civilians so close by. He seemed to have gotten the message because he nodded slowly. Dean pulled a chair from the side of my bed closer in and collapsed into it with a huff. He pulled my right hand into his and kissed the back of it. “How long have you two been married?” the nurse asked. I glanced in her direction and nearly spat when I saw her face. Nurse Betty seemed to have a thing for Dean- it was etched into her face and seemed to ooze out. I glared at her, my lip curling back from my teeth. She caught sight of me and turned away, turning a cherry-like color. “Newlyweds,” Dean said. I glanced back at him, ready to give him a world of shit, but he only looked confused. It took a long while, but I realized his eyes had never left my face. He had no idea what I was snarling about. “Well congratulations,” the nurse mumbled. “Thank you,” Dean and I replied together. He chuckled and kissed my hand again. The medical staff finished with me and told me I would need more rest. The Nurse hung back for a moment. “Mr. Mossberg, we can set up a cot in here for you if you like,” “I’m guessing crawling in with Susanne would be against policy?” he asked her, looking at me to her. “Unfortunately, yes,” the nurse said, and that deep almost burgundy color returned to her face once again. “Well, if you’ve gotta,” he said, “but I’m not making any promises.” he flashed her his most winning smirk, and I felt my nostrils flare as my teeth sunk into each other. The nurse turned and left, and his eyes fell back on me. “What’s wrong now?” he asked, his voice low as the door was still open. “Nothing.” I ground out. “Hangry?” he asked, pulling the tray of food that had been left while I was napping closer to my bedside. “No,” I said firmly. “Then what?” “It’s stupid,” I said. I hadn’t known the admission was going to come out until it did and blushed, surprising myself, “I’m jealous,” I told him. “Of Who?” he asked me, his head pulling back in confusion. “Nurse Big-Boobs,” I grumbled. He laughed. “Badge, her chest is smaller than yours,” I glanced down at my breasts, beneath my hospital gown. “Nut uh,” I said, furrowing my brow. “Yes huh,” he countered. He stood slowly and leaned cautiously over me so that his face hovered just above mine. I pulled my good hand up and cupped the side of his face. He moved slowly, almost too slowly to bear as he brought his face down and pressed his lips gently against mine, “Doesn’t matter anyway,” he whispered, “I’m taken.” “Oh are you?” I asked, breathily. He kissed me again. “Yup,” he said simply and his lips touched mine for a fraction of a second, “And I can’t wait to bring my girl home and show her,” I felt a heat rising in my belly and took in a long slow breath. “Show me what?” I asked, my voice coming out in a hoarse whisper. “That’s she’s mine,” he growled. While still gentle, Dean’s mouth pressed into mine much hungrier than before, and I knew exactly what he intended. “But not now,” he said, his own breath coming out fast. He pulled away from me, and I whined slightly, “Now, you’ve got to heal up,” he sat back down in his chair and propped his feet up on the side of my bed. “Wanna see what’s on?” he asked, pulling out the remote. “Sure,” I said softly, still looking at him. Dean flicked the television across from my bed on and began surfing through the channels. “Too late for Judy,” he said, winking at me out of the corner of his eye. I snorted and then grimaced. “Scooby?” he asked. “Sure- as long as it’s decided scrappy free,” I told him. I settled back on the pillows and wove a hand through the rail on the side of my bed, reaching for him. He took it.

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wsmith215 · 5 years ago

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Forget his NFL pedigree — Packers’ Jon Runyan Jr. has overcome many obstacles – Green Bay Packers Blog

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jon Runyan Jr. has been around football since he could lift one of his dad’s first NFL helmets, the one with the Tennessee Titans logo on it, or drape himself with a No. 69 Philadelphia Eagles jersey or sit on his dad’s locker room stool at the old Veterans Stadium.

He always wanted a helmet, jersey and a locker of his own.

His mom and dad, well, that’s a different story.

Jon Sr., a veteran of 14 NFL seasons — one of them a Pro Bowl year and two of them ending at the Super Bowl — never pushed his only son toward the game. Loretta, stressed enough as a football wife, didn’t need to relive it watching her firstborn.

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To them, however, that’s part of what makes their son’s journey to the NFL and to the Green Bay Packers special. Sure, the Runyan name might have opened doors, but Jon Jr. — or Jon Daniel, as Loretta calls him — walked through on his own.

“Him wanting to play football in the first or second grade, I was like, no, no,” Loretta said. “My heart hurt every time I had to go out there and watch him practice, and I would cry. I still get that feeling. Jon Daniel’s my only boy, and he’s my oldest child.”

In so many ways, the 22-year-old selected by the Packers in the sixth round of last month’s NFL draft is both his father’s son — an offensive lineman like his dad, a Michigan man like his dad, a hulking 6-foot-4, 307 pounds like his 6-foot-7, 330-pound dad, dyslexic like his dad — and his own man.

“One thing my high school coach told me was, ‘You’ve just got to be you. Your dad is a completely different person than you, so you don’t have to live up to any of his expectations. Just start your own path and your own goals, and all that stuff that comes with it is just secondary,'” Jon Jr. recalled. “It was a struggle for me in high school, but I chose this road moving onto college, and I’m comfortable with everything I’m doing. He’s cast a big shadow over me, but I’m not trying to live in that shadow my whole life. I’m trying to step out and make an even bigger one.”

Jon Jr. first put on a helmet and pads in grade school.

That lasted only one year.

“He was just too big,” Jon Sr. said. “I always say [in] football you end up in a position by your body type. But when they’re 8, 9 years old, they’re all the same size. Except my kid; he was bigger than everybody else. That first year, the coach said he’s got to cut weight. I’m like, ‘He’s not going to cut weight — have you seen me?'”

From an early age, Jon Runyan Jr. gravitated to the tools of his father’s trade. Courtesy Runyan family

Jon Jr. turned to flag football, and he played everything from quarterback to receiver to defensive back, until eighth grade, when weight limits were lifted and he could put the pads back on.

Loretta, a self-proclaimed “momma bear,” still wasn’t sure football was for him.

“Initially, I kind of pulled him out because he just couldn’t grasp the whole language of the plays,” Loretta said. “He thought he could just get the football, and he could run or he could throw. He has auditory processing disorder, which always worried me because football is like a different language. And he also has Jon’s dyslexia. He had to overcome a lot.

“He begged me to play tackle in the eighth grade. He had been working so hard. I thought he probably needs to start playing tackle. So he played it in the eighth grade. He played three sports in middle school, and he played basketball in the ninth grade. I really wanted him to play basketball because I didn’t like football for him, but he begged me.”

Auditory processing disorder makes it difficult to understand speech. Loretta said preschool teachers first noticed an issue with Jon Jr., but he wasn’t diagnosed until third grade. With APD, dyslexia and being colorblind, Jon Jr. needed extra hours of tutoring, which during the high school season often made for 16-hour days with school, practice and evening sessions with tutors. At Michigan, he earned his undergraduate degree in sociology. Last semester, he began graduate-school classes in real estate development.

“I was that mom who would go to the football coach in eighth grade and explain to him that Jon Daniel’s not dumb,” Loretta said. “If you’re talking to him, you have to make sure he understands and you have to show him. He learns by vision. He has a photographic memory because he’s had to learn other skills to compensate. Teachers would always caution me that something might be too much for him, but he never complained.

“I’ve said to him, ‘If there’s any [charitable] foundation that you ever want to do, I think that’s what you should do because you can inspire people.’ Just the work he’s done — not just football, but academics — and to go through all that.”

While Jon Runyan Sr. roamed Philadelphia as an Eagle, little Jon Daniel got used to an NFL locker room. Courtesy Runyan family

It warmed Loretta’s heart to hear Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst describe Jon Jr. as a “smart” player. And it had to make Jon Sr., once known as one of the NFL’s fiercest competitors, happy to hear Gutekunst describe his son as “tough.”

At Michigan, Jon Jr. started 26 games (25 at left tackle and one at right tackle) and was a two-time recipient of the Hugh H. Rader Memorial Award given to the team’s top offensive lineman — an honor bestowed upon his dad in 1994, making them the only father-son duo to win it. The Packers plan to move Jon Jr. to guard, where they believe his athletic ability is well suited to their zone-blocking scheme.

For now, Jon Jr. is living with his parents and participating in the Packers’ virtual offseason program because of the coronavirus pandemic. But he’s still getting lessons from his dad.

“I’ve just tried to help with the expectations,” Jon Sr. said. “I’ve told him a couple of times, ‘If you’re lucky enough to have an opportunity to contribute your first year, great. Then your second year, you better be battling somebody, really battling somebody for it, because if you’re not making a contribution by the end of your third year, you’re not going to be around.’ That’s what I literally told him after he got picked. It was congratulations, and I know everything you put into it to get this far, but these next two years are going to be as hard as the last 10.”

These days, Jon Sr. works for the NFL as vice president of policy and rules administration, which followed a four-year stint representing New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. That’s where Jon Jr. says his career path most definitely will differ from his father’s — no politics.

Like father, like son: Dad was a Wolverine, so Jon Jr. went the same way and earned the same gridiron honors. Courtesy Runyan family

For Loretta, it has come full circle. She met Jon Sr. during his rookie season in Houston, where she worked as a police officer. She followed him to Tennessee when the Oilers became the Titans, and they settled in the Philadelphia area with Jon Jr. and his two younger sisters, one of whom is headed to Villanova on a basketball scholarship next school year.

Now, Loretta is about to join a different club.

“Guess what?” Loretta said with an excitement in her voice. “When I was an NFL wife, one of my best friends was Donovan McNabb’s wife, and Donovan’s mom was president or something of the NFL mom’s club. She’s invited me to the NFL mom’s club. She and I are good friends. Roxie McNabb and I have always stayed tight over the years and watched each other’s kids, and now I’m like, ‘Can you believe I’m going to be an NFL mom?'”

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A complete history of Vontaze Burfict being reckless

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Vontaze Burfict’s history of not caring about the well-being of others started long before he ever reached the NFL.

Linebacker Vontaze Burfict is exactly what every NFL team wanted from a middle linebacker about 40 or 50 years ago. Players like Dick Butkus and Jack Lambert had reputations as mean and scary enforcers who didn’t just make tackles, but attempted to set the tone for anybody who dared to go to the middle of the field.

Highlight reels showed clothesline tackles, helmet-to-helmet hits, and boasted about the rough and tough linebackers of lore.

But the best linebackers of football today are those who can channel the aggression and violence of the game without crossing the line. That’s something that Burfict has struggled with.

In seven NFL seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, Burfict racked up over $4.5 million in career fines and forfeited pay. In March 2019, after unsuccessful attempts to trade Burfict, the Bengals released the linebacker. He was only a free agent for a day, which is surprising — largely because his play has dropped off, but also because of his reckless play.

The Raiders signed him to a one-year deal and in Oakland he quickly ingratiated himself and became a team captain. It lasted just four games before an egregious hit earned him a suspension for the final 12 games of the 2019 season. The punishment was upheld after an appeal by Burfict.

That suspension was the result to a lengthy history of dangerous play that lost Burfict any semblance of the benefit of the doubt.

What incident resulted in Burfict’s 2019 suspension?

His most recent infraction got him ejected from a Week 4 game against the Colts and cost him the rest of the 2019 season. He dove headfirst into tight end Jack Doyle, colliding with a huge helmet-to-helmet hit.

Vontaze Burfict was ejected via replay for lowering the helmet to initiate contact pic.twitter.com/Tp3sukvneh

— Fᴏᴏᴛʙᴀʟʟ Zᴇʙʀᴀs (@footballzebras) September 29, 2019

The NFL vice president of football operations John Runyan cited Burfict’s history as the reason for handing down the longest suspension in league history for an in-game offense.

Vontaze Burfict suspended for remainder of 2019 season for violations of unnecessary roughness rules. pic.twitter.com/oSMl2iSRNW

— Michael Signora (@NFLfootballinfo) September 30, 2019

The previous record for a suspension for dangerous play was Albert Haynesworth’s five-week suspension for stomping the head of offensive lineman Andre Gurode. The discipline for Burfict is unprecedented, but it’s not unexpected given his propensity for over-the-line conduct.

Vontaze Burfict has always been a dangerous football player

There’s nothing new about Burfict’s play; it earned him a reputation all the way back in high school.

Corona Centennial High School (2005-2009)

The top two recruits in the state of California on just about everyone’s rankings for the class of 2009 were Burfict and Mater Dei quarterback Matt Barkley. The pair of five-star prospects met for games against each other as both juniors and seniors, and it certainly appeared as though Burfict aimed to hit Barkley in the knees in one of those games.

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Years later, Barkley held a grudge over Burfict’s play in high school and accused him of attempting to injure him.

"He's a dirty player," Barkley told the Los Angeles Times before the two were set to meet in a game in college. "His switch is always on. And it's not a good switch."

Burfict’s targeting of Barkley especially raised eyebrows because both players were committed to USC. The linebacker later made a last second switch to Arizona State on National Signing Day.

Arizona State University (2009-2012)

Burfict quickly developed a reputation for being a destroyer of worlds at ASU. In his first college game, Burfict demolished Idaho State quarterback Russell Hill, and a couple of weeks later, he made a pair of huge stops against No. 21 Georgia late in the game.

The second stop was an impressive dive over the line of scrimmage on fourth down that came right after Burfict shoved the ref and almost gave up a free first down:

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Burfict finished the year with Pac-10 Defensive Freshman of the Year honors, but he quickly developed a reputation for personal fouls. By midseason, he was already told to rein it in after drawing three personal fouls in an October game against Washington.

"He got carried away," ASU coach Dennis Erickson told the Arizona Republic. "That's how he is, but he's got to control it. I love his intensity. I don't want to slow his intensity down because it's contagious for the rest of the players, for the fans and for everybody involved in the program. But he's got to be smart, and I know he will."

He never got around to being smart. Burfict kept on crushing opposing players and drawing personal fouls every step of the way. Even in practice, Burfict was a problem.

“There were more practice fights in Vontaze’s years than I’ve seen in (current coach) Todd Graham’s entire four years at ASU,” Chris Karpman of Sun Devil Source told the Press Enterprise in January. “I think in the first week after he’d been cleared academically as a freshman, he was in a fight every day of practice that following week.”

Sporting News dubbed Burfict “The Meanest Man in College Football” in 2011, but Erickson was forced to bench the linebacker a few times — sometimes unsuccessfully.

“I know one thing,” Oregon State coach Mike Riley told Sporting News. “Somebody is taking a blow every play (Burfict is) on the field.”

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Burfict entered the 2012 NFL Draft after his junior season, finishing his collegiate career with 22 personal fouls in 37 games with the Sun Devils.

Cincinnati Bengals (2012-2016)

Despite first-team All-American honors as a sophomore in 2010, Burfict’s declining play as a junior, concerns about his lack of discipline, a failed drug test at the NFL Combine, and poor testing times all combined to boot him from the 2012 NFL draft entirely.

“I watched three tapes and really didn’t like him as a football player,” NFL Network’s Mike Mayock said a week before the draft. “I think he’s a nondraftable kid. For me, he’s a free agent.”

The Bengals scooped up Burfict as a free agent, and it immediately paid off with the rookie starting 14 games and leading the team in tackles with 127. The Bengals finished No. 6 in total defense but allowed 2.4 more yards per play when Burfict was off the field. Yet, he managed to go the whole year without a fine.

He earned a $20 million extension in 2014, but Burfict reverted to his former self, racking up personal fouls and fines that have since come to define his play, despite the fact that he’s one of the NFL’s better linebackers.

Sept. 22, 2013

Burfict got his first fine in the NFL for hitting Green Bay Packers tight end Ryan Taylor in a not so nice place.

Taylor was penalized during the game, but the NFL gave Burfict a $10,000 fine after replays showed what made Taylor so mad in the first place.

Burfict also received a $21,000 fine in the same game for a hit on James Jones that drew a flag because the Packers receiver was deemed defenseless.

Burfict made up for it later in the game when he told Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer to change a play call on the final drive of the game.

"He wanted to call one play and I said, 'Coach, that's not going to work,' Burfict told Bengals.com. “Let's just go base and hopefully we get [Aaron] Rodgers to start scrambling and we plaster their guys and it worked."

Rodgers threw a pass on fourth down that was tipped by Bengals defensive end Michael Johnson, sealing a 34-30 win for the Bengals.

Oct. 13, 2013

Officials called three 15-yard penalties on Burfict in a game against the Buffalo Bills, but he only received a $7,875 fine for a facemask on running back Fred Jackson.

Oct. 27, 2013

Burfict earned another $21,000 fine about a month later when he speared New York Jets wide receiver Stephen Hill with his helmet. It upped his 2013 fine total to $59,875 — a huge chunk of his modest $480,000 base salary in the second year of his undrafted contract.

Oct. 12, 2014

The only fine of the 2014 season for Burfict was a $25,000 penalty for twisting the ankles of both Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and Panthers tight end Greg Olsen.

Both Newton and Olsen dealt with ankle injuries earlier in the season, and Olsen argued that Burfict should be suspended for his actions.

"In instances like that that are so clearly premeditated, that he had in his mind that if he had those opportunities that he was going to try to attack guys' legs, but guys who are coming off ankle problems specifically, there's no room for it," Olsen told the Charlotte Observer.

"Guys like that don't learn from that stuff. He's been fined 100 times for head-hunting and he did it to (Panthers receiver) Kelvin (Benjamin) again."

Benjamin suffered a concussion on the final play from scrimmage for the Panthers when Burfict hit him, but the tackle did not draw a flag.

Nov. 1, 2015

Burfict’s bad blood with the Steelers really boiled over in a Week 8 game between two teams jockeying for a playoff position. The linebacker made a tackle on running back Le’Veon Bell that forced him to have season-ending knee surgery, and players on the Steelers — including offensive lineman Ramon Foster — said that Burfict celebrated the injury.

"If you're on the field with him, you know what I mean by that," Foster said, via Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "They'll play it off; he'll act dumb about it. But you don't run across the field hyped, celebrating, jumping up and down when a guy goes down like that."

After the game, Burfict insisted he didn’t celebrate the injury and said he’s friends with Bell off the field.

Dec. 13, 2015

At the next meeting between the teams, Burfict and James Harrison got after each other in pregame warm-ups, but that was just the beginning of the feud between the teams.

Burfict earned fines for three separate plays — two unnecessary roughness penalties and a hit low on Roethlisberger — totaling $69,454. The hit on Roethlisberger drew the most attention as it appeared the linebacker made an effort to dive at the quarterback’s knees, although Burfict said he was pushed.

"He said ‘I got pushed into you, my bad,'" Roethlisberger told 93.7 The Fan two days later. "I turned my phone on afterwards and one of the texts I got from a former player and a friend of mine says, ‘How is this not a fine or a penalty by Burfict?' and he showed me the clip of it. And since then I have seen the clip, and I don't buy that he was pushed. You know, I think that he definitely was diving in low and going for my legs."

The play did not draw a flag, but it was still one of the three plays that resulted in a huge fine for Burfict.

Jan. 9, 2016

Years of Burfict being a stellar linebacker, but also a player seemingly out for blood, culminated in a single game that seemed to be a microcosm of his entire football life.

First, Burfict injured Roethlisberger on a perfectly legal sack that forced the quarterback to be carted off the field. He eventually returned to the game, despite suffering a shoulder injury that seemed to clearly hinder his play.

Then Burfict appeared to seal the game for the Bengals by intercepting a pass from Landry Jones with 1:36 remaining, seemingly icing the team’s 16-15 lead.

But the Bengals fumbled the ball right back to the Steelers, and Roethlisberger re-entered the game with the chance to set up a game-winning field goal. Pittsburgh eventually got that field goal, and it was due to a vicious, head-hunting hit delivered by Burfict on Antonio Brown that drew a 15-yard penalty.

A 15-yard penalty was given to Adam “Pacman” Jones in the chaos that followed, and the Steelers hit a chip shot to win. Burfict was suspended three games for the hit that concussed Brown and knocked him out of the Steelers’ next playoff game.

With Roethlisberger dealing with a shoulder injury and Brown out of action, the Steelers lost 23-16 to the Denver Broncos.

Oct. 16, 2016

After sitting out the first three games of the 2016 season, Burfict’s first fine of the year came in the third game when he was docked $75,000 for stomping on New England Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount.

Fresh off a suspension for a reckless play, the hefty fine made sense given the linebacker’s history. But it also seemed odd that it wouldn’t draw another suspension for a player clearly on a short leash.

It also bears questioning if another player would have been punished, as replay seemed to show no stomp happened at all.

Nov. 20, 2016

His next regular season fine came after he flipped double fingers to the Buffalo crowd in a Week 11 loss to the Bills.

Video of #Bengals LB Vontaze "Dirtfict" Burfict giving the double middle finger to fans during #Bills loss https://t.co/UqTKqlsdXV

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) November 20, 2016

Burfict was fined $12,154 for the middle fingers, upping his mammoth career total.

August 2017

In training camp, Burfict started a brawl with his own team when he tackled running back Gio Bernard by diving at his knees. Bernard had just resumed practicing again after recovering from his ACL tear the year before.

In Cincinnati’s second preseason game, Burfict took down Chiefs fullback Anthony Sherman with a big hit while he was running a passing route. The league has a new rule against just such a move this season, and Burfict was suspended five games, but had the punishment reduced to three games after an appeal.

November 2017

Burfict was ejected from a game against the Titans for contact with an official. Cameras never showed what the interaction was that got him tossed, but it came after a questionable late hit call that frustrated the linebacker.

He walked off the field holding up the money sign a la Johnny Manziel. Burfict wasn’t fined for the incident.

March 2018

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Burfict received a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s performance enhancing drug policy. In April, he lost an appeal of the punishment and the suspension was upheld.

Oct. 14, 2018

After his return from suspension, it took Burfict just two games to get back into trouble. Three different tackles made by Burfict against the Steelers came under review by the NFL, including an elbow to the helmet of Antonio Brown — reminiscent of the hit in January 2016 that created controversy.

He didn’t receive another suspension for the hit, but he did get a $112,000 fine — the largest of his career.

Sept. 29, 2019

Burfict played three clean games for the Raiders before getting in trouble again for a violent helmet-to-helmet collision with Colts tight end Jack Doyle. It resulted in a suspension for the remainder of the 2019 season (12 games). Burfict was reinstated in the 2020 offseason and will be eligible to sign with a team during free agency.

In his eight seasons in the NFL, and even long before that, Vontaze Burfict has toed the line between violent linebacker and out-of-control player with malicious intent.

His history as a repeat offender in the NFL already resulted in a suspension and has upped his fine totals to far beyond the numbers of the average NFL player. No other player is in jeopardy of serious ramifications for a single personal foul, but Burfict has reached that point.

Maybe in another era, Burfict’s disregard for the well-being of his opponents would have been revered. But it has meant trouble more often than not for the linebacker during his career.

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Vontaze Burfict: A Head Case or a Case Study?

It has been a rough couple of months for the Raider Nation faithful. The divorce from Antonio Brown was expected to bring every Oakland Raider stakeholder an overdue sigh of relief. Unfortunately, the Silver and Black must hold their breaths yet again as another key offseason acquisition’s actions plaster news headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Starting linebacker and defensive captain, Vontaze Burfict, has been suspended for the remaining twelve games of the regular season and postseason, if necessary, following an illegal helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end, Jack Doyle.[1] The suspension was handed down this past Monday by John Runyan, Vice President of Player Operations for the NFL, following Burfict’s disqualification early into the game’s second quarter the prior day.[2] This will mark the longest suspension issued to a player for an on-the-field offense, pending Burfict’s appeal hearing on October 8th of course.[3]

Doyle thankfully managed to pop up immediately after getting speared by Burfict and played the remainder of the game without any complications or setbacks.

And if the Doyle hit was not embarrassment enough, Burfict was notified via a later letter on Thursday of last week of another hit against a defenseless player during the same quarter of the game.[4] This time, Indianapolis Colts running back Nyheim Hines was on the receiving end of the blow, which occurred away from the ball and went unflagged.[5] NFL personnel have said they will include this unflagged penalty among the totality of Burfict’s offenses according to Burfict’s agent, Lamont Smith.[6]

This is hardly the first time Burfict’s character has come under fire. Having previously been ranked the number one inside linebacker recruit out of high school in 2009, Burfict struggled with excessive personal foul penalty calls while at Arizona State – so much so that then-ASU coach Dennis Erickson resorted to benching him.[7] Problems on and off the field then caused his initial first-round draft projection to plummet to the point where he went undrafted over the course of the 2012 NFL Draft.[8]

Burfict’s history of being a danger to both himself and his opposition continued during his tenure with the Cincinnati Bengals from 2012 until the conclusion of last season. In addition to flipping off fans of the Buffalo Bills in 2016 and his four-game suspension for PEDs in 2018, nine separate incidents forced the NFL’s hand to issue this hefty suspension[9]:

· December 7, 2018: Fined $53,482 for lowering his helmet against Andy Janovich of the Denver Broncos;[10]

· October 19, 2018: Fined $112,000 for his hits to the head areas against then-Pittsburgh Steeler Antonio Brown and current-Pittsburgh Steeler James Conner;[11]

· October 27, 2017: Fined $12,154 for an unsportsmanlike conduct call (kicking) against Roosevelt Nix of the Pittsburgh Steelers;[12]

· August 28, 2017: Suspended 3 games for a hit on a defenseless receiver against Anthony Sherman of the Kansas City Chiefs during the preseason, forfeiting $1,400,469 of his 2017 salary;[13]

· October 19, 2016: Fined $75,000 for an unsportsmanlike conduct call (stepping on a player) against then-New England Patriot LeGarrette Blount;[14]

· January 11, 2016: Suspended 3 games for an excessive hit to a defenseless receiver against then-Pittsburgh Steeler Antonio Brown, forfeiting $502,941 of his 2016 salary;[15]

· December 18, 2015: Fined $69,454 for a combination of unsportsmanlike conduct plays against numerous Pittsburgh Steeler players, including a tackle that ended the season of the team’s then-running back, Le’Veon Bell;[16]

· October 15, 2014: Fined $25,000 for ankle-twisting two Carolina Panther players: Cam Newton and Greg Olsen;[17] and

· November 1, 2013: Fined $21,000 for spearing against then-New York Jet Stephen Hill.[18]

As Runyan explained to Burfict in the first letter, the Doyle hit was “unnecessary, flagrant and should have been avoided. For your actions, you were penalized and disqualified from the game. Following each of your previous rule violations, you were warned by me and each of the jointly-appointed officers that future violations would result in escalated accountability measures.”[19] The content of the second letter has yet to be released.

This season-long suspension has also drawn the ire from two separate parties: those who believe the suspension was not stiff enough and those who believe it was too harsh.

Beginning with the latter, Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, notorious former Pro Bowl linebacker Bill Romanowski, and Burfict’s Oakland Raider teammates and coaches believe the suspension is ridiculous. There are also those NFL players who accept the risks associated with the sport’s violent nature that don’t understand the suspension. We sign up for this – their default argument on these types of hits. Additionally, all believe that Burfict’s hit was illegal but thought the unnecessary roughness call was punishment enough.

On the other side of the spectrum are those who believe Burfict should never play another down of football again. These feelings stem from Burfict seemingly being incapable of adjusting his playing style to fit the NFL’s letter of the law. Those in favor of this notion are current-New England Patriot tight end Benjamin Watson as well as numerous former NFL players including Marcus Spears and Ross Tucker (who also writes for The Athletic) to name a few. Then there are the countless articles being published that are calling for Burfict to receive a life-long ban.

It feels all but certain that the NFLPA, the labor organization that represents the NFL players, will lobby to reduce Burfict’s suspension down to around ten games. The NFL meant this suspension to be a statement to every player: player safety and the concussion epidemic are to be taken very seriously.

OR…

You could argue that the league is worrying primarily about its image and that Vontaze Burfict, at the end of the day, is a case study into the inequitable disciplinary system that exists within the league.

The overwhelming majority of NFL suspensions related to vicious hits occurred after the league publicly acknowledged the link between football and CTE in 2009 – the only pre-2009 suspension was for one game, issued to then-New York Jet Eric Smith for a helmet-to-helmet hit on then-Arizona Cardinal Anquan Boldin.[20] Since 2009, numerous players have been suspended for their illegal hits on the gridiron, ranging typically from one (1) game to three (3) games. Obviously, the twelve games being issued to the All-Pro Raider linebacker now will be an outlier to say the very least. But Vontaze Burfict is also setting the new standard for a concussion-conscious league that is looking to maintain its bottom-line. Players need to adjust their tackling to play within the safer rules today.

Now let’s put personal conduct suspensions under the microscope. You may be wondering how the Vontaze Burfict suspension ties into areas like assault, domestic violence, and sexual assault. The NFL has been far too lenient on those players accused of these heinous acts. Yes, a league personal conduct policy is currently in place but league officials rarely enforce the policy’s six-game minimum suspension.[21] In turn, players are not adjusting their off-the-field behaviors since mitigation usually reduces their initial suspension.[22] Playing professionally is not a right, it is a privilege. Unfortunately, not every athlete lives by that. Why should they?The average number of games for NFL players with domestic violence suspensions around the time of the Ray Rice incident was 1.5 games.[23] Since employing this personal conduct policy following the Rice debacle, only a handful of athletes – notably, Ezekiel Elliot and Josh Brown according to USA Today – have served a suspension of six games.[24]

Not Quincy Enunwa.[25] Not Jonathan Dwyer.[26] Not Andrew Quarless.[27] Not Junior Galette.[28] Not Joseph Randle.[29] Not Reuben Foster – initially.[30] Not Jameis Winston.[31]

So then how does somebody like a Jameis Winston receive only a three-game suspension when he has had a history of sexual harassment – albeit carrying over from his time at Florida State University? Vontaze Burfict’s history is being factored into his suspension. While Burfict has a larger rap sheet, where is the consistency? The equitability?

Instead of Burfict’s suspension for illegal hit(s) approaching comparability to personal conduct suspensions, his suspension actually mimics suspensions for violating the league’s substance abuse policy more. This is because assault, domestic violence, and sexual assault are social issues that impact every sport in some way or another. It is not directly tied to the NFL’s bottom-line like concussions or player well-being – which encompasses substance abuse. Essentially, the NFL does not care to be a leader for social change on how men view their significant others and families.

On the surface, Vontaze Burfict is a repeat offender of violent hits that jeopardizes both his opposition and himself. His vicious hits against both Jack Doyle and Nyheim Hines were highly uncalled for and should both be eradicated from professional football given the grimness of CTE. But considering the history of the NFL’s inequitable suspension system, Burfict and his current suspension are the symbols of a flawed league unable to shift its priorities away from financial and brand progression toward social progression.

What do you think about the Vontaze Burfict suspension? Do you think it is reasonable or off-base? Do you see it impacting the league going forward or proving that the league is still highly flawed? Let us know.

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'Dirty' Raiders Baller Vontaze Burfict Handed History Making Suspension + Antonio Brown Pops Back At Browns QB Baker Mayfield

Oakland Raiders player Vontaze Burfict has been suspended by the NFL for the rest of the season and his suspension goes down in the NFL history books. Find out what he did, plus what former NFL star Antonio Brown said to Cleveland Browns Baker Mayfield inside….

The NFL just wrapped up Week 4 of the 2019-20 season and the league is handing out history-making suspensions. Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict has been suspended for the rest of the season, following an insanely dangerous play on Sunday.

Raiders’ LB Vontaze Burfict’s year-long suspension now official, as @mortreport said. pic.twitter.com/ENNsIe5Vj1

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 30, 2019

Vontaze – who reportedly has a history of unnecessary roughness penalties – was suspended WITHOUT pay for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Colts tight end Jack Doyle during Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts.

Check out the dangerous hit below:

Vontaze Burfict was ejected for this hit on Jack Doyle pic.twitter.com/vFply5QOKN

— NFL Stats (@NFL_Stats) September 29, 2019

He was ejected from Oakland’s 31-24 win over the Colts during the 2nd quarter. He reportedly walked off the field with a smirk while blowing kisses at the stands.

Vontaze - who was released after seven seasons before signing a one-year, $2 million contract with the Raiders in March – has now reportedly been suspended four times, which include three time for on-field behavior. His minimum 12-game suspension would be the longest in NFL history for on-the-field transgressions. Sheesh! And it’s affecting his bag too.

He has been suspended got a total of 22 games, costing him $4,622,182 in salary and been fined nine other times totaling $411,064. Add all of that up and he has lost out on $5 million for his on-field actions. Damn homie.

NFL Vice President of Football Operations Jon Runyan announced the history-making suspension today: https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/09/30/oakland-raiders-vontaze-burfict-suspen...

"There were no mitiating circumstances on this play," Runyan wrote in a letter to Burfict. "Your contact was unnecessary, flagrant and should have been avoided."

Like we said, Vontaze has a history of questionable behavior on the field and has been dubbed a "dirty player" by many sports analysts and football fans. In 2016, Vontaze nabbed a three-game suspension for multiple violations of player safety rules. In 2017, the linebacker was suspended five-games for a hit to a defenseless player. He appealed it and the suspension was lowered to three-games. In 2018, he was suspended for four-games for violation of the NFL's performance-enhancing substance policy

It’s reported Vontaze will appeal his current suspension. Sheesh.

In other NFL news...

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Just some undersized Walk On... Keep that same energy.

A post shared by Baker Mayfield (@bakermayfield) on Sep 27, 2019 at 11:53am PDT

Fomer NFL star Antonio Brown - who announced he was done with the NFL amid rape/sexual assault allegations - popped back at Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield. The Browns QB put up a picture of himself during a post-game interview during his college days at Oklahoma. He captioned, "Just some undersized Walk On... Keep that same energy."

A follower hooped in his comments and responded, "Win football games. That speaks louder than these AB’ish style posts" Oop!

Baker responded, “You’re right. Let me call out my teammates and throw a fit about my helmet then go freeze my feet off."

The SHADE of it all.

AB must have gotten wind of the comment because he hopped on Twitter Saturday morning arguing that Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson should have been drafted before Baker, who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft. Oh, and he added some pettiness to the post. He attached a link to a new article about Baker being arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

Should of never been drafted before Lamar Jackson what a big scam https://t.co/4Egf0Z05G2

— AB (@AB84) September 28, 2019

Now that AB is no longer playing in the NFL, he has been using the extra time on his hands to cut up on social media and he has re-enrolled in his alma mater, Central Michigan University. The former Raiders player is set to take Introduction to Management, Technical Writing, religion course Death and Dying and sociology course Racism and Equality.

Yesterday, he sought out proofreaders for a paper he had to write:

My English paper do by tonight 12am need a prof reader make sure As and Bs #Eng303

— AB (@AB84) September 29, 2019

We all saw the grammar in those alleged text messages...

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SOURCE SPORTS: Raiders’ Vontaze Burfict Suspended For the Rest of the NFL Season For an Illegal Hit

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The NFL has come down about as hard as it possibly could on Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict.

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packernet · 2 years ago

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New Post has been published on https://www.packernet.com/blog/2022/10/24/managing-expectation/

Managing expectation

“Stress and anxiety come from too much expectation and too much ambition” Dalai Lama

The thing about expectation is it can really distort your enjoyment of the game. Yes, during a 3-game losing streak and dreadful season now is as good a time as any to seek inspiration from the likes of the Dalai Lama.

Fans of the New York Giants, Jets, and Seattle Seahawks began the season with little or no expectation of a great season. Low expectations = high satisfaction. Meanwhile, fans in Green Bay, Tampa and Los Angeles had reason to believe that their teams were Super Bowl contenders. 7-weeks into the season those high expectations are fueling plenty of panic and angst.

Grim outlook

The season isn’t even at the halfway point. Do any of us see the Packers turning this around?

Speaking of expectations, which Packer players are playing at or above expectations? It’s a short list that “may” include Rashan Gary, Kenny Clark, Randall Cobb (pre-injury) and Aaron Jones. Jones has been close to superlative considering his supporting cast. Clark and Gary have not been perfect but are mostly doing what they were projected to do.

Aaron Rodgers, AJ Dillon, Darnell Savage, De’Vondre Campbell, David Bakhtiari, Elgton Jenkins, Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson, Eric Stokes, Josh Myers, Jon Runyan Jr and Amari Rodgers headline a partial list of players playing somewhat, or dramatically below expectations.

It’s hard to set expectations on coaches, but initially, Rich Bisaccia seemed to be at or above expectations. While Matt LaFleur, Adam Stenavich, and most of the coaching staff are clearly under expectations. As for much criticized defensive coordinator Joe Barry, he’s been less than great, but how high were our expectations for him? This defense has “mostly” performed well enough to win. They’re not dominant, or good enough to carry the unexpectedly bad offense and special teams units alone.

Offensive

With off-season losses and injury recoveries, we knew the offense would struggle. But no one thought it would be this bad. It remains to be seen if, just shy of his 39th birthday, Aaron Rodgers is still good enough to carry his team. He looks jumpy, even in clean pockets. He’s missing more than his share of throws. NFL analysts say that beyond his erratic accuracy, his decision making is also poor as he’s often missing open receivers. As Rodgers himself has said, the Packers no longer have the margin of error this team once did. With the talent and experience gap at wide receiver and tight ends being average, at best, they need the Rodgers of 2014, ’20 and ’21. Thus far he’s not playing like a $50 million per year franchise QB.

The math doesn’t work

Subtract Davante Adams, superior play from Aaron Rodgers, thin talent at receiver and an up and down line and you can see things don’t add up for this offense. Add in erratic special teams to a defense good enough to win, but not dominant enough to carry a team,… the expectations created in Spring and Summer appear destined to generate more stress and anxiety.

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ccsambassadors · 7 years ago

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2017-18 Student Ambassador Social Media Bio:

Name: Allison Runyan Nick Name: Allie Major: Fine Art and Art Edu. Why did you choose CCS? I chose CCS because of the environment. First of all I like that the campus is in the heart of Midtown, Detroit. It is a great place for the uprise in Detroit and I find it easy for aspiring artists to get involved with the art community. I also personally enjoy the tight-knit community that CCS has to offer. The school is small and therefore it makes it really easy to get to know everyone around and make a lot of connections. Because the school is on the smaller size, the class sizes are also rather small, making the one on one access from teacher to student easily accessible. Lastly the facilities are intriguing. In fine Art especially, we have access to printmaking facilities that are not common for most schools. We also have our own senior and junior studio spaces that are granted specifically to us, another aspect that is not generally received at most colleges.

Why do you give tours? When I first was deciding to come to CCS, I went on a personal tour myself. The student tour guide was very inspiring and exciting and overall was a large reason that made me seriously consider the school. She had helped me feel comfortable and welcome here at the school and that id my goal when giving tours to prospective students. I am a very involved student in many aspects of the school and I love

to talk, so my goal is to spread my energy to others that I encounter during my time here.

What drives you to create? Creating to me is just part of my everyday life. It is in what I do on a day to day basis. From writing, to making music to making physical 2d and 3d works, it is all around me. Other than being a way of expression, creating is a way to speak in various forms. It is a way to invoke change and ideals in yourself and the viewer. Creating enforces an intimate connection between yourself and the physical work and then again the work to the viewer and that relationship alone is enough to make me want to create something new and challenge the ideals of what a relationship can do.

Favorite things about campus: My favorite thing about the campus other than the facilities for our use is the golden hour in the oval. On the Ford Campus there is a grass oval that is filled with sculptures. When it is nice outside there are always tons of people playing games, laying in hammocks, relaxing, picnicking and so on. It is like a large community in a garden. But the best part is at the golden hour. When the sun start to set everything in that area falls under the gold shine cerated from the sun hitting the buildings around us and it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. You can be stressed out but as soon as you see that golden shine, almost everything stops for a moment and it almost feels like a surreal moment.

Must-sees in Detroit: This is a hard one because Detroit is amazing and there are tons of things to do here. But to name a few;

EVENTS: Noel Night, Dally in the Alley, Campus Martius Tree Lighting, Dlectricity, Eastern Market After Dark, Murals in the Market, any gallery opening in Midtown and Downtown. PLACES TO GO: Baker’s Keyboard Lounge (Jazz Bar), DIA, Detroit Public Library, Eastern Market (especially saturday mornings), Red Bull House of Art, MOCAD, Detroit Artist Market, The Magic Stick (for concert events and glow bowling), Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Little Caesars Arena (Hockey and basketball), Commerica Park (baseball), Russell Industrial Center (CAVE openings), The Peacock Room, Frida, Simone DeSusa Gallery, Belle Isle (beach and nature reserve), Hamtramck Disney Land, The Jar House and the Power House (in Hamtramck). PLACES TO EAT: Ally Taco, Detroit Pizza Company, Common Pub, Hop Cat, Stach International, Supino Pizzeria, Treat Dreams, Socratea, Great Lakes Coffee, Seva, Cass Cafe, Jonny Noodle King, Kuzzo's Chicken & Waffles, Rose's Fine Food, Detroit Vegan Soul, Avalon International Breads, The Farmer's Hand, Mudgie’s, Green Dot Stables, Taqueria El Rey, The Bronx Bar.

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