Former New York Jets running back Curtis Martin and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank sat down to dinner on Wednesday night to discuss business. What business was being discussed? Unfortunately, only the two of them know the answer that. However, speculation has already begun.Back in late July, shortly after his retirement, Martin announced that he would like to own an NFL team. Although he was not more specific, he made it sound as if a deal was already on the table.
"I'm done playing football in the NFL but I'm not done in the NFL," Martin said.Could the Michael Vick controversy be weighing so heavily on Blank that he just wants to pack it in? And if so, is that where Martin fits in?
Then [he] disclosed that he was interested in purchasing an NFL team.
"I can't be specific right now because I don't want to jeopardize the deal," he added.
"It was clearly business," Palm general manager Willy Cellucci told the AJC's Peach Buzz when we called Thursday. "It wasn't two old buddies getting together. It appeared that Curtis was coming into town to see Arthur. I showed Curtis to Arthur's table and heard Arthur ask Curtis, "Did you find the place OK?"Unless Martin received significant amounts of money under the table during his days as an NFL player, or plans to apply for loans that would give him enough to buy a small third world country, I can't see a scenario where Martin has enough money to purchase a franchise. However, it would not been entirely unrealistic to assume that he would buy a portion of a team. Say ... the Atlanta Falcons.



















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9-08-2007 @ 11:45AM
jay-jet said...
I think that Martin is the type of person Blank would like to team up with due to his character and reputation.
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9-09-2007 @ 4:52PM
frank said...
i'm sick here , Mangini laid down just like hermmy , the d was laid bakkk big time , # 51 did nothing , nothing to get his guys to make a hit , its all coaching , ya gotta be kiddin me , to let the game go like that , when CLEMENS came in , they laid down , threw an out , no 1st dwn , he gave the game to his O-coord , and he laid the ball down , just like hermmy ,when i heard BOOMER say " HERE COMES THE DRAW " I THOUGHT , NO mfING WAY !!!!! i quit and i never quit on the jets ever , not even when Kotite went 3 - 29 , i watched every game , vilma did nothing , said nothing , notta , zip , when brady went deep , and beat 3 dbs , , no pass rush no blitz , and the db got behind moss , mangini shudda been in the dcoords' face , BIGTIME !!!,,,,,, major breakdown , he'll never ever win a SB, never , hes a loser like hermmy , when clemens came in they were down by 3 scores , they needed a spark , THE FANS gave em it , mangini didnt run w it , he brought the " throw it in the box QB bakk and laid down the game , gave it to BILL , !!!! all Clemens had to do was stay w the gameplan , and the O coord , cuddnt handle it . !!!! when marony ran left he didnt have a LBr within 10 yds , i cant see a pro-bowler like Singaltary do that , how bout BUTTLE hoW bout LT the original LT !!! ,,,, thats all coaching , hes' not putting the FIRE on the feild , gettin in guys' heads ,,, not by any stretch ...!!!..... not like TUNA , GRUDEN , COWER , none of em , he dont GOT-IT ! ,,,,theres one thing being patient , theres another , taking the game bakkk , home feild and nothing! , when the jets had NE at the 10 , 4th qutr , they didnt blitz , stuff the run , i saw guys standing there w marony goin up the middle , slippdd down and got 7 yds .... thats the coach , he didnt get in his MLBrs face and say , " GET ME THE mfING BALL " ,,HE LET HIS DCOORD , RUN SOME SCEME THAT HAD HIS PLAYERS TAKE IT AS AS , OK , WERE GONNA DO THIS , AND WHAT EVER HAPPENS , ITS NOT MY FAULT. I SAW IT WHEN REVIs FACEMASKED THE WR . HE SHUDDA PUT A STICK IN HIS GUT , AGIAN LAID BAKKK . the HC didnt do his job , take control of the team and the game ! when the jets came within 2 scores and the penalty put ne on the 10 , they let the pats run right at em , didnt put noone in the box , its too simple , stuff the run , thereyre gonna run , kill the clock , magini let his scared little coords' . give NE the game . it was totally discusting . even in the 1st half , whats the 3-4 for , if ya not gonna blitz , let moss get deep , behind the db , the coach has to be responsible , hes gotta get the safety in front of moss , hes' got make that clear . if its not clear , hes, gotta see it , cmon , hes ' gotta coach his players ! . that safety didnt have a clue , and the dcoord , gotta be the man to make sure RANDY MOSS ISNT OPEN THAT LONG THAT DEEP ! thats where vilma comes in , hes gotta be the man to say , were doin "this " , "I'll be roamin the middle , U >>>> PUNCH MOSS IN THE FACE IF HE WANTS TO STRETCH HIS LONG-ASS ARMS OUT ! " , " GOT-IT?" , " GOT-IT SIR !!!!! " .............no , 3 man rush , brady looked like he was doing a friggin playgirl pose . its 1 thing to lose a game to a great team , its another to give it to em . scared little HC , thats the way i see it .
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9-09-2007 @ 5:41PM
frank said...
Boomer said it right when he said , "chad played a good game, thats all pennington can do , he gave it his best " . well that explains it all . pennington cant win a big game , its clear to me , no? any1 else see it ?.....the ONLY way chad ever won anything is when he had the BEST O-LINE IN THE N F L !!!! ...for 2 yrs. no less .. duhhh ! ... i mean cmon man , then Pete wants a little $$$ raise $$$,,,, lmffao as i write ...lolol.... " No , lets give a RB a multi$$$million$$$$dollar$$$$ contract w noone to block ,,,, " don't worry Tom , we'll put a rookie there for ya " ,,, you'll do fiiiiiinnnnneeeeee ! you'll see ! ....you'll do better than 1,500 yds." ,,, if being a GM means STUPIDITY than pay me 6 figures , I'll show ya stupid ! ..........I'll b so stupid , I'll have the fattest bank on the block , and when they say goodbye , I'll say , thanx dopes , been good knowin ya !!!! ....last place doesnt look so good , does it man-asswipe?
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9-09-2007 @ 6:08PM
frank said...
if u watched the 3rd quarter w/ 5 minutes left till the 4th w/ 2 minutes , and looked at the defense of the Jets you'd think they all had shit in their draws .......all 11 of em .... I'm so embarressed to be a Jet fan right now . if I were GM , with 1 ounce of football sense , I'd do 1 of two things , fire my Def. coord. or get a LBr in there w/ some Brian Cox-like fire ! case closed ! cmon , u got HOMEFEILD , against NE , their kikkin the crap outta ya , and what ? nothing, thats what , nothing from the H.C. nothing from the Off coord. nothing from your ON-THE-FEILD-CAPTAIN #51 ...... i was throwin crap at the Mfin TV . .... its 5:59 pm , ,,,...,,, I JUST SAW THE GREATEST DEFENSIVE PLAY OF THE '07 SEASON ! the Bears just fired out , stuffed SD on the goal line .
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