Ray Rice is appealing his indefinite suspension, likely on the grounds of the NFL using double jeopardy to ban him from the league indefinitely after initially suspending the former Ravens running back for two games.
Rice will reportedly also claim the NFL viewed an edited tape as "one of the chief arguments" of his appeal, Adam Schefter of ESPN reported Sunday morning.
The crux of the argument is the TMZ video of Rice hitting his then-fiancee Janay in the elevator was a "cleaned-up, whittled down and condensed version."
It's not unusual for TMZ to edit videos; the website said initially there were some edits to it.
Additionally, Schefter reports Robert Mueller, who's heading up the league's independent investigation, will also have access to the unedited version of the tape.
The league's access to the security footage has been a serious point of contention. The league claimed it wasn't able to acquire the tape and criticized for not acquiring it when TMZ was able to do so.
Ray Rice will claim the casino video was edited. (USATSI)
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Bears WRs Brandon Marshall, Alshon Jeffery, Jets WR Eric Decker questionable for Monday night
Bears WRs Brandon Marshall (ankle) and Alshon Jeffery (hamstring) as well as Jets WR Eric Decker (hamstring) are all listed as questionable for Monday night. Marshall and Jeffery were both game-time decisions in Week 2 and both played on Sunday night. Marshall got his first practice of this week in on Saturday and was limited. Jeffery was a limited participant in practice all week. Decker didn't practice until Saturday either and was also limited. The two Bears wideouts are expected to play while Decker is considered a game-time decision.
This is a big-time game for fantasy as Marshall and Jeffery are both projected as strong WR1 options this week against a Jets defense that has allowed the second-most fantasy points to WRs so far in 2014. Decker is proving to be the Jets' top option in the passing game and figures to be extremely active against a Bears secondary that will be without Charles Tillman after he suffered a season-ending torn triceps for the second consecutive season.It's always a risky proposition to start a player who's questionable for a Monday Night Football game. In situations like this, it simply boils down to what your options are. You never want to take a zero, but if the guy you'd be plugging in for a Sunday game is only projected to catch three balls for 24 yards, then why not hold out for the stud WR and hope he goes. Many fantasy players probably benched Brandon Marshall last week and are probably still not over his three-touchdown game. The best-case scenario is that you have one of the backups that would get the nod in this game, but if you don't have Santonio Holmes or Jeremy Kerley, then you don't have that luxury.
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