Was surprised, said former Chicago Bears defensive back Maurice Douglass, who was suspended for a month. Thought, could this happen to me and me be the only one out of our team in particular? said sympathetic teammates told him, the fall guy on this one. 20 years later, the scandal still reverberates as both a watershed event in league history and a day clouded with suspicion and questions for those involved.Beatty said he could understand why some could view Smith as distant, perhaps one reason reports emerged prior to the NFL Draft that Smith did not connect well with some NFL executives. That would be a misinterpretation, Beatty said, an exaggeration of honesty and confidence in a person who mind leading and being out front. Jets hosted both Manuel and Smith prior to the draft, talking with them over dinner and touring the team Florham Park headquarters.

Am nervous, said Raddatz, just hours before the debate. Through my mind right now is everything that I'm trying to cr