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Jon Gruden is looking to build a Super Bowl-winning team with the Oakland Raiders, and he doesn’t want any rookie hazing interfering with that goal. The first episode of this year’s edition of “Hard Knocks” on HBO, which …
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has a strict policy that protects rookies against any over the top hazing, but there are still certain responsibilities that first-year players are expected to fulfill. That includes shopping for groceries. …
NFL rookie hazing is risky business these days in the wake of the Jonathan Martin scandal, but there is no way it is ever going to stop completely. Rookie dinners are still part of the initiation process into the league. Philadelphia Eagles offensive …
Denver Broncos rookie Ross Rasner pulled shoulder pad duty on Monday, and there were plenty of veterans who demanded the use of his services. How many sets of pads and helmets did the former Arkansas defensive back have to carry? Let’s just say …
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder had a little rookie hazing prank up his sleeve on Thursday. Ponder tweeted the photo you see above and said he found the items in teammate Matt Kalil’s locker. He added, “I hope you’re …
Over the years, we have shown you a lot of rookie hazing haircuts here on LBS. Most of them have been phenomenal and teams have done a great job of keeping things original and coming up with new ways to embarrass the newcomers every year. However, we …
If the veterans on a team are going to harass the rookies simply because they are rookies, they might as well try to do something creative. The Broncos seemed to accomplish that late Wednesday night. As you can see from the photo above that Broncos …
If you’re an NFL rookie who thinks you have it bad, just be thankful you don’t play in Oakland. We don’t really know if their rookies actually get the worst haircuts or if they simply do a great job of publicizing it, but any rookie …
‘Tis the season for rookie hazing, and that means lots of bad haircuts have been circulating around the NFL and will continue to do so until the start of the regular season. Horrendous haircuts seem to be one of favorite pastimes of veterans …
Robert Griffin III may be the Redskins’ franchise quarterback and a player they traded many draft picks to obtain, but he’s not above participating in some traditional rookie hazing. The former Heisman Trophy winner was filmed by CSN …
The Titans ended their practice Monday with some of your garden variety rookie hazing. According to John Glennon of The Tennessean, they did dizzy bat races with a twist. “Players paired off in twos – facing one another – and were told to run …
Jason Garrett is changing policy with the Dallas Cowboys when it comes to hazing rookies. “The young guys are part of our team,” Garrett said Sunday, “and they certainly need to get themselves acclimated in a lot of different ways, …
Hooray! Wide receiver Roy Williams needed something to go right in his life. Although his post-Lions career has not been much of a success, Williams remains a proud man. He was never able to develop strong chemistry with Tony Romo in Dallas and now …
NFL rookie hazing, it’s a time honored tradition. Whether it’s carrying pads or getting funky haircuts, rookies being hazed is part of the fabric of football camps everywhere. Except in Jacksonville, where Jack Del Rio banned hazing after …
With the new media age we live in, items that used to be private business within teams spills out to the public most often via players’ twitter accounts. As a result, we’ve seen the funny haircuts the Patriots, Jaguars, and Broncos all …
It would seem that horrible haircuts have emerged as the favorite form of rookie hazing across the NFL over the past couple of weeks. The first team to grab our attention by butchering rookies was the New England Patriots, but we’ve since …
