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Mike Haynes On Deflate Gate A Second Chance For Ray Rice And Beating Cancer

Mike Haynes is a pro football Hall of Fame player who is also a prostate cancer survivor.

Mike joined Ed and Steve to talk about his playing career, upcoming hall of fame inductions and his battle with prostate cancer.

Mike started off by talking about being a part of the Patriots and Raiders two publicly perceived bad boy organizations at different times throughout the years saying "there were tons of Raider haters during my era and now it's Patriot haters...they're just jealous of the success of the team and their owner."

As for deflate gate and the Ravens now being implicated in the situation and if the league is overreacting Mike said "when I first heard it I said immediately they're making a mountain out of a molehill...when I heard the penalty I couldn't believe it." Mike continued on with the league's handling of the situation saying "Tom Brady is a great guy, why try to bring him down...I'm hoping everything will work out to everyone's satisfaction"

Mike also touched on if Ray Rice should get a 2nd chance in the NFL and winning his battle against prostate cancer due to early detection and the importance of getting screened and being educated on the statistics. Get more info at Know Your Stats

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