Goodell – The NFL has suspended Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for the first two games of this season, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

The suspension is expected to be announced Thursday, sources told Schefter.

Rice allegedly struck his then-fiancée unconscious in February in Atlantic City, N.J. His legal situation was wrapped up on May 20, when he was accepted into a pretrial intervention program to avoid trial on aggravated assault charges. Rice then met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on June 16.

Hell of a precedent for Roger Goodell to set. Forget about the suspensions for smoking weed. Are they dumb? Absolutely, but it is illegal, so if you’re smoking it and get caught you’re kind of a moron. But two games for beating your wife? And let’s drop the “allegedly” talk. I know it’s a legal term and you have to use it but when you have Ray Rice on video dragging his future wife by the hair while she lays lifeless on the ground I think allegedly can be thrown out the goddamn window. I have no doubt that if Ray Rice wasn’t a popular figure in the NFL he would’ve gotten a lot more games, but that’s just the way Goodell rolls. Support the midget wife beaters at all costs, and just suspend the substance abusers for as many games as you can because they’re obviously trash. What a piece of shit. I hate Roger Goodell with the fire of a thousand suns. But I hate Ray Rice more.

– Ryan