Why does it seem that NFL wide receivers are always getting into trouble?  The latest example can be highlighted by the actions of former Detroit Lions wide receiver Charles Rogers.

The 30 year old Rogers has been arraigned in Michigan on five misdemeanors from 2 unrelated incidents. He appeared Thursday before Saginaw County District Judge A.T. Frank and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Frank released Rogers on a $7,500 personal recognizance bond.

Charles Rogers was charged with making a malicious phone call and conspiring to commit that crime March 5 and March 6 in Saginaw County’s Bridgeport Township.  In the second unrelated incident, he was also charged with marijuana possession, possessing an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle on a suspended or revoked license Dec. 2 in Saginaw.

Rogers told The Saginaw News he had no comment on the charges.

Rogers was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2003 NFL draft out of Michigan State.

He played in the NFL for 2 years, both with the Detroit Lions. In his brief NFL career, Rogers caught 36 passes for 400 yards and scored four touchdowns. His longest reception was for 35 yards. He played a total of 14 NFL games, 5 in 2003 (3 TDs) and 9 in 2005 (1 TD).

Everyone is expecting the Indianapolis Colts to pick Andrew Luck with the first pick in the 2012 NFL draft. But the Colts owner, Jim Irsay, extended an offer to Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin II for a private workout with the Colts.

“A Luck private workout 2day..we want 2b as thorough n disciplined n process of #1 pick..we wanted 2do private with RG3,but his agent said no,” Irsay wrote on Twitter.

According to NFL sources, Robert Griffin III (RG3), declined the request. But why? Is he content with being second fiddle, being the 2nd overall pick and 2nd QB drafted in the 2012 NFL draft? Does it mean he has no interest in playing for Colts? Is he content with being picked by the Redskins? Are there other mitigating circumstances that led to him declining the workout invite?

The answer to all these questions is probably – Yes!

If you look at the big picture, the NFL draft order (Colts 1, Redskins 2) and the expected draft order picks (Luck 1 and Griffin 2) make perfect sense. Andrew Luck could become a Peyton Manning clone. His game preparation, work ethic and thirst for football knowledge matches that of his idol, Peyton Manning himself. The Colts and Luck will be perfect together. It could very well be a replay of Peyton Manning years.

“Peyton was my hero growing up. He was my football hero,” Luck said of the prospect of replacing Manning in Indianapolis. “That’s who I modeled myself after in high school, middle school, whatever it was. You never truly replace a guy like that. And who knows what happens? So many different things can happen.”

Griffin, while being a great athletic and an excellent QB, doesn’t seem to be the best fit for the Colts. However, his QB style complements that of what the Redskins could be looking for – a QB with all the tools plus the ability to run or gun from outside the pocket.

It’s obvious that RG3 is a secure and confident individual. Based on his discussions with John Gruden during the ESPN’s Gruden’s QB Camp, you could see that Griffin seemed truthful when he said he was absolutely ok with being the second pick in the draft. He qualified this by saying he would still be someone’s number one pick.

There could be other mitigating circumstances why RG3 declined the Colts invite. One of those is to prevent an injury that could effect his pick in the draft.

Anyway, the decline by RG3 shouldn’t have any consequences on the expected order in the draft. The Colts and Luck are a perfect match. Both the Redskins and Griffin will be happy together.

So yes, you can be sure the Colts will pick Andrew Luck with the first pick of the 2012 NFL draft. RG3 is ok with being right behind!

If NFL commissioner Roger Goodell expected the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) to support his “Bountygate” punishment to players, he better think twice.

League officials met with representatives of the NLPA to discuss possible penalties to be metered out to New Orleans Saints defensive players who are said to have taken part in the bounty program.

Instead of offering their support for the commissioner’s plan, the union has asked the NFL to provide it with all the information from the league’s investigation that revealed that roughly two dozen defensive players (between 22 and 27) were part of the Saints’ pay-for-pain bounty pool. The pool awarded thousands of dollars in cash bonuses from 2009-11 for vicious hits that knocked targeted opponents out of games.

According to the NFL, one example of the Saints bounty program involves linebacker Joathan Vilma, who supposedly offered $10,000 to any New Orleans player who sidelined Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre during the 2010 NFC championship game.

“Our team will meet with the NFL today, ask hard questions and will expect to see all documents and direct evidence of a pay-to-injure scheme,” DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, told the website Pro Player Insiders on Monday. “That is what a fair process dictates. I will get a full briefing by our team and after that the next step will be to consult with players about what was learned. Only then will we confer with the NFL. ”

According to the NFL commissioner, the league has given the NFLPA two confidential reports on the investigation.

“I think we all need to move forward,” he said. “We’ve been open about what we’ve been able to find. We released it publicly.”

Now the commissioner and league officials will wait for a recommendation from the NFLPA.

The league should be expect that the NFLPA will do everything possible to protect their union members in this case; not only to protect their own but to prevent their members from possible criminal charges that could result if the players admit to participating in the bounty program.

Don’t expect a quick resolution. Expect the NFLPA to continue protecting their own in Bountygate.