The Facts: Following up on the ongoing story. ... It was smart for Rice’s lawyers to get out in front of the story of Rice’s recent arrest by putting the phrase “very minor physical altercation” in the ear of the media. Apparently, the “very minor physical altercation” resulted in Rice’s fiancée getting knocked out cold. TMZ has posted surveillance video that shows, per TMZ’s characterization, Rice dragging his seemingly unconscious fiancée out of an elevator at an Atlantic City casino

Diehards Line:. As PFT's Mike Florio suggests, it’s a bizarre, awkward sequence of events, showing Rice essentially dumping her from the elevator car and then not knowing quite how to get her legs out. A third person arrives and Rice lifts the woman up from a face-down position, at which point she seems to snap out of it, but she remains very groggy. Florio went on to opine, whatever happened, the video doesn’t lend credence to the notion it was “minor,” and it appeared to be something far worse than a “misunderstanding.” Both Rice and his fiancée were arrested as a result of the incident. On Monday, GM Ozzie Newsome said that Rice remains in the team’s plans for 2014. It will be interesting to see if the video changes that.