Time for a change?

One has to wonder, with the number of proven and/or superbowl winning coaches that are currently NOT coaching, how many coaches feel secure with their job? Cowher, Gruden (openly mailing it in on MNF), Holmgren, Billick, Dungy (probably not coming back), and Shanahan have a combined 7 Superbowl titles between them and that has to have some coaches a little antsy. Some teams have obvious hot seats (waves at Jon Fox in Carolina and Jim Zorn in Washington), but I would think any owner would cut off a newly hired head coach that's barely treading water (this means you Raheem Morris/TB) immediately if one of these coaches put it out there that they would take over the reigns if given the opportunity.

Can somebody tell Kurt Warner that dying your hair doesn't actually allow you to turn back the hands of time playing wise. He could be a spokesman for Just for Men tho.

With all that's made of my saints ability to score 50 a game...it's good to see we have the testicular fortitude to play and win in a close one (even tho the final score did not indicate that one). If we find a way to completely shore up that special teams play...LOOK OUT!

What's the date? I give T.O. about 3 weeks or 2 more losses (whichever comes first) before he blows his wig on the sideline and subsequently throws Trent Edwards under the bus. Trust me, that trains never late.

I really think this will be LT's last year on the chargers payroll if he wants to play after this season. He's been as consistent as they come but the only thing he is consistent at now-a-days is getting injured. They didn't give sproles the franchise player tag for nothing.

Shout out to the nfl network for making those of us without directv still be able to follow the live game action from around the league. And yes, I have 2 tvs going at the same time on Sundays. Don't judge me.

Favre has just guaranteed himself one free pass from teammates and the media if he screws something up with his last second game winning pass (even tho the catch was better). The only caveat is that screw up expires once the playoffs starts. If not, Brad Childress will be accompanying him and his wranglers on that plane back to Mississippi.


Week 4 Picks: Chi, Cin, Indy, NYG, Bal, Wash, Tenn, Hou, Buff, N.O., Dal, S.F., S.D., Minn

Last Week: 13-3
Overall: 33-14

I just can't get enough of this dude at work. He's now known as spiderman to me and I will not refer to him as anything but. (This caption should be eff yo casual friday...i'm rocking superman banches!...lil blurry but you get the pic..pun intended)

Filling in the blanks

Fresh off a hectic week in which I'm really starting to ask myself the question, "at this point, if you were to only show up to work on tuesdays and thursdays...would it matter...would anybody even notice?" Ahh well, at least I won in all my fantasy leagues...on to what's on this idiots mind. (oh yea, if you don't want to receive deebo texts about new blogs but still want to follow u can subscribe to the right)

A conversation with my anonymous friend "Ty'Rell" made me realize the NFL needs to have a rule where former players can NOT commentate a game in which they played a significant amount of time for that team. They either go full Rodney Harrison and make the patriots appear to be the alpha and omega, or go the Troy Aikman route in which they continually bash the person at their former position. Unbiased somehow is an adjective that is rarely used synonymously with "former player".

Thank you to Delonte West for proving that NBA players are just as intriguing as nfl players with breaking the law. I find it impressive that one would be riding a motorcycle with a guitar case to start with...but a little more impressed with the fact that you had a shotgun (not a gee-tar) in this case....[throw in 2 loaded handguns to boot]. All this and the reports still referred to him as "Lebron's teammate" the entire time.

Hey, did anybody know the WNBA playoffs were going on? Seriously, i had no clue. The highlight on sportscenter was about as long as that question.

Herschel Walker has signed on at age 47 to fight in MMA's strikeforce.....yet another example that the NFL needs to have an "exit strategy" for the players leaving the league with a NO-01k....This.will.end.badly

If you give me Peyton or Drew at the helm (that means quarterback) and any receivers that have 2 arms and 2 legs, I like my chances against just about any team in the NFL. Drew was slightly...well slighted last year in the MVP balloting (2nd all time in yards for one season without a single 1,000 yard receiver or rusher) but chalk that up to the 8-8 record. He should be #1 thus far in the polls for that honor and I don't see that trend coming to an end this upcoming weekend.

Why is it that you can give SOME girls a plane ticket that says SFO (or random airport code) and they know exactly where the destination is, yet ask "who's playin" when it says DET 0 N.E. 24 on the screen? Is this some sort of mental block? Just say the word and I'll put up a diagram on how to read the scores on the screen. This will enable you to walk into a room and seamlessly transition into the crowd without having that confused face. You may not know who has the ball or whats going on...but at least you'd know who's winning!

At some point in my life I will HAVE to see what it's like to come to the sidelines and suck oxygen from a machine.

Lastly....when is too much...TOO MUCH? (this is NOT my desk by the way...my neighbors)



Week 3 Picks: Oak, S.D., Dal, Indy, Wash, G.B., Minn, NYG, JAX, Chi, N.E., NYJ, Philly, Bal, N.o., Pit

Last Week: 8-8
Overall: 20-11

Piecing It All Together

There was way too much going on this weekend that I couldn't even gather my thoughts to create legible sentences so I compiled a list of comments/questions from the last few days.

I'm neither a Brett Favre fan or a hater but I was pondering this question, Does he pass your litmus test as a future first ballot hall of famer should? I'm not even taking into account his post Packer career. Of all the greats from staubach, to marino, to elway...would Favre crack your top 5, 10, 20 as an answer to the following statement:

If I had to pick one qb to make ONE throw in a game it would be ______.
If I had to pick one qb to make ONE drive to win the game it would be ______.
If I had to pick on qb to win me a lifetime supply of Wranglers...wait, that would be Favre.

Is there or has there ever been another player such as Favre in any sport whose greatest asset makes them so great and so terrible at the same time?

Upon hearing that Merriman assaulted Tela Tequila I immediately assumed he did it. I was further convinced after hearing his good Samaritan rant in which he stated "I just wanted her to stay with me until I could get her a safe ride home." I then said ninja please when I heard someone with the last name of "Tequila" opened there mouth and state they don't drink which is about as believable as somebody telling me John Goodman has never eaten a whole bucket of chicken alone.

What exactly has to happen for a General Manger to make a requirement that all players sign a contract that says "I will not be on the cover of madden even if they pay me $1M". I think Fitzgerald took out an insurance policy on this season after seeing Polamalu bite the dust.

So, when your long snapper is able to audible to a fake punt on 4th and 12 from your own 30 yard line when you are only up by 2....should you be upset when someone questions how the 52nd man on a 53 man roster has so much power?

Its nice to see Jay Cutler cite Brett Favre rule 1a: If nobody is open, just throw the ball as hard as you can towards somebody and see what happens. Add his performance with Urlacher being out for the year and you have the potential for the quickest abandoning of a superbowl bandwagon pick ever!

Note: Special thanks to Adrian Peterson and Drew Brees for single handedly winning week 1 for fantasy teams across the nation.

Serena lashing out at the side judge was funny to me but left me with questions. Did she not think her words would be picked up by the boom mic?...meaning you wouldn't be able to deny what you said? Does she not think most asian women under 5 feet would be intimidated by a 6 foot black woman looks like she gives me workout tips (you see her shoulders?!)? Does she not think saying "I would stuff this tennis ball down your throat" doubles as a death threat?
-I wonder if Jamie Foxx still wants to be her tennis ball.

This perhaps is the most questionable thing I've ever said....but can we petition the NFL to limit the amount of SUPER slow motion HD replays during the game? The amount of man jiggle on my screen during these things makes me want to attempt to swallow my own tongue.

Week 2 Picks: Atl, Minn, N.O., Wash, G.B., Tenn, Oak, N.E., Jax, Buff, Sea, Pitt, Balt, Cle, Dal, Indy
Last Week: 12-3
Overall: 12-3

On another note: I was taught a lesson this weekend that was not wanted, SHOULD not have been needed, but very much recieved and I never thought it would happen to me. I thankfully walked away from this and I don't do public service announcements but hopefully this serves as a small reminder of the outcome of bad decision making.

Rantin and Ravin

Alright,
After this weekend I’m more ready for the kickoff Thursday night than I’ve been in a long time. Maybe it’s the 4 live drafts I had for my fantasy teams over the past month, not to mention a live auction draft where I sat in for a close friend (on the condition of anonymity we’ll just call him Ty’Rell). Side note: I felt more pressure in this draft than you’d imagine. I’m trying to play it cool the entire time watching as people left the board and I start thinking…what if I end up overpaying for Shaun Hill because I hadn’t gotten him a starting qb, then only have enough funds left over to buy deuce mcallister and plaxico burress. What’s the chance “Ty’Rell” would question everything I’ve ever said about sports vs. the chance he’d politely ask me to “put in” on his fees since I have provided a handicap worse than a golfer with one arm. This all went thru my head in the 1^st 5 minutes. Luckily I was the only one who did a mock draft so paying ¼ of my budget to get Adrian Peterson was a strategy that I wasn’t about to venture in to. Was any of that interesting? Shrugs. I’m still frothing over the mia/fsu game last night. I made sure to sit up-right the whole game as to not miss a play and it came down to one dropped pass (Not sure how the qb takes no responsibility for a low pass but that’s not for me to debate). I like the Qb from Miami. Reminds me of a cross between vince young and aaron brooks and that’s meant as more of a compliment than the obvious insult one could draw from that. And yes I picked those to qb’s because he’s black. So there. This weekend of college football got me ready to go for the NFL season. The networks did a good job of opening with some big games. Perhaps they do this every year but it seemed to be more evident this year in my eyes.

Can anybody inform me of the thought process behind the Raiders personnel moves? Let’s say Richard Seymour has another season like he did last year (and I can’t even recall what that was). Do the Raiders feel they are ONE player away from ____? I mean, for a team that has looked more like a mid-level college team since a superbowl appearance, making the jump for them would be 9-7 (then again, 9-7 would’ve won their division). I just can’t justify a team with young talent giving up a potential top 5 pick for a player that will produce HOPEFULLY for you for the next 2 years. They already gave away moss (not arguing they shouldn’t have) for peanuts, and now this. Perhaps Bellicek has some footage of Al Davis pulling a Hugh Hefner left over from their illegal recording days.

I give you my word that if you ever ask me to advise or represent you on something where millions of dollars are involved, I’d play hardball for you but at some point I’d probably just cave and say “ok man, take the 10 million since they won’t budge on the 15 million mark”. Crabtree’s agent/cousin/whatever is giving him some baffling advice. Has he not heard of restructuring a contract after year one…or 2? I still won’t believe he’d sit out a WHOLE season and just miss out on 3 or so million. I use that number because if he does go back to the draft I would assume he’d still garner a 20+ million guarantee and the balance paid out over a 4 or 5 year contract. Still, you take the risk of taking a year off and not being as sharp as you once were (hey Charles rogers). You also take the risk of a black flag saying STAY AWAY planted directly on your back. I mean, the endorsements alone waiting for him in S.F. if he plays and is halfway decent I would presume would be worth it.

Maybe it’s just me. But the thought that Mangini will not announce the starter for the game against Minnesota as some sort of slight advantage is laughable to me. Do you think Jared Allen is going to say, Holy Crap batman, they’re starting Quinn, NOW what do we do?! Wouldn’t this only be some sort of advantage if you had say 2 completely different qbs on your team (running, throwing)…and yes I know, they are 2 different qbs but I don’t think Checkdown passer vs. inaccurate passer qualifies (thank you thank you, I’ll be hear all night..be sure to tip the cocktail waitresses on the way out). Not to mention there is film on both of them. Perhaps if they had an unknown qb on the roster this could make sense as well. Idk, just one man’s opinion

Week 1 winners - Pitt, ATL, Cinn, Minn, Indy, N.O., Dallas, Philly, Bal, Hou, NYG, ARZ, SEA, GB, NE, SD