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Posted Thursday July 12, 2007, About: Manning takes shot at Tiki
...THAT'S criticism??? I suppose maybe if his tone of voice was snarky or something, but it just sounds like a basic statement.
Posted Friday June 01, 2007, About: Cowboys coach told T.O. must get ball
It's possible to show respect and be a team player without playing 'step and fetch it'.

Why is it T.O.'s supporters seem to think that his attitude is perfectly acceptable? I have no problem with big egos -- what I have a problem with is the need to insult and attack those around you. Be big, be loud, be ridiculously proud of yourself -- but don't blame your quarterback if you alligator-arm a catch. Don't blame your coach if you run the wrong route.

Chad Johnson's a good example -- he trash-talks, but it's always in jest. The players he mocks usually love it, because he's having fun. T.O. is Chad Johnson with a serious anger problem.
Posted Friday June 01, 2007, About: Cowboys coach told T.O. must get ball
Sep154... normally I don't get involved in spelling complaints. Misspelled words do bother me (although I commit more than my fair share at times)... but offense and offence are the exact same word, and can be used interchangably. The difference is that offense (with an 's') is primarily the American spelling, and offence (with a 'c') is primarily British. You can play on offence and commit an offense against the law, or play on offense and commit an offence against the law.

I'm only bringing this up because while misspelled words bother me, mis-corrected words bother me more.

Carry on.

Oh, and to attempt to stay on topic: let the coaches coach! If it's worth getting T.O. the ball, he'll get the ball. If you can't trust your coach to figure that out, get a new coach.
Posted Wednesday May 16, 2007, About: NFL's London game first of many?
Hmm. That didn't affect anything. I wonder if the censor-bot has had its glitch fixed.
Posted Wednesday May 16, 2007, About: NFL's London game first of many?
I'm starting to think the censors are the Knights Who Say Ni... they can't take the simple word I...... t.

Out of curiosity:
Nike: Just do it.
It's not you, it's me.
The Addams family had Cousin Itt.
I know a geek in the IT department.
Posted Wednesday May 16, 2007, About: NFL's London game first of many?
daddygreenjeans -- I'm aware that the World Cup is WAY more internationally known than the Super Bowl. They like to advertise that the Super Bowl draws "1 billion potential viewers" worldwide, but that suggests that everyone in range of a station that will show the game will watch the game -- it's more likely that international viewership is in the range of 50-100 million (US viewership for SBXLI, to compare, was just under 100 million). I should have more properly said: the international fans who want to see the Super Bowl are already watching the Super Bowl. Why make it tougher for US fans to attend than it already is?
Posted Wednesday May 16, 2007, About: NFL's London game first of many?
I don't have a problem with one or maybe two games a year being "special event" games outside the country (although I'd hate for my team to lose a home game).

But the Super Bowl? Outside the USA? That would really, really tick me off. There's no reason to do it. If it's just to draw international attention to the league -- we've already got the whole world watching the Super Bowl!
Posted Tuesday May 15, 2007, About: Pacman still waiting on appeal
So this news story is basically: No News Yet! Sheesh.
Posted Tuesday May 15, 2007, About: Did Paris, Leinart set up Bush?
I'd really like to see the Venn diagram representing "All Those Who Care About Football" and "All Those Who Care About Celebrity Dating." I'm betting it's a pretty tiny intersection.

(Then again, I'd like to see the Venn diagram representing "All Those Who Care About Football" and "All Those Who Know What The Heck A Venn Diagram Is." I'm hoping the intersection's a bit bigger...)
Posted Monday May 14, 2007, About: Former Falcons ties Vick to dog fights
Wow. I was honestly shocked to see that race had bullrushed its way into this. I'm saying this as a die-hard Peyton Manning fan: if Manning were found to have participated in any way in dog fighting, I would not be able to root for the Colts until he was off the team. Period. It has nothing to do with hip-hop culture, nothing to do with Super Bowl wins, nothing to do with his talent as a player, and definitely nothing to do with race. Bottom line: if he's involved, he needs to be punished within the legal system and suspended or banned from the league. Period.
Posted Monday May 14, 2007, About: Ex-Raiders coordinator rips Moss
In the interest of full disclosure: I'm a Colts fan. I hate the Patriots, BUT I do have a grudging respect for them. Belichick and Brady are both fantastic at what they do, as much as I hate to admit it.

In terms of the Pats taking Moss, I don't understand what they were thinking, other than "Wow! What a cheap deal!"

I know people say Belichick and his staff have taken other "bad boys" like Corey Dillon and Rodney Harrison and helped make them into solid players, but I don't think that's the issue... Randy Moss, as much as I can't stand him, is fantastically talented; his off-field issues have been irritating but relatively minor compared to many other players (although I think he should have done at least a little time for hitting that traffic cop with his car, no matter how slow).

The issue is that he DOES quit early, he DOES dog it on plays, and he DOES require negative feedback to start actually working hard. He improvises. And while a gunslinger like Favre would actually enjoy that sort of improvisational freedom, I've never seen that level of malleability from Brady. It doesn't seem like a good fit.

Of course, the Patriots have surprised me before.
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