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Posted Friday November 27, 2009, About: Tate, Clausen leaving Notre Dame?

Tebow, not Teboy! Who typed this? Roberto Duran?

Posted Friday November 27, 2009, About: Tate, Clausen leaving Notre Dame?

Reason he'd go: Sam Bradford. How much money (in rounded millions) did Bradford leave on the table by coming back to OU and getting hurt??

Reasons he'd stay: Teboy, Bradford, McCoy. New coach? Gruden? Kelly?

I think he goes but I'm not betting the farm.

Posted Friday November 27, 2009, About: Giants DE takes it out on teammates

My thoughts exactly. What was considered the toughest division in the NFL now looks inconsistent at best. The 'Boys looked clueless against the Packers. The Eagles lost to the Raiders for cryin' out loud and nearly lost to 'da Bears. The Giants are done for this year and the 'Skins are done until Snyder sells the team.

It's a tough division to win because they're equally matched. After they get to the playoffs, whoever wins the division and whatever wild card might come from it won't get very far in the playoffs. One and Done.

Posted Friday November 27, 2009, About: Giants DE takes it out on teammates

Hey 50,
Where do you think Coughlin fits into this: part of the solution, part of the problem or just a figurehead? The old wisdom has it that after a few years, ANY coach's effectiveness is diluted through familiarity with the same message and methods. Is Coughlin to that point? I always thought that if Coughlin got canned a year or two ago, Spagnuola would have been his heir apparent. Obviously, that's not going to happen now.

Posted Thursday November 26, 2009, About: Iverson intrigues Celtics

A.I. The NBA's version of Brett Favre? Why isn't anyone calling him out for waffling on his retirement? If A.I. stays retired (i.e. nobody wants him), he should start a camp for divas. He could teach those darn NFL WR's a few things about hogging the spotlight. For that matter, he could be a contestant on Project Runway or Dancing with the Stars (their first soloist).

Posted Saturday November 21, 2009, About: Why Knicks passed on Iverson

Dear A.I.,
You're old and gray!
Signed,
The NBA

Besides, why would the Knicks want to screw up a bad thing?

Posted Thursday November 19, 2009, About: Stoops or Ferentz at Notre Dame?

Ferentz is "layin' in the weeds" waiting for Joe Pa to retire or die. If Iowa knocks off a top ten ranked Penn State again next year (would be three years in a row), consider it a Done Deal. IMHO.

Posted Thursday November 19, 2009, About: Who will Bills hire next?

Al Davis as "King Lear"? How about Bram Stoker's "Dracula"? What am I thinking? He inspired it.

Posted Wednesday November 18, 2009, About: Did Browns meet with Holmgren?

Congrats on getting away with "shittiest" on FN. Of course, Lerner and Al Davis have been getting away with shittiest in the NFL for years.

Posted Wednesday November 18, 2009, About: Who will Bills hire next?

Forget the Billick Bowl. It'll ALWAYS be the Modell Bowl.

If Dante wrote the Divine Comedy today, the three traitors Satan would be devouring would be Judas Iscariot, Jim Irsay and Art Modell.

Posted Wednesday November 18, 2009, About: Who will Bills hire next?

Why not? Al Davis did.

Posted Wednesday November 18, 2009, About: Who will Bills hire next?

There is a vast divide between what the Bills need and who they can get for what Wilson is willing to pay. VAST!!! For a realistic list at who would consider working for Wilson, start with the coaches who turned down Al Davis. Forget Shanahan, Cowher and Holmgren. Never happen. Sorry, Bills' fans. Like Browns' fans, you deserve better.

Posted Thursday November 12, 2009, About: Vick still happy in Philly

Hmmmmm.....that's a tough one!!

Posted Wednesday November 11, 2009, About: Source: Mangini talked Jets into draft bust

Two thoughts:
1) Having practiced his cliches as Crash Davis would say, Scott said "it is what it is" publicly. But privately, he is pissed. If he's at all realistic, he has to wonder if his career will last long enough to get to one of those deals. If he gets hurt before then, the money was "left on the table". And I'm sure that Scott, like every other veteran, knows guys that never got to that point because of injury.

2) I never suggested that he would let it affect his play. That would be stupid. But the players' loss of confidence in team management from dumb draft decisions becomes just one more obstacle to overcome. "If I can't believe in their personnel decisions, can I really trust their game plan?" In the Jets' case, they don't need any more obstacles.

Posted Wednesday November 11, 2009, About: Source: Mangini talked Jets into draft bust

I agree with you to an extent. It may very well even out talent-wise. If it evens out money-wise, it still breeds discontent among the proven veterans who are being paid less than they deserve because you pissed away limited money under the cap for an undeserving #1 pick. So even if you win with a talented low round pick you got for peanuts, you still lose goodwill with your veterans. If you can imagine the anger felt by so many fans at the outrageous amounts being paid to unproven # 1's, imagine how their veteran teammates feel.

Posted Wednesday November 11, 2009, About: Source: Mangini talked Jets into draft bust

Actually, I'd put Ghouston in the same category as Edwards and Winslow: talented knuckleheads who will never play to their potential. To me, letting Edwards and Winslow go suggests that he may have learned something from the Ghoulston fiasco.

As for the Favre decisions (signing AND releasing), those were made FAR above Mangini. IMHO.

Posted Wednesday November 11, 2009, About: Source: Mangini talked Jets into draft bust

Depends on whether you're talking to a season ticket holder or not. Devastation is in the eye of the beholder!

Posted Tuesday November 10, 2009, About: Mangini waiting to reveal Browns QB

For the same reason that people gawk at a car accident....morbid curiosity!

Posted Tuesday November 10, 2009, About: Lions WR denies rift with Stafford

No, we can't. This is the NFL, Otis. You know better than that. Or was that a rhetorical question?

Posted Tuesday November 10, 2009, About: Can Jets re-sign Edwards?

"If he can stay off the police blotter? In New York?"
Piece of cake. You betcha.

Posted Tuesday November 10, 2009, About: Packers president won't interfere

Hi, Ron Wolf?
Mornin', Ron. Mark Murphy here.
How ya' doin'?
Can I trouble you for a second....?