Posted Sunday May 19, 2013, About: Thunder not considering amnesty clause for Kendrick Perkins?

This.

Green turned out the better long-term asset, but the Pierce-Allen-Garnett championship window the Celtics had at the time of the trade was a win-now scenario, and losing Perkins effectively contributed to that window closing sooner than expected.

Now Green and Rondo will be leading a strictly mid-tier team, and it may be quite some time before the Celtics become legit contenders again.

Posted Sunday May 19, 2013, About: Report: Rob Gronkowski working in Vegas trip before surgery

Well, I mean, he is a tight-end with 38 touchdowns in 3 years. Character issues or not, even if 2013 ends up a lost year for him with all these surgeries, he's well on track already to being the most productive TE in NFL history.

Posted Wednesday May 15, 2013, About: Giants, Cruz on '2-yard line'

Show him the tape, and he'll just point at Eli's strange arm fatigue last year stunting his production, along with every other receiver on the team. And he'll be completely right about that.

I'm not even a Giants fan, so it's weird that I'm more informed about what was wrong with your favorite team last year than you two are.

Posted Wednesday May 15, 2013, About: Giants, Cruz on '2-yard line'

Oh, excuse me, it was 18.7 yards per catch in 2011.

That's just utterly absurd for a guy lining up in the slot.

Posted Wednesday May 15, 2013, About: Giants, Cruz on '2-yard line'

The fact of the matter is that Cruz is unique in the NFL right now. He's a slot-receiver, and yet he averaged 17 freaking yards a catch in 2011. That's insane!

He shouldn't be payed as a normal slot receiver, because he's NOT a normal slot receiver. Not even the Welker type. Even with Eli's bizarre 'tired arm' syndrome handicapping the offense last year, Cruz still got 10 TDs.

Give the guy his due. He makes big plays from the slot with regularity. So pay him like it.

Posted Wednesday May 15, 2013, About: Giants, Cruz on '2-yard line'

Oh, please. The guy has produced as the de facto no. 1 receiver for the team for two straight years now. Of course he wants more than no. 2/3 receiver money.

If you have a problem with that, you need to get over yourself. Seems to me your selfishness as a Giants fan is the real issue here; forget what's logically fair to Cruz, you're simply irrationally holding it against Cruz that, as an important player to your favorite team, he doesn't just roll over so you can feel at ease.

Posted Friday May 10, 2013, About: Pats have options at wide receiver

Amendola is a not a #1 receiver. At least not one in any truly potent passing attack. Quality #2 or slot guy, sure. #1, no.

Pats really need Dobson to pan out. But if he does... I think the Pats passing-offense will be right back on track as elite again.

Posted Wednesday May 08, 2013, About: Critical week in Cruz talks

lol? The hard-facts are that Cruz has been the #1 receiver for two seasons now. Stats don't lie.

And it doesn't help that Nicks is made of glass.

Posted Monday May 06, 2013, About: The LeBron MVP witch hunt

Uh, dude, it's obvious to anyone with remotely a clue that Wade is distinctly past his prime at this point. And Bosh is playing a lower level than he ever did with the Raptors. 'In their prime' indeed.

Oh and btw, Bosh is far from a lock for the Hall at this point.

Posted Friday May 03, 2013, About: Sanchez has 'no doubt' who'll win Jets QB job

I dunno. If these reports about Smith's diva 'I don't need to learn anything' nature are true, then Sanchez probably will be starting again next season.

Posted Thursday May 02, 2013, About: Why Blackmon could be a goner

They'll keep him. Because the hard fact is that the Blackmon looked very good in the latter half of last season, and the Jaguars are a team that's desperate for more playmakers.

Posted Tuesday April 30, 2013, About: Coughlin: Cruz situation now 'a concern'

I can sort of sympathize with Cruz, wanting to be paid like a #1 receiver and not a #2 / slot receiver... because in practical reality, that's what he really is for the Giants.

Nicks is SUPPOSED to be the #1 receiver, but at the end of each season it's Cruz who produced the most for the team in the receiver corp. TDs, catches, and yards.

Posted Saturday April 20, 2013, About: Will Saints trade Chris Ivory to Jets?

The Saints will get one 4th rounder, and they'll like it.

Ivory is a UFA next year, and then the Saints will get absolutely nothing for Ivory. Anything at all they get now will be 100% more than they'll get in 2014. Beggars can't be choosers.

Oh and btw, do you realize that by signing their 4th string running-back to a second-round tender, the Saints are proposing to pay Ivory more than both Ingram and Thomas this up-coming season? This, coming from a team right up against the cap with DIRE NEED at *multiple positions* on the defensive side of the ball.

Loomis is praying he can get anything at all for Ivory in trade, because otherwise he's a complete idiot basically throwing away 2 million dollars to no practical purpose whatsoever.

Posted Thursday April 18, 2013, About: Kubiak: Texans need another WR

Schaub doesn't lose many games for the Texans.

Unforced penalties, inconsistent play-calling, and disparity between 1st and 2nd half performance often has, however.

And, incidentally, all those issues tend to fall at the feet of coaching.

Posted Tuesday April 16, 2013, About: Peyton Manning wants Brandon Stokley back

Manning wants Stokley back because he and Stokley are long-time friends, going all the way back to the mid-2000s when he was a Colt. It's really that simple. They're buddies, and Peyton wants to look out for his buddy.

Posted Tuesday April 16, 2013, About: Peyton Manning wants Brandon Stokley back

Peyton Manning led the Colts to a 10-6 record with literally half the team's starters injured in 2010. His receiver corp was so wrecked that he had Blair White starting in the slot.

Who's Blair White, you ask?

Exactly.

Posted Monday April 08, 2013, About: Is NBA worth a shot for Brittney Griner?

I'm all for women's lib (and idiot comments by idiot posters like the one above deserve nothing but contempt), but it's just about an objectively measurable fact that Griner would not be able to play evenly with men at the NBA level.

6'8' is huge for a women's basketball player. Not so huge for a men's player. And let's face it, height and wing-span advantage was Griner's primary asset in dominating women's basketball.

Take that way, and you simply have a player that doesn't have much of a vertical jump (she can dunk on a women's goalpost, but not very comfortably... just watch her highlights) and doesn't even come close to approaching the upper-body strength of equivalently tall NBA players. Forget the NBA, Griner wouldn't be able to play for most Division I men's college teams, frankly.

Posted Saturday April 06, 2013, About: Michael Beasley: I've stopped listening to Suns coaches

Remember when this clown was supposed to be the future of the Heat franchise?

Yeah, Pat Riley figured out that was a fool's notion.

Posted Wednesday April 03, 2013, About: Brady, Amendola working out together

What? Of course people understand that. It's not difficult to comprehend.

And it's not as if unofficial off-season training between QBs and new receivers they want to break in is something new. The two Mannings, Brees, Rodgers, they all do it. It's really not uncommon among the better QBs in the league.

Posted Wednesday April 03, 2013, About: Brady, Amendola working out together

Bear in mind Welker will have to compete with targets with two other younger, and arguably better receivers... and that Manning is only getting Welker for the first time when they've both become long-in-the-tooth.

Welker won't get a 100 catches with Denver, because Welker is just gravy to their offense. Whereas with the Patriots, he was *the* chain-mover.

So you can dial back your enthusiasm with the comparison, the context doesn't make it very relevant.

Posted Wednesday April 03, 2013, About: Brady, Amendola working out together

The California off-season rapport training didn't do Brandon Lloyd any favors.