T for Texas

Willie has seriously screwed it all up. Now released by the Patriots, I'd be shocked if he plays anywhere in '08. Hopefully he can take however much time he gets off to grow up, get his act together, and be a man and a professional football player again.

Me and a bunch of buddies got together and played a game of ball about two months ago. We charged $1.00 admission (mostly paid by our wives), and donated the money to charity. I threw for 750 yards and 10 touchdowns in one game. If anyone fails to get the point, feel free to PM me.

Donald Lee, of course, will be the Packers' #1 TE. Tory Humphrey will be the #2. Finley has a long way to go before he sees playing time on offense. He should be a ST standout with his athleticism, though.

Word around the campfire is that this deal is not dead, although Bob Harlan and Ted Thompson have both denied it down to their socks. As a Packer fan, I would hate to see this happen. Moss is not only a slacker who is flat-out hard wired against authority (hello? Mike McCarthy is about as Pittsburgh-macho as it gets - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_mccarthy), he has had injury problems the last few years. Look at his numbers last year: 42 catches for 553 yards, three TDs. THREE. Spare me the talk about Oakland's lame offense. If Moss is to wide open, he'll make his QB a better player. But that didn't happen. Then think about this: he's a quitter who is more concerned with himself than his team - - as a member of the Minnesota Vikings, said that Minnesota would NEVER win a Super Bowl; - admitted before the beginning of last season that he still gets high in the off season; - has a significant history of using drugs, both as a college player (so long Florida State, hello Marshall) and as a pro ("That roach in the ashtray wasn't mine - I let a friend borrow my car, and he left it in there" - he actually said that); - bucks authority at every turn (struck a traffic cop in Minneapolis with his car - and don't tell me he was only going 5 MPH, or 10 MPH.... when a cop is IN FRONT OF YOU telling you to stop your car, you stop your car); - once said, "I play when I want to play, and when I don't want to, I don't"; - spent the last half of the season complaining about his own team, even though he missed the final three games of the season with an injury; - allegedly told new HEAD COACH Lane Kiffin that he would NEVER play for him in Oakland; - according to Adam Schein (FOXSports.com), refuses to practice at full speed; and, - walked off the field in disgust BEFORE a game was completed (Minnesota vs. Washington, 2004). He also pretended to moon the Packer faithful AT LAMBEAU FIELD in his last game there. He is due 21 million dollars over the next two years (07 - $9.75 million; 08 - $11.25 million) And finally, the most important thing to me: the Packers are chock full with young, talented receivers - Greg Jennings, Carlyle Holliday, Shaun Bodiford, Ruvell Martin, Chris Francies, and the receiver they will undoubtedly draft in four weeks from today. Do the Packers really want this cancer in the locker room as a "mentor" to all that young talent?? If I'm Ted Thompson, or any other GM, I wouldn't touch Randy Moss with a 10 foot pole. Why would the Packers give up their #1 future option at QB PLUS a draft pick for a loser like that?? Here's hoping they don't!

The most successful franchises since when?? (So, no, I didn't miss the point.) Those two statements are entirely contradictory. If you want to argue that the Cowboys are the most successful team since their entry into the league as an expansion team, fine. But you also say (correctly) that the Packers are the most successful team from the league's inception. My argument is that when you use 1960 as the baseline year, you are slanting the field in favor of every team that came into existence in 1960. So, the only true measure is to include all years of pro football (from 1919 forward). Just because your favorite team wasn't around then doesn't mean the scale should be misweighted. Then again, the Cowboys are just an expansion team after all, so maybe they should get a pity exception. ;)

Word around the campfire is that Davis wants $20 million in guaranteed money (for probably a 7 year contract). You have to ask yourself if he's worth that kind of money. Arizona certainly has the cap space to spend a good amount of money on him, yet they let him go. Considering their O line SUCKED last year, that should be a very telling fact. In summary, if you want to spend that kind of money on an underachieving guy who will be 29 when the season starts, get after it. But the lessons of Marco Rivera will not go away. (I still laugh at y'all about him.)

Yes, he was. And I was definitely wrong about that. The only thing I can guess is that he really didn't figure into the Pats plan, what with Maroney apparently being the #1 guy this coming season. IOW, Dillon would be making a bit too much money as a back up. That the Pats signed Sammy Morris as a back up to Maroney pretty much bears that out.

What the Bears essentially did was give Smith a new deal starting this year, since his $1.45 million salary won't be all he gets. He will get approx. $3.45 million this year, and then it escalates nicely starting in 2008. Not to be nit-picky, but he will be paid $23.45 million over the next five years. Of course, that's close enough to $5 million for me ($4.69 million). I wonder what kind of out clauses (if any) might exist in this deal, for either coach or team. I've never believed that Angelo was the kind of guy who gets married to his head coaches; but I guess we'll have to see about that as time goes on.

All sounds pretty subjective to me. What weighs more to you might weigh less to me. No wild card wins slants the playing field to division winners. "Super Bowl era" is a subjective boundary (especially since it comes prior to the merger (e.g., if your time line is pre-merger, why not go back to the beginning; or, why not make it in the year of the merger; how far down the road do we have to get before you include all teams in the league back to 1919?). Better evidence yet: How can you compare teams against ones like Baltimore when they weren't even in existence when your time line started? I'm not trying to be overly critical here, but let's look at this at what it is: one person's idea of what is and is not important based on subjective criteria. My candidate: the Colts, because they were the last to win it all.

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Garcia and Dillon are really interesting contrasts in that Garcia is a FA who wanted back in at Philly, yet Dillon is under contract but wants out to play for another team. Proof positive, I guess, that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Garcia is the most difficult to peg. You would have thought he'd be the perfect fit in Minnesota, but supposedly they have expressed zero interest in him. What you do know is that he will be in a West Coast offense that might cater to his reduced arm strength. To me, that kills the Raiders rumors dead in their tracks. I mean, if he can't throw the long ball consistently, why would Al Davis be interested? Right now, my guess is Denver. Not the truest WCO in the league, of course, but he fits in nicely as a backup to Cutler. Of course, he will have to first learn that no one is interested in him as a starter - something I don't think he realizes yet. Dillon? We keep hearing from his agent that the Pats are going to let him walk on Friday, but I'm not so convinced. The guy is under contract, and I can't see Scott Pioli just letting a player under contract walk away without some kind of compensation. Right now, my guess is that Dillon plays in '07, and that he plays as a Patriot.

Chris. :yawn: Dude had ONE gear. The one thing he could do, he did incredibly well. He had that mid-20's self-important, self-involved angst thang down, that's for sure. But, it's gonna take more than that to win AI. He really had a chance to show a fun/light side with his second tune last night, but it turned out to be the same ol' thing: tough metal lead-singer guy. Oh well, maybe he can audition for a Creed reunion or something. LMAO

She ever tan there? Sho' hope not.

I actually noticed LOTS and LOTS of Hispanics out shopping on Monday. Now, maybe they weren't illegal immigrants, but since the boycott called for all Hispanics to spend no money here on Monday, and to not work anywhere on Monday, I don't believe that distinction matters. The bottom line: the "boycott" was pretty darned ineffectual. Shootin' themselves in the foot, if you ask me.

The Corrs - Live At The Royal Albert Hall (audio extracted from DVD) Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live At The Greek Theatre In Berkeley (bootleg) Dwight Yoakum - Just Lookin' For A Hit Led Zeppelin - Danmarks Radio (audio extracted from DVD) Jimmie Rodgers - First Sessions 1927 - 1928 Blues Gold (something I found at Wal-Mart... a compilation thing) Ummmm, that's really close to what I had in there the last time I posted, isn't it? LMAO I'm so diverse. :whome: