Random Thoughts

I haven't done one of these in a while, so what better way to spend a Tuesday night?

I'm a little miffed that we aren't going to get to see Super Bowl 41.9999999 Sunday afternoon, but I gotta tell you, after the drubbing the Fighting Favres handed to Seattle, I was a lot more afraid of the Pack than I was about a few teams the Pats had already beaten in San Diego, Indy and Dallas.

Did everyone catch the fans in the RCA Dome during halftime of the Chargers @ Colts game? Booing the 14 year old girl who won the Punt-Pass-Kick competition because she was wearing a Patriots jersey. You stay classy Indianapolis...

The Yankees have reportedly pulled out of the Santana Sweepstakes... whoa, deja vu.

Phil Rivers needs to shut up and play. Um, when you are sitting on the training table as your backup leads you team back to win a playoff game on the road, you need to worry a little less about talking trash to the guy in the front row who has just finished a case of Schlitz and worry a little more about getting healthy so you can play next week and not lose your job. Idiot.

Jason Garrett has been offered the Ravens head coaching position. Hmm the opportunity to take over a team coming off of a 5-11 season with an aging defense and absolutely nothing of value at quarterback or wide receiver. Well at least until they draft Matt Ryan in April. How can he turn this down!? Jason, wait til next year. One of two things will happen. Either Wade Phillips will blow it in the playoffs and you'll be able to step in to take over one of the 5 most talented teams in the league, or the Bengals will bitch and moan their way through another season costing Marvin Lewis his job and you'll be able to step in, trade away a few high talent, high maintenance, over-rated guys (Chad Johnson & Carson Palmer) for some high draft picks and coach a team with a chance to go somewhere in the next decade. Whatever you do don't go to Hot-lanta or Baltimore.

Does anyone outside San Diego and New York not want to see Brady v Favre in the Super Bowl? This would be the highest rated Super Bowl in history. The Evil Pats going for 19-0 versus one of the mythical heroes of American sports. Fox has to be salivating to be so close. John Madden and Tony Kornheiser have been to the emergency room a combined 26 times due to Priapism since Dallas lost and a Green Bay v New England Super Bowl became a probability.

Norm Chow got fired by the Titans today. Not too often you see a team that went to the playoffs and led a team that's in the AFC Championship game at halftime (twice) fire it's offensive coordinator. I'd like to know the whole story there.

In the last week and a half, the University of Michigan has lost an incredibly talented Senior class, last year's #2 high school QB to a transfer and it's top two wide receivers, both underclassmen to the draft. Exactly who is Rich Rodriguez going to coach next year? And if you're Michigan, wouldn't you want to bring in a coach who would complement the kind of players you have? Michigan has become a QB and WR factory over the last 20 years with every Michigan QB at least making a practice squad since Jim Harbaugh and every #1 WR being drafted going back to Amani Toomer. Why would you get a guy who would change this dynamic. Don't forget, talent wins games, but NFL talent wins Championships. Pat White and Steve Slaton are nice players, but they aren't Big Ten players and Rodriguez better find a way to bring in NFL talents like Arrington, Manningham and possibly even Mallet or he'll be looking for another job in 4 or 5 years.

Both the Chargers and the Jaguars have someone bad-mouth the Patriots in the last 48 hours...

First Jags Safety Reggie Nelson, A ROOKIE, had this to say of Tom Brady's record setting performance: "It was a dump-down game. Anyone can go 26-of-28 in a dump-down game." Really? Anyone? Then how come it has NEVER HAPPENED!? Somebody needs to shut this ROOKIE up. Are the Jags and the Pats playing next year? If not they should be, because after that comment, you just know the Pats will be looking to make Brady 28-28 including no less than 3 touchdowns right over the head of young Mr. Nelson. Has Anthony Smith taught the NFL nothing? The ball is in your court Mr. Weddle...Mr. McCree? Well, we'll be waiting...

Then after the Chargers beat the Colts, Igor Olshansky was asked about the upcoming game against the Patriots. After seeming to not remember who they were (as a reminder Igor, that was the team that beat you like a drum 38-14 in week two) he assured us that the Patriots were worried about his Chargers. Is there anything in the collective bargaining agreement that says coaches aren't allowed to muzzle players? If not, why isn't muzzling a common practice?

Was T.O. flipping off the camera while pretending to rub his nose as he walked off the field Sunday?

Scott Rolen's trade to Toronto takes him from being the second best 3B in the National League (behind David Wright) and a perennial All-Star candidate, to being the third best 3B in the AL East with no chance in hell of making it to another All-Star game. And you waived a no-trade clause for that? Wow.