July 4th, 2008
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Tyjuan Hagler is injured
The Colts get bad news and they weren’t even playing in a game.
Tyjuan Hagler tore a pectoral muscle during off-season conditioning.
Hagler, 27, started seven games and appeared in five others off the bench last season. He was a fifth-round draft pick in 2005 who missed his rookie season after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia.
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Tyjuan is not the only one hurt on the Colts.
Safety Bob Sanders, the NFL’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year, underwent offseason shoulder surgery. Three-time Pro Bowl end Dwight Freeney is on the mend after having surgery to repair a Lisfranc injury to his left foot that forced him to miss the final seven regular-season games and the playoff loss to San Diego.
Even Peyton Manning needs a defense!
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July 2nd, 2008
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Brett Favre says it is all rumors on his return to the NFL
The rumors have started that Brett Favre is coming back.
ESPN reported that an unidentified Packers source said the 38-year-old Favre told coach Mike McCarthy in the past two weeks that he has the itch to play.
“The Packers have no reaction,” team spokesman Jeff Blumb told The Associated Press.
Favre’s agent, James “Bus” Cook, didn’t return a message seeking comment. Packers general manager Ted Thompson and McCarthy were on vacation.
Favre retired March 6 after a 17-year career.
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Even Al Harris, the Packer’s cornerback said Brett would come back. Al then added a little to spice it all up.
“Aaron is our quarterback,” Harris said. “Brett’s retired. But if he wanted to come back, there would be some guys who wouldn’t mind it. I would welcome him back with open arms.”
Don’t look now, but Brett will lose his consecutive game streak, plus the 12 and a half mill per year they were paying him.
Aaron Rodgers, the heir apparent, has had enough of all the Brett talk.
“I don’t feel I need to sell myself to the fans,” he said in the article. “They need to get on board now or keep their mouths shut.”
Not the best way to get the ball rolling, heh?
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July 1st, 2008
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Matt Ryan gives a thumbs up for his 72 million reasons to be a NFL quarterback
What a joke. Matt Ryan thinks Roger Goodell has a good point about rookie salaries being too high.
Matt Ryan isn’t apologizing for benefiting from a system that allows top NFL draft picks to receive massive contracts. Even so, he appreciates where Roger Goodell was coming from last week when the commissioner questioned paying millions in guaranteed salary to rookies who have yet to play a down in the league.
“You can also understand the other side of it, the concern of veterans who have been in the league 10, 12 years and proven themselves but not seen the money,” Ryan said in a phone interview Tuesday. “I can understand both sides.”
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Of course he can say that, Matt Ryan just inked a 72 million dollar contract with 34.75 million guaranteed.
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June 30th, 2008
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Willie Andrews, backup cornerback for the Patriots, is in trouble again
We all wait and watch for trouble in Patriot land. We are happy even when a special teamer gets in trouble. The Patriots do everything right so often, it just feels kind of good when something goes wrong.
In February, Andrews was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and driving an unregistered motor vehicle. In May, he admitted in court that there was enough evidence to convict him at trial but did not plead guilty.
In the latest incident, Andrews’ girlfriend told police he waved his arm and the gun he was holding touched her temple, Miliote said. Police were called at 1:39 a.m. and Andrews was arrested about three hours later. About five hours after his arrest, at 9:45 a.m., the gun was found next to a trash receptacle by workers near the complex in which Andrews lived, Miliote said.
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June 30th, 2008
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Hey, first they cut him and then they want him back. Too funny.
A few months later, the Lions released him. The franchise was interested enough, though, to send director of pro personnel Sheldon White about 45 minutes west of Detroit to witness the workout.
“Sheldon said what impressed him was Kevin’s burst after standing still,” Ping recalled. “He also liked how Kevin picked himself up and finished a drill when he slipped on the grass that was really slick because of a lot of rain.”
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Kevin Jones running for his life with Brian Urlacher on his tail
The Lions still need a running back, so who knows?
Kevin Jones went through a workout Saturday while four NFL teams watched the running back sprint and cut just five months after he had major knee surgery.
Dr. D.S. Ping, who has been helping Jones rehabilitate his right knee, said Miami, Green Bay, Pittsburgh and Detroit sent representatives to the workout in Saline, Mich.
The Lions cut their former first-round pick in March with one year left on his contract after he hurt the knee late last season, adding to the injury woes that have stunted his success in the league.
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June 28th, 2008
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Gosder Cherilus is thinking “No more chokeholds”
Hey my Lions are at it again.
They seem to be the ultimate in bad character judges. Is Cherilus a bad character? Maybe not, but that did not stop him from getting in trouble and trouble seems to be the norm with the Lions.
Remember Charles Rogers? He was caught using drugs in a test at the combines. Did not stop the Lions from taking him, though.
While celebrating his 23rd birthday at a bar, Gosder was trying to get rid of an unruly patron.
Cherilus and teammate DeJuan Tribble, stars at Boston College, were celebrating Cherilus’ 23rd birthday with teammates at a bar last July when they intervened in a confrontation between a patron, Sean Maney, and a State Police sergeant, Joseph Boike, a part-owner of the place.
Maney testified in Boston Municipal Court that Cherilus grabbed him in a two-arm choke hold and dragged him across the room while Boike and Tribble repeatedly punched him, according to the Boston Globe. Maney testified that he and Cherilus slammed into a table, that he lapsed in and out of consciousness, that Cherilus and Tribble kicked him, and that he suffered a spinal injury that required surgery.
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The judge ordered Gosder to pay 52 thousand dollars for medical bills.
The Lions kept it up this week with another surprise problem.
This week, it was revealed rookie linebacker Jordon Dizon, the Lions’ second-round pick, was arrested six days before the NFL draft on suspicion of drunk driving, driving the wrong way on a one-way street and failure to provide insurance.
It never ends with them.
Anyway, let’s hope the Gosder Cherilus really is a good guy and a good football player.
Cherilus has the football character coach Rod Marinelli wants and fills an immediate need. He is a big, tough, strong lineman with a mean streak who likely can step in and start at right tackle, a position that caused problems for the Lions last season.
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June 28th, 2008
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We have been looking everywhere, but they are hard to find.
Who?
The really good NFL quarterbacks, that’s who. Beyond Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, who is there?
Start with the Division my Lions live in, the NFC North.
Uhh, Aaron Rodgers has 1 TD pass to his credit. Some think he is the best QB in the North. Huh?
Tarvaris Jackson depends on running back Adrian Peterson. Last year my Lions beat the Vikings early in the season, before they featured Peterson, just by daring Jackson to throw.
The Bears will start…Rex Grossman? Maybe.
My Lions will go to a running attack as Coach Mike Martz has left for San Francisco and taken Jon Kitna’s stats with him.
So North Division - zero quarterbacks.
The toughest division in the NFL might be the NFC East.
The NFC East seems to be in quarterback order, although Donovan McNabb must remain healthy in Philly and talented Jason Campbell needs to achieve maturity in D.C. It also should be noted that before Eli Manning figured out a few things on the road to Super Bowl glory, he stunk up the joint and finished the season with a QB rating of 73.9.
Tony Romo of Dallas just needs to keep his bye-week vacations a secret.
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So where have all the quarterbacks gone?
Some claim that the rise of read-option offenses in college football have failed to help quarterbacks develop the necessary skills for the pro game. While the quick-footed among them can shred a college defense, exposing that passer to NFL-level speed off the edge is almost a different game. While the shifty QB is busy reading college linebackers to decide whether he should keep or pitch the ball, that decision making will do little to aid him at the next level.
Maybe all the good ones are just hiding?
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June 27th, 2008
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You will pony up the dough to see Eli Manning in a football helmet live or you can just look at this picture
Get this. In the greedy world of professional sports the New York Giants and the New York Jets are building a stadium together.
If you want to get seats, you will have to pay a seat license for the Giants games. The New York Jets are still mulling the idea over, but appear to be headed in the same direction.
Now here is the part where you have to get out your wallet. You know, that leather (imitation) thing you carry in your pocket that keeps getting thinner. Used to think if my wallet was thinner it would be way better. Now it is thinner. It is not way better. It is not even better.
This proves that the wallet theory is not like the key theory. What is the key theory? Fewer keys on your key chain and life is more relaxed. More keys mean more responsibility and concerns.
But getting back to the point and what is the point? You want to see Eli Manning chucking the ball to Plax. You want to see your Super Bowl champion New York Giants!
Giants co-owner John Mara said most of the 82,500 seats in the stadium, scheduled to open in 2010, will carry seat license fees of $1,000. Less than 5,000 seats will carry license fees of $20,000.
Mara said it would be “extremely difficult” to build the $1.6 billion stadium, whose cost is being split evenly by the two teams, without the seat licenses. Mara said the license fees will raise $300 million to $400 million.
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Man, it is tough to be a super rich football franchise co-owner. Bet he has a lot of keys on his key chain. (To go along with his extra thick and getting thicker wallet)
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June 25th, 2008
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Chris Cooley of the Washington Redskins writes about how hard it is to get in shape after the season. You work your butt off and then attend minicamp and everything is in tip top shape and ready to go for the season and then…there is a 5 week wait. What is up with that? It does seem kind of strange.
With teams so ready to start a football season, it’s amazing to me is that we’re now going to take five full weeks off. The Redskins finished the last official team work out on June 12 and don’t begin training camp until July 19. There’s nothing on the schedule for players to show up for between now and then.
It’s like, bust your ass to get in shape, now take a month off. I mean, if you’re not working every day, a month is more than enough time to lose considerable strength and endurance. Mentally I will be right where I left off for the summer, but it’s unbelievable how quickly my body will forget what it had to go through to be ready for the field.
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Chris throws in this weight lifting YouTube. It is pretty cool! When was the last time you squatted over 400 pounds?
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June 24th, 2008
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Pro Football Reference.com ranks the worst quarterback seasons of all time, year by year.
Quarterback Year Team ANY/A Rating
Trent Dilfer 2007 SFO 2.09 - 754
Andrew Walter 2006 OAK 2.69 - 764
Kyle Orton 2005 CHI 2.97 - 815
A.J. Feeley 2004 MIA 3.15 - 806
Joey Harrington 2003 DET 3.56 - 738
David Carr 2002 HOU 3.07 - 942
Jon Kitna 2001 CIN 3.57 - 791
Ryan Leaf 2000 SDG 2.91 - 697
Jake Plummer 1999 ARI 2.38 -1017
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This is a great place to go to see all kinds of rankings and they explain how they rank them.
Just one question. How can my Lions not have the worst of everything every year?
Hey, do you think Pro-Football-Reference.com has the worst QB’s of all time?
Sure do.
Quarterback Att Rate
Joey Harrington 2538 -2129
Rick Mirer 2043 -2081
David Carr 2206 -1804
Ryan Leaf 655 -1607
Frank Tripucka 1745 -1519
Mike Taliaferro 966 -1501
Gary Huff 788 -1433
Kim McQuilken 272 -1392
Alex Smith 800 -1353
There is my Detroit Lions at the top of the heap. Did not take any numbers to figure that one out!
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