With a flurry of B-Listers moving teams in the NFL right now, I wanted to take a moment to highlight a trade that made ZERO sense to me.
Philadelphia sends an overpaid backup quarterback to the Arizona Cardinals for their best cornerback, leaving behind a team that had a pretty awful defense to begin with.
Well, thats how the transaction wire should read anyways. Kevin Kolb, who lasted part of the first game last season as a starter, before Clay Matthews rode on his head in the grass, was shipped to the exile of the NFC West in exchange for an impact corner AND a second round pick.
If you think I'm saying that the Eagles have won this exchange, you'd be wrong. They both lost.
We all know Micheal Vick is a walking injury machine. It's not a question of IF he will get hurt, but WHEN. Trust me, I'm a Falcons fan. I watched way too much Doug Johnson and Kurt Kittner to know what happens when Vick gets hurt and there's no reliable backup to step in. Atlanta, just before the Vick dogfighting scandal broke, shipped out Matt Schaub. There was a steady undercurrent in the fan base that had tired of Vick and wanted to see more of Schaub. Well, we got to see more of him all right, lighting it up deep to Andre Johnson in Houston. Meanwhile, Vick goes to jail and Atlanta suffered through one of the most embarrasing seasons in franchise history. Now, Vick didn't get hurt you say? Not that time, but in Vicks career, he's only played an entire season once. Kolb was a valuable safety net.
As for the Cardinals, if you think this is the answer to all your QB woes, think again. I haven't seen enough of Kolb to think that he makes you substantially better. At best, you can hope for him to be Matt Cassell, at worst...Scott Mitchell. Shipping out your pro-bowl caliber cornerback is also not a great idea. If the Eagles plan is to win games 14-13 with their bolstered D, the Cards plan must be to lose games 41-38, and be without a 2nd round pick next year.
But maybe the Cards just want the #1 pick. That might be harsh, but I don't get this trade. Maybe I'll be proven wrong. Maybe Vick will last a full season. Maybe Kolb will be the spark the Cards offense needs.
Bold prediction: No postseason for either team this year. Now go prove me wrong, guys.
Scott Norwood
Wide Right started it all.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
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My first annual "Hall of Fame/Hall of Infamy" inductions will be coming up soon, and now that it appears that the Offseason of Our Discontent is coming to an end, we might have some actual football to talk about.
My first annual "Hall of Fame/Hall of Infamy" inductions will be coming up soon, and now that it appears that the Offseason of Our Discontent is coming to an end, we might have some actual football to talk about.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
So, Just What The Fuck Was That?
It's about time for NFL training camps to start, we football fans are supposed to be getting geared up for another season of what has become America's passion...and we're waiting for Sal Palantonio and Adam Schefter to tell us what their sources are telling them about the labor negotiations. To say this whole thing sucks would be nowhere near accurate. This is abominable. The thought of NFL owners opting out of a labor deal for no other reason than to suck more money their way should piss of every real football fan. It leaves me wondering just what the hell we watched this summer, because I still don't know.
The players side appears to have caved in to almost every demand, if the "sources" are to be believed. So why hold out at all? Why de-certify the union if DeMaurice Smith was going to drop to his knees and open his mouth in the end anyway? Why string all of this crap out so long and make fans even think that there was the slightest chance that the players were going to stand their ground? I'm not any kind of labor expert, so I ask this in all sincerity: Is this how negotiations usually go? One side waits until the last second and just submits like a bad MMA fighter? We know it's coming up on the time where players were going to start risking missing game checks. We heard for a couple of years how the players and the union officials had been communicating and gearing up for this, and they won't be caught off guard and they will be financially prepared for the long haul and blah blah blah...but we're not talking about intelligent people for the most part. We're talking about NFL athletes. The chances that they were going to stay unified for the long haul were slim and none. So why even fucking pretend?
I don't know what we witnessed this offseason, but I will tell you what's been most entertaining: The players loading up and unleashing with all their might and fury upon the all-powerful commish, Roger Goodell. The three words Roger Goodell unfair results in a mere 448,000 Google results. Baltimore WR Derrick Mason called Goodell "a joke" in a radio interview, then to make sure he wasn't misunderstood, appeared on TV wearing a T-shirt that said "A JOKE." Seattle OL Chester Pitts called the commish "a fraud." Steelers LB James Harrison let loose in a Men's Journal interview, calling Goodell "faggot," "devil," "crook," wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire, etc. Would any of this be happening if the players weren't locked out? Of course not, because the dictator Goodell would fine them to kingdom come and maybe suspend them for saying something critical. This is exactly why the players are so critical of Goodell. The level of respect for Goodell is so low that I can't recall any players coming out in his defense on the other side. As much as some NBA players don't like the arrogant commish David Stern, and as much as some MLB players can't stand Bud Selig, I don't imagine venom on this level ever coming their way. And the NBA lockout has begun, so said venom should be flying toward Stern right now. But because he's not a complete penis when it comes to disciplining players, the pure hate isn't there. I've quite enjoyed that part of this otherwise execrable offseason. Hearing Goodell getting it from all directions has been funny and historical, as today's zillions of media outlets allow players to voice their opinions like never before. And it allowed dumb motherfuckers to show their asses and shine a bright light on their massive mental retardation. The leader of dumb was, of course, Colin Cowherd, who said on his radio show something to the effect of black NFL players have such hatred toward Goodell because he's the only father figure most of them ever had. There's video of the exact diatribe. I refuse to watch it and quote him directly because, well, I don't need to watch a KKK video either to know that what's being said is a product of willful ignorance. I do have some colorful names to call Cowherd in response, though. You'll have to find James Harrison and ask him what they are.
The players side appears to have caved in to almost every demand, if the "sources" are to be believed. So why hold out at all? Why de-certify the union if DeMaurice Smith was going to drop to his knees and open his mouth in the end anyway? Why string all of this crap out so long and make fans even think that there was the slightest chance that the players were going to stand their ground? I'm not any kind of labor expert, so I ask this in all sincerity: Is this how negotiations usually go? One side waits until the last second and just submits like a bad MMA fighter? We know it's coming up on the time where players were going to start risking missing game checks. We heard for a couple of years how the players and the union officials had been communicating and gearing up for this, and they won't be caught off guard and they will be financially prepared for the long haul and blah blah blah...but we're not talking about intelligent people for the most part. We're talking about NFL athletes. The chances that they were going to stay unified for the long haul were slim and none. So why even fucking pretend?
I don't know what we witnessed this offseason, but I will tell you what's been most entertaining: The players loading up and unleashing with all their might and fury upon the all-powerful commish, Roger Goodell. The three words Roger Goodell unfair results in a mere 448,000 Google results. Baltimore WR Derrick Mason called Goodell "a joke" in a radio interview, then to make sure he wasn't misunderstood, appeared on TV wearing a T-shirt that said "A JOKE." Seattle OL Chester Pitts called the commish "a fraud." Steelers LB James Harrison let loose in a Men's Journal interview, calling Goodell "faggot," "devil," "crook," wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire, etc. Would any of this be happening if the players weren't locked out? Of course not, because the dictator Goodell would fine them to kingdom come and maybe suspend them for saying something critical. This is exactly why the players are so critical of Goodell. The level of respect for Goodell is so low that I can't recall any players coming out in his defense on the other side. As much as some NBA players don't like the arrogant commish David Stern, and as much as some MLB players can't stand Bud Selig, I don't imagine venom on this level ever coming their way. And the NBA lockout has begun, so said venom should be flying toward Stern right now. But because he's not a complete penis when it comes to disciplining players, the pure hate isn't there. I've quite enjoyed that part of this otherwise execrable offseason. Hearing Goodell getting it from all directions has been funny and historical, as today's zillions of media outlets allow players to voice their opinions like never before. And it allowed dumb motherfuckers to show their asses and shine a bright light on their massive mental retardation. The leader of dumb was, of course, Colin Cowherd, who said on his radio show something to the effect of black NFL players have such hatred toward Goodell because he's the only father figure most of them ever had. There's video of the exact diatribe. I refuse to watch it and quote him directly because, well, I don't need to watch a KKK video either to know that what's being said is a product of willful ignorance. I do have some colorful names to call Cowherd in response, though. You'll have to find James Harrison and ask him what they are.
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