Archive for January, 2008

Someone thought Adrian Peterson didn’t have enough awards, so they gave him another one.  Something called the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year.  Isn’t that cute?  Does Adrian get a little trophy that looks like a soda can?  As long as he doesn’t have to actually drink any of that swill.  Seriously, I think I’d rather chug cat piss… This thing was based on fan vote.  The other candidates were Kansas City receiver Dwayne Bowe, Buffalo running back Marshawn Lynch, Cleveland left tackle Joe Thomas and San Francisco linebacker Patrick Willis.  But they all suck compared to Adrian so [...]

Fan-Sided Blogs has added a Carolina Panthers site to its ever-growing family. The blog is called Cat Crave, and it’s run by a fella named John White. Everybody make sure they head over there and give John a big old Purple welcome. And ask him if there’s any chance of us prying Steve Smith away from Carolina, cause we could really use a receiver who doesn’t suck.

This seems crazy to me, but there are people out there who say Vikings WR Cris Carter is not a lock to make the Hall-of-Fame in his first year of eligibility. From Fanhouse’s Michael David Smith: Charean Williams of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, who is on the Hall of Fame Selection Committee, told me today that she doesn’t think Carter is going to make it. Williams wasn’t saying she’s opposed to him getting in, just that she doesn’t think his chances are good. Williams is president of Pro Football Writers of America and has a good sense of which way [...]

Super Bowl week press conferences are about the silliest you’ll ever see. First you have all the non-sports media types asking their idiotic questions, then you have the regular sports media types who can’t think of anything new to ask. And then you have the players who are bored of the whole thing. This year at least we have Randy Moss to keep us entertained. Yeah, that’s how bad this stuff is – we have to look to Randy to give us things to blog about. Randy did manage to deliver one noteworthy nugget for Vikings fans this week: He [...]

If the world made any sense, we would all be getting ready to watch the Super Bowl today. Right now I would be at Wal-Mart buying chips and salsa and bottles of soda, and chuckling at all the sad-looking people in their Packer gear (teehee). I would be full of anticipation for the late afternoon kick-off. The epic showdown between the undefeated New England Patriots and the Cinderella Story New York Giants. Brady vs. The Other Manning. Michael Strahan’s last shot at glory. Randy Moss‘s first shot in the big game. Commercials, commercials, commercials. Unfortunately the world does not make [...]

Name: Terrell Suggs Position: LB/DE Age: 25 Years in League: 5 Teams: Baltimore Ravens Accomplishments: 2-Time Pro Bowler; NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (2003) Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2007 Stats Games Played: 16 Tackles: 78 Sacks: 5 Forced Fumbles: 1

What are the greatest quarterbacking performances in the history of the Super Bowl? ESPN has set out to answer that. In fact, they have gone so far as to rank every QB performance in every Super Bowl, from 1 to 82. And number 1? Joe Montana in Super Bowl XXIV, a 55-10 Niners romp over Denver. Montana was 22-29 in that game with 297 yards and 5 TDs – that’s getting it done. Number 2 was another Niner, Steve Young, who broke Montana’s TD record by notching 6 in San Fran’s 49-26 dismantling of the Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. [...]

Leslie Frazier lost the Dolphins job to Tony Sparano, and his candidacy for the Indianapolis job was a non-starter (since Jim Caldwell had already been tabbed to succeed Tony Dungy).  But there’s still one more team out there with a head coaching vacancy:  The Atlanta Falcons.  And sure enough, Chris Mortensen is reporting that Frazier has been interviewed by the Falcons. I wonder if new Falcons G.M. Tom Dimitroff actually met Frazier face-to-face, or if the interview was some kind of email exchange?  Cause no one in the Falcons front office bothered actually sitting down with Dimitroff.  Hiring people sight-unseen [...]

Woke up this morning to see the thermometer at -17.  Of course it didn’t feel nearly that warm with the wind blowing.  Thankfully my car started despite not being plugged in all night.  Apparently the cold affects film projectors, cause I went to a matinee of Cloverfield but they had to give everyone’s money back when the damn thing wouldn’t run.  Place was pretty full too on such a cold day.  Either lots of people want to see that movie, or there has been a rash of furnace malfunctions around here and everyone was just trying to get warm for [...]

Name: Bernard Berrian Position: WR Age: 27 Years in League: 4 Teams: Chicago Bears Accomplishments: NFC Special Teams Player of the Week in 2005; 14 receptions, 228 yards, 2 TDs in 2006 postseason Current Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2007 Stats: Games Played: 16 Receptions: 71 Yards: 951 Touchdowns: 5