Nevermind who the week-schedule Minnesota Vikings are beating, or the just-scraping-by Indianapolis Colts, the New Orleans Saints are the best team in the NFL today. What a performance last night, have you seen anybody shred the New England defence like that, and hold Tom Brady to zero touchdowns in a 38-17 curb stomping? On Monday Night? Amazing showing. More on that to follow.Terrell Owens was tweeting away during the game last night: "Man! The Pats r gettin thumped!!! These ppl need 2 start giving Brees his just due!! Enuff of Brady/Manning already!!! I'm jus saying!!" Manning belongs in an MVP conversation with Brees. Old Man and Brady? Nope.
One NFL player writing anonymously in ESPN The Magazine says home field advantage is worth 14 points to the New Orleans Saints and if they get home field through the playoffs, they're his pick to win the Super Bowl.
New York Yankee Derek Jeter was expected to be named SI Sportsman of the Year yesterday. Of course, that brings up questions as to whether he was more deserving of the honour than A-Rod, or Mariano Rivera from the Joel Sherman's of the world.
ESPN.com's Buster Olney says that Roy Halladay will veto any trade proposal after he reports to spring training. That cold steel you're feeling by your temple is a gun, Jays GM Alex Anthopolous. Ought to get real interesting with the baseball winter meetings set for next week.
Not sure what Pittsburgh Steeler Hines Ward was thinking could be gained from wondering aloud why Ben Roethlesberger wasn't playing in what amounted to a playoff game on Sunday night, and then telling Bob Costas the locker room is divided on the subject. Of course, he later backtracked on those comments but hard to shove that cow back in the toothpaste tube. Easy for Ward to talk of course, he's the one usually delivering the head shot, not receiving them. There's also talk that Roethlesberger was BENched on Sunday to get him to stop hanging onto the ball so long. Interesting times with the defending champs.
Speaking of concussions, I'm sure NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is a bright guy, but doesn't his idea of not allowing players who have suffered concussions or had their proverbial bell rung from returning to a game seem, well, obvious? He's also talking of forcing a player to miss a subsequent game, though I suspect that will be a tougher sell to teams and players.
Former Buffalo Bills QB Jim Kelly says the team needs to focus on drafting a quality quarterback. Well, duh. Even a guy with as many concussions as he's had would know that much. That said, loved his smack saying that said QB should not be from California after less than inspiring runs from Rob Johnson, JP Losman, Trent Edwards et al.
The Bleacher Report brings us the 30 hottest female tennis players, circa 2009. Good stuff.
A recent poll says that the Montreal Canadiens are Canada's most popular hockey team, and not the Toronto Maple Leafs. Hope they didn't sink a lot of cash into finding out what most know.
Keith Ballard clubbed goalie Tomas Vokoun in the head after a goal. To make that bad situation worse, they both play for the Florida Panthers. Scary stuff. Trying to think of another sport where something so mindless happens and am drawing a blank. See the vid below.
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Nice to see you didn't include Flutie on the list of Bills failures. I thought he played fairly well for them.
A note on Jim Kelly: a friend of the family's was brought up in Buffalo and was apparently on friendly terms with some of the players. This may be apocryphal, but word from the locker room (apparently) was that Jim Kelly was an extreme racist. And this may explain the head injuries: how stupid do you have to be to be spewing forth hatred on African-Americans when you have at least 5 extremely large, powerful ones lined up across from you protected only by a few other ones on your side? Would it not behoove you to be generally on good terms with them? And if you're not, how many of the ones on your side might occasionally want to send a message by mistakenly missing a block or falling over, etc?
"He was trying to hit the goalpost..." Yeah right, that's why he skates away like he couldn't care less when the goalie is rolling on the ice in pain. An accident my ass...
That tennis list lost me at Jankovic.
There isn't enough beer in the world . . .
Flutie isn't from California, nor a failure.
Losman played at Tulane, no?
Right, but he's from California...born in Venice Beach.
that had to be the most fucking dumbest thing a NHL player could ever do in the history of the NHL. who slashes a player, their OWN player, over the head with their stick? that guy deserves to get slashed over the head by the whole panther squad.
oh and i can't wait for your comments for the wizards/raptor game..haha :P
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