You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!

I CAN NOT believe Goodell reinstated Pacman Jones AGAIN! How is this guy ever gonna learn and turn his life around if he keeps getting slaps on the hand. You can tell he doesn't get it because he was making excuses for this last incident, saying it shouldn't have been a big deal because it was "in house." Pacman, were you fighting? Again? I rest my case. All I know is this is some BS and there's something shady going on behind the scenes or just some serious favoritism. He only started his alcoholism program last month! Anyone knows that it's going to take months before he can truly say he's kicked his habit. And don't get me started on the behavior issues...that might never change. Well Roger, all I can say is good luck trying to punish anyone else in the league after this. You've lost your credibility at this point.

10 Years in the League and You Didn't Know???

OK, I realize there are a lot of rules, regulations, plays and strategies these guys have got to memorize, but I just can't believe Donavan McNabb didn't know games can end in a tie. And if he really didn't know, I don't think he should go around saying that publicly. He's been in the league way too long to not know that. Now I will cut him a little slack since it is very rare that teams don't score in overtime so I can believe he may have forgotten, but that he didn't know???? Come on. Now what I definitely agree with is that it's a stupid rule. McNabb brought up an excellent point...what happens if this happens in a playoff game or the Super Bowl? Do the rules suddenly change so that you have double or triple overtime? If you're going to do it for those games, you might as well do it for all the games. A tie doesn't do anything for either team. And it's rather disheartening to fight through an entire game plus overtime and no one wins at the end. In a such a physical sport, it seems like such a waste of time and energy if there's no decisive outcome. To me it's like both teams lose. Anything that's not a W is a loss because it takes away from your record. When it comes down to those wild card standings, you're going to wish that 1 in the tie column was in the W column instead. And if it was in the L column, at least you'll know why you're not in the playoffs. I'm not sure what the best solution is - one possession each, sudden death, one full quarter - but I know ties just doesn't make any sense. But this is just my opinion. Hear what the guys on NFL Total Access have to say.

Please help me understand...

OK, did I miss something? How is it that a rookie quarterback, completely untested in the NFL, can holdout for a $68 million contract ($31.5 million guaranteed!), pretty much miss his entire rookie season, come out and play mediocre and still have people saying "oh it'll take time?" I'm sorry, but if you demand that much money before you've played a single down, then you're telling me that you're gonna come out smokin' hot. Remember, 68 MILLION DOLLARS! You don't get a learning curve. But here's the kicker that just set me over the edge - JaMarcus Russell has now played two games - yes TWO games this season - and now he's hurt. Yes, he sprained his ankle and says it still hurts. Umm, for $68 million I'm thinking you're the man of steel!

Does This Just Happen to Me?

Hi Ladies- I have to apologize for being so quiet lately. I don't know if this happens to you, but now that we're going into the fourth season of dismal to completely ineffective play with the 49ers, it has completely put a damper on my excitement. After every loss, I have to block out all football talk for like two days before I can stomach what's going on in the rest of the league. But since my team has a bye this week, I'm going to take this opportunity to refresh myself so I'll be ready to go for the second half of the season - regardless of how my team is doing. One other thing...in an earlier post I said I was going to root for all NFC West teams from now on because we need some wins and some credibility. However, I have to go back on my word this week. I just can't bring myself to root for the Seahawks over the Eagles. The Eagles are my second team and I'm very anti-Seahawks so I just can't do it. I'm sorry to the fans of the NFC West and the Seattle Seahawks, but I'm gonna have to jump ship this week. Forgive me?