Debuting a new posts called "Making The Rounds". Gonna hit the hot topics and let you know what I think. It's nothing major, but it's giving me an outlet to vent. Haven't decided how often this post will appear, but let's get this first one under way for the sake of conversation.
Carmelo Anthony - The trade talk has been going longer than the oil spill. If Melo doesn't want to be in Denver, then he needs to say publicly(via agent/publicist of course) that he doesn't want to be there. If he doesn't plan on signing an extension with the team he's dealt to, then needs to come out and say publicly he's not going to resign with them. This story is old, this story is boring, and frankly this story is bringing the Nuggets down. We saw how bad "The Decision" worked out, and honestly this production isn't much better.
But wait, Melo says he's tired of it too. Please.
Peyton Manning/Tom Brady - I've seen a few posts recently claiming the demise of Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. Talk about the ends of era's and what not. Now I dislike Tom Brady like flat beer and bad sex. Those things are all just wrong and should be punishable by law, but I digress.
Manning just threw for a career high in yardage (4,700) and tied his second best touchdown pass output for a season (33). It's clear that the O line didn't protect as well as it has it the past, but Manning was still able to operate at a high level for the majority of the year. All he did was make a bunch of waiver wirer nobodies look good. All he did was take the Colts back to the playoffs for the I lost count year. He could have been your MVP again this season especially considering what the Colts endured. His brilliance may have an expiration date, but it ain't close.
So what if Tom Brady has been knocked out of the playoffs the last couple of years in the first round. All the guy does is win and he does it impressively year after year. The QB Rating was 111.0 and he threw 36 touchdown passes in 2010. Those 36 are the second most of his career. Oh yeah, he only tossed four picks all year. So you want me to believe that a guy who's TD/INT ratio is that good is facing a decline? Favre sure never saw it coming.
The Patriots have one of the most potent offensive machines in the league, and it's built for Tom Brady. He loves to go to the tight ends, so look what happened. They now have a three headed monster at tight end. I believe he's got a contract, a coach, and an organization that is behind him being the man there for quite sometime to come.
Josh McDaniels - If you weren't aware or hadn't figured it out, I'm from St. Louis, Missouri (ree not ra) and of course the latest big news here is about the hiring of Josh McDaniels. I think it's a good hire, but I'm suspect of the man and his character. Everything associated with New England still stinks to me and unfortunately for McDaniels, so does he. He will be great with Sam Bradford though. The Rams will be better getting the ball down the field. They will score more points per game. Hell, they may even have one of the more high octane offenses in the entire NFL. I believe all those things are legitimately possible.
What I have a hard time wrapping my head around, although I once again think it's a good hire, is the fact that he's clearly not somone of high character and moral standing. He was guilty in New England. He was then guilty in Denver. Are we starting to see a pattern here folks? He might have a wonderful football mind, but I think it sends the wrong message to the fans about your product. I mean that not just about the Rams, but for the National Football League as a whole. I hear so much talk about maintaining the integrity of the game and the shield, but what does it say to have cheaters getting jobs as if nothing ever happened.
Bart Scott -
Plaxico Burress - He's gonna get out of prison, come back to the NFL and be a serious player again. There will be many people eating crow similar to the kind they had with Michael Vick. If you don't flip your argument, it's gonna burn like that nasty venereal disease you picked up on Spring Break 87. You've been warned.
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