Round 2: The Pats, Moss, Yau Man, and Much Much More!

Hey People,

Here is this week’s edition. First I want to thank you for all the support. I was surprised on how many people read last week’s post. Some of the comments were great, so I’ll try to deliver another good posting. To prevent this from getting too long, this week let’s just jump right into my list of The Ten Things You Should Know, That I Already Know.

1. I know that the New England Patriots are overrated! Come on people… all this hype?!?! Ok, ok… I will admit they probably deserve to be the favorites to win it all this year, but some of you just want to hand them the damn trophy already. They have made some major additions. I think the biggest is the slightly overrated Adalius Thomas (overrated because he is the product of an excellent system), but he is a significant upgrade to NE’s linebacking corp. They also revamped their receiving corp by adding Wes Welker, Donte Stallworth, and Randy Moss. My opinion is that New England should have just paid their OWN players, keeping the guys that won them three Superbowls in four years. It will probably take time for the chemistry to come together with this new group, and watch out for the inevitable Randy Moss drama. However if any team can handle a prima donna it is the Pats. I remember laughing as the Patriots went on to win the Superbowl as their number one receiver Terry Glenn was sitting at home suspended. However, when is the last time the preseason favorites won the Superbowl anyways? Remember Carolina last year? Moreover, the Pats are one injury away from not even making the playoffs… let’s play out the season before we hand them the trophy.
2. I know Randy Moss NEVER deserves to be put in the Hall of Fame. I’ll try to keep this one short. All I hear is how Moss is going to resurrect his career in New England and solidify his spot in Canton. I agree with Sports Illustrated’s Dr. Z …. Moss is a dog. Too many guys gave it their all on every snap of every game of every season of their entire careers and never came close to the Hall. Even during his prime years Moss admitted to taking plays off, and then he took two years off as he contributed to dragging the Raiders down into the cellar. I do not care if he catches 30 touchdown passes next year. He is a dog, and doesn’t deserve that honor.
3. I know Yau Man deserved the million dollars on Survivor. Since I am 1/8 Filipino I am always partial to my fellow Asians, but Yau was undeniably awesome all season long. Remember when he was the only one that could open the wooden box, or how he dominated the challenges, or found the immunity idols and played it at the perfect moment, and then he came up with that awesome deal to swap Dreamz a truck for the immunity idol. Unfortunately Dreamz couldn’t keep his word costing Yau a million bucks.
4. I know the Arizona Cardinals will have a winning season this year…. or next. If the over/under on the Cards is 6 wins, I’ll take the over. I expect them to win 7 games this year, and 9 the next. I like the strides that ownership is making. It all started with paying for a coach (even though Denny Green didn’t work out), but adding Edge, and drafting Leinart to pass to their solid set of receivers were very good moves. They are an offensive line away from being a winning team. Levi Brown was a reach, but met a major need. And since the Steelers are refusing to offer their all-pro guard (Alan Faneca) top-ten money, my guess is that he will be a Cardinal before the first week of free agency ends next year.
5. I know that the general manager of the Chargers A.J. Smith gets a free pass. Being here in San Diego, I hear a lot of people are upset with the Chargers draft. I know they passed on a few highly rated receivers and surprised a lot of people by taking Craig Davis and then they traded away the rest of their draft for the safety Eric Weddle, but come on… if you trust any G.M. it has to be Smith. A.J. was in the Bills front office during their glory years, and in the Chargers front office when they traded the right to draft Vick for LT and Brees. A.J. also engineered the Eli for Rivers, Luis Castillo, and Shawne Merriman trade. One of the best draft trades EVER. He also discovered all pro tight end Antonio Gates. This guy rocks, and it wouldn’t surprise me if Davis and Weddle became perennial pro-bowlers.
6. I know the Jamaican Red Stripe guy is freaking HILARIOUS! Boo large headed friend. Hooray Beer!
7. I know Ricky Williams loves smoking weed. Ricky, Ricky, Ricky… what the hell are you doing?!?! I am not going to bag on him too much, because I believe his social-anxiety disorder is severely debilitating and has already ruined his career. This guy has sooooooo much talent, but can’t put down the bong-pipe. I think if he ever makes it back to the NFL he needs to have one press conference where he tells the media he can’t overcome this disorder that has forced him to self-medicate, and until he can find a legal alternative he isn’t going to talk to the press EVER. Let his play on the field speak for him. And if he does this, I think the media should respect this and leave him alone.
8. I know that Roger Clemens will save the Yankees’ season. I hate the evil empire as much as the next guy, and maybe I am biased because the computer drafted Clemens for me in both my fantasy baseball leagues, but Clemens will be good. Last year he had the lowest ERA in the league the second half of the season. All those years of using HGH are really paying off now. I read somewhere it breaks down to him making $100 a minute. Seriously?! Seriously?!?! $100 a minute?!!!? David Junior is going to have a baseball in his hand as soon as he pops out. Anyways, with the lineup NY puts on the field, the wins should just roll on in. I DO hate the Yankees… so hopefully I am wrong (not likely though). Also did anyone notice how his training is suddenly going better than expected so he will be back at the end of May against Toronto, instead of the beginning of June against the BoSox? That would have been a circus. A debut against Dice-K would have been a must-watch.
9. I know that JaMarcus Russell will be the last first-round draft pick to sign. There is a very good possibility that playing in Oakland will ruin any shot he had at having a successful NFL career, so he needs to get as much money as he can up-front. I also expect a long hold out from Gaines Adams, Adrian Peterson, and Brady Quinn. For some reason I experienced a small sense of joy every time a team passed on Quinn. He was extremely overrated and I am going to get pissed when he tries to demand more money than he and his draft spot deserves.
10. I know that both Boris Diaw and Amare Stoudemire deserved to be suspended. I saved this one for last to make sure all my AZ friends read the entire blog. A rule is a rule. It really sucks, and it ended up costing the Suns game 5, but the NBA really had no choice. What was Amare thinking?!?! He had to force his way around an assistant coach and made his way 20 feet down the court! If the fracas had lasted five seconds longer he would have been in the middle of it all escalating any confrontations. I like Amare but at times he can be really immature as evidenced by this incident AND for the reason he was on the bench… he should have never picked up that fifth foul and maybe he would have been allowed to play defense when it was all on the line. Also don’t give me the bull about Tim Duncan being on the court. He took two steps onto the court when there was hardly anything going on. He wasn’t going to try to run in and get in the middle of things like Amare was trying to do.

Ok folks, that’s all for now. I will post again early next week. I am already working on some things. I am considering making a list of the top ten QB’s in the NFL, the ten QB’s on the hot seat, and maybe in the next couple of posts a Q&A session. Keep the comments and questions rolling in, and make sure you subscribe to my blog so you can get the new editions hot off the press!

-David-