More Draft Thoughts & Other Stuff

What was up with the tight ends? New England, Baltimore, Houston, St. Louis and Seattle all took two tight ends in the draft. Cincinnati took only one, but he was the first tight end taken. Even though he didn't play his senior year because of an injury. Sounds like a good drafting strategy.

A couple of Canadian jerkasses in California may be in some trouble. After Canada beat the US in Olympic hockey, they thought it would be a good prank to take down an American flag and replace it with a Canadian one. The problem? They also tore up the American flag and buried it. Oh, and the flag has been flying as a memorial to people who died in the 9/11 attacks. Guess they didn't have time to stop by the local veterans cemetery and piss on their graves too. To be honest, I'm pretty strong on the First Amendment so I oppose flag desecration laws. With one caveat. It better be your own flag. Since it was someone else's (and was up as a memorial), I say throw the book at them. Then deport their Canuck asses. If they can't respect the country that immigrated to, throw them the hell out.

The recent suspension of Ben Roethlisberger made character a big theme for the shows. Now, I'm a Steelers fan, but not much of a Roethlisberger fan. I've long believed him to be stupid, and I don't really think he's improved much as a quarterback. In fact, I think the Steelers two recent Super Bowls wins were in spite of him. So, if Pittsburgh wanted to trade him, no problem here. Still, I think his six game suspension was BS. Do I think Roethlisberger is completely innocent? Not really. He seems pretty sleazy and a dick to boot. However, the NFL is asking for trouble when it suspends someone who was never arrested or charged with a crime. For one, it creates a precedent. Where do you draw the line on whether an accusation is credible? Or where do you draw the line on what is worthy of a penalty? Should it just be an accused crime? What about a fraud accusation? Chad Johnson once got sued for offering a car for raffle and then keeping it. Is that enough now? We can all debate what happened in the Roethlisberger case, but without charges even being pressed, you can't say he is anything more than a jerk. Which brings us to problem number two. Consistency. Guess who else is being sued for sexual assault after prosecutors declined to press charges? Eric Foster. Who is he? Unknown defensive tackle with the Colts who will not be disciplined by the team for anything. Now the league may do something but I doubt it. He's not high profile. That brings a problem because the league and union are in contract negotiations with fear of a lockout looming. With an arbitrary system of discipline at work here, I have a feeling this system could become part of those negotiations.

Ah, Kim Kardashian. She's getting some grief for picking up a cat by the scruff of it's neck. PETA is outraged. Now the ASPCA says you can hold a cat like that but says she's setting a bad example for people who may not hold a cat correctly. That makes absolutely no sense to say she shouldn't hold a cat appropriately because it will encourage people to hold them inappropriately. This is why cat's should just be raised to feed cows. Personally, until I read the article itself, I didn't notice the cat. Kardashian has big boobs.

Was so cute to see Mel Kiper and Todd McShay get into a big argument over Dan LeFevour out of Central Michigan. To be honest, I see little difference between LeFevour who went in the sixth round and Tebow who went in the first. Except LeFevour was more productive. Now you could argue that Central Michigan played an easier schedule than Florida. Of course, Tebow had Florida players helping him versus Central Michigan ones. The Florida team with nine players drafted versus the CMU team with two.

Oh those silly Japanese. With their edible massage oil. In cola flavoring.

Hey, a Tiki Barber sighting. The ex-football player was supposed to be the big multi-media guy after his career was over. Which started well as he had gigs on Fox New, the Today show and NBC's crappy Sunday night football show. Then he slid onto MSNBC's Olympic coverage and then Yahoo's Olympic coverage. I think he's a bit player on the Today show now. I can't really remember seeing him on anything. And I never really understood why anyone thought he'd would do well at it. As a player, he was a pretentious ass. And he looks like Skeletor. And the genius left the Giants the offseason before they won the Super Bowl. But his timing is still bad. A man who once bitched about his dad leaving the family has left his wife for 23 year old woman. While his wife was 8 months pregnant with twins. Oh, and he previously got his girlfriend an internship at NBC. Good luck finding someone wanting to hire you now, you dumbass.

Oh wow. Conan O'Brien has landed on TBS. Yawn. The late night wars are the silliest news stories out there. These guys average a 1 rating if they're lucky. Which is why I don't watch any of them. But what I like about the story is how George Lopez was okay with O'Brien coming on board and willing to move to midnight. Well, George Lopez can't even beat out reruns of his old TV show on Nick at Night. I'm not sure how much leverage he has.

Here was an odd story. Florida State safety Myron Rolle's passion for football was questioned which may have caused him to drop in the draft. Why was it questioned? Oh right, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and spent his senior year in Oxford. Granted, I might also question it if he had spent his senior season backpacking around Europe, but this is a once in a lifetime chance. He can have a nice NFL career and go onto regular post-graduate work, but they won't hold open a Rhodes Scholarship. Here's where it gets plain stupid. Rolle drops to the sixth round because of this. Yet, Mike Williams out of Syracuse was picked in the fourth round. All he did was quit on his team last year. Literally. Gee, whose dedication is more questionable?

Here's a story to warm your heart. A woman is seven months pregnant, but has the time to interact with people in the old neighborhood. By stabbing three of them. I think my favorite part of the story is that she "fled the scene in a Porsche SUV". What all the fine criminals are driving.

Myron Rolle skipped his senior year of football to go to Oxford. Scott Sicko is skipping any chance at an NFL career to get his graduate degree in history. Now, I think he's foolish because he could try the NFL and then go back to school. But if this analyst is right and he is only skipping the NFL because he didn't have the prestige of being drafted, he's probably better off. If he's only concerned about being drafted and not making a team, I'd have to question his passion for football.

Sometimes you just wonder what planet people come from. Some Muslims attending Trinity University are want the words "Our Lord" removed from the diplomas. Not "Our Lord" as part of a prayer. Just "In The Year Of Our Lord". Are you kidding me? And it's not like they are forcing the students to go to church. It's called Trinity University. As in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? That alone should tell you that there is a Christian heritage to it. What's their next plan? Have the school change its name?

I do love the draft grades. Granted even the ones who give them out will say you can't really grade a draft for a few years. But you get the funny ones like how everyone seems to like Seattle's draft because Russell Okung, Earl Thomas and Golden Tate were taken at spots later than expected. So, how do you credit the team for sitting there and waiting for the teams ahead of them to pass on better players?

There's an owl in England that's afraid of heights. Chickenshit.

Lots of trades went down during the draft. Instead of drafting running backs, the Seahawks traded for Leon Washington and Lendale White. One coming off an injury and one fat. But the big trade was Washington sending Jason Campbell to the Raiders. Mostly likely to replace Jamarcus Russell. Although, he'd need to carry a jockey on his back to truly replace him. But who knew Russell would be a bust. Besides me. To be honest, the trade seems odd to me even with that. Campbell is mediocre so he's ten times better than Russell. What's odd is the Raiders are fixated on a deep passing game. Campbell doesn't throw deep. Genius. Raiders. Synonymous.

I was fairly interested when I heard there was a Sandra Bullock sex tape. Well, very interested. Alas, it wasn't meant to be. Then I heard about the alleged contents of the tape. Yeah, not so interested anymore.