Luke Links: Another day, another dollar
by KingRichard on Mar 19, 2009 9:43 AM EDT
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Print- Corey Ivy signs with the Browns.
- The Jets may look for a running back early in the draft if Thomas Jones doesn't show up for minicamps.
- Saints sign Darren Sharper.
- Correll Buckhalter was named by a drug dealer as one of his clients.
- Here's the details on LT's new contract.
- Jermaine Phillips may be Derrick Brooks replacement.
- The Ravens released DB Samari Rolle, sign Chris Carr.
- Terrance Newman says his comments about Tony Romo were "misconstrued." Yeah, ok.
- Apparently every running back in this years' draft is high on the Bengals' list. Same goes for Beanie Wells. Maybe they won't draft Rashad Jennings after all?
- The Charlotte Observer doesn't think Peppers will go anywhere.
- Is it do or die for Matt Schaub?
- The Lions are considering Aaron Curry with their first pick. I like this pick a lot better than Matt Stafford. I don't understand why the media is fellating Stafford so much. He had a very MEH college career. Big arms don't mean you're going to be a great NFL QB (Sexy Rexy ring a bell?). To be completely honest, I don't like any of the QBs in this draft class. The Lions should have kept Orlovsky.
- L.J. Smith signs a one year deal with the Ravens.
- There are some possible rule changes in the near future.
- Kurt warner has hip surgery. Does anyone else think this is funny?
- Here's an updated team by team UFA list.
- Paul Kuharsky needs to go back to covering the Titans. He has absolutely no clue what he is talking about in this article. Maybe I should get a job with ESPN and just write a bunch of uninformed articles and get paid a lot of green. Brilliant!
- Team interest list updated on 3/18.
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Terrance Newman
Actually I think it is easy to see how his comments got misconstrued. As a defensive player he does not have that much contact with the offensive players in meetings, etc. when game planning anyway. And he is right…that was the public perception of Romo and his girl…she is taking him away from the game right? I gotta side with Newman here.
He shouldn’t have even said anything in the first place.
This line will remain in my signature until the Colts draft Rashad Jennings in 2009.
Oh and I write words and stuff for Stampede Blue.
by KingRichard on Mar 19, 2009 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Why Not??
What the heck…this is America. He said what was on his mind. I have no problem with it. This is what the Cowboys are built around. He said nothing wrong or inflammatory. It appears Romo has no problems with it…he dealt with it all year.
I wonder why it is such a crime anymore to say what is on your mind? Is it our society? Always so politically correct? Is it an unspoken rule? Poppycock!! In this case he neither criticized or called out Romo. He didn’t say it in a rage or half cocked.
And just for the sake of taking the opposite side…maybe he was right? Maybe she did take Romo’s mind off the game. She would do that to me!! I think he has every right to say what he thinks. Yea yea yea…not in the media…only in the locker room. Shoot…the season is long over. It is actually a non story…but I bet Romo does not have that situation again.
"This is America"
Well, i really think that as a teammate you can say anything that wont create any conflict in the locker room or, you can say anything you want choosing the correct words so you dont have to say your comments were “misconstrued”
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha OK" - Tom Brady
by BlueMark1821 on Mar 19, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
this is america
so congress (and the states by extension through the 14th amendment) shall make no law infringing on Terrence Newman’s free speech right to criticize Tony Romo for his personal life effecting his play.
They ball when they can and I'm ballin' by nature
Addicted to the game like Jordan and Peyton
-Lil Wayne "Fireman"
by shake n bake on Mar 19, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly...
and while they are at it…they should make no law infringing on the infallability of my opinions. LOL.
He might be right
And I think he is, and this may be America, but as a member of the Cowboys he’s on the job 24/7. If you ever knew someone in the military, or were in the military, it’s the same thing. If I go off and start saying what was on my mind and the chain of command didn’t like it, they’d be pissed and would do something about it even if I wasn’t in uniform or trying to incite anyone. The Cowboys are his employer and a private company. The millions they pay him could be terminated at anytime. So while they may make you scrub the toilets in the military or put you in the brig if you refuse, they accomplish the same goal in football with the threat of being known as a bad team mate that other teams would avoid and costing you millions. Freedom of speech only protects you from the government and the law, private businesses can choose to ban the word “it” and fire you and there’s nothing you can do about it.
And although I may be outspoken on the regular, I think I could keep my mouth shut if I was being paid a multi million dollar salary while playing in a good amount of peoples dream profession.
Write a tell all biography afterwards and vent then. It’s not like Newman said anything that wasn’t the consensus opinion anyway. He didn’t have to validate it to make it MORE true.
Jim Sorgi runs a 4.6 40. That's all I've got to say about that.
by monstersbox on Mar 19, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Joe Torre didn’t even write the book man.
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by KingRichard on Mar 19, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Give me a break man...
Torre has his name on the book…I don’t care who wrote it…the minute his name went on it he takes responsibiltiy for the contents.
Granted his name is list as an author, most of the content was written by Verducci based on stories Torre told him. The reason his name is on the front cover is to boost sales.
This line will remain in my signature until the Colts draft Rashad Jennings in 2009.
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by KingRichard on Mar 19, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
TRDean is right
Torre has put his name to it he’s now responsible for its contents
Diamondback Dan? Can he say that? Isn't that a popularly elected FO position?
Joe Torre's not retired
And therefore not free to say “Who cares? It’s true. I got my money, screw you guys. If you didn’t want me to call you a dick, maybe you shouldn’t have been a dick.”
Jim Sorgi runs a 4.6 40. That's all I've got to say about that.
You’re totally missing the point here. This has nothing to do with our amendments, civil rights, political correctness, or any of that. It has to do with a little thing called respect, and not running your mouth off just because you can. There was no reason whatsoever for him to say anything about that subject, BECAUSE IT’S IN THE PAST. All he is doucing liter fluid on a dying fire.
This line will remain in my signature until the Colts draft Rashad Jennings in 2009.
Oh and I write words and stuff for Stampede Blue.
by KingRichard on Mar 19, 2009 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
All he is doing is dousing liter fluid on a dying fire that is. :(
This line will remain in my signature until the Colts draft Rashad Jennings in 2009.
Oh and I write words and stuff for Stampede Blue.
by KingRichard on Mar 19, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
So who are you...
the respect police? You are basically saying that Romo must feel disrespect from Newman because you obviously would. I could care less…this does not deal with the Colts so I am moving on.
lol ok
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The term
“Slot specialist” is extremely amusing. Yes, they should’ve benched Marvin or Reggie as soon as Gonzo got there or kept him on the bench because it’s stupid to get your future #2 on the field. I’m so glad that when Marvin went out that they put Roy Hall and Garcon as a flanker. Those Garcon, Wayne, Dallas in the slot formations were awesome.
Ok, I’m going to say this one more time in a blunt way because apparently it’s too complicated for some. Anthony Gonzalez was never, ever….let me slow it down….NEVER drafted to be a slot receiver. Polian didn’t wait until Marvin Harrison was 37 years old to think about drafting his replacement. Maybe if some retards (sorry if I offend anyone) were running the Colts they’d do that. Polian just thought Marvin was going to be 36 years old coming off a serious knee injury and just be peachy. If he had wanted a flanker and wanted to keep Gonzo in the slot, he would’ve drafted that replacement last year. Especially since no receiver went in the first round.
Show me ONE guy, ONE…that was first round draft pick that was projected as a slot receiver. I’m seriously getting fed up with this first round receiver BS. I’m taking the kids gloves off, if you think the Colts need a first round receiver, not a BPA pick but as a need pick where the Colts will reach, I’ll place you into my “Peter King” category of football intelligence.
I’m not saying we won’t draft a WR in the first round, but I can promise you no receiver at 27, unless Crabtree falls will be playing in anything BUT the slot next season. I won’t even get into how Gonzalez has played more games outside than in the slot since he’s been here, and Marvin was actually being moved to the slot so Gonzo could play outside anyway this year. At least the people that know what’s actually going on don’t keep forcing the issue. I’m just tired of the repeated “Well if Crabtree, Maclin, Nicks, Harvin, Heyward-Bey, Britt, Pat White…” Look, if the 26 teams ahead of us all take WRs in the first round, we’re not taking a WR. I know it’s shocking, but somehow we’ll manage.
At least the silver lining is that for the most part, the people who I actually think provide valid input on a consistent basis see this as preaching to the choir. Too bad football, division, and draft “experts” won’t cover any prospect other than a WR. Every single discussion about the draft turns into a “We need a WR!” “No we don’t!” debate.
Jim Sorgi runs a 4.6 40. That's all I've got to say about that.
My sentiments exactly.
This line will remain in my signature until the Colts draft Rashad Jennings in 2009.
Oh and I write words and stuff for Stampede Blue.
by KingRichard on Mar 19, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Totally agree with you…
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha OK" - Tom Brady
by BlueMark1821 on Mar 19, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok
Regarding the team interest list (pretty cool, btw), I hope that this is just Polian’s brilliance at not showing his hand. Because the interest in QB, CB, SS and FS is alot strange.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Mar 19, 2009 11:36 AM EDT reply actions
I don't think
The SS/FS really isn’t strange to me. Considering the types of systems the players played in and their size and weight. Jermaine Phillips is about to go from SS to “OLB” but he’s not a OLB. He’s a safety playing with 2 linebackers in the box. Phillips is 4 lbs and 7 lbs less than Keiaho and June were respectively. June sucked ass in TB because he was a safety playing as a SAM and that’s just not a good idea. LBs, especially WILL in T2s don’t play like the run of the mill LBs. None of the LBs do. The only LB that plays sort of like a normal LB in a T2 is the SAM, and he plays more like a WILL than a SAM. If you took out the position “lock” that people associate with formations and read the description of a WILL in a T2 and a safety in a regular system, you really wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
Goodell isn’t sitting in the backroom of the draft and having players kneel in front of him with a sword in his hand saying “I annoint thee Safety June! You there! Henceforth you shall be known as Fullback Clark! And you, my good fellow will be Quarterback Randel El! Good luck men!” Plenty of normal DTs are converted to DEs in 3-4s, it’s pretty common. Cornerbacks switch to safeties and safeties switch to cornerbacks all the time coming out of college. I don’t know why SS to LB is considered taboo. O-linemen switch constantly from Guards to Tackles and back and forth. If Dallas stayed at the position he was projected he wouldn’t be a TE wearing the number 44. If he had stayed in the first position he played in college he’d be a LB. Thank god he switched.
Jim Sorgi runs a 4.6 40. That's all I've got to say about that.
by monstersbox on Mar 19, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh
I’d also like to say that at the 27th pick I think William Moore would be available and although I’d be a little surprised, I wouldn’t be shocked if we took him. I not only wouldn’t be shocked, I’d be happy if Jerry or Hood weren’t available. His strengths project extremely well to a WILL in a T2, and his “weakness” in coverage would still be much better coverage than Keiaho and probably even June. He’d be the June that is good against the run and a great tackler. Or the Keiaho that could actually could not only cover a TE, but slot receivers and RBs would be a joke for him.
Jim Sorgi runs a 4.6 40. That's all I've got to say about that.
by monstersbox on Mar 19, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok.
Didn’t really consider converting Safety to LB. If that works, then I get it. I was just curious because we seem to have more depth at DB than probably any other position.
Maybe Goodell isn’t annoiting players yet – yet. I have a feeling he will figure out a way to do so…czar that he is :)
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Mar 19, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
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