Keeper league owners who targeted guys like Joseph Addai and Cedric Benson last season are reaping the rewards this year. What players should keeper leaguers try to nab this year with an eye toward 2008? In my latest column, I discuss 10 keeper targets that include Calvin Johnson, Vernon Davis and LT’s backup.
Month: August 2007 (Page 6 of 16)
In his infinite wisdom, Stephon Marbury has decided that Mike Vick is being treated unfairly.
“We don’t say anything about people shooting deers and shooting other animals, you know what I mean?” Marbury said in an interview that was aired by Capital 9 News in Albany. “From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors and I think it’s tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down … I think he fell into a bad situation.”
Let me address his statements one by one…
“We don’t say anything about people shooting deers and shooting other animals, you know what I mean?”
Yes, I think I know what you mean, and you’re wrong. A lot of people around the country are against hunting. But that’s not the point. You’re comparing something that is illegal everywhere (dogfighting) to something that is legal in many states. Society has spoken, and breeding dogs to fight and maime is not acceptable behavior.
“From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors…”
So since you hear that dogfighting is a sport behind closed doors, that makes it OK? Does that make Fight Club OK? (Oops, I wasn’t supposed to talk about Fight Club.)
“I think it’s tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down…”
I hear this kind of arugment a lot when the media is all over celebrities or athletes who run into trouble. Sometimes it’s fair, sometimes it’s not. This is one of those cases where it’s not. Vick’s decisions have come back to haunt him. He broke himself down.
“I think he fell into a bad situation.”
So he decided to fund and actively participate in an extensive dogfighting ring because of peer pressure? He didn’t want to hang, electrocute or shoot those dogs – his buddies made him do it.
Stephon, what color is the sky in your world?
Disgraced referee Tim Donaghy apologized – sort of – for his role in the gambling scandal that has rocked the NBA’s foundation.
A day after coming clean about his role in an NBA gambling ring, he was back home in Florida and – in his first public comments – apologizing for his disgraceful actions.
“I’m very sorry about what happened,” Donaghy, 40, told the Daily News outside his home.
“I’m not going to say anything beyond that. This is an ongoing case – I can’t say anything else.”
Um, how about saying that you’re sorry for what you did? I hate it when people give these fake apologies by saying, “I’m sorry for what happened.” That makes it sound like they were an innocent bystander in some random event. Donaghy is an adult and he made a choice to get involved in illegal activities that threatened both his career and the integrity of the NBA, yet his “apology” indicates that he hasn’t taken responsibility for his actions. People should say things like “I’m very sorry about what happened” at funerals and to people in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, not after being outed as a criminal with a gambling problem.
All around great guy and underrated player Warrick Dunn sounded off about Michael Vick to the Atlanta Journal Constitution Tuesday. Although he was professional as always, one term he used especially stood out to me:
“To me … he needs to worry about his life,” said Dunn, who keeps in regular contact with Vick. “As an ex-teammate, right now he definitely wants the guys on this football team to move on and move forward.”
Ex-teammate? Wow. Even though it’s a foregone conclusion that Vick’s days in Atlanta are over, it’s interesting to hear a guy like Dunn – a teammate and friend of Vick’s since 2002 – say “ex-teammate” just a day after Vick announced he’s guilty. I marvel at the way Dunn is quickly moving on from the whole situation and putting the onus back on football. What else is there to do?
Professionalism like this shown by Dunn is one of the reasons why I think the Falcons are actually going to rid themselves of Vick sooner than people think. Maybe not on the field of course, but certainly off it.
As an analyst now for NBC’s Sunday Night Football, former Giants running back Tiki Barber ripped Eli Manning for the way he could never lead the Giants.
Always one to back away from controversy, Eli actually spit venom back at Barber Tuesday after Giants practice:
“…It’s one of those deals; I’m not going to lose any sleep (over) what Tiki has to say. I guess I could have questioned his leadership skills last year with calling out the coach and having articles about him retiring in the middle of the season and (how) he’s lost the heart. As a quarterback, you’re reading your running back has lost the heart to play the game and it’s about the 10th week…”
Who told Manning he had a set between his legs? Seriously, fantastic work Eli! Although quite frankly, both Tiki and Eli are just in their comments – it’s just nice to see Manning fight back for once.
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