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      Comparing TV Networks and NFL Players

      July 17, 2008 /

      NE PATRIOTS DRAFT compared NFL players to TV Networks.

      The Networks
      ABC – Peyton Manning
      The most commercial of all networks for the most commercial player ever.

      NBC – Eli Manning
      Hit-or-miss QB for a hit-or-miss network.

      CBS – Tom Brady
      Both are tops in their business.

      FOX – Tony Romo
      Reality TV lifestyle fits in well here.

      Basic Tier
      ESPN – Brett Favre
      Did you know that Brett Favre’s career is in flux right now?

      HGTV – Jason Taylor
      Seems like a guy that can decorate. Just saying.

      CNBC – Joey Porter
      Like Jim Cramer on CNBC, Joey loves to hear himself talk and generally leaves things worse than when he showed up.

      E! – Reggie Bush
      There wasn’t a channel about running around for six seconds and three yards.

      Spike TV – Jared Allen
      Seems like the mostly like guy to go fishing with and have a few beers, err, mountain dews with.

      Fox News – LaDanian Tomlinson
      They both love themselves and pass judgment on others.

      Speed Channel – Ben Roethlisberger
      Let someone else drive Big Benjamin.

      Food Network – Ted Washington
      Listed at 365ish. Ha. Ted laughs at scales that only go up to 365.

      The Premium Channels
      HBO – Rex Grossman
      80% of the time bad(INT’s, fumbles, random old movies), and 20% sublime(SB Run, TD’s Arrested Development, Sopranos, The Wire), Rex and HBO know how to tease.

      Showtime – Chris Henry
      Cinemax – Adam Jones
      Guns. Sex. Weeds.

      I’ve got one more:

      Animal Planet – Michael Vick.
      Wrong? Yes. Out of line? Yes. Inappropriate? Yes. Funny? Debatable.

      Humor, NFL, Television

      Did Favre have deal with Vikings?

      July 17, 2008 /

      According to several online sources including FOX Sports.com and the Associated Press, the Green Bay Packers have filed tampering charges against their divisional rival Minnesota Vikings, alleging the team made contact in efforts to try and sign Brett Favre.

      The sources believe that the Vikings and Favre might have already had a deal in place when he asked the Packers for his release early last week.

      “They feel like Favre had something (in place), and that’s why he was so anxious to get his release all of a sudden,” the person said.

      The person said the league already has reviewed evidence provided by the Packers, and team officials believe a league examination of telephone records would indicate more than “normal contact” between Favre and Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, a former Green Bay assistant. According to the person, Packers officials also believe the contact began before Favre and his agent, Bus Cook, formally asked the Packers to release him.

      NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league had no comment on the report. Cook did not return a telephone message left by The Associated Press earlier Wednesday.

      Talk about adding another log to the fire. Of course this is all still speculation at this point, but lets continue speculating. Could you imagine the outrage in Green Bay if Favre was talking to the Vikings? He’s a legend in Green Bay – why would he want to tarnish his namesake just to get back on the field? Strike a deal with Carolina, Tampa or Washington if you’re going to do something like that. Not Minnesota.

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      Poor Aaron Rodgers

      July 14, 2008 /

      Yikes. Every time I turn on ESPN or log on to my Blackberry for highlights or scores, I have to deal with this Brett Favre circus. It’s the same way a reality show makes you hang on until after the seventeen commercials to see who is going home this week. So you want to see how the Mets did against the Rockies? First, let’s get a comment from Joe Blow radio host in Appleton about Brett Favre possibly coming back to the Packers, or wait…the Packers want to release him…no wait, the Packers might try and trade him and Favre may not come back at all. Was that the Mets score on the bottom of the screen? Dammit! Then while we’re bored by highlights of Derek Jeter and A-Rod hitting home runs in Toronto (A-Rod passed Mickey Mantle? Zzzzzz.), there are TV cameras surrounding Aaron Rodgers at some charity golf tournament in California. That guy looks like he hasn’t slept in 72 hours, and you can’t blame him if he hasn’t. Dude is already in the unenviable position of replacing a legend….if Favre comes back and becomes the starter, Rodgers should demand to be traded or released. He’s saying all the right things, but you know he’s holding back some tirade like, “Come on you Wranglers-wearing, cud-chewing, interception-throwing (oops was that out loud?), number-four-wearing, um, dude (read: redneck)…..make up your mind!!” But he won’t just say it. Also remember that Rodgers was drafted in 2005, and with Iron Man Favre ahead of him, has only attempted 59 passes….and while he’s aging on the bench, the Pack went and drafted Brian Brohm this past April. Welcome, new meat. Mr. Rodgers, you are the starter but need to earn it. And now this. You can feel sorry for Favre all you want, but he brought this circus on himself. As for Rodgers, he didn’t even buy a ticket, and he’s riding the elephant.

      From I Miss Football Season

      Bullz-Eye Sports Channel, Fantasy Football, NFL

      Stephen A. Smith is sick of Brett Favre love affair

      July 13, 2008 /

      ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith sounds off on the Brett Favre situation.

      I’m not a Stephen A. Smith fan at all, but I’ve got to agree with him on a couple of points, mainly the one about Favre chosing to retire and Aaron Rodgers deserving his shot (even though Favre is arguably still the best option in 2008). I don’t want to get into the whole love affair thing because the media is always going to bow down to great athletes like Favre. But Smith has a point that it’s time to move on. Favre has every right to change his mind, but the Packers have ever right to move in another direction if they so choose – regardless of how much #4 has meant to the franchise. (I say this knowing full well I might get stabbed by Packers fans.)

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      Shedding some light on this whole Favre situation

      July 12, 2008 /

      It seems that there has been one burning question that has haunted me ever since this whole Brett Favre business started…

      Why are the Packers so against the idea of Favre coming back?

      Mentally, it’s clear that they want to move on with Aaron Rodgers, but they have a Hall of Fame quarterback who wants to come back and play. Why the resistance?

      Well, it might have something to do with a late-March meeting between Favre, head coach Mike McCarthy and general manager Ted Thompson. In that meeting, Favre wanted to talk about coming back to the team and McCarthy and Thompson were both open to the idea.

      Thompson confirmed he and McCarthy were prepared to meet with Favre, who said he was interested in rescinding his retirement, in late March. Favre cancelled the meeting, telling Thompson and McCarthy that he had changed his mind and wanted to stay retired. Thompson said he and McCarthy were ready to accept Favre’s return to the NFL at that time.

      “Yes, we were going to leave the owners’ meeting [in West Palm Bech, Fla.] a day early and fly to Hattiesburg with the idea of sitting down and talking to him about coming back to the team,” Thompson said.

      So they were open to the idea, but Favre changed his mind… again. No wonder they are trying to be cautious here.

      But it seems that Favre is 100% committed to playing football this season. He said as much in a conference call this week with the Packer brass. He even went so far as to ask for his release, if the Packers weren’t going to welcome him back.

      The Packers have now said that he is welcome to come back, but he isn’t guaranteed his starting job. Thompson and McCarthy are trying to sort through the details.

      “We don’t know where everything is going to go,” Thompson said. “It’s been a distraction. It’s been a distraction for our fans. I’m trying to stay steady and do the right things for the Packers and do the right thing for Brett Favre. I care about the legacy of Brett Favre. I care about the legacy of the Green Bay Packers.”

      “Quite frankly, it’s a little gut-wrenching as an organization to go through it, and certainly for Mike and myself,” Thompson said. “This stuff hurts a lot of people. I mean, it hurts. I’m not talking about physically hurting, but the sensitivity. We understand where the fans are coming from. This is a hot-button issue that surpasses anything I’ve ever gone through.”

      I just wish this Favre could go back in time and tell the about-to-retire Favre to hang tight. Things would be so much simpler.

      Still, the choice is (relatively) easy. Let him come back to the active roster and give him his job back. It’s what the fans want.

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