Atom.com put together a pretty funny sketch about the Super Bowl being scripted by NFL writers.
There are a couple of good one-liners involving Joe Horn and Nate Kaeding:
NFL Writers Room: Super Bowl XLIV
The line about Kaeding is pretty funny and I’m pretty sure I’d pay to see Jeremy Shockey pull Joe Horn out from the goal post.
Titans’ star Chris Johnson doesn’t become a free agent until 2013, but that hasn’t stopped him from boasting that he wants to be the highest paid running back in the league.
From the Nashville Tennessean:
“Hopefully they’ll want to give me a new deal. I think I deserve to be the highest paid running back in the league, or even the highest paid offensive player besides the quarterback,’’ said Johnson, who scored the game-winning touchdown in Sunday night’s Pro Bowl.
“But it’s not like I am not going out in the media saying, ‘Pay me, I want a new deal now.’ I am just saying, if they were to pay me, I want that. Hopefully they want that, too.’’
Johnson has already outperformed his contract in his first two seasons, but isn’t this a little early for contract talk, even if it’s in jest? He still has three more years on his contract and the Titans probably won’t even consider a new contract for him until after the 2010 season. And that’s at the earliest.
I’m sure when the time comes the Titans will do everything in their power to give Johnson what he’s worth.
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Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times tweets that the Dodgers have signed outfielder Reed Johnson to a one-year contract. Although a specific dollar amount remains unannounced, I’d expect Johnson it to be around $1.5 million with some additional performance-based incentives. Johnson hit .255/.330/.412 last season as the Cubs’ fourth outfielder. He will likely serve the same role upon joining the Dodgers.
This is a great signing for the Dodgers, who were until now looking at unproven minor-leaguer Jason Repko to fill the role. Johnson is only 33 years old and is a career .282 hitter. He’s also supposedly a great clubhouse guy who never complains.
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Joey Porter said on the Jim Rome Show on Monday that he wants the Dolphins to trade him this offseason. Jeff Darlington of the Miami Herald confirmed the news via his Twitter Page.
Porter finished with 41 tackles, one forced fumble and nine sacks in 14 games this season, but he turns 33 in March and is due $4.8 million in salary and bonuses next year. Combine that with his sparkling attitude and what you have is a player with about as much trade value as a punter.
They may do their due diligence and seek a trade, but considering that he’s no longer an everyday player the Dolphins may wind up cutting Porter anyway. What’s the point in a team paying a part-time player with baggage $4.8 million when they could save cap space and find a younger, cheaper replacement? I’m sure Bill Parcells and new defensive coordinator Mike Nolan can find a suitable player to take Porter’s spot next season.
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Jim Caldwell told the media on Monday that he expects defensive end Dwight Freeney to play in Super Bowl XLIV.
From NFL.com:
Colts coach Jim Caldwell appeared on SIRIUS NFL Radio with Adam Schein and Rich Gannon on Monday and confirmed what a team spokesman said about Dwight Freeney the previous day. The All-Pro defensive end is in Miami, receiving treatment for a third-degree ankle sprain, and is considered questionable for Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Saints.
Caldwell also echoed the refrain that Freeney is a quick healer and has been in this situation before, when it looked as if he wouldn’t play.
The Colts are willing to wait until the very last second to make a decision on Freeney’s status.“If he’s able to go and capable of going,” Caldwell said, “I mean, we’ll wait until the last hour if need be, and I think he’ll be able to do his job and do it well.”
I’m going to sound like a broken record all week, but so be it: Even if Freeney does play, he won’t be at 100% and that’s all that should matter here. He’s a speed rusher with a bad ankle – how effective does anyone actually think he’ll be?
As a football fan with no alliance to either team, I hope Freeney is able to play and play well. But the reality of the situation is that he has a tear in his ankle and I don’t six days of treatment are going to mend the injury. Again, I hope I’m wrong but this isn’t a good situation for the Colts, no matter how much Caldwell spins it.
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