Now he's whining about the late pass.  If anything that late pass was a silent 'tip of the hat' to Darrelle Revis...having fun with the Revis/Moss rivalry.  Ryan seems like he wants to manipulate every event to try and get his team to hate the Pats, and while finding motivation is one thing it's just pitiable for him to do it in public, especially when he has to bend reality to make his point.  He's like the TO of coaches.

I'm just the messenger here, but this story has the details.  The woman's story is chilling, though it is not for me to say if it is accurate.  I do wonder if our Steeler friends will regret their previous behavior against us now that Lake TahoeGate may have arrived.  I also wonder if Arlen Specter will ask congress to investigate.  Will ESPN cover this with intensity or ignore it?  I don't see it on their site yet.

Kobe seemed to recover from his lawsuit in time...we shall see.

The Patriots dodge a bullet as Cutler goes to the Bears instead of the Jets:

NFL.com's Steve Wyche reports that the Broncos will receive first-round draft picks this year and in 2010, a third-round pick (84th overall) this year and quarterback Kyle Orton in exchange for Cutler and a 2009 fifth-round selection.

Certainly a hefty price, but consideing the Bears have been stuck in a quagmire at the QB position they are probably happy about it.

Denver may be a force in 2010-12, but probably not before then, since their offense was their good side of the ball and Cutler was a large part of that.

The Patriots have found a possible #1 cornerback for 2009 in signing Shawn Springs, who was released from the Redskins after they signed Deangelo Hall

Springs, a 12-year veteran, has played for the Redskins the past five seasons. Prior to that, Springs played seven seasons in Seattle, which chose him with a first-round draft pick in 1997 with the third pick overall.

The former Ohio State star has played in 143 games with 134 starts. He has 372 tackles, 32 interceptions, 66 passes defensed and 8 1/2 sacks. Springs is the son of former Dallas running back Ron Springs. He played in nine games with seven starts for the Redskins in 2008, before an injury ended his season.

I live in the DC area right now, and some of the talking heads on Redskins sports radio have lamented that Dan Snyder choose the the untrustworthy Hall over the veteran leader Springs.  Also while listening to Jeremy Green on his podcast today, he flat out said that Springs was still the superior corner and that Washington was letting go of him too soon.

Very very interesting story here about how Josh McDaniels tried to replace Jay Cutler with Matt Cassel, and send Cutler to the Bucs, and a Bucs pick to the Pats.

Cutler has found out and is furious!

The source said Cutler was hurt by the news that McDaniels wanted to start his Denver tenure with Cassel and not him. 

"The relationship has been tarnished," the source said. "I think it's beyond repair."

Looks like both ex Patriots were competing with each other over Matty C.

The Kansas City Chiefs were the youngest teams in football last year but new general manager Scott Pioli wanted to install some veteran leadership.

Pioli accomplished that task by trading an undisclosed draft choice to the Patriots for 33-year-old linebacker Mike Vrabel.

Vrabel is one of the leaders of the Patriots defense, and it will be his job to teach a good work ethic to the Chiefs.

In trading Vrabel, the Patriots cleared $3.35 million in cap room.

John Clayton covers the NFL for ESPN.com.

A source told Foxsports.com that Dungy has talked his decision over with family members and they decided it was the best time for him to step aside. Dungy, the source said, was at the team's complex in Indianapolis on Monday morning saying goodbyes to players and team employees.

Some may say anybody could coach Peyton Manning, but regardless, he's always acted with dignity and won a ton of games so I tip my hat.

Here are our official opponents and game locations for next season.  The dates of the games will come in the Spring.

We play on top of our rivals: the emerging NFC South, the AFC South, Baltimore, and Denver

We again must travel to Indy. We don't play the Chargers or the Steelers for the first time in a while.

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New England

Home: Buffalo, Miami, N.Y. Jets, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Baltimore, Atlanta, Carolina

Away: Buffalo, Miami, N.Y. Jets, Houston, Indianapolis, Denver, New Orleans, Tampa Bay

Well, the Pats aren't in the playoffs, so I must figure out who to root for in the upcoming games.

So I've decided to list the teams I like, not in terms of ability, but who I can stand to root for.

(Edited once in light of Raven's taunts)

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