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Titan's NEW QB? (Picking his brain or?)

Ufanforreal — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:48:16 -0000

Posted by Mike Florio on October 28, 2009 2:21 PM ET A day after former Vikings quarterback John David Booty had a tryout with the Texans, he has landed with another team in the AFC South. Per media reports out of Tennessee (both the Nashville City Paper and the Tennessean), Booty has signed with the Titans' practice squad. The former USC quarterback was a fifth-round pick of the Vikings in 2008, and he landed on the Vikings' practice squad after Brett Favre took both Booty's number and, as a practical matter, his roster spot. The arrival of Booty in Nashville only four days before the Vikings play the Packers is, on the surface, meaningless. But Mike Reinfeldt, the Titans' G.M., was an eight-year member of the Green Bay front office, from 1991 through 1998. Per his online bio, Reinfeldt was "instrumental" in bringing to Green Bay Ron Wolf, the G.M. who knew that Brett Favre would become something much more than a hard-partying Mississippi kid with a dyslexic last name. More recently, Reinfeldt was rumored to be in line for the CEO position in Green Bay, and he remains close friends with Packers G.M. Ted Thompson. It's probably all one big coincidence. But we wouldn't be shocked to learn that Booty's initial duties include a brain-picking conference call with Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy as they prepare to host Favre for the first time ever

Tom Brady? Here?

Ufanforreal — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:02:53 -0000

Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:42 am EDT Yesterday's least valuable players: By MJD Tom Brady(notes), QB, New England Patriots. At the two-minute warning, the Patriots had the ball, 1st and 10, at their own 49 yard line, with the score tied. Tom Brady wins in that situation 100 times out of 100, right? Maybe not anymore. On second down, Brady took a sack and coughed up the football, the Broncos forced overtime and they snatched the win. For five games now, Tom Brady has not been the Tom Brady we're used to, and I think it's fair to wonder how much of that is because Josh McDaniels is now on the opposite sideline, and not on Brady's sideline

FINE COMING FOR FREENEY?

Ufanforreal — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:55:38 -0000

Posted by Mike Florio on October 8, 2008, 7:57 a.m. EDT Just as the issuance of fines for helmet-to-helmet hits isn’t doing anything to get players to quit making them, the NFL’s decision to crack down on criticism of officials likely won’t stop players from griping. Especially when the player in question has a six-year, $72 million contract. Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney, who apparently has taken a cue from G.M. Bill Polian, has openly complained about the lack of holding calls this year. "I’ve actually had a ref tell me he’s not going to call holding unless he thinks I’m going to make the play," Freeney told the Indianapolis Star. "I used to get holding calls. Now they don’t call anything. . . . It’s ridiculous. Against Jacksonville, there was a guy who grabbed me by my hips and pulled me back." Colts defensive lineman Raheem Brock echoes the sentiment. "I don’t know what it is or why it’s like that, but the O-line definitely gets off on a lot of holding calls," Brock said. "I complain so much. I put my hands up while he’s holding me and still no call, usually." The real question here is whether the NFL will fine players for criticism only, or whether they’ll act only when (for example) James Harrison of the Steelers suggests that an official had money on the game. But the league has made it clear that no criticism is permitted. So if Sean Payton of the Saints is going to be fined for criticism that doesn’t call into question the integrity of officiating, Freeney (and possibly Brock) should be, too. An argument also could be made for fining Ravens defensive end Terrell Suggs, who had this to say after being slapped with a questionable roughing the passer flag against the Titans on Sunday: "If anybody can go back and show me something I did illegal, then I would be happy to oblige and say I messed up. But when you are nowhere near his head - we hit arms, we hit arms — it just goes to show the referee has too much power in the game."

For those of us that didn't get enough of the Colts come back against the Texans.

Ufanforreal — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:47:54 -0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmY_bkpbyME

For those of us that didn't get enough of the Colts come back against the Texans.

VERY SAD OUTCOME

Ufanforreal — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:25:29 -0000

Its a sad sad world when you have people that think they have to settle something, exspecialy when that something isn't even known, with a gun. The shooting of Jags offensive tackle Richard Collier is a prime example of how cowards are. Colts fans need to express our regreats to the Jag org. and let them know that although are teams play each other in a hard fought game/s and fans say things in the heat of battle we do have feelings for a player who will no longer be able to carry on regardless what team that player plays for. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3616696

FOXBORO, MA—Citing his season-ending injury and diminishing enthusiasm for the game, Patriots q...

Ufanforreal — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:26:15 -0000

FOXBORO, MA—Citing his season-ending injury and diminishing enthusiasm for the game, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady announced his retirement yesterday, and said he plans to spend more time with breath-takingly hot women. Brady says he hopes to live as normal a life as possible while traveling the world and having mind-blowing sex with women most men would never dream of even talking to.

"I just feel like I’ve come to the point where my desire to play football has been outweighed by my desire to sleep with gorgeous women," a statement by Brady read. "I’ve had a lot of fun during my time with the Patriots, and I wish all my fans and teammates the best as I move forward."

Brady’s agent says the three-time Super Bowl champ plans to have sex with stunningly attractive women in every country on Earth and hopefully sire enough children to form his own NFL team. When asked what Brady intended to do once he had successfully exchanged bodily fluids with every jaw-dropping woman in the world, Brady’s agent speculated that Tom might start having sex with normally straight men to further solidify his status as an unstoppable force of hunk. Despite the fact that Brady is not fluent in any language other than English, Brady’s agent assured SSNN that "all women speak quarterback."

Many of Brady’s now-former teammates had nothing but praise for the future Hall-of-famer. RB Laurence Maroney told SSNN, "Now that he’s finished with football, it’s good to know he can focus on his hobbies—and having sex with flawless specimens of feminine beauty is just one of the many things Tom excels at. He’s earned a long, hard—ummm, I mean quiet–retirement."

"I wish him the best of luck," said S Rodney Harrison. "He was a fantastic quarterback, but he was an even better lover—uh, not that I would know about that or anything."

Even the normally bland Bill Belichick had nothing but kind things to say about the Pro Bowler. "I mean, I will never forgive him or any of his descendants for quitting before his contract was up, but even I recognize that Tom won’t be young forever—substantially longer than anyone his age, but certainly not forever—and when destiny calls, you’d better go to meet it."

Former teammate and recently DUI’d SS Lawyer Milloy told SSNN, "To me Brady really is a ‘what if’ story. He was always constantly exhausted from nailing babes at all hours of the day. All the physical exertion he put himself through with the ladies makes me wonder just what he would have been had he gone to bed at a normal hour instead of cruising around, picking out the hottest chick in a crowd and dragging her away to ferociously make love to her. It boggles the mind to think what he could have been."

Matt Cassel could not be reached for comment as he was uncontrollably weeping in a corner. Meanwhile, Brady will be housed at Shady Valleys Stud Farm, just outside of Boston. He is currently accepting applicants who wish to mate with him

POLIAN CALLS OUT REF, KIND OF Posted by Mike Florio on September 23, 2008, 4:47 p.m. EDT Though...

Ufanforreal — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:56:25 -0000

POLIAN CALLS OUT REF, KIND OF
Posted by Mike Florio on September 23, 2008, 4:47 p.m. EDT
Though despite "shaking in anger" he opted not to address after Sunday’s loss to the Jaguars the interference call that extended the drive that culminated in a game-winning field goal, Colts G.M. Bill Polian alluded to the situation during his Monday radio show the disappointing outcome.

"I can’t think of a worse night I’ve had after a ball game since the loss in Foxboro in ‘o3," Polian said. "Interestingly enough it was the same referee on the game."

The audio is available at the Colts’ official web site.

The only problem with Polian’s assertion is that it wasn’t the same referree. During the 2003 AFC title game in Foxborough, the referee was Walt Coleman. On Sunday, it was James Coleman. (We don’t know whether they are related.)

But even though Polian was factually incorrect, he seems to be implying that the referee had a bias against the Colts, and that’s the kind of thing that could get Polian fined, since the league prohibits at a minimum criticism of the integrity of officiating.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/23/polian-calls-out-ref-kind-of/#comments

Way Out Of Line

Ufanforreal — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:11:48 -0000

I don't know how many of you that are aware of a man in Pittsburg his name is George Lampman that is making a profit off Brady's injury. Lampman, who has a silk-screen printing company in Pittsburgh, has unveiled t-shirts that laud Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard, the man who knocked Brady out for the season, as some kind of hero. For $19.99, you can buy a Bernard Pollard fan club shirt, complete with a No. 12 (Brady's number) circled and crossed out. The shirt says the fan club was established Sept. 7, 2008, which is the day Brady went down. I'm not going to say how I feel about this, well yes I'm I think it's wrong not only because it's the wrong thing to do (how would we like it if this happened to Peyton) but he's encouraging fans to buy them and wear them at the Pats vs Jets game so much so that he is even air frieghting them over night to the fans that want to pay for it. The links on this subject: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/09/10/shirts-celebrate-bernard-pollards-hit-tonya-harding-angry-she/ http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6315047/10439003 http://www.believemerch.com/product/bernard-pollard-fan-club-red-tee

ADDAI-NEW AGENT

Ufanforreal — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:43:23 -0000

Addai has signed with a new agent CAA to handle his football contract. Addai is signed through 2010. He’s due to earn a base salary of $603,000 in 2008, $713,0000 in 2009, and $1.314 million in 2010. As Adam Schefter of NFLN points out, "Anytime a player hires a new agent it usually sends a signal that a new contract is on the player’s mind." That’s because the new agent doesn’t earn a dime until a new contract is signed.

That's the Sound of the Men

Ufanforreal — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:42:47 -0000

That's the Sound of the Men

This will hit home for a few lol