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Could it be the marriage between the New Orleans Saints and quarterback Drew Brees is over? Probably not. But the battle scars might be something that will never be fixed.
Brees is upset at his naming by the team as Franchise player. This means he will be paid a one year salary of the average of the top three quarterbacks in the NFL. Brees wants a long term deal and has not made it a secret to anyone asking. Over the last two days, Brees has shown his displeasure.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has to be looking in the mirror wondering what he did to upset the football Gods. Hall of Fame wide Receiver Art Monk is the latest in a long line of retired players to join in another lawsuit against the league.
We have discussed ad nauseum what Goodell hasn’t done to help those in need who placed the NFL on the map. To make the NFL what it is today for him to become Commissioner with only one goal in mind, the 18 game season.
It’s always hard when a longtime NFL Veteran decides to call it quits. For Brian Dawkins, after 16 seasons, the end is here and he announced prior to the NFL draft so the Denver Broncos could make plans accordingly.
Dawkins didn’t call a press conference to make his decision known. The new way of announcing things for athletes is via the twitter account. Dawkins didn’t disappoint.
As of today the secret is out on who the New Orleans Saints want as their “replacement” coach for Sean Payton. It’s none other than Bill Parcells, Payton’s mentor. At first the name sounds a little far-fetched. But on second thought, it may not be so “out there.”
Parcells has been out of coaching since 2006. Yet he has stayed in the game as the President of the Miami Dolphins until last year, and then as a commentator on ESPN. Yet give me one person who has the intestinal fortitude to tell Parcells the game has passed him by.
The NFL announced today its sanctions against the New Orleans Saints. And boy, do they hurt.
Commissioner Roger Goodell announced in a press conference today that Head Coach Sean Payton will be suspended for the entire 2012 season starting April 1st without pay and will be fined $500,000.
General Manager Mickey Loomis will be suspended the first 8 games of the 2012 season starting after the Saints last preseason game.
Former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams will be suspended indefinitely. Assistant coach Joe Vitt will be suspended without pay for the first six games of the 2012 season.
This is the off season of mal-content for the New York Jets. Wide receiver complaints about the quarterback, complaints on the offensive coordinator, the head coach no longer issuing bold and brash predictions. Now the defense will be heard from.
Not the defense arguing its case, but the actual defensive side of the ball. This time it’s coming from All-pro linebacker Bart Scott.
It seems Scott is concerned with the way he is being used. Scott is frustrated with regularly being removed from the field on third downs and the Jets plummeting to an 8-8 record after they were expected to be in the Super Bowl. Instead it was the Giants representing New York by winning the title and that doesn’t make Jet fans happy.
It’s one of those nasty little subjects that just keep coming back, like a bad penny. This time the subject is the 18-game NFL season and the bad penny is Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Goodell is making the rounds of the NFL teams again, rousing the possibility of an 18-game season. The players almost unanimously turned it down during the lockout last year, but Goodell has never been one to take no for an answer.
So here he is again, earlier this week, on ESPN radio 1050 am bringing up the subject.
In sports, as in life, when a team fails it becomes everyone’s job to assign blame. There has to be a reason why they lost. It has to be someone’s fault.
The sports media assigns blame one by one so that they have enough stories to fill 24 hours of programming and writing. The players blame so it doesn’t fall on them. The player’s wives blame so it doesn’t fall on their spouse. On and on it goes down the list until eventually everyone is to blame. And in truth, everyone is to blame. Teams win and lose as teams, not individuals.
Give Gisele Bundchen points for sticking up for her husband, Patriots QB Tom Brady.
While waiting for an elevator at Lucas Oil Stadium after the game, Bundchen was heckled by some Giants fans and she responded with the falling rant:
“My husband can not f—— throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can’t believe they dropped the ball so many times,”
Wide receiver Deion Branch and tight end Aaron Hernandez dropped passes on New England‘s final drive while the normally reliable Wes Welker was visible upset over his crucial drop late in the fourth quarter.
Once again Eli Manning got the better of the New England Patriots by making less mistakes and more plays than the Pats. Here are some of the big moments in the game:
Safety
The Pats first offensive play could not have went worse as Tom Brady was called for intentional grounding while in the end zone, a penalty that cost the Pats two points. And the safety had big ramifications. Without it, the Giants would have been trailing by 17-13 on their final drive. Instead, the Giants were down 17-15, and needed only a field goal to go ahead.
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