Some Superbowl Points

Let’s nail down 7 things in football today, shall we?

1-Joey Porter obviously doesn’t want to be on the Dolphins anymore. Coach Tony Sparano says he keeps all player issues in house, but unfortunately Peezy thought it would be so cool to go on the Jim Rome show and offer these nuggets:


"I won't accept it no more, you know what I mean? I accepted it last year because I'm a team guy. I just want to play, have fun and win football games."
``When you're winning, all of this stuff is (swept) away. But after seeing how last year went, asking me to come back and play that role again, I can honestly say I won't come back to do that. I can't be happy about coming back playing that role.''
(when asked about being traded)
"I mean, it would just kind of be the smart thing to do. `Why keep a guy there that you want to make a role player? You're paying me enough money as a starter. So why pay me all that money and make me a role player"
"If you make me a role player, it's saying you really don't want me, right? I mean, I just gave you 17.5 sacks last year."

Role player? Who the hell asked you to be a role player? People just wanted you to show up and it took you like 11 weeks to do that against Carolina. You didn’t get those 17.5 sacks two years ago, not last year. You only got 41 tackles and 9 sacks, so how many this year? I think the scoreboard at Foxboro says it all. If you want to leave dude, go! Don’t let the door hit you where the good lord split you pal!

2-Mike Martz, who many thought would be the Bears offensive coordinator, now, gets that title. After all the posturing, rejections, and silly ass crap that took place over the last month, Mike Martz will be the OC. He wanted the job, but put on the side for months, Mike Martz will be the OC. He met Jake Cutler for dinner in Tennessee, and now, Mike Martz will be the OC. Does he make the Bears better? I’m not sure, but what I do know; Mike Martz will be the OC of the Chicago Bears. I have a feeling this dialogue duplicates Lovie Smith when Jerry Angelo brought up names of candidates for him.

3-Look, I’m tired of listening to everyone bash the Pro Bowl. It is what it is. A game designed to celebrate the achievements of many of the superstar players in the NFL. The ratings were decent. There were some bright moments in the game. Matt Schaub played well and justly deserved the MVP. It isn’t a game that means anything, much like all the All Star games in sports, with the exception of MLB because of the silly home field advantage stipulation. If you people all talk about making it mean something, perhaps you can use the same rules of play (no sacks, no blitzing, etc) and play the game in the middle of the year like every other sport does. That way, its light contact, its fun, no one gets hurt; it’s all fun and games. Just my opinion.

4-This no cap situation for next season can get hairy, but I just found out today that the eight teams who were in the playoffs have special provisions against signing new free agents, which means Jerry Jones, no free agents for you. However, Dan Snyder still will be in the mix for that. This will be a huge opportunity for your Bears and my Dolphins to get better. I find myself nervous about this year coming up, but it could be like cowboys and indians. Lots of dealing, lots of money. I just hope it doesn’t lead to a lockout in 2010.

5-A few nuggets on the Superbowl. First, I don’t see the Saints winning despite star defensive end Dwight Freeney possibly not playing. Peyton Manning has the experience and the skills to win any game he wants. The two he loss, he didn’t make that decision to lose. I believe the Colts could have run the table. This game, if the Colts win, will trigger the question “is Manning the greatest QB ever?” Does 2 Super bowl wins give you that along with all the records he’s broken? I will leave the debate to you.

6-And on the other side, the New Orleans Saints would love to upset the Colts, as I would like to watch them do it as well. Not that I have any hatred for the Colts, but I just appreciate what the Saints have done this year. I like Sean Payton, and Drew Brees. Payton is a local boy from Naperville as well. However I would like to point out that a Superbowl win for the city of New Orleans, will be fun, but not beneficial. You will not see another 100 house pop up due to a Superbowl win.

7-And finally, once again, I picked the Colts, but I’m cheering for the Saints.

Enjoy the Superbowl.

They're Just Kids, Man!

This is the story of a couple of young men. Some who were a couple of good time Charlies in Vancouver, and one who’s devoted to his faith. For some reason, the media wants to pile on both of them. For the life of me, I don’t get it.

Let’s start with the boys in the limo. The Chicago Blackhawks Kris Versteeg, Patrick Kane, and John Madden had a good time with a couple of young ladies in the back of a limo in the wild streets of Vancouver, BC, Canada. They had crazy sunglasses, shirts off, and drinking. We don’t know if anything happened or the boys just screwed around being nutty. Being in Canada does make you nutty. Sometimes in a good way. The only problem with what happened; one of the girls thought it would be fun to take pictures, and they ended up on the internet.

Lets be frank here, the Blackhawks rule hockey right now. The franchise has gone through one of the biggest turnarounds in sports history. You have one of the best offenses in the game. They’re for lack of a better word, rock stars. People want to hang with them, and I’m sure some young ladies in the old BC would love to hang with the best thing going in hockey right now. I don’t know why Kaner sits there in his underwear. I don’t understand what’s up with those glasses Versteeg has on. What I do know, with the exception of Madden, they are young boys.

Boys will be boys, and everyone wants to make a big deal of this, why? Perhaps here in Chicago, no one knows who the Bears new coordinators are, and that story gets older than Chris Chelios everyday. I am sure worse shit happens in other places. At least we didn’t see the boys make it rain and punch strippers in the face. They’re not waving handguns in the locker room. The youngsters aren’t shooting needles in their buttocks in toilet stalls. They’re just some young punks having fun. Sure John Madden has a wife at home, and he’s flexing for the camera. Perhaps he’s drunk. We all have done dumb things when that happens. You know, get drunk. I once woke up with a rhino when I got drunk. Just kidding.

Then there’s the other end of the spectrum. Tim Tebow and his good family values. It seems many want to attack the young man for his belief in God, and family. He has always been a target of criticism, and it sure doesn’t make a hell of a lot of sense to me. However, he’s taking a beating now for being the spokesperson for Focus on the Family, a Christian based organization that does work for goodness. Yeah they suck. Anyway, Tebow will be speaking on a pro life commercial on Superbowl Sunday and many people say that there’s no place for this type of advertisement on “the new holiday” of America. Well, for one it’s Sunday, the holy day of rest, so it has all the right to be there. Just kidding.

In all seriousness, throughout all the ads for Go Daddy where you can supposedly see Danica Patrick naked or whatever, all the ridiculous beer ads, why not have a message of Goodness? Sure, some people may be pro choice, well get your organization to do a pro choice ad on Superbowl Sunday. Point being, Tim Tebow is a young man who comes from a family that does amazing things, all being good and just. The boy shouldn’t be attacked for his beliefs. People accuse of trying to push an agenda down everyone’s throat, but what better day to express your message, than the one day us fat, lazy, Americans watch more TV than any other day.

The boys in the limo from the Blackhawks, and Tim Tebow are not what’s wrong with society. What’s wrong with society is that is passes judgment on a young man trying to do good, and a couple of kids just screwing around behind closed doors. It’s a shame that camera phones are everywhere nowadays. Perhaps society should take a picture of itself, and hang it on the wall, and walk away, like when stupid things like this come up.