madlithuanian

Dang... I'd like to think you're probably enhancing the information selecting the negatives more than any positives. But it certainly does look like the players are significanly to blame from what you've presented. Maybe D. Smith is really the culprit making his own personal power play out of this in lieu of what's truly at hand? Power corrupts... I personally still blame all involved. But this summarized list seems to tip the scale in the players' direction more.

I don't think you're off-base thinking there just may be no season. The involvement of courts and potentially politicians bodes poorly. One of my big fears is that the courts will blow the whole thing up and say each team is it's own business...thus eliminating the draft and putting the Jerry Jonses and Danny Snyders of the world as the teams who get all the talent (much like baseball) and crete their own tv/commerce deals. Oddly, for football, communism within it's nucleus of capitalism seems to work beautifully for the intergirty of the game. I could see that blowing up... I too blame the players. But, I also blame the owners. All this simply sours my usual joy and escapsim of pro ball.

Maybe I'm in a minority here, but the longer this CBA dispute goes on, the more disinterested I'm becoming in the upcoming season. I'm sure I'll change my tune once a deal is in place and everything gears up. But in a casual poll among my NFL fan friends, we're all kind of liking and enjoying the time off from thinking about the NFL. This doesn't bode well for the league. I'm sure we'll all come back to it. But will we do so with as much passion as we've had for the last decade? I don't think so. I could be wrong, and we all fall off the cliff with the rest of the lemmings once it starts up. But, I really do think this time off has given us all far too much time to ponder other activities and pasttimes. And tack in the continued wussification of the NFL (much for the better regarding safety albiet, but it's still getting diluted), and the thought of getting less entrenched in it seems far easier than before. Seriosuly, fu^% all involved in this BS, including the owners, management, players, lawyers, politicians and anyone else I forgot to add to this malignant list. We fans are being taken for granted once again. Much to our own doing as a whole. But, it's still fan cruelty. Just my 2 cents of venting...

Nice...

I forget, what part of Alaska are you living? My wife and I were reminiscing about our trip there last summer and were fondly recalling our trek to Tracy's Crab Shack in Junea for the best king crab we've ever eaten!

At least he didn't drop the ball on this issue!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/...ckout/#comments

Now you went and turned my frown upside down!

Can't blame your reaction... And most certianly can't argue against your take on Danielle....

Gotta love the shameless 80's!

Cute bugger!

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/4422823-419...k-in-kenya.html Jay Cutler quietly goes about charitable work in Kenya By Sean Jensen sjensen@suntimes.com Mar 21, 2011 01:50PM Bears quarterback Jay Cutler has opted to fly under the NFL radar in the days, weeks and months since he left the NFC title game with a knee injury. But now Cutler’s not even on the continent. Cutler accompanied his girlfriend, Kristin ­Cavallari, on a trip to Kenya with the non-profit One Kid One World, which focuses on rebuilding schools and ­providing supplies to ­students and teachers in Kenya and El Salvador. On March 8, ­Cavallari posted on her Twitter ­account that she would be making the trip to Kenya with the non-profit organization and wouldn’t be ­“tweeting” for two weeks. Meanwhile, there was no mention of Cutler’s whereabouts on his website. This, of course, should come as no surprise. Cutler hasn’t spoken to the media since Jan. 23, when the Bears lost 21-14 to the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field. He endured an unprecedented multimedia attack as players, fans and analysts questioned his toughness because he didn’t finish the game. Even after it was reported that he suffered a Grade II tear of the medial collateral ligament, Cutler’s critics didn’t back down. Yet the quarterback didn’t step up to address the clamor. And just as he did in December, when he quietly visited sick children at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital with Cavallari, Cutler again passed an opportunity to publicize his charitable endeavors. “That’s the side of Jay a lot of people don’t know,” Bears president Ted Phillips said Sunday. “He does have a caring side to him.” But his image, apparently, isn’t among his points of emphasis. And therein lies one of the reasons Cutler is unique. Other big-name NFL players, particularly quarterbacks, are diligent about their public perception. Whether of his choosing or not, Cutler doesn’t pitch products. And certainly of his choosing, Cutler also agrees to interviews very close to the NFL mandate. Two years ago, when the Denver Broncos hired Josh McDaniels, Cutler’s relationship quickly soured amid reports that the new coach was ­interested in acquiring one of his former New ­England Patriots players, Matt ­Cassel. Cutler told the Sun-Times last September that he confronted McDaniels about the rumors. “He acted like he had no idea what I was talking about,” Cutler said. “Then it took him two or three days to finally admit that he tried to trade me.” Then, during a meeting, McDaniels told Cutler that any player could be traded at any time. “By that point, I was like, ‘You know what? Just trade me now,’ ” Cutler recalled. So it should come as no surprise that the Bears are showing Cutler love, even if he has been out of pocket. Phillips admitted members of the organization “really haven’t talked to him.” “Maybe some of the coaches did,” Phillips said. “Now, with the work stoppage, we can’t talk to him. But when the time comes, we’ll sit down with him and see how things are going. Asked if the Bears would consider trading Cutler, Phillips said, “I mean, no one is untradeable. But we couldn’t be happier with Jay as our QB. He’s our guy. Our organization has never wavered in saying, ‘Jay’s our quarterback, and we’re excited to have him.’ ” If the Bears plan to keep him, then Phillips is taking the right tack

I had a good one! Slainte!

Well said! I also just read on PFT that Sweatty Teddy looks to oppose this new kickoff rule...

No argument to safety... Just wondering, does anyone know the %-age of serious injury on ST vs regular play? My recollection seems to think all the major injuries all occurred on regular plays and not ST... But it could be that there simply aren't as many ST plays...

Good points...

Seriously. It's not like the 2 groups of Richie Riches can't figure it out. Now more of my tax money is going to go to this... Really, unbelievable. It sickens me. I'd rather try to help some humans in real need. I swear us fans need to boycott. It's impossible I realize...but damn, if only.

That's really hard to argue against!

Fine by me. Hester will still return anything that's kicked to him in or in front of the end zone...right into the opposite end zone!

It's truly horrible! But very funny!

Thanks for posting this! My lak of info this draft is horrible. This is a really nice list of potentials...

No doubt there!

I still think both are to blame... But damn if I can't get an image of Cartman from South Park out of my head going, "Screw you guys, I'm going home." Children...pretulant spoiled children. All of them. Owners and players.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe...wo7UCu-u8#at=47

Interesting points... I just see it as 2 groups of jackasses that take all of us fans for granted. I would love nothing more than to see NFL ratings drop significantly because of the this. Sadly, I won't help, because I'm an addict. But, for me, it's just impossible to get behind any group in this battle. However, I am irritated with both. It reeks from all sides...