Injured Reserve
As last week was a particularly busy week for the various I/R lists around the league, I thought a brief explanation of that list and its designation in NFL-speak might be in order. So, here goes… Players added to a team’s Injured/Reserve List are no longer eligible to be on a team’s active roster for the remainder of a season. That means that players who are added to this list have suffered what is thought to be a season ending injury. While these players do not count against the team’s active roster for the remainder of the season, they do still count against the team’s salary cap. There is no limit to the amount of players a team can place on its I/R list… as Green Bay is demonstrating!
From the “Oops” file: How about Falcons DeAngelo Hall showing up on Monday Night Football in Nike shoes? What’s the big deal? Well, the big deal is the $4 million Reebok pays Hall to be their celeb/pitchman. Let’s all say it together, “OOPS!” If MNF wasn’t a big enough oops, oops he did it again. Hall showed up on a nationally broadcast sports television show Tuesday with a Nike swoop on his hat. Reebok execs watch TV. They’ve evidently seen Donald Trump’s reality show, because the called Hall yesterday to tell him, “You’re Fired!”
What is he thinking? Eagles’ coach Andy Reid cut walk-on PK Todd France this week and replaced him with former Cowboys’ PK Jose Cortez – all of this while regular Eagles PK David Akers is recovering from the early season hamstring injury (recall my earlier columns). All France has done is deliver near perfection, 6-7 FG’s and 10-10 PAT’s since he joined the Eagles. Cortez, on the other hand, was cut last week by Dallas for his inconsistency. Cowboy coach Bill Parcells was asked why he was cut: “Cortez sucks. He was terrible”, he responded. I’ll bet he’s not listed as a reference on Cortez’s resume!
Quick Hits: After the season is over watch carefully the developments in St. Louis. Word is there are some real tensions between head coach (on a medical leave of absence for the remainder of the year) Mike Martz and team execs. Also, Titans’ RB Travis Henry returns to action this week after his four game suspension for smoking dope. Let’s see if he can be as productive as Dolphins RB Ricky Williams has been since he returned (11 carries 7 yards). I know… get to the picks!
Here are this weeks ‘Tedy & Cadillac are back, oops-I-did-it-again, trot-out-the-lousy-kicker-to-get-me-three, for-I-can’t-miss’ picks for week 8: Cowboys over Cardinals; Bears over Lions; Texans over Browns (they have to win sometime); Bengals over Packers; Jaguars over Rams; Saints over Dolphins; Panthers over Vikings; Raiders over Titans; East Rutherford Giants over Native Americans; Chargers over Chiefs; Broncos over Eagles; Bucs over 49ers; Patriots over Bills; Steelers over Ravens. Bye: Falcons – resting their league best rushing game; Colts – resting their league best 7-0 record; Jets – resting their league’s oldest (42 this coming week) quarterback; and Seahawks – resting.
From the “Oops” file: How about Falcons DeAngelo Hall showing up on Monday Night Football in Nike shoes? What’s the big deal? Well, the big deal is the $4 million Reebok pays Hall to be their celeb/pitchman. Let’s all say it together, “OOPS!” If MNF wasn’t a big enough oops, oops he did it again. Hall showed up on a nationally broadcast sports television show Tuesday with a Nike swoop on his hat. Reebok execs watch TV. They’ve evidently seen Donald Trump’s reality show, because the called Hall yesterday to tell him, “You’re Fired!”
What is he thinking? Eagles’ coach Andy Reid cut walk-on PK Todd France this week and replaced him with former Cowboys’ PK Jose Cortez – all of this while regular Eagles PK David Akers is recovering from the early season hamstring injury (recall my earlier columns). All France has done is deliver near perfection, 6-7 FG’s and 10-10 PAT’s since he joined the Eagles. Cortez, on the other hand, was cut last week by Dallas for his inconsistency. Cowboy coach Bill Parcells was asked why he was cut: “Cortez sucks. He was terrible”, he responded. I’ll bet he’s not listed as a reference on Cortez’s resume!
Quick Hits: After the season is over watch carefully the developments in St. Louis. Word is there are some real tensions between head coach (on a medical leave of absence for the remainder of the year) Mike Martz and team execs. Also, Titans’ RB Travis Henry returns to action this week after his four game suspension for smoking dope. Let’s see if he can be as productive as Dolphins RB Ricky Williams has been since he returned (11 carries 7 yards). I know… get to the picks!
Here are this weeks ‘Tedy & Cadillac are back, oops-I-did-it-again, trot-out-the-lousy-kicker-to-get-me-three, for-I-can’t-miss’ picks for week 8: Cowboys over Cardinals; Bears over Lions; Texans over Browns (they have to win sometime); Bengals over Packers; Jaguars over Rams; Saints over Dolphins; Panthers over Vikings; Raiders over Titans; East Rutherford Giants over Native Americans; Chargers over Chiefs; Broncos over Eagles; Bucs over 49ers; Patriots over Bills; Steelers over Ravens. Bye: Falcons – resting their league best rushing game; Colts – resting their league best 7-0 record; Jets – resting their league’s oldest (42 this coming week) quarterback; and Seahawks – resting.
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