Who's On First?
Kudos to Cardinals' quarterbacks Kurt Warner and Josh McCown for entertaining the media with their dual appearance at the 'starting quarterback' news conference this week in Arizona. In a scene reminiscent of Abbott & Costello's "Who's on first?" routine, they bantered back and forth with the press in tongue in cheek style. It is great that these guys can entertain the locals in front of a microphone, because they certainly aren't getting it done in front of opposing defenses! Coach Denny Green says he has a starter in mind for Sunday's game but he's not going to announce who it is. My bet? It should be Cardinals' receiver Anquan Bolden who was a fine QB at Florida State once upon a time.
In Detroit, coach Steve Mariucci is playing the same game. He had both Joey Harrington and Jeff Garcia splitting time with the first string in practice. The locals are guessing. I'd say Mariucci is on the phone late at night trying to talk Steve Young out of retirement because he hasn't had any success as an NFL coach since Young hung up his Hall of Fame career.
The figures are out. The profanity laced comments Saints' coach Jim Haslett leveled at officiating cost him 20K. That's double the 10K Redskins' skipper Joe Gibbs got for saying the game "wasn't officiated very well". Speaking of obscenities, Vikings owner Zygi Wilf met with his team to address the "Love Boat" scandal that has rocked Minnesota. Players say that his talk was "intense and profanity laced". So, in other words, he sounded just like the Hip Hop artists the players normally listen to on their Ipods! Way to go Zygi. A new Sports Illustrated Article hits newsstands this weekend that is supposed to really expose (no pun intended) the details. As one Vikings player was quoted this week: "We put the fun in dysfunction." And nice to see they're so remorseful. To the picks we go...
My 'week-seven, seventh-heaven, who's-on-first, hip-hop & profanity-free' picks look like this: Browns over Lions; Packers over Vikings; Colts over Texans (Rumor has it the Colts might only send their cheerleaders to take on the Texans. If that happens Colts' Cheerleaders over Texans); Dolphins over Chiefs; Rams over Saints; Steelers over Bengals; Eagles over Chargers; Native Americans over 49ers; Seahawks over Cowboys; Bears over Ravens; Raiders over Bills; Broncos over Giants; Cardinals over Titans; Falcons over Jets. Bye: Panthers - coming back next week with a healthier group of running backs; Jaguars - coming back next week with a healthier Byron Leftwich; Patriots - coming back next week with Teddy Bruschi; Bucs - coming back next week with their Cadillac.
In Detroit, coach Steve Mariucci is playing the same game. He had both Joey Harrington and Jeff Garcia splitting time with the first string in practice. The locals are guessing. I'd say Mariucci is on the phone late at night trying to talk Steve Young out of retirement because he hasn't had any success as an NFL coach since Young hung up his Hall of Fame career.
The figures are out. The profanity laced comments Saints' coach Jim Haslett leveled at officiating cost him 20K. That's double the 10K Redskins' skipper Joe Gibbs got for saying the game "wasn't officiated very well". Speaking of obscenities, Vikings owner Zygi Wilf met with his team to address the "Love Boat" scandal that has rocked Minnesota. Players say that his talk was "intense and profanity laced". So, in other words, he sounded just like the Hip Hop artists the players normally listen to on their Ipods! Way to go Zygi. A new Sports Illustrated Article hits newsstands this weekend that is supposed to really expose (no pun intended) the details. As one Vikings player was quoted this week: "We put the fun in dysfunction." And nice to see they're so remorseful. To the picks we go...
My 'week-seven, seventh-heaven, who's-on-first, hip-hop & profanity-free' picks look like this: Browns over Lions; Packers over Vikings; Colts over Texans (Rumor has it the Colts might only send their cheerleaders to take on the Texans. If that happens Colts' Cheerleaders over Texans); Dolphins over Chiefs; Rams over Saints; Steelers over Bengals; Eagles over Chargers; Native Americans over 49ers; Seahawks over Cowboys; Bears over Ravens; Raiders over Bills; Broncos over Giants; Cardinals over Titans; Falcons over Jets. Bye: Panthers - coming back next week with a healthier group of running backs; Jaguars - coming back next week with a healthier Byron Leftwich; Patriots - coming back next week with Teddy Bruschi; Bucs - coming back next week with their Cadillac.
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