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Is this supposed to mean something, or do you just get off on talking shit about Oakland? He didn't want to go to Oakland. Big fucking deal. I think he's stupid for making that decision, because Oakland is far closer to being competitive than any other team mentioned in the running for him, outside of Minnesota. That includes Washington. I guess its that Cleveland inferiority complex. If all I had to pride myself on was a poor imitation of the Black Hole (Dawg Pound, lol. Only drunk Philly fans have less class), I'd have to make myself feel better too. I would have been happy with McNabb. I like the guy, think he deserves better than he got in Philly, and think he could have put Oakland over the top. In the end, however, its probably better that he didn't want to come to Oakland, because its a young team, and I'd rather have a good young QB. Then again, wouldn't we all. Hell, I'd REALLY like Jason Campbell. Oh, and I was unaware that San Francisco was considered a contender. They have many of the same problems Oakland does (no proven QB or WR, decent running game and defense), and similar advantages (weak division). San Diego is probably better than Arizona, though. Still don't consider them a contender, though. lol, I don't think he was purposely taking a shot at the Raiders, just stating a fact. I read that the reason McNabb was traded to the Redskins was because he, point-blank, told them that he would veto any trade to any other team but the Redskins. It was a much less public and much speedier version of the Favre saga, pretty much. Similar reasoning to the Favre ordeal, too (try to get back at his old team/the management team that pushed him out the door). EDIT - Even if Alex Smith continues to "improve", there's still no way he has the chops to "carry" (and I use that term loosely) past a Wild Card game, if that. Especially with the holes in the secondary/defense that the Niners have; if they get into a shoot-out with any of the potent passing attacks of the NFC, it'd be over before the half. McNabb, at least, has proven he can take a sub-par team to the NFC Championship in the past, and then immediately choke and crush the dreams and hopes of the entirety of his team's fanbase. =P But whatever, at least this'll end the McNabb-to-Cardinals rumors that kept popping up every other day, it seemed. Also, apparently the Ravens are willing to part with Gaither for an early 2nd round. Why the fuck aren't the Cardinals on the phone right now offering their 1st for him? He is an elite tackle, efficient at both pass and run blocking, doesn't have an extensive injury history as far as I'm aware, and is only 24. Shit, even though he's already been in the league for a handful of years, I'd say his ceiling's higher than Okung's at this point. Make the fuckin' call, Graves! And how the hell is Kirk Morrison still available for only a 3rd? Pick him up, too, Graves, god damnit.

I doubt they'd have the Season 5 DVD out already. =P Torrent this bitch it is.

Is Supernatural streamed on Hulu/some other site, or am I going to have to torrent this bitch? I try not to get ahead of myself (I'm in the middle of the 4th season, the Siren episode was the last one they showed on TNT today), but I'm too intrigued by what they do with Heaven to not watch.

Well, haven't they been saying that this season will end the biblical story arc they're on? Does that mean they're going to rid the show of not just the Apocalypse storyline, but also of angels and demons? Because there is literally an infinite amount of gods/goddesses/demons that could be turned into some badass characters for them to fight, and who are unique enough that it won't just be Yellow Eyes, Lilith or Lucifer all over again. I agree with you about the "comedy", though. I really liked that episode, but I also really could have done without the Cupid scene; that was just annoying, not funny. Do they do "comedy" bits like that often nowadays? I missed yesterday's episode, though I read the plot summary or whatever. Honestly, it sounded kinda blah. I was half hoping it was just some weird April Fool's joke, but meh.

It was an honest mistake, clearly.

Yeah, well, Anderson won't be our starting unless Leinart absolutely fails. Homer alert, but Leinart shouldn't fail; he won't be Kurt Warner, but with the focus shifting off of the passing game and onto the running game, there won't be as much emphasis on Leinart or reliance on him winning us games. We should be okay. A lot of the hate towards him is really unfounded. I think they just want to find out once and for all what they have with Leinart, similar to Rodgers/Packers a few years ago. They can't afford for him to go to another team after this year, and have a Steve Young-esque comeback, which is the major reason why they're not interested in McNabb. That, and because McNabb can't win when it matters most. =P

This. Also they've said they'll take it Buffy style, which worked for Buffy and should do fine for Supernatural. There's always another big bad out there. I imagine this series would see the end of the whole Angels thing though. Which is a shame because Cas is awesome. Isn't he cut off from heaven or whatever? If this story goes where it seemed to be going I think (the angels aren't any different than the demons, or whatever), no reason Castiel can't "quit" them and still help out the Winchester.

Nnami's cap number next year is beastly (if there's a cap at all), I'm not that surprised he's on the block. Might as well trade him while he's worth something before he leaves them and gets another monster contract elsewhere. But, still. No. lol, Al Davis.

Where do you guy after spending 5 seasons setting up the end of the world, though?

That would be fuckin' epic. Especially combined with WiFi. I'm going to be severely disappointed if this isn't the first hologram-based video game console. Severely.

I've only seen about 3 episodes from this season; the one with the Jesse Turner, My Bloody Valentine and Abandon All Hope. I don't know if I've just gotten lucky and picked the best episodes of the season or whatever, but I'm loving it. Like I said before, this is probably the closest I'll come to seeing a live action Good Omens adaptation, and Good Omens is awesome.

3-D without glasses? So, fucking holograms? I'm in.

So, TNT is fucking awesome and they've started showing two Supernatural episodes a day. Season 3 finished airing today, and season 4 starts tomorrow. At this rate, I'll probably be done with season 4 in two weeks. Oh, yeah. And season 5 of Supernatural also continues tomorrow night on UPN/whatever they're calling it these days. Awesome.

You named Tony Romo. Do you really want me to list every other quarterback taken in the 3rd round or later that hasn't panned out? The chances of Charlie turning into anything special or worthwhile are stupid low. That "learning the position" argument should only apply if a player's still young. As in, one or two years in the league. If after four years he hasn't developed enough to beat out Volek, I doubt he's developed enough to lead the Seahawks once Matt gets hurt again. It was reported that San Diego weren't expecting what they got for Whitehurst and that Seattle was the one who offered the deal that ended up going down, so chill the fuck out and shut the fuck up. I wasn't stating an opinion, I was stating a fact, and why the fuck would I do so if it's not true? Yeah, by the trade value chart it seems like a "fair" trade, but for a team with as many holes as Seattle, it's quite a bit different when they give up a fringe first rounder that could have easily filled one of their holes by picking up a Charles Brown, Everson Griffen, Damian Williams, the millions of fringe 1st round defensive backs available, possibly Brian Price/Jared Odrick, etc. However, by moving down 20 spots, they practicaly have guaranteed themselves that they won't have their pick of that litter, and will likely have to take a lesser player or a player at a position that isn't as in need, which in turn hurts Seattle's turnaround and delays it that much more. And obviously, at this point I don't think Charlie'll be worth losing out on one of those guys. And regardless of that, there was no market for Charlie Whitehurst! Any competent GM should've tried to have driven his price tag down, not blown their load and given up the 38th pick for him. Or, if unable to do that, just moved on. Again, I don't think Charie's worth what was given up for him. EDIT - ANYWAYS, Jets are the next team to be on Hard Knocks. http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/jets/2010/03/jets-to-star-in-hbos-hard-knoc.html#ixzz0j79EdwQb Rex Ryan, lol.

Yup, watching the second episode now and I love it. Who cares if you know the ending? People know the ending of a lot of things and still watch it, for example The Watchmen. I don't know what The Watchmen is, but I don't know how it ends! 2nd ep of The Pacific was great, though. I don't much care for the show as a drama/about the characters, or whatever, but the episode was pretty intense.

Caught it.. much better than the first, IMO, but then again this time my expectations were pretty low. =P

It's not simply that Whitehurst hasn't received any genuine playing time, it's that he's never been any higher than #3 on the depth chart, period. If, after 3 years, he hasn't developed to the point of at least challenging Volek's grip on the back-up spot, what are the chances he'll make for even a quality starter? Again, Whitehurst is not a fresh pup full of potential at this point; he's been in the league longer than some of the marquee names, yet hasn't proven himself to Norv Turner, a supposed QB guru, to be good enough to even be trusted on the off chance that the tough-as-all-hell Phillip Rivers can't physically compete in a game. Hell, San Diego was surprised that they managed to get what they did from Seattle - they weren't asking for that, from what I read, and it was Seattle that offered the deal that ended up going down. No other team, not even San Diego, thought he was worth anything more than a third (and even then, the only other team that showed any interest - AZ - has an extra 3rd due to the Boldin deal, so it wouldn't of been as big of a deal, anyways). Now, either Pete Carroll is a brilliant talent evaluator and he caught something that all other teams/personnel guys missed, or he overpaid. Right now, I'm saying he overpaid.

If after four years in the league he still hasn't managed to beat out or even seriously compete with Billy Volek, chances are very unlikely he's going to be worth what Seattle gave up for him. Charlie isn't exactly a newly born puppy nowadays, if he was truly better than Volek, it'd be stupid to not start him over Billy, whether he has Billy's experience or not. But, I don't know the intricacies of how San Diego likes to work their players, or if Turner happens to have some sort of man crush on Volek, or something of that sort.

Isn't Eli coming off of his best statistical season, as well? That hardly constitutes "one good stretch" (which I assume you meant the SB run?).

Yeah I know, I'm a homer and all that. I just want to point out that without Ben the Steelers don't even get to Super Bowl XL and the Steelers defense won Super Bowl XLIII? I disagree. Yeah Harrison's pick six played a huge role, but then the defense went out and blew the game in the second half. And if not for Ben Roethlisberger's heroic final drive in which he had to overcome a holding call that negated a big first down and ended with one of the best passes in Super Bowl history, the Steelers lose that game. Sure Ben's stats weren't amazng, but he had a better completion percentage than Warner and he undoubtedly had the biggest play of the game. Yinz may continue with your DT/QB argument. I'm not looking to get into a debate about it, and it doesn't even matter because they won both games, but Ben played like shit against the Seahawks, and wasn't amazing against Arizona. I know the Steelers are kinda moving away from 'Steeler' football, and a lot of that has to do with Ben, but I'm not sure I'd consider him a top five guy or anything. Frimg top five, and there is an argument to be made there, but he's clearly behind the top three, and I'd probably list Rivers ahead of him too. From there it's a toss-up with guys like McNabb , Eli, and Favre, although I'd probably rank Ben over Eli. Aaron Rodgers? There's the top 3, then Rivers, then the future elite like Rodgers/Schaub. I'd put Roethlisberger around that Rodgers/Schaub level, but he's obviously already fully established himself.

It was more of a "wait and see" approach. Like I said, he didn't inspire riots or anything, but the general consensus was hardly that he was the 100%, perfect candidate to helm that project. People gave him the benefit of the doubt, and there's no reason to not give Marvel the same courtesy on this. What are you talking about? Re-read my post, I never said they couldn't acquire a director of that talent, I said this project doesn't require a director of that talent. Clearly, as you've pointed out, they do have the resources to land people of that quality, yet they didn't feel the need to in this case. And I may be wrong here, but I doubt Marvel's purposely trying to sabotage the project. Again, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. They've earned that so far. Yeah, I agree with this 100% percent. He's not the best possible choice, and I never said he was. But he isn't the "holy shit, this film is RUINED now!" choice LL wants to make him out to be, either. That's a terrible overreaction on his part and, once again, I'm giving Marvel the benefit of the doubt. If they think he's the best choice to play their Captain America (and it hasn't even been made official, for fuck's sake), then I'm fine with it. What the fuck are YOU talking about? Because Robert Downey, Jr. improvised an entire speech, that makes the actual, physical script more complex? What the fuck? The scripts are simple, but that's not a slight on their part at all. That just means that, much like Captain America, they didn't require overly complex writing. That is EXACTLY why I don't mind him being the choice. Like I already said, this is Marvel's Captain America, NOT Joe Johnston's. They wouldn't have hired him if they thought Johnston would, out of nowhere, start ripping apart their script and make his own version of their story. This movie is pivotal to Marvel's long-terms plans, I'd be surprised if Johnston had any creative control, period.

So, the week one primetime games/Thanksgiving games are expected to be announced tomorrow. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/21/key-2010-games-will-be-announced-on-monday/

lol yeah, definitely, but it does show that even Nolan had his detractors at the time. I'm just not as concerned about Johnston in this case because this isn't Joe Johnston's Captain America, it's Marvel's Captain America, and I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt until at least a trailer/script review/whatever is released.

Nolan had some street cred before Begins due to Memento & Insomnia, but from what I remember nobody was really jumping for joy when he got announced as the director because nobody knew if he could handle an action/Batman/big budget movie. There wasn't a vocal, "he's going to rape our childhood heroes and shit on their corpses!" backlash, or anything, but he was hardly a sure thing himself.

lol, what are you talking about? I guarantee you the exact same arguments/discussions are going on amongst teams's executives, especially those in a position to land one of the elite players. Unless you're referring to guys like Kiper and McShay, who form a large part of the "mainstream" opinion on the draft/draft prospects because of their jobs with ESPN, I guess.