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Mauro is where he is because he knows the sport and he knows the role of an announcer.

That doesn't stop him from spewing non-sense. Miletich is the best one out of the lot.

Oh, Strikeforce announcers.

Gus: "Frank, what made Scott Smith decide to move down to 170?"

Frank: "I have no clue."

Gus: "OK, Mauro?"

You mean Mauro didn't just butt in with some obnoxious, "witty" series of shouts and yelps anyways?

Spinning Heel Kick ftw. Let's go Saffiedine!

Question Mark Kick! Saffiedine is my new favorite SF WW.

Well, he's free to go the UFC now.. ?

DRC is going to look AWESOME against those #3's.

This isn't true at all, well the first part, anyway. People need to remember that Johnson's deal is primarily because of how the CBA has been structured. Unlike previous years, teams aren't going to have much of a choice but to spend money in free agency (well, that or extending their guys). As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure you've got to spend something like 99% of $120 Million. On top of that, a rookie salary cap has been implemented, meaning that instead of teams overpaying rookies, they might instead actually have to overpay players have EARNED their pay by their performance on the field. Charles Johnson had an elite season in 2010 with 11.5 sacks, was fantastic against the run, and was 2nd among defensive ends in impact plays (number one was Chris Long). On top of all of this, they had to pay SOMEBODY as they were way under the cap floor due to moves they made in the '10 offseason. So I'll just ask you. Would you have preferred they waste the money on a rookie or give it to somebody who has clearly earned their paycheck? It's not a coincidence that there are a lot of other deals that have been raising eyebrows. Santonio Holmes is getting the most guaranteed money for any wide receiver all-time. Quinten Mikell got a fairly huge deal. Eric Weddle is getting paid more than Troy Polamalu. Alex freakin' Smith is getting $5 Million. It's called inflation. It's also called the money that would typically go to rookies going to guys who have earned their pay.

It's almost as if it is a lose-lose for owners. Overpay rookies, get criticized. Overpay guys who've earned their pay, get criticized. Regardless, I prefer the latter. It's why I worry about the Bears and Bucs so much. Now, to be fair to the Bucs, they've reportedly offered to make Scrabble the highest paid cornerback of all-time or something of such. But the Bears have a ton of money they have to spend and have done absolutely nothing. It makes me think they are just going to end up having to overpay some old veteran well past his prime (OG Brian Waters was recently released and might be a candidate) or get desperate and give someone like Roy Williams a huge deal.

As for Williams, you've got a point - I think they probably should have stuck with Stewart and Goodson, both very good backs. But when Williams is in, he and Stewart form easily the best halfback duo in the league and lets be perfectly honest here - if Newton has to be thrown out to the wolves this year, he's going to need all the help possible. On top of that, again, they HAVE to spend the money somehow to get to the cap floor and they decided to give it to Williams. As of now, they've still got a lot of money to spend to get up to that required spot, and it'll likely go to extending Beason/Kalil and getting Newton's contract worked out. All things considered, I think they've done a great job not only retaining their guys, two of which were going to get a ton of $$ regardless, but also bringing in guys such as Olsen and everyone knows that a rookie quarterbacks best friend is a good, talented tight end. Maybe I'm wrong on them having been the best team in FA thus far but they are definitely in the argument.

The salary floor doesn't go into effect until 2013, and Johnson is a one year wonder who in no way, shape or form deserves to be the highest paid defensive end in the game (even if that's only until Osi signs his deal).

Carolina? Saying they overpaid for Johnson is a HUGE understatement, and re-signing a 28 year old DeAngelo to the deal they did when they have Jonathan Stewart ready to go seems like a waste of money.

The Philadelphia Eagles sent the quarterback to the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday in exchange for cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and an second-round draft pick, NFL Network insider Michael Lombardi reported.

The Eagles later confirmed the deal and said they were sending a 2012 second-round pick to Arizona.

As part of the deal, Kolb agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $63.5 million with $21 million guaranteed, a league source told NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8210ca92/article/eagles-deal-kolb-to-cardinals-for-cb-rodgerscromartie-a-pick?module=HP11_cp

Anybody hear anybody else confirm this?

DRC's already been to the Pro Bowl. He's a bit more than 'just potential'.

Adrian Wilson went to the Pro Bowl last year.

Adrian Wilson was absolutely, unequivocally, undisputedly garbage last year. The Pro Bowl is just a popularity contest, it doesn't hold much water.

In more "prepare for lockout 2021 news", Kevin Kolb to the Cards for Rodgers-Cromartie, a 2nd rounder and $63 million. All that and $20 million guaranteed for a guy with 7 starts in 4 years and a -3 INT to TD ratio.

Wow...talk about a rip off. The Eagles must be screaming in joy after this one.

I don't have a problem with it. DRC is overrated; he's basically all potential at this point (same as Kolb), and was a poor fit for AZ's defense that wasn't long for this team anyways. A 2nd rounder to account for the disparity in positional value is fine. The contract extension is too much, too soon though. They should have waited until mid-season to evaluate his worth at the very least, though I can respect going all in for "your guy" (and Kolb has been Whis's "guy" since well before last season even ended).

Schefter's reporting that Haynesworth's going to New England for a 2013 5th rounder. Now watch him turn into a Hall of Famer. Fuck off, Belichick. >_>

I haven't seen JStarr in forever, so there might be another spot. Or I'm just missing his posts.

Or we shrink roster size and expand to 20 teams!

Too crazy?

Crazy like a fucking fox!

Can always just run two leagues.

And Tito Ortiz crashed his Rolls Royce Phantom. Thankfully, he's fine and the main event is still on, but I'm telling you, there's one pissed off voodoo master out there somewhere.

It was never announced as such, everyone just assumed it would be for that reason.

Pretty sure I remember reading that it was to be a Spike show from the get-go, but yeah, whatever.

The UFC 133 curse continues: Sakara is out of his fight with Rivera, they are trying to find a replacement.

What shaman did Dana piss off for this nonsense?

Constantinos Philippou's out of his match with Rafael Natal and will be facing Rivera now, and Paul Bradley's being brought in to face Natal.

I'm in if there's a spot open.

Starring Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks and Albert Brooks, and directed by the Dane behind Bronson and the Pusher movies. Tell me that doesn't make your penis move, even a little.

Throw me in on the wait list.

Dana don't have alot of faith in his little guys now if a title fight is gonna be shown on free TV. That or he doesn't think Cruz can draw which is retarded

Cruz/Faber only drew about 350k buys, iirc. Putting Cruz/Johnson on free TV kills a bunch of birds with one stone - gets Cruz in front of close to a million eyeballs, puts their most underexposed division in front of close to a million eyeballs, and shows that the UFC is willing to put title matches on free cards just in time for them to shop themselves to either a lucrative extension with Spike, or a lucrative deal elsewhere, like MPH said.

And what are the chances that Cruz/Johnson will be a boring fight? Pretty damn slim.

Demetrius Johnson gets his shot for the UFC Bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz on UFC Live 6.

And Urijah Faber'll be taking on Brian Bowles at 139.

Pretty quick turnaround for two guys who just went a full 5 rounds with very little stalling or lack of action.

I dunno, UFC 139 is 5 months away.

It's odd, UFC has seemingly had 3 events in what seems like a month, and now their next 6 are quite spread out.

Yeah, but UFC Live 6 is only 3 away from Cruz's last fight. That's mostly who I was referring to

Demetrius Johnson gets his shot for the UFC Bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz on UFC Live 6.

And Urijah Faber'll be taking on Brian Bowles at 139.

Pretty quick turnaround for two guys who just went a full 5 rounds with very little stalling or lack of action.

Wowwwwwwwwwwww

That is going to be a main event? Really? Damn we don't half get shafted when it comes to Main Events.

That's a fine main event for what's pretty much a glorified UFN. Sucks for the UK audience that they'll only be getting a glorified UFN, but it is what it is. Last I heard, plans for any type of show in the UK this year had fallen apart, so at least you're getting something.

Loved the opener, but I'm actually a bit surprised that Jesse did actually kill Gail. I figured he would have just fucked up his hands so he can't cook anymore or something.

The show seems to be on a mission to show not just Walt's descent into becoming an evil bastard, but the drag effect that it has on those around him. Wouldn't make much sense for Jesse to not go through with it.. or wouldn't have had as much of a dramatic effect, at least. That being said, I loved the opening of the episode, and how it made Gail's story all the more tragic. For a cook, he seems like an all-around good guy and, unlike Walt, innocent.

That's exactly what I'm saying. If he did end up leaving Strikeforce under less than pleasant circumstances, do you think the UFC would sign him, knowing that? That's what I mean. It's all more than likely a moot point anyway, but it was just something I thought was interesting to consider.

He didn't and isn't leaving Strikeforce under less than pleasant circumstances, though. He's too hurt to make the date which Showtime is apparently unwilling to budge from, so the winner of the reserves bout is taking his place.

Given how surprisingly civil Dana's quotes were about the situation, I'm assuming this was ultimately a Showtime decision and not a ZUFFA one. But then, that doesn't make sense since Overeem is one of Strikeforce's top 3/4 draws, so who the fuck knows?

Well, that's fucking dumb.

That show is dead in the water.

.. Because of Franklin? >_>

If anything, Tito/Evans 2 makes it a hotter ticker alone than Davis/Evans.