SageAgainstTheMachine

Has anybody mentioned Oasis yet? God, what a terrible band. And there wasn't a bigger tool in the music industry than Noel Gallagher.

Rush is like Nickelback? You gotta explain this one to me...even if you don't like Rush (and I'm not a fan of prog rock) how the hell are they like Nickelback? As for Nirvana, at least they ended the hair band era.

No.

The Trent comment aside (perhaps a little accurate, I know I'm drinking the kool-aid again ), anybody who thinks there are 12 starting QBs worse than Sanchez is a fool. I can't find the link right now, but my roommate found that Football Outsiders did an analysis on Sanchez' rookie season and his metrics most resembled the rookie season of...wait for it...Jamarcus Russell.

What is britney doing with her life?

By my estimation, these statistics represent a little over 5 quarters of football... 28/41 completions, 68.3% completion, 370 yards, 9.0 yards/attempt, 2 touchdowns, 1 interception, 2 sacks, 102.7 QB Rating Now I'm in the camp that preseason numbers mean very little, but considering that Trent played almost exclusively against first team defense, I believe the numbers are at the very least valid for analysis. And, in my opinion, we can't help but be a little encouraged right now. In fact, Edwards was probably the second most encouraging aspect of the preseason after Spiller.

Sooooo not true. A lot has changed since last season...whether those are changes for the better or changes for the worse is yet to be seen. But a sports journalist should be able to do analysis on more than simply last year's results.

We're DOOOOOOOOOMED!

Out of morbid curiosity, I watched that whole thing. After watching, I thought "I'm glad she never looked directly into the camera, so I didn't have to see what evil looks like." Where do you all fall in the "nature vs nurture" debate? I think some people, like this girl, are just plain old inherently BAD.

C'mon dude, you clearly don't know much about football so I'll set you straight. You don't win games by winning games, you win games by LOSING games so that you can then take a gamble on one potentially good player, who will probably refuse to sign unless he receives the biggest contract in NFL history.

Fair enough prediction, Conch. If you put a gun to my head, I'd probably say 6-10 as well. But remember that football games aren't decided on paper.

Here's the inherent flaw in the "Let's lose to win" logic...it's not as if there's some guarantee that a QB drafted in the first few picks is going to be successful. For every Peyton Manning and Donovan McNabb, there's a Ryan Leaf and Tim Couch. Plus you're paying them a TON of money. Two of the best QBs in the game today are Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers went 24th overall and Brees went 32nd. So riddle me this...who's to say we can't have a successful (or at least marginally successful) season and still walk away with a franchise QB in the 2011 draft?

I must be missing your logic here...neither guy has done anything to earn a starting job, so let's just arbitrarily start the rookie for the hell of it?

Spiller is a dynamic player, but my rule #1 in fantasy football is to avoid bad offenses like the plague, when it comes to drafting your starters. I got Sam Bradford for $5 in my big money keeper league, but other than that I won't touch the Bills, Seahawks, Browns, Bucs, and Rams. My running backs in my one league are Ryan Matthews and Jonathan Stewart, and in the other league they're Ray Rice and Shonn Greene.

Thunder, Lightning, and Bench.

Agreed, though I do like simply "The Blur".

Buffalo is the greatest city in the world.

In my experience, it's only the biggest pusses who mock a man for shedding tears at a time of great emotion.

Sometimes when I make the horrible mistake of watching Around the Horn, I see Mariotti and he seems like a Grade-A D-bag. I guess this is just confirmation. I also get the impression that he's a pretty small and weak guy, who probably could only beat up a woman.

I, for one, distinctly remember your avatar, San Jose. Pretty similar to your current one IIRC.

Clausen was simply awful. 3.2 yards per attempt, ~40% completion, 1 INT, 0 TD. Facing a tough Jets defense obviously, but there wasn't one redeeming element to his performance in my opinion.

Like I said, I'd personally vote Clemens into the hall as well, along with Bonds and A-Rod. I just recognize that they're each complicit in their own demise, no matter how many others were using. The sticking point, unfortunately, is that we just don't know the extent of the use. It could be 75% of players like some have suggested, or it could be a more modest 25%. I'd lean closer to the larger extreme, but we just don't know. So, pretty much all we have to go on is that the guys who DID get caught are guilty. I think that's the perspective that a lot of voters are using.

Ok I guess it was confusing to a few people haha. What I mean is both SHOULD be hall of famers based on their career resumes. But from a human standpoint, I don't feel sorry for either guy's tarnished legacy. Break the rules, you don't deserve anything. In other words, they'd get my vote based on my own interpretation of "greatness", but I can't knock anybody who doesn't vote for them.

He'll never admit it, but after a couple weeks of anxiety and getting adjusted he'll realize he misses you as much as you miss him.

Yeah, my point was that Clemens should be a hall of famer based on his career, but IMO he's surrendered his right to say that he deserves it.