fairweather fan Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Don't know if it was posted, but this was from Gregg Easterbrook's TMQ mock draft on NFL.com 2. Miami: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist philosopher. Maybe he could lure Ricky Williams back. 8. Arizona: Vicente Fox, president, United Mexican States. Now that the Cardinals play a home date in Mexico the question is, will more people attend this game than all other Cards' home games combined? 18. Buffalo (from Minnesota): Projected trade: Bills trade third choice in 2005, first choice in 2006, seventh choice in 2008, fifth choice in 2009, second choice in 2010 and sixth pick in 2011 to Vikings for Minnesota's first choice in 2005, fourth choice in 2008, sixth choice in 2009, fourth choice and 2010 and seventh pick in 2011. League fax machine fails while printing out terms of deal. With the pick, Bills select the Pittsburgh Steelers' practice squad. The Steelers' practice squad beat the Bills' first string in the season-finale game that cost Buffalo a playoff invitation. 32. New England: Some guy no one has ever heard of, who will become an instant star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Don't know if it was posted, but this was from Gregg Easterbrook's TMQ mock draft on NFL.com 2. Miami: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist philosopher. Maybe he could lure Ricky Williams back. 8. Arizona: Vicente Fox, president, United Mexican States. Now that the Cardinals play a home date in Mexico the question is, will more people attend this game than all other Cards' home games combined? 18. Buffalo (from Minnesota): Projected trade: Bills trade third choice in 2005, first choice in 2006, seventh choice in 2008, fifth choice in 2009, second choice in 2010 and sixth pick in 2011 to Vikings for Minnesota's first choice in 2005, fourth choice in 2008, sixth choice in 2009, fourth choice and 2010 and seventh pick in 2011. League fax machine fails while printing out terms of deal. With the pick, Bills select the Pittsburgh Steelers' practice squad. The Steelers' practice squad beat the Bills' first string in the season-finale game that cost Buffalo a playoff invitation. 32. New England: Some guy no one has ever heard of, who will become an instant star. 319242[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sound_n_Fury Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Don't know if it was posted, but this was from Gregg Easterbrook's TMQ mock draft on NFL.com 2. Miami: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist philosopher. Maybe he could lure Ricky Williams back. 8. Arizona: Vicente Fox, president, United Mexican States. Now that the Cardinals play a home date in Mexico the question is, will more people attend this game than all other Cards' home games combined? 18. Buffalo (from Minnesota): Projected trade: Bills trade third choice in 2005, first choice in 2006, seventh choice in 2008, fifth choice in 2009, second choice in 2010 and sixth pick in 2011 to Vikings for Minnesota's first choice in 2005, fourth choice in 2008, sixth choice in 2009, fourth choice and 2010 and seventh pick in 2011. League fax machine fails while printing out terms of deal. With the pick, Bills select the Pittsburgh Steelers' practice squad. The Steelers' practice squad beat the Bills' first string in the season-finale game that cost Buffalo a playoff invitation. 32. New England: Some guy no one has ever heard of, who will become an instant star. 319242[/snapback] Easterbrook's my favorite NFL writer. He's insightful, yet there's no mistaking that he considers football to be "entertainment"....not something meaningful in the grand scheme of things (like hiking tolls on the Thruway, raising property taxes, having a moonscape waterfront, finding fingers in your chili, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 FUNNY AS HELL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realist Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 This is from today's TMQ: Philadelphia: If published reports are to be believed, the Eagles passed on trading a third-round draft pick for running back Travis Henry in order to draft running back Ryan Moats. First, Henry is a power back, what the Eagles desperately need, while Moats is a scatback third-down type, the kind of player Philadelphia has too many of already. Second, Henry is an established talent, while Moats is a rookie question mark. Third, rumor had it Philadelphia shied from Henry because of his fumble stats -- one fumble every 46 touches, worse than the NFL running-back average of about one per 60 touches. But Moats fumbled 16 times in his two years as a college upperclassman, dropping the rock once every 33 touches, a red-alert fumble rate. All this is yet more evidence Philadelphia just doesn't get it. You cannot win the Super Bowl without a running game. Please Eagles, find someone who can drag tacklers forward five yards on a consistent basis. The McNabb era won't last forever. Give Donovan a running game to work with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sound_n_Fury Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 This is from today's TMQ: Philadelphia: If published reports are to be believed, the Eagles passed on trading a third-round draft pick for running back Travis Henry in order to draft running back Ryan Moats. First, Henry is a power back, what the Eagles desperately need, while Moats is a scatback third-down type, the kind of player Philadelphia has too many of already. Second, Henry is an established talent, while Moats is a rookie question mark. Third, rumor had it Philadelphia shied from Henry because of his fumble stats -- one fumble every 46 touches, worse than the NFL running-back average of about one per 60 touches. But Moats fumbled 16 times in his two years as a college upperclassman, dropping the rock once every 33 touches, a red-alert fumble rate. All this is yet more evidence Philadelphia just doesn't get it. You cannot win the Super Bowl without a running game. Please Eagles, find someone who can drag tacklers forward five yards on a consistent basis. The McNabb era won't last forever. Give Donovan a running game to work with! 319371[/snapback] This is the kind of arcane stat work that Easterbrook does better than anybody else. What's funniest about it, however, is that he's not a sportswriter by trade.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 This is the kind of arcane stat work that Easterbrook does better than anybody else. What's funniest about it, however, is that he's not a sportswriter by trade.... 319381[/snapback] That's probably precisely why he does it so well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sound_n_Fury Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Humm...sound familiar to a situation close to OBD? Washington: The Redskins were forced to use the ninth pick overall on a cornerback to replace Fred Smoot, whom they were forced to let go due to salary-cap problems caused by their trade of Laveranues Coles, who forced the Redskins to trade him by threatening to hold his breath till he turned blue. Boy, Washington could have benefited from an ego cap on this one. What struck yours truly, and must have outraged the football gods, is how Joe Gibbs caved in to Coles' hissy fit. In the old days, if a player was whining in public, Gibbs would have told him to shut up and go do his job. Instead, in touchy-feely 2005, Gibbs twice met with Coles to attempt to persuade the gentleman to please, please, pretty please do his job. Maybe they should have attended encounter therapy together then had herbal tea and a Thai message. Gibbs even issued a complex statement about how he had reviewed the season's game film and determined that Redskins' quarterbacks looked first at Coles more than they looked first at anyone else. Gibbs seemed to hope this would placate the operatic (me-me-me-me-me) Coles. Coach, just tell the guy to shut up and do his job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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