NFL Draft

The Draft Starts Tomorrow and will run through Saturday. I will not be able to comment on the proceedings as I will not be by anything that has internet (hallelujah!) But if Mr. Brown or you the kindly reader have any  thoughts on the goings on they go here.

Thursday Night Football: Chargers vs. Chiefs - The Ultimate Catch-22

Tonight, one of these two coaches will be gone by the end of the week: Will it be Romeo Crennel, the head coach of the Kansas City Cheifs, a team most pundits consider to be the worst in the NFL? Or will San Diego HC Norv Turner's head finally roll? I've been a long-time Chargers fan and I can safely say two things:  1.) That the Monday Night game vs. Denver and last week's road loss to Cleveland are the worst games I have ever seen played by Phillip Rivers and Co. Rivers self-destructed in the second half against Peyton Manning, a non-catch by Robert Meachem and an early fumble by RB Ryan Matthews burned San Diego last Sunday to the dismal Browns, coupled with a weak Offensive Line, a less-than explosive receiving core, and a terrible secondary (with the exception of S Eric Weddle)  have put San Diego in the shit at 3-4. 2.) O hope San Diego wins tonight. I might not care for Turner (hell, I thought it was the height of stupidity for General Manager AJ Smith to fire Marty Schottenheimer after a 14-2 season), but I don't have it in me to root for my home team to lose and have the head coach get bounced out on his ass. Yes, Norv Turner isn't a  head coach in the NFL - he's more of an Offensive Coordinator and he's damn good at what he did with Troy Aikman and the Cowbows offense when they won back-to-back Super Bowl titles in '92 and '93. But I won't cheer for a Chiefs victory, just to spite Norv. On the flip side, should the Chargers win, Norv saves his job for another week and chances are Crennel gets canned, and fans aren't too happy with Romeo either.  Tonight, we'll see who's left standing moving forward.

NFL Week 1 Thread

Discuss the games from Week 1 here. Glad to have football back on the tube.

In Non-DNC Coverage today...

Football is back!!!! Romo and the Cowboys vs. Eli and the Super Bowl champs New York Giants open up the 2012 season in the NFL. My San Diego Chargers open up the season on the road, playing our division rivals, the Oakland Raiders on Monday Night Football. The Count's Lions begin their 2012 campaign at home vs. the Rams on Sunday.

RIP Junior Seau.

I don't normally believe in curses but Seau is the 8th player from this team to pass away.Very sad indeed.

Edit by Jonathan: Today, and in the days to come, the flag of Chargers Nation will be at half mast to honor and mourn, arguably, the greatest player this team has ever known. A huge loss to the Seau family, the San Diego sports scene and football.





NFL Draft 2012 Day 2.

Rounds 2 and 3. All thoughts and reactions go here.

NFL Draft 2012 Day 1.

Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, etc... all thoughts on the draft go here.

The Cleveland Browns give up 3 draft picks to the Minnesota Vikings to move from the 4th pick to the third pick. 3 draft picks to move up 1 slot seems a bit excessive to me.

Try to hold your shock...the first pick for the Colts is Andrew Luck.

1	Colts	Andrew Luck	QB
2	Redskins	Robert Griffin III	QB
3	Browns	Trent Richardson	RB
4	Vikings	Matt Kalil	OT
5	Jaguars	Justin Blackmon	WR
6	Cowboys	Morris Claiborne	CB
7	Buccaneers	Mark Barron	SS
8	Dolphins	Ryan Tannehill	QB
9	Panthers	Luke Kuechly	ILB
10	Bills	Stephon Gilmore	CB
11	Chiefs	Dontari Poe	DT
12	Eagles	Fletcher Cox	DT
13	Cardinals	Michael Floyd	WR
14	Rams	Michael Brockers	DT
15	Seahawks	Bruce Irvin	DE
16	Jets	Quinton Coples	DE
17	Bengals	Dre Kirkpatrick	CB
18	Chargers	Melvin Ingram	DE
19	Bears	Shea McClellin	DE
20	Titans	Kendall Wright	WR
21	Patriots	Chandler Jones	DE
22	Browns	Brandon Weeden	QB
23	Lions	Riley Reiff	OT
24	Steelers	David DeCastro	G
25	Patriots	Dont'a Hightower	ILB
26	Texans	Whitney Mercilus	DE
27	Bengals	Kevin Zeitler	G
28	Packers	Nick Perry	DE
29	Vikings	Harrison Smith	FS
30	49ers	A.J. Jenkins	WR
31	Buccaneers	Doug Martin	RB
32	Giants	David Wilson	RB

"The Worldwide Leader In Sports" takes a huge step backward

Remember a while back when the Count said about LeBron James and "The Decision" on ESPN where this was the point of no return for us all, with "King" James and his overblown ego taking out a one hour special to announce whether or not he's staying with the Cavs? Remember when I said that the Count was wrong, that Justin Bieber releasing a concert movie was the tipping point?

Well, we were both wrong.

Monday was the tipping point, the point of no return for our country.

As you've heard by now, the Broncos have traded Tim Tebow to the New York Jets, in attempt to steal headlines from last year's Super Bowl champion New York Giants. The Jets actually held a press conference for a back up quarterback on that day - a feat which has never been done before. I thought that would be the worst of it. But ESPN2's co-host of First Take, Tebow-apologist, and all-around obnoxious sports analyst Skip Bayless managed to go one step further: whilst ESPN was covering the Tebow presser, they actually had a split screen of Skip Tweeting his thoughts and reactions to what was going on!!!!!

We've come to it, folks. Forget the current political and social issues of the day, we ain't comin' back from ESPN letting a egotistical loudmouth do the equivalent of pleasuring himself on national television, especially for a QB that is so inconsistent it makes one wonder just how in God's good name is he getting the kind of national coverage he's getting.

Tebow goes to the Big Apple

Here's my idea of the conversation that went on in the Jets' "war room" before today's big signing. Enjoy.

Jets GM: "Gentlemen, our football organization is in crisis: we are coming off a disappointing 8-8 regular season with no postseason appearance. Players are trash-talking each other, and some within the locker room opened up to the media, in confidence, that Mark Sanchez isn't a good clubhouse leader. Oh, and last year's final regular season game vs. Miami was a fiasco. We need to bring in a player; someone who will be a good lock room kind of guy; the type of person who'll be able to contribute to the franchise. More importantly, someone who doesn't bring baggage, or bring anymore attention to our three-ringed circus that is the Jets' locker room. Anyone have any ideas?
Guy who raises hand emphatically: I know! Why don't we hire that mediocre, Jesus-freak QB that lost his job to Peyton Manning yesterday! He's good in the locker room, he'd be an excellent back-up replacement for Sanchez if he goes down, and he's virtually non-controversial!
Jets GM: Brilliant! He's a big-name star, he won't make out franchise look any more ridiculous than it already looks, and he doesn't bring crazy, foaming-at-the-mouth fans!

The only things missing here are the lizard-man, and the bearded lady from the traveling freak show (the circus already has it's fat man).

Edit from The Count

Come on Timmy Slide 'em right in there

Peyton Manning Picks The Denver Broncos Ends The Tim Tebow Era

Tim Tebow Plays Real Team...Fails Badly

Playing a team that was either good or playing with their first string QB for only the second time Tim Tebow's Denver Broncos were blown out 41-23. Just like they were the only other time they have played a good team at full strength. The best play had to be Tebow's world class sack for 29 yards. The good news for the Tebowners of the world? The next two weeks the Broncos play the Bills and the Chiefs. So after 17-16 wins over those world class teams you can continue to sell your fraud to the world.

My Final "Take" On Hank Jr.

Honestly I don't think Jr. should lose his MNF gig over what he said about the President. Don't get me wrong I hate that damn opening. Not because JR is a racist idiot but because it's the most unnecessary and obnoxious 2 minutes on TV every week. Well not counting reality shows I guess. But I have been muting him out or turning the channel when he starts screaming for years and honestly I can continue to do so.

Also keep in mind this is not a candidate for MENSA we are talking about. That beard is cosmetic he has to wear it to hide the damage he did to his face when he got drunk and fell of a cliff in Montana. There is a reason he is God to unwashed, uneducated rednecks everywhere.

And yes his politics suck and for the better part of 40 years so has his music but I can't sit here and call him a talentless bum because his politics suck and he is just little bit dimmer than Forest Gump. The fact is before he found his fortune in the mid 1970's screaming redneck country-rock crap I actually think the guy had some good stuff.

So yeah let him scream ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? That's why God invented the mute button is it not? besides it's not like you can kill his career any more dead at this point than it all ready is right?

Thoughts On The NFL Draft.

Not really just thoughts on the Nebraska players that got drafted. I love how these "experts" always grade these drafts right away as if they have some crystal ball. I figure it takes 5 years to correctly judge a draft not 5 minutes. Still they have a job to do.

BTW note to College Football News. Brett Favre second best QB in NFL history? Really? Who wrote that shit Bob Peters? I was wondering what he's been to since his D.M. Borders folded.

Anyway:

Prince Amukamara 1st Round New York Giants. Prince had no interceptions last year but a huge reason for that is few teams threw at him last year. Another reason for that is he had about three touchdowns in his hands and dropped them. Needs to improve on hands and tackling but he's rarely taken advantage off. one exception was the Oklahoma State game and Justin Blackmon who had a huge game on Prince.

Roy Helu JR. 4th Round Washington Redskins. Had 307 yards rushing a school record against Missouri and finished as the 5th leading rusher in NU history. Has great athleticism and good speed. Injury prone and tends to go through slumps. has been very good off of the field.

Alex Henery 4th Round Philadelphia Eagles. Simply the best kicker I have ever seen on the college level. Clutch to boot. Made 57 yard field goal to ostensibly beat Colorado in 2008. Missed one extra point in 4 years missed one kick last year 51 yards blocked. Has missed 2 kicks under 50 yards in 4 years. Most accurate kicker in college football history.

Dejon Gomes 5th round Washington Redskins Playmaker at safety maybe too small to play safety in NFL and need to work on his DB skills. Possibly needs to improve as a tackler. Makes huge plays.

Niles Paul 5th Round Washington Redskins. Niles will make you stand up and shout his very name for all sorts of reasons. As I have said for the better part of 3 years you have special Niles and you have special Niles. He'll take a punt back a 100 yards one minute and fumble the next on the 10. He'll make spectacular catches and drop the easiest of throws. He's a big play guy but he's mistake prone. Doesn't handle crowd criticism well though he's had more here than he should have. Not a coincidence that Nebraska's offense shut down after he got hurt last year.

Kieth Williams 6th round Pittsburgh Steelers. Great run blocker Probably needs some pass blocking work. He's a Nebraska offensive lineman. Few have had great NFl careers because of that combination.

Eric Hagg 7th Round Cleveland Browns. This one shocked me. I thought Hagg would go much quicker than the 7th round. Big play guy. Was the MVP of the defense last year. Won 2009 Gator Bowl against Clemson and Iowa State game last year. had 95 yard punt return against Texas. Played a hybrid linebacker-Safety at Nebraska called a Peso back because coaches felt they had to have him and his play making abilities on the field.

Jonathan if you want to comment on NFL draft put your thoughts here.

Jeff Fisher Out In Tennessee

Anybody looking for a coach a pretty good one just came on the market.

An Editorial From The Count

Ed Hochuli Still Sucks

Meet Tim Tebow The Next Brett Favre

With Brett Favre's career finally coming to a crashing and ugly end the media needs their next creation. The next mediocre White QB they can turn in to the second coming of Jebus. And they've found him. Tim Tebow. Tebow was a media diva in College so much so that the term Tebowner was coined. Unless Tebow is absolutely terrible look for multiple pro bowls and many more Tebowners to to follow



The Next Brett Favre Tim Tebow.

Monday Football Real Time Thoughts

Yeah Favre is playing so Jaws and Chuckie get to blow him one last time and take a chance on their mouths freezing like that.

Man what would a Monday Night game be with Hank Williams Jr. screaming like a douche. Sure would like to find out.

Michelle you're looking good tonight girl.

Hey Frank Gifford. Is he still married to Kelly Ripa?

And here comes Ol Bocephus to scream. I got my dad's name my talent now is slight I'm fucking Sarah Palin while watchin' Monday Night.

Dammit Chicago tackle.

I've said this before Brett Favre is a horrible actor. Watch when he throws a bad pass he'll be hurt again but when he completes a pass he's dancing and shit.

Well that's a shitty start. Oh well keep it close let Favre lose it.

BTW Jen Sterger sure is moving well for being "injured"

Even though this is a meaningless game for Minnesota if they win the media will make it out to be the Super Bowl watch.

It's not going to count but just about the time they start to really lather Favre's testicles he throws a pick.

That pick counts bitches. Never fails. The Favre testicle washing followed by a crushing Favre interception.

Nice snap Minnesota! Great job ladies!

So are the refs going to win one last game for the old gunslinger tonight?

Oh nice coverage Minnesota! Is there a flag? Where's the flag?

I think Adrian Peterson is about to go rob a bank.

Christ almighty Bears tackle.

End of the first quarter and it's 10-7 Bears

Stuffed! Come on Minnesota if Brett is the ol' Gunslinger you should go for this.

what the fuck is that Cutler? Really?

So close to another soul crushing Favre turnover.

For fuck-sake Bears tackle.

UH OH Brett's dead. Brett's dead he's up and I'll bet he'll be back in unless he's is concussed.

I almost forgot how much Jay Cutler sucks.

Ok Brett has a concussion which I actually believe because his head bounced off the hard turf, however the way this game is going I think he would be about done anyway. He wouldn't stay out there with the Vikings getting pounded.

And the snow has turned to rain which will make the game even more dangerous.

Minnesota's offensive line might want to block somebody or they may have to go get Tommy Kramer out of rehab again.

I'm telling you right now you'll never see a spur of the moment game like this again at a cold weather site. Too dangerous. Totally different if it's a site where they play all the time and they can keep the field warm.

Fan on the field. Fan on the field.

Oh the vikings fans throwing snow balls. That's classy.

Nice pass Cutler.

RIP Steve Landesberg. Always love Barney Miller.



Joe Webb appears to be fine runner. Of course if he gets hurt...



Oh my bad that's Jack Webb.

Geez Webb has a rocket but it's knocked down 17-7 Chicago halftime.

Hey There's the ex Mr. Clair Huxtable. He left her for Michael Jordan.

Devon Hester returns the opening second half kickoff to the 6 yard line of Minnesota.

No Jay it's not a touchdown you threw it incomplete.

And Chicago couldn't go 6 yards. Jay Cutler is keeping this a close game.

20-7 Bears.

And Hester scores this time. Flag is on Minnesota. And Game over man Game over. 27-7 Chicago.

And Joe Webb says no it's not over. Nice run.



Is it me or do the Vikings have special teams issues?

There you go. Nice pick up on 3rd and 7. Points here would be huge for Chicago.

And Touchdown DA BEARS. 34-14 Chicago.

I think this one is in hand So I am gonna sign off. If anything major happens I'll comment.

BTW this game was turning towards the Bears when Sterger was playing however look for his testicle lickers to claim his injury made a difference.

On what Planet was Favre ever a great clutch performer other than planet Gruden or planet Ubernippy?

final score Bears 40 Vikings 14

Metrodome Roof Collapses

Bye Brad!

Song Of The Night If Your Watching Monday Night Foottball You'll Understand

Watch them come back now.