2006 May » Brats & Beer
May 23, 2006
It must be the dog days of the off season, because I’m thinking about punters. Specifically, I find myself rooting for Jon Ryan, the Canadian footballer Green Bay picked up in February to challenge BJ Sander. Ryan holds the CFL single-season record for punts with an average of 50.6 yards set last year. Of course, […]
May 14, 2006
I really wanted to post something uproariously funny about the fact that the Lions traded quarterback Joey Harrington to Miami, but despite the collective wisdom of several lagers consumed this evening, all I can come up with are these salient points:
Matt Millen drafted Joey Harrington in the first round
Matt Millen traded Joey Harrington for a […]
May 13, 2006
Onterrio “Mr. Whizzinator” Smith is getting back into football — in Canada. The former Vikings running back, who was suspended from the NFL last year for being a general dumbass, signed a two-year deal this week to play for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. You might think it a gamble for the Bombers to sign someone […]
May 12, 2006
Everyone, it seems is getting their due. Javon Walker, who was traded away to the Denver Broncos, finally got the “respect” (that’s what the kids are calling it these days) he’s been begging for: A five-year deal worth $40 million. Denver was smart, though, to add a clause to the contract that demands Walker be […]
May 9, 2006
Spotted a poll on NFL.com today about backup quarterbacks, which seems to suggest that even the league’s own Web minders are tired of slicing and dicing the draft and free agency and are ready for some real action already. Anyway, the question asked how certain free agent backups would fare on their new teams if […]
May 8, 2006
Missed this news in the run up to Packers minicamp, but Wisconsin fullback Matt Bernstein joined teammate Brian Calhoun in Detroit last week. Bernstein signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent in time to join the team’s rookie minicamp over the weekend. No word on the Lion’s Web site on how well he […]
May 7, 2006
More tidbits came out of the second day of minicamp in Green Bay, but the highlight was Brett Favre’s first press conference since deciding to return for his 16th season with the team. The half hour session with reporters can be summed up thusly:
I’ve decided to play, because I want to play, so I’m here […]
May 6, 2006
Well, well, well, the first minicamp started yesterday, and look who was in town: Captain Favrelous himself. See, if the coaches ask him to come to minicamp, he shows up. He might not like it, because that lawn down in Mississippi probably needs mowing, but if someone says, “Brett, we think you should come up […]
May 4, 2006
Ooh boy, looks like the Vikings have another potboiler of soap opera going on.
To bring you up to speed, someone at the Norsemen’s lair recently discovered that there were some inaccuracies on the resume of Fran Foley, the personnel guru they brought in this season from San Diego. Apparently he claimed that he was a […]
Despite her failed attempt to find happiness dating Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher (remember that ugly scene on MNF a couple years back?), it seems that socialite and Internet sex tape star Paris Hilton is giving it another go with a pro football player. She has apparently been spotted hanging around with newly drafted Cardinals […]