Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Vince Young will do fine in the NFL

Based on free agency and salary caps, let's face it: the NFL has gone downhill. That makes me even more certain that Vince Young will do well in the NFL. Aside from the intangibles that many QBs no longer have, or need in the NFL, he's got powerful athleticism that many don't have. The big question to me is: is he fast enough to avoid getting hit in the NFL? As much as he likes it in college, there are only a handful of QBs whose windows of opportunity weren't shortened just by playing the game. And of all of those, McNair might be the only mobile one. But I digress. The quality of the NFL product has gone downhill and the NFL QB has become just another interchangeable part. Vince can certainly fill that role, and excel. We need more NFL team leaders. It's what made the league great. and that's something that Vince DOES have.

Friday, February 03, 2006

What is it about the Super Bowl?

I'm a football fan. Even a Fantasy Football player. Recently I've becoming more of a college fan because professional athletes have no self-respect or understanding of their unique status. They used to be the idols of kids everywhere. No longer.

So tell me why I should care about the SB, aside from the occasional nudity?

The game is over-hyped, the halftime show is, at best, surreal.

And yet, we'll be going to a SB party where we'll all talk about the commercials and pay 20 bucks for a "square" in the pool. The game? Who's playing? Who cares?

The Super Bowl is slowly becoming, like the Oscars, the NFL's tribute to how great it thinks it is.