NFL FOOTBALL RANT

Poolside Rants

So what? We (The Cowboys) dominated that game. Sometimes the best team doesn’t win in sports. Excuses are over the game was not as close as it ended up but the adrenaline rush and trash talking in the stands is worth more than an non-divisional win anyway. It was a good game and I have to give credit to the ‘Hawks for showing some of that fortitude they, well let’s be honest they never showed that fortitude before. Maybe this team is learning how to win those big games and not fold under the pressure. Time will tell but it was a good win…end.

Holt and Harrison lead the pack in my opinion when you get to the job of catching the ball and helping their teams win. They are clutch in a possession role and deliver big plays on a game-to-game basis. It doesn’t hurt that they are the consummate professional when it come to saying the right thing and understanding what team sports are all about. I can’t say enough about these two guys and how much I admire them as players. There are three guys that I want to rant on about next and it could get ugly because they are volatile and unpredictable. Of course you all know, the next three are the top three in most people’s lists at this point and they all top their own list of all-time great receivers in the NFL.

Let’s start with the good, move to the bad and get right down to the ugly. The good in this case is none other than everyone’s favorite Bengals superstar Chad Johnson. “Who covered 85 in 2005?” is the chart he has up in his locker and I ask, how funny is that? He is the river-dancing, Pepto sending wideout who comes up with his own nickname of 7-11 because he’s “open all night long”. Love him or hate him the guy has charisma, he oozes charisma. He talks smack but isn’t over the top insulting or demeaning to his opponents, he simply has a confidence in his abilities and is extremely creative in demonstrating that to the media and fans, as well as his opponents. I liked this guy before this season but I have followed him a bit closer and he is the real deal. If more pro athletes had a sense of humor and the good-nature of this guy we would never go to the movies, believe that. The guy is an intense competitor as was evidenced by his breakdown on an ESPN interview after the Bengals first loss. In the macho world of professional football this guy cared so much about the game and his team and how people would view them losing a game he lost control of his emotions…that’s real. Chad you have my respect and you are a terrific receiver with enough heart and intensity to help any team win. You are my first pick for WR when I get an NFL franchise.

The bad plays for the baddest team in football after a blockbuster deal last summer saw him don the Silver & Black of Raider Nation. Bad is no reflection of the Freak’s talent and don’t mistake me here I want to be clear. Randy Moss is the most talented football player in the NFL, he is unstoppable and un-scheme-able. He is the most disruptive force in pads on Sunday whether he is 80% or just doesn’t feel like playing or whatever, when he puts pads on the defensive game plan is a whole new plan to try and prevent his game changing big play ability. And it still doesn’t work, if this guy was on my team a full 50% of my plays would be getting him the ball, he is THAT good. His laissez-faire attitude prevents him from being the greatest athlete to play in the NFL, ever. I mean in a league known to have the stiffest drug testing regimens for professional leagues he comes out on a National interview and admits to smoking reefer/weed/ganja “during” the season. You could have just volunteered to be tested every week! Not very bright but I can respect his ‘keeping it real’ attitude and not being afraid of telling it like it is and not being ashamed of who he is. Individuality aside you are a superstar the kids idolize, man, you have got to take better care of your mouth and try to at least exude some professionalism and common sense. Making headlines is what he does but it is never a good thing and it’s a shame…but it gets worse when we move to the ugly.

UGLY=TO, Terrell Owens. He is quite possibly the cause of all human cancer. Studies should be performed on the man in the name of science to discover how cancer begins and how we might stop it. You have all heard the stories and know his antics, does anyone think for one second his ego is not the reason this man does anything? As much as Chad’s taunts are good-natured and in fun, TO has no such creativity always choosing to display his ego in the most vulgar, over-the-top, demeaning manner he could possibly derive. There is no creativity, it is a spiteful act designed only to draw attention to the show-stopper none other than himself. He has no idea of a team concept and is everything that is wrong with pro athletes in stereotypical fashion. All ego and money, everything and everyone else takes a back-seat or is dragged behind the bumper to his immense love of himself. I am not going to go so far as the psycho-analyze the guy but how dumb is a guy who plays a team sport for likely 25 years and still doesn’t get the concept of “team”. The guy is a good receiver and he makes great plays but you couldn’t pay me enough to take this guy…even in a fantasy draft. Winning is not that important to me. Did I just say that? Winning is everything to me and yet where TO is concerned not important enough to take him and his ego. Bashes his teammates and all for money and attention…that is the ugly in all humanity and it gets prime time coverage thanks to our buddy TO.

That rant drained me. I am surprised that I am not even having a “pop” right now or hanging with Randy trying to calm myself down but not even TO could make me curse on paper. Some days I am that good I amaze even myself, I suppose I just am not ready for the world to know it yet…all that pressure. I am going to change the timing of the rants and take advantage of the “juiced up” state I am in Sunday and Monday after the games so you will have all week to check it out and it will give me more ammo to fire out the rant. That’s it for this week, you got my takes on the skill positions that matter to fantasy geek and get the glory and the girls over the past few weeks and now the rants get random. Until I next impart my knowledge to you, have a good one y’all and I am back to the Pool. Later

Stay Tuned for next weeks article and get out there and nfl FOOTBALL bet on this weeks games......Mike P.