AFC and NFC Championship games

AFC
This game is the Steeler and the Jets. I like both teams. The Steelers have a great defense, but so do the Jets. I think I might take Big Ben over Sanchez just because Ben has more experience. There is part of me that is saying that the Steelers are going to win without a problem, then again there is part of me saying that the Jets beat the Patriots, who says they will stop now. This is a very tough decision. Both teams are very good and deserve to be their. This game could go either way. I think the Jets spent a lot of their energy game planning for the Patriots. They have been planning for them probably since they knew they were in the playoffs. So I think the Jets might not be well prepared for this. I originally trusted my gut to say that the Jets would win, but as I wrote that little bit I got to thinking that the Steelers are probably going to win this game. I'm going to pick Steelers 24 Jets 17.
NFC
I think everyone knows who I'm going to pick in this matchup. I'm going to pick the Bears, but not just because I am a Bears fan, I have serious reasons. The Bears can beat the Packers. The Bears could have beat them week 17 when we had nothing to play for and the Packers had nothing to play for. Our defense can and has stopped Aaron Rodgers while he is hot as well as other quarterbacks. Our special teams will hopefully step up and our running game has to be good. I believe we can do it. I have this huge feeling that February 7th the Bears will be the Super Bowl champions.

Da Bears. Why they will be in the Super Bowl.

I have a great feeling that the Bears will make it to the Super Bowl this year. I'm also not just some crazy Bears fan who is dreaming of this. I have logical reasons why I think this.
The Bears are playing the Seahawks. That's right the team that finished 7-9 this season. Yes I know that they beat the Saints last week. I know that. I watched the game. Just because they beat the Saints doesn't mean we will lose too. The Saints had a bad defensive day. There is no way that our defense does that. They will step it up because its the playoffs. We are going to destroy the Seahawks. I would love to see a blowout. I have a feeling that we might see that. So then we move on to play probably the packers.
Playing the Packers is going to be a tough game. I have a feeling we will win this game because we have beat them this year at Soldier field. That was before the Bears had their breakthrough. Watching the game last week I thought they could have tried harder at the end to win, but they didn't. The Bears are built to beat the Packers. Our defense knows how to stop them. Our offense does get stopped but as long as they score less than we do we win. I think we can win this game. Winning two games and one of them against a team without a winning record. Yes it sounds reasonable.

Bears: Looking back at the season

The Bears just finished their season about an hour ago. They ended it on a bad note, but also a good note in a way. They lost to the Green Bay Packers, but the good part was that they weren't going to back down just because they had already sealed the 2nd seed and after the falcons won could not get the 1st seed. They wanted to beat the Packers it would have been a better story if they would have won, but that's all right. They played hard and only a couple people got hurt and they are minor injuries. This was a good risk to take because if they would have won the fans would have loved it and I think the fans loved it either way. But, lets move on to the rest of the season. I will start from the beginning.
Week 1
The Bears were playing the Lions in this game. With a 0-4 pre-season I was a little doubtful about whether the Bears would win or not, especially because it was looking like Detroit was starting to build a pretty good team. I was on the road during the time of this game, so I was listening on the radio. I didn't quite get the full experience but I found myself saying yes and no and come on about half of the ride. I remember that the Bears scored with only like one minute left and then the Lions marched right on down the field and they threw a pass to Calvin Johnson and it was complete, no wait it was incomplete. Then there was a review and the refs said that there was this rule that you have to be able to come up from the catch and hand the ball to the ref and Johnson apparently could not do that. The Bears got lucky and left that game with a win. Already the Bears were starting a controversy about themselves.
Week 2
I remember going into this game praying that the Bears might get lucky and actually win. I was not impressed at all with the way they played against Detroit, so I thought they had no chance to beat the Cowboys. They went into that game and they won it. They were undefeated. I know a lot of Cowboy fans kept saying that the Cowboys beat themselves not the Bears, but the Bears played one of their best games of the year and they flatout won. By that time I was super happy that the Bears had not lost yet. Seeing they lost all their preseason games this was huge to beat a team that was supposed to be one of the best in the league this year.
Week 3
Both teams entered undefeated. It was the greatest rivalry in sports at its best. Each team fighting for an early lead over the NFC North. The Bears didn't start very well and they played kind of sloppy, but the Packers played worse. They had 19 penalties and if a team wins with that many penalties the other team has some problems. This is the game that surprised me even more than when I found out that the Bears beat the Cowboys. This meant we beat the Packers, remained undefeated, and lead the NFC North. Those are all really good things for a football team that was predicted last in some polls.
Week 4
Enter the sloppiness and the bad stretch. Jay Cutler was sacked way too many times and was eventually knocked out of the game with a concussion. I was excited about this game at the start because I was hoping the Bears would continue to be undefeated. They did not and they lost. This was probably one of their worst games this season. This was the first game where the terrible offensive line was exposed. Some of the players were just letting guys threw or that's what it looked like. The Bears looked like they were in trouble.
Week 5
Todd Collins was forced to start this game because of Jay Cutler's concussion. Let me tell you I have not seen anyone play the quarterback position worse than he did in that game. Yet, the Panthers are awful and we are lucky the one week we didn't have Cutler we were playing them. We got away with a win, and got ready for the next week against another "easy" opponent.
Week 6
The Bears were playing the Seahawks in this game and they figured this was going to be another easy win. We went in with the wrong attitude and we lost. This was our down time in the season, we were looking bad and we lost this game even though we should have won. We could beat this team. Our offensive line looked bad again and our offense all-together looked bad. We were a lost team. Our defense and special teams were the only things giving us any points. We needed a win and we were playing another team we should have beat.
Week 7
We played the Redskins in this game and we should have won. I don't even mean that in we should have played better and actually won. I mean that if Lovie would have challenged that one Jay Cutler play we would have won this game. Lovie decided not to and talks of him being fired came up again because apparently that is bad decision making. I agree. This is a game we could have and should have won and yet we were finding a way to lose. After the bye week we would find our way to win, instead of lose and fixed many of our problems.
Week 8
Bye Week.
Week 9
In this game we played the Bills. They are another one of those easy teams. Fans were hoping the Bears wouldn't lose to another low grade team. The Bears came out of their bye week looking good. The offensive line looked a lot better. They were running the ball more, which took a lot of pressure off of Jay Cutler and the offense ran well. They still weren't ready to face high caliber teams, but they were getting better. This game started a 5 game win streak that helped lead us to winning the NFC North and to being the number 2 seed.
Week 10
This game was against the Vikings. I remember watching this game and almost everything was going right. During Bears games I often get stressed out, but this was one of the few where everything ran smoothly. This was the game where I thought the true Bears that are in the Playoffs now came out. The offense ran better than it ever had before and the defense was staying tough against a great quarterback and running back.
Week 11
We played the Dolphins this week and we got lucky some people say that we played their third string. I would agree with that, but we still had to go there and play. We had to win that game regardless of who their quarterback was and we did it. This was another good sign and a good week. People could really see the offense come together and the defense was the constant in all of this. They stayed tough and helped the Bears win a lot of their games this season.
Week 12
The defining game. This was the game where people actually took us seriously and found out that we could beat big teams. The Eagles were hot. Michael Vick was playing like an MVP and they were one of the best teams in the NFC at the time. The Bears went into this game and flat out outplayed them. Jay Cutler outplayed Michael Vick. The defense was huge and made a great game winning play when they intercepted Michael Vick's pass near the end zone. After this the Bears weren't a team that kept getting lucky and winning, we were a real contender.
Week 13
A rematch with the Lions. We knew they might be playing with a little revenge on their minds because they actually deserved to win the first game. We were the hot team now and we went in and beat the struggling Lions. This wasn't a monumental win, it was just the Bears taking care of business again. The next week would be the hardest of them all.
Week 14
This is a game I don't even want to talk about. It was freezing cold and their was snow and we got manhandled by Brady and their offense. Our defense looked terrible. They were on their heels the whole game. They disappointed a lot of people in Chicago who were looking for another win over a heavyweight team. It didn't happen and exposed more issues.
Week 15
If the Bears thought that the last week was cold and snowy they were in for a treat. This week they had to play the Vikings outdoors in the middle of a blizzard almost. It was terrible conditions, but the field was taken care of well and the Bears played better than the Vikings did. Cory Wooton took down Favre early in the game and we found out this week that this blow was the blow that ended Brett Favre's career.
Week 16
Now we were playing another power team from the AFC East and we weren't going to let what happened to us last time happen again. This game the tables were turned. The offense played very well, but the defense did not play well at all. The thing about this game is that it showed us that when one side of the ball doesn't play well the other one steps up. Most of the season the defense was stepping up for the offense, but in this game the offense stood up for the defense. It also proved that we could actually win a game at home.
Week 17
I already talked about this week so I will make it short and sweet. I like the fact that starters played the whole game. It showed that the Chicago Bears never give up and they never stop fighting just because they have nothing to fight for. We weren't going to lose that game because we didn't try. We were going to try and however it turned out we were okay with that.

Overall I'd say this was a great year for the Bears. A lot of players hit huge milestones and the team hit a huge milestone. We are back in the playoffs for the first time since we went to the Super Bowl. We are doing a lot of things right, but during our bye week we have a lot to work on and I think we will. We are going to go into the playoffs prepared and hopefully win our first game and be in the NFC Championship game.

Thanksgiving and the Bears

First of all I want to say Happy Thanksgiving because I won't be posting a blog when it actually is thanksgiving, tomorrow, in case you are calendar deficient. I am also going to preview the Bears game this sunday. It will be a tough game and no doubt it will be very close. So lets get at it. (very interesting wording)
Lets start with the bad thing for the Bears, the offense. Cutler has been playing well recently. He is playing smart and making really good decisions. Yet, he might crack because they are playing a tough team. Cutler is a very unique player in that he needs confidence or he throws interceptions, but if he has too much confidence he will make a mistake. He needs to find that perfect balance in order to be good. And for parts of the game against the Vikings and Dolphins he found that balance and that is why he played really good at those times. Forte and Taylor have become a bit of a dynamic duo and together have built a pretty good running game. We have built a pretty good offense as long as everyone plays as well as they can. This doesn't have to be our weak-point but so far this year it has.
Now the good thing the Bears defense. They have been really good this year. They played really well on thursday against the Dolphins. Peppers was a beast with 3 sacks and the defense had 6 sacks overall. That may have been because the Dolphins offensive line isn't the best, but the Bears pressure is still very good. We have had many interceptions in the past two weeks also, I'm too lazy to look up the stats, but I know they are good. They will be playing a very explosive player in Vick, so lets get into that.
The eagles offense will be hard to face. Vick has had a great season so far after missing three of the games. He had a great game two weeks ago and there is a chance that he could have another game like that. Like I said before our defense is good, but no matter what you do with your defense he will attack it a different way. The thing that makes Vick really good is that if your defense tries to stop him from running he will throw really well and if you try to stop him from throwing he will run on you. He is a great player and he is back. The Bears can stop him if they don't try to necessarily stop one aspect but try to stop both.
The eagles defense is a defense that I don't really know anything about. I know they are a pretty good defense. I don't know if they are good enough to get Cutler off his really good track, but they will make it tough. They might make it tough for forte and taylor to run the ball well, I'm not sure. This is the thing that I will need to pay attention to the most when I watch the game and this could make or break the game.
After looking at all this I'm going to be a homer and say the Bears win. But, if they give up the game they will lose. They could easily lose this game. The eagles are a good team and if we don't take them seriously they will beat the pants off of us. With a win this week people might take the Bears seriously for the first time this year. Bear Down.

Scary Situations in the NFL

Since it is Halloween I thought that I would write about something related to that. I am going to do the scary situations for certain teams right now in the NFL. There are about 3 teams that are having a very scary year and I will go over each of them, so here we go.
Chargers
This is probably one of the most talked about blowups of the year. We knew the Bengals might not work out and the other team was unexpected, too. They have a great quarterback who is an awesome leader, but their offense needs those key receivers like Vincent Jackson who held out and now can't play until week 12. Gates can't carry the team and be the only receiver available and he is a tight end. Their defense has been lacking. I haven't heard anything of Shawn Merriman this year. This year just started bad with that loss to the Chiefs and just continued to go downhill they have comeback a little because they are now 3-5. Still a very scary situation in San Diego.
Bengals
This is the team that we kind of expected to win and kind of expected to lose. With T.O and Ochocinco on that team, we didn't think they would have much chemisty, which they actually do. The whole team except for Palmer and Shipley is a bunch of convicts that nobody else wanted. Did we really think they were going to have a successful season? I guess some people did, because they are surprised at how bad the Bengals are playing they are 2-5 and everybody thought they would be 5-2 or a little worse. This is quite the scary situation for anybody in Cincinnati that likes the Bengals.
Cowboys
This is the team a lot of people thought would do really good things this year. They thought they had a great offense and a defense that could keep them in games. Now we see them at 1-5 and just beating themselves every single game. They can't win because they commit too many penalties. I think they would be a great team if they had better coaching. Their one weakpoint? Wade Phillips I just hate him as a coach and think he sucks. They should fire him. I don't know why they haven't already. This is a team that could do great things. I think the one thing people forgot about when they ranked this team at the beginning of the year. They forgot that their coach is terrible and that penalties can lose games for teams. All these penalties put the Cowboys in a scary situation.

AFC West Predictions

Broncos
This team has a bit of a problem at quarterback. But its not the usual problem that they don't have a good quarterback. I think they have 3 quarterbacks who are in that average area as a QB so now they have to decide who they are going to go with. Orton had a plenty good season last year, but that was with Brandon Marshall. Now he is gone. And he has taken a shot because Josh McDaniels basically staked his career on another QB. That helps out Tebow, but even if they end up starting Orton he has taken a shot and probably won't play as good cause they don't have Marshall. He was their guy last year and now he is gone. The QB has become the most important position lately and I just don't think this team has that quarterback. They have good ones, but not great. They go 7-9.
Chiefs
They think they are good because they have Matt Kassel, but the truth is that just like Brady Kassel was good with the Patriots because they have a good rest of the team. Now that he is with the Chiefs he hasn't really been on the radar. They also think they are going to be good because they have Thomas Jones. I personally have experienced the ups and downs of Thomas Jones when he was playing for the Bears. There were seasons when I thought he was one of the best in the league and other times when I wished he was off our team. I think the whole negative vibe that is kind of hanging around the Chiefs organization will probably end bad for Jones. So I think they go 6-10.
Raiders
Everyone laughs when you even talk about the Raiders and their chances. But I think they have a much better season this year. (Yes, I know the totally crazy Al Michaels has compared both Russel and Campbell to Plunkett but I think Campbell might work)It is obvious that they have a better leader or just quarterback period this year. So that might lead to more wins. They still don't have a playoff caliber team, but they will get more wins. Last year they went 5-11. I think the addition of Campbell and the getting rid of Russel will add on about 2 wins. So that means in my mind they go 7-9. But I sound crazy saying that.
Chargers
Easy favorite to win this division. They have always had a good team that just couldn't get it done in the postseason. I just always think back to that 14-2 year that they didn't even get to the AFC championship game. I think this year could be the year that they have a not so good regular season and maybe succeed in the postseason. They really don't need to win more than 8 or 9 games to win this division. But that shouldn't be in their mind that they are going to easily win this division. They should go out to every game like they are fighting for the division and I think that will lead to good things. I think they might go somewhere around 10-6 maybe 11-5 if they get V. Jackson back.

(this is by far the easiest division for any team to be in. If a team has a even season they still might win. It would be kind of funny to see a team without a winning record win their division, while there are possibly 3 teams in the NFC north who can win it.)

NFC South Predictions

Falcons
The Falcons have a really good quarterback. He was very good as a rookie, really really good in his second year. I expect this year will be much better. He has good receivers and one of the best Tight Ends to play the game. So I think with his team equipped like it is and the fact that each year he gets better, they will have a really good offense. They have an average defense, but with the offense they have I think it won't matter that their defense is not the best. They have something to fight for because they should have made the playoffs last year but they didn't and they should be shooting for that this year. But they have to take it one game at a time in order to do that. I think they end up with a record of somewhere around 10-6 maybe one win less.
Panthers
This year will be better than last year. Jake Delhomme had his worst season by far. They traded him. They got Matt Moore who is a good quarterback and they have a good rookie in Jimmy Clausen. From what I saw in the preseason I think he will be a very good quarterback, but I'm not sure how much he will actually play this year. I think the more he plays the better the team will be. Its not that I don't think Moore isn't good I just think that Clausen has done very well. So because they have a new quarterback and they already had a good team. So I think they go 8-8 if they are lucky.
Buccaneers
This team had a bad start last year. They got their first win against a very good packers team. So i think they have the potential to win games. They just need the motivation to win these games. They are a good team with a few faults. I havn't really payed much attention to this team, so I don't have much to say about this team. My prediction is probably going to be wrong, but thats expected every once and a while. Even from me. So I think they end up going somwhere around 7-9 maybe or 6-10. Still not sure.

NFL Final Four

In this blog I will explain what I think will happen to each of the four teams that were left at the end of the playoffs last year. this should be interesting because all four of these teams are expected to do well again this year.
Jets
The Jets have already been expected to be really good this year. But, can you remember back to why they got to the AFC Championship game. If the Colts hadn't decided to give up on the perfect season, they would have lost that game and ended up probably not going to the playoffs. But, the Colts decided that they would save their players for the playoffs. Then the Jets go into the playoffs and get onto a roll and get lucky that they get to play the Colts in the AFC championship game. Then the Colts beat them like they are expected to. So the Jets really just got hot at the right time and ended up being lucky that the Colts gave up. Now I'm not saying they aren't a good team. This year I think they have everything they need. Sanchez was too young last year to be a great QB. This year they have one of the best defenses in the league. Now Sanchez has a whole year under his belt. They have added a couple really good receivers and LT. Now I think they can be a good team. But, the thing that will still carry the team is the defense. And the main person in that defense is Darrel Revis. And right now he is not with the team, so they won't have as good a defense, which in turn will out them not having as good a year. I also think that the fans and media members have put too much pressure on them just because they made it last year. Now they have to deal with being one of the favorite teams in the AFC East and in the AFC period. That might mean that the pressure could get to them and they don't have nearly as good a year as expected.
Vikings
The Vikings were not just lucky to get to the NFC Championship. They definitely deserved getting there. Brett Favre had probably the best season of his career. He threw for touchdowns and yards. And he also threw the least amount of interceptions in one year in his career. It was unfortunate that they had to run into the Saints and a defense that just ripped Brett Favre to shreds. That game almost made Brett Favre not come back this year. Now Favre is back. He will make his first start in their preseason game this weekend. It will be interesting to see if that ankle bothers him more when he is actually in the game, or if it won't be too much of a problem. Now that Brett Favre is back, many Vikings fans are hoping that they will go back to the NFC Championship game, or at least get to the playoffs and win their division. I think this is a reasonable expectation. I think myself that they will get to the playoffs and win their division. I don't like to say that because the Bears are in that division, but its true. Some people are saying that because they got to the NFC Championship, but lost that will put them down and they won't have just as good a year as they did last year. There is no way that Brett Favre will be able to match or do better than what he did last year. So this team might not be as good. Peterson seems to be fumbling more and more as the years pass by in the NFL. So this team might not be as much of super bowl contenders, but they still have a chance. So in the end I think they will get to the playoffs and lose in the first game.
Colts
The Colts have one thing going for them. And that one thing is Peyton Manning. The smartest QB to ever play. He knows the game so well. He is a great controller and is the perfect leader for this veteran team. They have a great receiving core that has been with manning for years and good running to set off the defense. Last year it was upsetting that they lost in the Super Bowl. I and most people expected them to win. And it was a close one. The most surprising thing was that Manning threw an interception to lose the game. Manning is the one guy who you wouldn't expect to make the mistake. And yet he was the guy who did it. I think this team will want to make up for that this year. They will have another great season like they did last year, but I think this year they might get it done. I think they have a good chance to win the super bowl. And I hope they do, Manning deserves to have two super bowl rings. And I think he will get that second one this year. As long as its not against the Bears again.
Saints
The Saints worry me. They have most of the same players that won the super bowl, which is good. They have a great QB in Drew Brees, but he is going to get injured. He might not necessarily miss games, but he will get injured. He is on the cover of Madden, so something will happen to him. And that has to be in the back of Saints fans minds. That has got to in sue major paranoia into many people close to the Saints. I do think that this is a good team, but I don't think that they will win the super bowl again. I don't they will make it back to the NFC Championship game. Even though most of the players say that winning the super bowl and that it will be hard to get back and to win again isn't in their mind before they take the field, it really is, because no matter what they say they will always think about that. I think that because of this they might not have the season that their fans expect. I went to New Orleans recently. And it was Saints Mania. Now all those fans who finally had hope, because the saints finally won a super bowl, are going to be disappointed. I think they will win their division, but I don' think they make it past the first round.

So this may be a season that is not expected for these four teams, but we are going to have to wait and see. The preseason will tell us nothing. When we get to around week 10, then we will know if these predictions are correct or if they are totally wrong and all four of these teams are insanely good.

Tebow.

If there was one thing that Tim Tebow wanted the most out of his rookie season was that he didn't miss a day of practice. That happened and I think Tebow was very upset about that. Because he was so upset he made sure that deal happened today. He wasn't going to miss another day. If people think that he has changed or something because he is pro and now he is holding out, that is not true. It is hard to make contracts and for both sides to agree on everything in it. It's not just what it sounds like. We are going to give you this much money over this many years and sign. That's not the only thing involved. There are many other technical things. Even Tebow understood there was this but he was pretty upset about how long it was taking to work it out. To add to the problem Josh McDaniels lashed out at him a little, saying that when you miss even one day of practice there is so many things that you miss learning. He said that as a young quarterback new to the system he needs to be at every practice. Basically he is blaming Tebow. This isn't Tebow's fault. You're telling me that you think that Tim Tebow didn't do everything he could to get out on that field for the first practice. He wanted that so bad. Now he doesn't have it so don't yell at him he is already upset. Now you might be saying well he signed today anyway so it doesn't matter anymore. Tim Tebow is a guy with great confidence and has leadership and everything else that it takes to be a quarterback. There is one thing that he lacks. He needs to work on mechanics. He is going to work as hard as he can work his arm without it falling off. He wants to be an NFL quarterback so bad it hurts, so let him do that. Yes, he missed practice he was still working out at home and working on his throwing motion. Even when Tebow might miss a practice, trust me he is still practicing, because he knows that he has so much more to work on. That is why Tebow is going to be a good quarterback and that is why people just seem to like him. He is one of the most like-able guys there is because he has so much respect for everybody and all he wants to do is play and improve. You better believe that he will be carrying somebody's shoulder pads when he reports tomorrow and not complaining.

Headlines!

First I want to say that I am writing this because there was so much that was worth writing about in the headlines today so I'm gonna touch em all.
Last night Matt Garza threw a no-hitter. It was the 5Th no no this year. It should have been the 6Th, but we won't bring up that Gallaraga thing again. It was a typical no-hitter. It wasn't like the terrible no-hitter that Edwin Jackson got. It was legit lights out pitching. Maybe this is what the Rays needed to get a spark to push and beat the Yankees in the division. The thing that is just odd is that all the no-hitters except for Halladay and Jimenez were by pitchers who were relatively unknown up until that point. But mostly I am writing this little section just to say Congrats to Matt Garza on a no-hitter.

It seems like everyday some kind of source says that T.O is going to go to a certain place. Yesterday it was the Rams which was the stupidest idea ever. Today its the Jets which is almost as stupid. In both situations there is a young quarterback that will probably lose all self esteem because of T.O. Even worse in New York Mark Sanchez has already shown he is shaky. Getting T.O is not going to help. I think that the perfect fit is with the Vikings. They obviously don't agree with me because they are not going after him. He will end up in Cincinnati that is my ultimate prediction. But its not like that is the smartest idea ever. It just seems like wherever T.O goes there is going to be something bad.

Recently we have heard Jeff Fisher talk about Lane Kiffen and get mad at him. Saying that there are certain rules that must be followed. The reason that Fisher said this. Lane Kiffen looked at and hired one of Fisher's coordinators without even telling Fisher that they were looking around at him. You are supposed to tell him so that he can find somebody to cover if that guy leaves. He doesn't want to end up one day with the coordinator and the next day have him gone. Now the Titans have made more of a push. They are going to sue Kiffen and USC for just stealing their coach. Its not something to be taken lightly. This is the kind of thing that we expected Lane Kiffen would do eventually. So far the year was going well he wasn't making any unrealistic predictions, wasn't claiming other coaches had recruiting violations. Overall the year was quiet until this surfaced. Now we see that Kiffen is the same Kiffen that he always was. He is so arrogant. He has a head the size of Alaska. If he just doesn't try to make headlines and think he is something special so he can do whatever he wants he is going to continue to be hated.

The final story of this blog is about Chris Paul. Recently there were trade rumors. He wanted to be anywhere but New Orleans before the beginning of the season. Then he has a meeting with the owner GM and coach. He comes out and says that he wants to stay in New Orleans as long as possible. The other people in the meeting say that he didn't even ask for a trade in the meeting. Apparently Paul was pleased with the way that they wanted the team to head. Could this mean that the Hornets are going to make some big moves this summer or next summer? I guess that's a possibility. But really when you think about it. What is Paul supposed to say when he asked. Is he supposed to be like ya i want a trade this place sucks. So I think that Paul might still get traded and I think that if he doesn't don't act surprised when the hornets sign a couple really good players and start to make a team out of themselves.

Dez Bryant doesn't carry pads. OH NO!

Recently a story has been a little blown out of proportion. But since I have nothing else important to write about I will comment on this. At first when I saw this I was on the side of Dez Bryant. Then, I went a little deeper and found out more than just what the headline said. First it just said that he wouldn't carry Roy Williams pads. I wouldn't carry the pads of some veteran at my position that I was competing with either. I would if I had no chance of getting that job, but if I was competing for the same job that it basically Roy Williams saying I'm going to win this competition because I am a veteran and you are a rookie, never forget that. Then I found out that Dez said he wouldn't carry any other veterans pads. Then I didn't agree with him anymore. I can understand if you are competing with someone you don't want to be treated by dirt by the other person. But in the NFL when you are a rookie the veterans are going to haze you because they were once hazed. Its a continuous cycle. Someday Dez Bryant might ask a rookie to carry his pads. When he does that we might have to bring this little incident up. I would carry the pads of a guy who is a veteran if he isn't playing the same position as me. There are a few exceptions though. Such as I get drafted to the Colts hypothetically and I'm behind Peyton Manning and he asks me to carry his pads. I would carry them because it would be an honor to carry them. If I were Dez I would say no to Roy and go grab a lineman's pads to show his appreciation but also to send Roy a message saying that he isn't going to back down just because he is a rookie and Roy is a veteran.

Another bust in NCAA

About a month or so ago, USC was busted for giving Reggi Bush a bunch of perks for playing with the team as well as he did. They got many penalties, but neither the coach, Pete Carrol, or the player, Bush, are with the team. This is punishing a team and players committed to the team for some mistake that people that are gone now did. Now Florida is possibly going to get busted for giving money to one of their players, but in this scenario the agent is the one giving money to the player. All because the NCAA decided to bust USC and they got a lot of problems. Now rival schools are telling on other schools so that they will get busted. Is it possible that every team does this? Its like steroids in baseball. At one point, almost every player did steroids. It was the thing to do. Now players getting payed and getting perks from the team that wants them the most. If you can get stuff for playing or if you can play for nothing, what would you choose? Its hard to be an honest player and person in the NCAA and the NFL. This might not be the end of teams getting busted for paying players.