NFL - Are You Ready For Some Football?! - 08/09 Season

[SlowwHand]

I didn't like it when they got him, expecting the worst; but as you say, he's been no problem and has been productive.

[snoopy369]

I thought he was considered to be essentially entirely responsible for the first loss (WAS), because of demanding the ball more (when it was inappropriate to do so)?

[SlowwHand]

Not really. The Cowboys just sucked pretty uniformly.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Why would the Cowboys get rid of Owens. It seems like he's been pretty well behaved while in Dallas... and you can't argue with the production.

He's old. The production isn't going to be there soon.

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Lord Avalon

Freep THE TICKER
Dan Orlovsky's unkindest clip become popular real fast

Well, if his goal was to get on YouTube, the Lions' Dan Orlovsky did it.

By Monday evening, his safety dance at Minnesota -- when he wandered aimlessly out of the back of the end zone -- had gotten nearly 30,000 views. [Almost 58.7K now.]

The clip is titled "Dumbest QB Ever."

Elsewhere, Peter King of SI.com called it "one of the most idiotic single plays I've ever seen in 25 seasons covering the NFL. ... Alarmingly foolish, the kind of anti-basic-instinct play that makes you wonder whether the guy has any chance to be a professional quarterback."

That doesn't mean he can't be a Lions quarterback.

Granted, this made me laugh hard enough, but I'll laugh even harder if the Lions sign Joey Harrington.

[Lord Avalon]

I thought NO re-signed him to the practice squad?

[Supr49er]

Wonder if Andre Ware is willing to come back?

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Lord Avalon
I thought NO re-signed him to the practice squad?

You're right, and they even did it twice. He was signed, cut, re-signed, cut, and now re-signed again

[-Jrabbit]

Lastest Cowboys News:

1. Romo threw on the side yesterday and wants to play.
2. Doctors told him that would risk a displacement of the fracture, which would put him out for the season, rather than missing just 3 dames.

3. Adam Jones checked into an alcohol rehab facility on a 28-day program.
4. Dallas gave the Pacman security detail its walking papers, giving credence to the theory that Jones would not be welcomed back.

5. Roy Williams signed a long-term deal and will start this week, but with limited snaps until he learns the playbook.

[Grandpa Troll]

Chris Mims found dead

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Chris Mims, a former defensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers beset by legal problems, was found dead in his downtown apartment Wednesday. He was 38.

Authorities said there was no evidence of foul play.

Mims was discovered shortly before 9:30 a.m. by police officers conducting a welfare check, police said. The coroner's office declined to comment because Mims' relatives had not yet been notified.

Mims played eight seasons in the NFL, seven with the Chargers and one with the Washington Redskins. He retired in 2000, finishing with 42 sacks and 10 forced fumbles in 104 games.

The 6-foot-5 Mims battled weight problems and once referred to himself as the "Fat Doctor" because he often tipped the scales at more than 300 pounds.

Mims was drafted out of Tennessee in the first round by San Diego in 1992. He had a career-high 11 sacks when the Chargers won the AFC in 1994. He returned the next season but made only two sacks. After the 1995 season ended following a playoff loss to Indianapolis, Mims was almost an hour late for the team's final meeting, coming out of a limousine disheveled. The Chargers released him in 1997.

A year later, Mims was convicted of refusing to take a blood-alcohol test after being pulled over for suspicion of drunken driving. His driver's license was suspended for a year. A judge had previously found Mims innocent of driving under the influence because prosecutors failed to prove their case.

In 1999, a man claimed Mims attacked him outside a fast-food restaurant and stole his tacos.

Tennessee Vols coach Phillip Fulmer, who was offensive coordinator at the time Mims was a player, recalled how Mims and his teammates helped turn around a struggling defense in the early '90s.

"I had to coach against him every day in practice, and that was no fun," Fulmer said Thursday. "That's really a sad thing, a very young person to be passing away at that age."

[SlowwHand]

In 1999, a man claimed Mims attacked him outside a fast-food restaurant and stole his tacos?

That's warped.

[Lord Avalon]

Él quierió Taco Bell.

[Supr49er]

He should have gone to Burger King. Then he would have gotten his food, and The King would have given him money.

[Jaguar]

That, sir, is perhaps the most atrocious Spanish I've ever seen.

[Lord Avalon]

I was assuming it was just regular.

Él quiso Taco Bell.

Better?