NFL - Are You Ready For Some Football?! - Off Season

[SlowwHand]

YOU SLUT! You've had your nose stuck up Vick's ass all this time, and now say Brady?

Brady is the correct answer, because he's proven over more than one year. I don't count Vick's time in Atlanta. You go ahead, if you want to, but not me.

[Al B. Sure!]

YOU SLUT! You've had your nose stuck up Vick's ass all this time, and now say Brady?

Brady is the correct answer, because he's proven over more than one year. I don't count Vick's time in Atlanta. You go ahead, if you want to, but not me.

Just because Vick is waaaaay better than Ben or you think does not mean he's better than Tom Brady, one of the greatest QB's of all time.

How the **** does that make me a slut?

[Al B. Sure!]

In fact, in THIS VERY THREAD, I said I wouldn't rank Vick ahead of Eli Manning!

On May 1st, I said:

Yes, Peyton, Brady, Brees, Rivers, Rodgers, and Roethlisberger are better than Eli, but who else is? Vick? Maybe but let's see Vick have a whole season of high performance first. Romo might be statistically better but he doesn't win games when it matters and Romo is absolutely loaded with talent on the offense. Anyone else? Not really.

[Ben Kenobi]

I bet Ben doesn't even think Terrell Owens and Randy Moss should be Hall of Famers when their time comes

Hall of Famers for sure. Why would I expect my own personal bias to have any bearing on their body of work? I'm biased, I don't like them, I'm willing to admit that. But they have had excellent careers and are hall of fame bound.

[Ben Kenobi]

Alby, those of us who have played in a league with Ben know that he routinely bumps people way down, or off his draft list entirely, both for personal and performance reasons. He hates Belichick, he hates Denver, he loves LT, he loves the Chargers, etc. And it routinely influences his draft list. You call it stupid; I call it opportunity.

This. And JR knows because I've left him lists. I'm not shy about teams that I hate. Especially ****ing Belichick.

[SlowwHand]

Which veteran wide receiver has the most left in the tank?

29%
Chad Ochocinco

35%
Plaxico Burress

19%
Randy Moss

17%
Terrell Owens

http://www.nfl.com/

[Al B. Sure!]

If there's any allegations of tampering with regards to Carson Palmer, Chris Cooley is to blame!

So I tried to call [reportedly disgruntled Bengals QB] Carson Palmer, but I just got to voicemail. In all of these sequence of calls that I made, I only got to voicemail. I hate call-screeners. I tried to do my best John Elway voice.

I told him I was [Broncos executive VP] John Elway, and I said 'Listen, I hate Tim Tebow. I want you, I want you out here in Denver. And I know I shouldn't be calling you, we can't talk. You gotta keep it down. But we're gonna make this work.'

So then I laugh for a minute, turn right around and call John Elway back. I talk to John. This is my childhood idol, by the way, and I said, 'Hey, it's Carson. I got your message and I hate Cincinnati, I don't wanna be here. I'd love to come out to Denver.' I mean, I accentuated these calls a bit, I'm giving you the short version.

Then I called [Broncos coach] John Fox [as Carson Palmer], and left three messages. And said, 'John, got your number from a friend. I cannot get a hold of Elway, he left me a message, talking about coming out there. I know this isn't the right time, but if you've got anything, if you know anything, call me.'

And then, to finish the sequence, I called [Bengals head coach] Marvin Lewis. I really made these calls. I said 'Listen, I'd prefer to be an unnamed General Manager,' but in the background I had someone yell 'Hey Bruce!' And I said, 'There's just a lot of tampering going on between the Denver Broncos and your quarterback.'

Then I actually went ahead and tweeted to Chad Ochocinco, from my twitter account (@thecooleyzone), I said 'I heard Carson Palmer's going to Denver. Is there any truth to that?'

And just to screw with AJ Feeley:

I've been calling A.J. Feeley for the last three years, and I actually finally ran into A.J. to talk to him about this, and it blew his mind that it was me.

I call him, and I pretend like I'm calling Jay Feely. So the other day I called him and said, 'Oh, hell of a job kicking out in Arizona this year. You're a great player, man, I love watching you. You're an inspiration as a kicker.' So he had saved all of these voicemails.

[-Jrabbit]

Hilarious. Now there's someone I'd love to hang with.

[SlowwHand]

Ol' Chris' unoccupied time is causing a problem.

[OzzyKP]

[Imran Siddiqui]

Just because Vick is waaaaay better than Ben or you think does not mean he's better than Tom Brady, one of the greatest QB's of all time.

How the **** does that make me a slut?

It's because Sloww doesn't know what that words means.

[SlowwHand]

I didn't say anything to you!

[Al B. Sure!]

Here's something interesting. Alex Smith's offensive coordinators since entering the NFL. This year, he'll be playing under Greg Roman, his SEVENTH offensive coordinator.

49ers offensive coordinators, since 2005
W-L
2010 Jimmy Raye/Mike Johnson 3-7
2009 Jimmy Raye 5-5
2008 Mike Martz DNP
2007 Jim Hostler 2-5
2006 Norv Turner 7-9
2005 Mike McCarthy 2-5


I'm not sold on Alex Smith (or Jason Campbell, another QB who has had a different O-coordinator every season) being a bust yet; the guy has never had any coaching consistency.

[Al B. Sure!]

Here, Ben:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-eagles-vick-graduation

Vick then announced that grads Monique Joseph and Rickey Savage would each be receiving a scholarship. Joseph plans to attend Penn State in the fall while Savage will go to Virginia Union University in Richmond, Va

....

Vick spokesman Andrew Stroth said the scholarship recipients were chosen based on academic achievement, attendance and participation in student government. He said Vick plans to give out the $5,000 awards annually.

[Ben Kenobi]

Gee, I'm supposed to be impressed by two 5 grand awards.

We do the same for one student at year at the college.