That's not fair!! And that would only work if Jessica Alba was in Dark Angel mode:

She can be in nothing whatsoever as long as she's there!

Fixed that for ya.

That's kind of how I was picturing it anyhow

Did that picture look like this?

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I don't remember who they traded for the pick but they ended up with LT on Atlanta's pick. Even a blind squirel finds an acorn every once in a while.

Is that close enough? If I have it right, you have to post more Jessica Alba pictures.

Can we stop calling LDT "LT"? That nickname was already taken. Especially you, who I'm assuming is a Giants fan.

Can we stop calling LDT "LT"? That nickname was already taken. Especially you, who I'm assuming is a Giants fan.

What do you mean "now"? Has the quarterback position changed that much since Young was playing? It's too often assumed that so called "modern day quarterbacks like Vick" brought a new level of a scrambling quarterback to the mix. That was nothing new, look at Randal Cunningham and Warren Moon. And there's still plenty of traditional pocket passers, look at Brady and Manning. So what do you mean by modern NFL?

"At one point we had a good drive going against the Patriots," said one Lion who doesn't want his name involved in this mess, but was willing to talk about it. "Mike Martz really had 'em going. They were getting fouled up, lining up wrong, we were moving the ball. Then boom, the headset from the sidelines to the coaches' booth goes out.

"Next possession we were moving the ball again and the same thing happened. You know it only takes two or three plays to mess up a drive."

Matt Millen, the Lions' GM, was talking to Bengals' coach Marvin Lewis at the league meetings. He started telling him the story.

"Yeah, I know," Lewis said. "Headset went out. It happened to me in Foxboro, too."

Last year the Lions played the Patriots in Foxboro. At one point their coach, Rod Marinelli, phoned up to the press box, "There's a camera pointed right at our defensive coach making his calls. Is that allowed?" A Lions' employee called the NFL booth. No, it certainly was not. So the videotaper was stopped. Then after a while he began again. The same process was repeated and he was asked to stop again. Now that's dedication.

Marinelli was the defensive line coach in Tampa Bay when the Bucs beat the Patriots in the 2000 regular season opener and did a good job controlling New England's offense. After the game the Patriots' offensive coach, Charlie Weis, was overheard congratulating the Bucs' defensive coordinator, Monte Kiffin.

"We knew all your calls, and you still stopped us," Weis said. "I can't believe it."

By Modern NFL I don't mean so much how the game is played as how the teams are managed. It's getting to the point where one bad season with a team will get you the boot. Players bounce from team to team faster, there are very few "franchise" players anymore, in the sense that they stick with one team, for whatever reason. Whether this is better or worse can be debated, but it is a shift, and I don't think that a player of Young's caliber playing now would have been content to sit 2nd string for as long as he did.

Then again, I'm also 10 years older now, and 10 years more cynical. This could all be a matter of perspective for me, idk.

Respects to Mr. Taylor aside, I have never heard anyone else call Tomlinson "LDT."

I know of a fair number of people. The most well-known advocate of this is Bill Simmons on espn.com.

This just in... a scathing article regarding the patriots practices written by Mr. Z himself. Here's a sampling:




Enjoy the link!

What I've been hearing is loss of a few draft picks the next couple of years.

But I agree, actually I think he should be banned from the NFL. But then again, I've never liked the guy so I'm biased.

What I've been hearing is loss of a few draft picks the next couple of years.

But I agree, actually I think he should be banned from the NFL. But then again, I've never liked the guy so I'm biased.

I don't know. They dropped asterics like snow with all the HGH stuff. HGH isn't even as bad, I mean even with HGH you still have to perform.

First, they haven't dropped asterisks on anything officially. you're free to place all the imaginary ones you want.

Second, this is the same as the HGH in that regard. regardless of which teams has which information, you still have to go out and execute. Manning said it best yesterday. I know teams are stealing my audibles, so I change them. Every Play. And even if I know you're blitzing, if my letf tackle misses a block, I'm still getting creamed. It's an advantage, sure, but coaches don't play.

As for the com, it happens all the time in stadiums all over the league. But if one team loses it, they both do. The league monitors that pretty tightly. Not to say the "lapses " weren't intentional , but even if they were, Belechick would have to sacrifice his own com for the effort. There'd be no advantage after that. They'd both be deaf.

I must say, now I know how the Yankees fans must feel. So many people with so much seething hatred, just begging for a chink they can exploit. Next will be the complaint that they schedule game time in collusion with the league so their opponents will have the sun in their eyes first quarter.

LOL!

I must say, now I know how the Yankees fans must feel. So many people with so much seething hatred, just begging for a chink they can exploit. Next will be the complaint that they schedule game time in collusion with the league so their opponents will have the sun in their eyes first quarter.

LOL!

Hmm, I don't think I'd place the pats in the same category as the yankess. I hate the yankees. It's easy to hate them because their payroll is 3x anyone elses and they buy the best players year after year. I've always enjoyed watching the pats play and win (except when the beat the 9ers or broncos!)

But, if they are cheating at levels way way beyond, which I'll concede we don't know yet, that is a real problem that needs to be addressed.

Who knows yet. It could just be a silly 'hey, everybody does this' slap on the wrist, or it could be endemic.

The problem with hating the Yankees for spending all that money is that I'd have to hate the Mets, too. And Boston fans can't use that reason either. Instead, I hate the Yankees because I was brought up to do so. And because they deserve it.

How bout just hating (ok hate is a strong word, maybe disliking) baseball because they have no salary cap?

It is actually a tough one for me. On the one hand, the situation with the yankees and other big $ baseball teams seems to be vastly inequitable... and don't we want some level of baseline equality in sports? And yes, the yankees do deserve to be hated regardless.

But this raises an ethical quandry for me. We've just been talking about how the pats are big cheaters. But, I myself benefitted from numerous pre-salary cap superbowl wins by the 49ers, when they competed with the cowboys for expensive rosters and lombardi trophies.