Football (american football to those across the pond!)

[Cayal]

I retract my Kenny Britt = Juggernaut comment. We drafted a TE in the third who is now the Juggernaut.

[Parson]

Originally Posted by Grimward

Ah, here we are at draft day....

Perchance to dream, without the sleep, although the Redskins will certainly appear to be sleeping if they choose a quarterback when they need a replacement for the excellent but now very beat up John Janzen, a strong-side linebacker and someone who can finally let Phillip Daniels retire at Defensive End....

Kiper's picks seem to require a subscription to ESPN insider, but their other draft guy Todd McShea's picks are here for your perusal, and *GASPS* he has Sanchez falling all the way to the 'Skins at 13! Please, no....!

*Engages the Parson to beseech divine intervention*


(And my eleven-hundred-eleventy-first post, which has a kind of Order-of-Magnitude-Tolkien-thing going on....)

Dear Grim,

Your welcome, Sanchez gone before Skins can drool and fool. But remember some of God's best gifts are unanswered prayers.

[Ursa major]

Bad news for the Cowboys:

Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was taken from Cowboys headquarters on a stretcher with a neck brace.

Dallas Cowboys Blog | Sports News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News

Film of the incident, in which the Cowboys' indoor practice facility in Irving was badly damaged by strong winds:

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Wind rips off Dallas Cowboys' roof

EDIT: I should have added that I hope Joe DeCamillis is not too badly hurt.

[Grimward]

Re Joe DeCamillis, me too, Urse.

As for the Cowboys' roof, after all the "turmoil" it had to endure last season, it's amazing it didn't disintegrate sooner.....

[Grimward]

Originally Posted by Ursa major

Bad news for the Cowboys:

Dallas Cowboys Blog | Sports News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News

Film of the incident, in which the Cowboys' indoor practice facility in Irving was badly damaged by strong winds:

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Wind rips off Dallas Cowboys' roof

EDIT: I should have added that I hope Joe DeCamillis is not too badly hurt.

EDIT #2: Thanks, Parse! Don't think Sanchez would have qualified as "unasked for"....


OK, that was really weird. Thought I was editing the post above. Must not have been paying attention; sorry for the DP!

[Cayal]

Oh yay Brett Favre might be making a comeback with the Vikings.

[Grimward]

This has been on again off again for several weeks now. One would think Favre (or his agent) has to have this kind of attention every off-season....bad news for Sephy and Parse, though.....

[Cayal]

In case you didn't notice I was being sarcastic.

[J-Sun]

Originally Posted by Grimward

Re Joe DeCamillis, me too, Urse.

The prognosis is good - he's had the surgery and is expected to make a full recovery. Scouting assistant Rich Behm doesn't have the same happy news, however. A trust fund has been set up for him.

It's a terrible tragedy but, considering the number of people involved, it certainly could have been worse.

Cayal, re: Favre - seriously? While I allowed for the possibility of anything happening, I really thought he'd stick with it this time.

Back on the draft thing, I think the most interesting thing to see in a general sense will be the lunatic Raiders. Crazy - like a fox, or like a loon?

Looks like the Eagles and Giants (and maybe Skins, too) really helped themselves in the draft and/or free agency. The NFC East is a nightmare.

Do we have any Chicago fans here? I can't remember what, now, but they've done interesting things so far this off-season. I look forward to following their season.

On the Cowboys part of the draft, I'm kind of surprised and think we might have done better to trade some of this year's picks for some picks in the future if nothing else, but I actually like it. Building by draft is nicely old-school and makes it a less mercenary team. Also younger and cheaper. Puts more pressure on incumbent players to prove their worth and not rest on their laurels. Shores up some positions we need and should bolster our weakest facet (special teams). And, if McGee can do anything at all, Bollinger is gone this year, Kitna will be soon, and maybe if McGee is truly good, we'll have an heir apparent. And I guess Dallas was so pleased with last year's excellent draft class, including late round picks, that they just wanted to do it again, only more so.

[Parson]

Bad news hardly covers it! Farve a Viking? Who am I supposed to hate now?

Seriously though, I do believe it is bad news. I think Farve at this stage of his career is a downgrade from T. Jack, and perhaps from Sage R. as well. But what will likely happen is that the Vikes will keep "the Legend" and let go one or the other of the youngsters who have an upside, unlike Sir Brett. I believe the window for the Vikings is very small indeed. Given his college record any carry could be the last for AP, and then the Super Bowl potential is very small indeed.

[Grimward]

Seen enough of your posts to know (I think, anyway!) when you're serious, Cay. Didn't assume so in this case, so let me echo your "yay".....

Parse, you have my condolences....as long as you don't point out the fact that Favre's available to the Danny, that is!

[Culhwch]

He has been shopping for a new QB, Grim!

[Cayal]

To be fair Favre is probably better then both T-Jack and Sage (Sage really isn't very good).

But man I am just sick of the guy. Retire or don't. It's not hard.

[Culhwch]

Evidently it is. But what's the point of bringing in a guy who might give you one good year, but will more likely give you a handful of fair games and a bunch of mediocre ones, at the expense of the development of a young guy that could become a solid starter? Jackson played pretty well to end the year, didn't he? They've got a strong defense, a solid running game, they can afford to let Jackson find his feet a little, I'd have thought. Crazy.

[Cayal]

Evidently it is.

It's not, 99% of others manage to stay retired.