Warpticon

I feel ya. I'm 29 and would be considered almost past my prime for professional sports. That's just not right! My birthday is a couple months off from Kerry Wood, so he's been my measure for quite a while now in that regard. AJ Burnett is white, rich me -- from my hometown, with my birthday. So he's my measure.

I mean, you're certainly entitled to believe this, but it's fundamentally wrong. Half the game is is offense, and half is defense. Of the defensive portion, at least 60% occurs between the mound and the plate. There are degrees and extremes, sure, in the case of exceptionally good or bad defense. But in general, it's clear that offense has a bigger influence on results than position defense.

Well, I'm not talking about last year, I'm talking about how a lot of people are picking them to win the whole thing this year.

On a side note, even with Revis I'm not buying into the Jets as the juggernaut being portrayed. Call me a homer, but I am in no way convinced they're better than the Dolphins. They might be, but it's certainly not conclusive. Went 9-7 and squeaked into the playoffs only because the Colts quit a game they were leading 9-3 at halftime and the Bengals didn't play the final week. They started 3-0 (against Houston, NE, and Tennessee who were all miles better by the middle of the season). If their schedule was reversed, they could have conceivably lost 10 games. Their other wins were juggernots like Tampa, Buffalo, Carolina, and Oakland. Haha, I like that. "juggernots." In any case, I think the Jets are a good team. They probably have the best secondary in football. They have a very strong receiving corps (when Holmes is unsuspended, anyway) and will probably be a good rushing team behind a solid offensive line. So they're good. I just don't see what they have that suggests they'll be a super bowl contender that wasn't there a year ago. I guess it's all predicated on the assumption of big improvements from Sanchez. Speaking of which, why is there so much love for Sanchez, anyway? He was bad. That's not to say that a rookie quarterback struggling in his first year means he can't be a good QB down the line. But 54% completions, 12 TDs, 20 picks, and under 2500 yards in 15 games from your starting quarterback, and people start picking you for the Super Bowl? How does that work?

On a side note, even with Revis I'm not buying into the Jets as the juggernaut being portrayed. Call me a homer, but I am in no way convinced they're better than the Dolphins. They might be, but it's certainly not conclusive.

I see about 4 or 5 winnable games this year for the Lions... Rams at Home Redskins at Home Bears at home Bills on the Road Bucs on the Road Plus, Dolphins on the Road? Why Dolphins on the road?

Yeah, when arguably your first and second best players are point guards and you're a lottery team, it's definitely something worth exploring.

Screw you too.

steve nash kicked his ass that was pretty much the perfect response... good work steve. As a Lakers fan, I thought that was hilarious.

No Andrew Luck in the top 10 is pretty crazy. He has a chance to be the top pick if he progresses this season. Didn't see a couple guys who I think are top-20 guys like CB Ras-I Dowling (Virginia) and RB Ryan Williams (Virginia Tech). The WR class is going to be incredibly sick - Green, Jones and Baldwin are all legit top 10 picks. Good, better chance Arkansas doesn't lose all of their junior receivers in one shot. :lol:

the Dolphins have a 3.5 deep depth chart at linebacker now. I mean...I don't...what?

Dolphins draft really confuses me. Okay, I know you just released Porter, and you just let Taylor sign with the Jets. But you COULD have had Taylor back, and he wouldn't have been all that expensive. You just signed Dansby to play inside. You have Wake who needs lots of PT. Crowder is solid if healthy, and Torbor and Moses were decent as backups. I know you want to upgrade the talent of your linebacking corps, but...did you really need to draft four linebackers? And trade for another?

Matt Cassell the one year wonder. Scott Mitchell was really good for one season too. You forgot Rex Chapman and Derek Anderson.

Wow, how did I end up posting this 12-ish hours after I meant to?

I said Brandon Graham, and he said either Brandon Graham or McLain, so I'm thinking Graham.

Is "my bad" really that hard to say?

I just hope Cleveland gives Hillis a chance to show what he's got.

The front looks like really bad Japanese.

Run on safeties! Dolphins select S Earl Thomas from Texas. Dolphins felt there's a sharp dropoff after Thomas at the safety position, so they jumped on Thomas while he was available.

Damn. I hope the Dolphins had a Plan B, considering they just released Gibril Wilson.

Dolphins sign Dansby, pursuing Rolle. And here I was thinking they'd make a play for Boldin. I'd take those Cardinals, though.

McCluster ran 4.58? Wow. Tate's official score was 4.42. Still quite good.

Dexter McCluster outbenching Ryan Matthews is one of the things I wasn't expecting to see. Speaking of the bench press, how about Mitch Petrus?

He does. Frequently, and to many women. He did a bad thing. He did it prolifically. Having said that, I really just don't care, and I think the amount of attention being given this thing is just ridiculous. At least I don't care any more about Tiger doing it than the guy down the street, or the hundreds of other pro athletes who no doubt do it. It's wrong, but it's not as if he committed a heinous crime that he has to answer to society for. Tiger is going to bear the burden his infidelity has created for the rest of his life, every time he has to look his kids in the eye or when no one takes him at his word. All this ridiculous media driven spectacle is doing is making it worse for his family, Elin and her family, and their children. This is rubbing salt in their wounds, and making them look like suckers on top of it. All this thing amounts to is another case of the public taking perverse pleasure at a celebrity twisting in the wind, have nots reveling in the trials of the haves. It's petty. I'm not totally above this sort of thing (taking a measure of enjoyment in the misfortune of the more fortunate, not cheating), but if there was ever something that should be allowed resolution beyond the public eye, this is [expletive] it. I have no love for Tiger Woods as a person. Hell, I always thought he was probably a really self centered dick. But this is just too much. He doesn't you or I a damned thing. All crap like this statement does is waste time and embarrass his family and friends. If anyone is really indignant over infidelity, it would be a lot more constructive to spend time admonishing those we know who do it than getting off watching Tiger hung out to dry. Men like Tiger Woods have a lot to make up for, but if we're going to demand public apologies from selfish, high profile men who denigrate women through their actions, there should be a 24/7 channel created just for it. But ultimately that time would be better spent making more substantial reparations to those they actually hurt, behind closed doors, than pandering to the public. The whole thing is really shameful social commentary. And as for the women on the wrong side of this crap, asserting their independence and just kicking these douchebags to the curb instead of hanging on would do a lot more to further their cause than all the public apologies in the world ever would, but that's another rant. Yeah, I was just making a joke.

He does. Frequently, and to many women.