Still alive and watching game #43 of the weekend...Raiders vs. Broncos. I think I still had eye black on under my eyes when I went to work today.
Monday Night Football Game #2 and it's almost halftime. Denver is beating Oakland to death (sorry Jason) 17 to 0. One thing this game has made perfectly clear: JaMarcus Russell sucks. JR is the quarterback of the Raiders. He was drafted #1 in 2007, held out the entire preseason including camp (of course), pretty much collected splinters in in big fat rear end riding the bench. He is now starting. JaMarcus is 6'6" tall and weighs 265 pounds. This is a VERY BIG man. His food bill must be ENORMOUS. A generation ago, he would be the biggest man on the field - now, he definitely the biggest QB the NFL has ever seen and is maybe a slice of cheesecake away from 300 pounds. The 265 is a misprint.
Get picked first is somewhat of a curse. Let's take a look at the #1 picks in this decade:
2000? Courtney Brown. Out of football
2001? Mike Vick. He's in PRISON
David Carr 2002 - horrible. Possibly out of football.
Carson Palmer 2003 - plays for the Bengals. Enough said.
Eli Manning 2004 - I like this kid. glad to see him win the Super Bowl last year.
Alex Smith #1 pick in 2005 out of Utah. I was so proud. He's terrible.
Mario Williams #1 pick in 2006? Decent lineman. Should have a good career.
J. Russell #1 pick in 2007? Bust
Jake Long #1 pick in 2008? Offensive lineman. YAWN
Don't feel sorry for these guys. All received princely sums of money and had all the opportunity in the world to kick some ass but they didn't.
Anyway, the game tonight is over and it's only halftime. Time to watch the Eagles game again.
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I did not watch that many games, but I did have to suffer through a "no time left on the clock, throw to the back of the inzone after scrambling for his life and recovering from 'Tommy John Surgery' which I only thought was for baseball players for a win over the Chargers at home none-the-less" Their off to a good start.
But hey, Donovan McNabb looked pretty stinkin' good
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