Another one of my special reminders

As the 2008 NFL season approaches, it's easy to forget the recent past. So I would like to once again point out that last season the Giants won the Super Bowl. Also, the Patriots were caught cheating, and they lost the one Super Bowl they didn't try to cheat in.

Carl Pavano is awesome

Carl Pavano yesterday won his first start for the Yankees in 16 months. Is it time yet to take back everything I said here? All right, maybe it's still a bit early for that. With the hole the Yanks are in, he's going to have to win a lot more games this season to make a difference.

Yes, I just linked to myself above. And yes, I stole the Yes I just linked to myself concept from my friend Mike.

Life imitates Seinfeld, part II

Friend, reader, and 1066 Football 2nd all-time leading receiver Scott raised such a provocative question, that the scenario deserves revisiting: So who/what is the giant ball of oil in this situation?
Well Scott, the giant ball of oil represents the glob of interceptions that Brett Favre will throw this season. Kramer and his intern represent Jets management, as they have dropped the giant ball of oil from high up in the building. And that ball is headed right for an unsuspecting Eric Mangini's head...

"Coles must have ran the wrong route on that play..."

I have to say, I am going to miss Chad Pennington. He didn't have a lot of arm strength, thus his abilities were limited, but the Jets had a couple of great runs with him, and he was a good guy throughout. The team has never had a hotter stretch than they did in the second half of the 2002 season, and in 2004 he led a team that could have gone to the Super Bowl (sandbagged by Doug Brien's missed regulation ending and overtime FGs in Pittsburgh). Sure, he never won a championship, but he was "our guy."

Now, the Jets have traded for a quarterback who isn't "our guy." At least, he's not my guy, buddy. Brett Favre is the opposite of Chad Pennington. He has the arm strength that Pennington does not, but he doesn't make good decisions, and thinks he's bigger than the team. I don't want to sound too much like the police chief in any 1980s cop movie, but he's reckless. The Jets made signings to drastically improve the team last offseason (Faneca, Pace, Woody, Jenkins), and were going to be better no matter what. But now if they do go to the playoffs, I think we'll see the credit go to Favre. If they lose though, we know what's coming...30 interceptions being excused away with "He's a gunslinger," "He's just trying to win," and "{Jets intended receiver} must have ran the wrong route."

The 2008 New York Jets will be quite a circus.

Again, life imitates Seinfeld

This Brett Favre saga is beginning to look more and more like the Seinfeld episode when George worked for "Play Now" and his stand-off with management kept escalating, with each party calling the other's bluff. First, Favre is caught in his lie (Favre's lie being that he was going to stay retired…George's lie being that he was handicapped). Then, the company tries to give away the employee's most precious possession (Packers commit to Rodgers as the starter…Play Now gives away George's private bathroom). I'm surprised the Packers have not changed the locks to the gates to training camp, as Play Now locked George out of his office. I don't know what's next, but I simply say, "Sit back and enjoy the show folks." The more uncomfortable this thing gets for everyone involved, the more fun it will be for the rest of us.