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Wednesday, November 19, 2003


-Matt, at a Sacramento State football game after playing too much Madden

Yes sir, it's the long awaited updaaaaaate. Unfortunately, there is no real good reason for my long delay, other than work is slowly sucking my will to live.

So get this: we've been parking in the first floor of the garage since the place opened in July. We haven't had one -- ONE complaint from anyone who wants to park in the handicap spots we use as row A.

Last Friday a disabled man in an oversized truck wanted to park there. But he didn't want to park in the back, which is understandable. But he didn't want valet.

So, because this fuck doesn't get to park in the handicap spot on the first floor (that was reserved for us anyway until the casino finished the new lot) and doesn't want us to valet his car (when we could park it for him) now WE can't park in that row anymore. That's 20 spots. Gone.

What are the fucking odds that someone who is NOT handicapped will park there? And get away with the whole thing like the customers get away with everything ELSE they do? They could kill someone and the casino would be all "Oh, that's OK, we'll just throw it off the cliff and it'll be alright. Here, have $50 in chips and a coupon to use at the buffet."

I really, really need a new job. Anyone? Ah well. Go here for a hot chick if the rest doesn't interest you.

-Another reason for my lack of posting is KOTOR. If you have a decent PC, please do yourself a favor and buy this game. The plot is brilliant (there's a twist in the middle that will flat out floor you) the gameplay is great and HK-47 rules all. If this was made into a movie, it would totally smoke Eps. I, II and probably III.

Madden 2004 and NCAA 2004 rule as well. I'm 5-1 with the Hawks and I was 14-0 with the Cougars, but I dropped the National Championship to Miami 29-26 in OT. I had the game, was up 23-16 but blew it with 40 seconds to go on a desperation pass by Berlin. Unreal. I scored 1541 on the Greatest Games scale, but I can't believe I lost the damn title that way.

THREE YEARS. UGH.

I finished 4th overall (gay) and now it's off to fill in the rest of the names for the teams so I can have a complete draft for Madden. Then it's recruting and then a new season. It'll be hard since I lose most of my defense and some valuable backups, plus my quarterbacks are a year away from being any good.

I've entered some Delphi notables in the game, so we shall see where they end up.

Until next time, enjoy some football rumors and some phat asses.

-We’re told Panthers offensive coordinator Dan Henning may open up the offense a bit because he trusts QB Jake Delhomme more than he once did.

-We hear the lucrative contract extension given to Bengals WR Chad Johnson highlights the greater influence executive vice president Katie Blackburn and business development head Troy Blackburn are exercising over team matters. Johnson’s new deal, which included a $12 million signing bonus, played well in the Cincinnati locker room, as players were happy to see the team taking care of one of its own. However, we’re told some in the locker room wouldn’t mind if Johnson got out of the prediction-making business.

-Word is the Seahawks have seen enough this season to conclude that one of their top priorities via the draft and free agency will again be an impact edge pass rusher — an element sorely missing in their defense at present. Free-agent addition Chike Okeafor has been hampered by knee problems, while fellow DE Antonio Cochran has failed to keep his job despite a $10 million endorsement from management in the offseason. (God yes. Anyone who can intimidate an offensive line a la Sapp so the backers can blitz or someone like Strahan.)

-It is believed Cardinals first-round rookie WR Bryant Johnson is close to being on pace to receive the $1.755 million he’s due if he participates in 35 percent of the team’s plays this season.

-Even though CB Derek Ross is fully healthy again, the Cowboys will keep him in the slot as the nickel back for a few reasons. They like what starting CB Mario Edwards has done so far, and even if Ross had beaten out Edwards in training camp, they felt Ross matched up better in the slot.

-Word around Valley Ranch is that the Cowboys would like to add another special-teams player because they are not happy with their kickoff coverage. The two names most mentioned are LB Jamal Brooks, who was on the team last season, and RB Rashard Lee, a rookie free agent whom the team reached an injury settlement with during camp. Either one could take Keith O’Neil’s place on the roster if O’Neil doesn’t improve his special-teams play.

-It’s no secret that the Giants have issues at cornerback. Because of injuries, they are extremely vulnerable in nickel situations with CB Frank Walker starting on the outside and S Ryan Clark as the nickel back in the slot.

-More than a couple of Giants players rolled their eyes when head coach Jim Fassel used a shovel — his motto for hard work is “keep shoveling” — as a motivating prop before the loss to Atlanta.

-The Eagles put in a waiver claim for former Browns WR Kevin Johnson, QB Donovan McNabb’s college teammate, and McNabb said he would have loved for Johnson, one of his best friends, to have joined the Eagles.

-Despite Washington’s offensive line troubles, no blame should go to ORG Randy Thomas, who has consistently graded out as the team’s best lineman nearly every game this year. The team is pushing hard for him to make the Pro Bowl, but it is afraid the bad press about the line as a whole will hurt his chances.

-Although new Redskins DT Darrell Russell received fewer snaps against the Seahawks than he did in his first game with the team, expect Russell — the only current Redskin who can absorb double-teams the way former Redskins Dan Wilkinson and Daryl Gardener could — to get more playing time each game from here on out.

-PFW asked Chargers rookie S Terrence Kiel for one aspect of football at the pro level he feels is tougher than he thought it would be. “I knew everybody was good, but when they say everybody — the guards, tight ends — they really mean everybody’s good, even the punter,” Kiel said. “Some of the punters can run. I think, physically, that’s it. The running backs, for example — all the running backs in this league are good.”

-Raiders FS Rod Woodson, a veteran of 17 years in the league, laid blame for the team’s 2-7 start on the team’s veterans not properly preparing themselves to play. “We’ve got some veterans who don’t want to put in all the work,” he said. “We’ve got guys who don’t know how to play. And knowing how to play is attitude.” Despite the frustrations, Woodson said he’s comfortable in Oakland and would like to remain a Raider beyond this season. Playing with torn cartilage in his left knee since training camp, he added that he doesn’t want to play his last year in the NFL hurt.

-Raiders fifth-year OL Matt Stinchcomb has been tried at every position along the line, in part because of his versatility but also in part because he hasn’t been able to truly find a niche anywhere. He has had shoulder problems since college and played most of this season in pain, and his playing career could be in doubt after being put on injured reserve with more surgery looming.

-When Broncos WR Rod Smith was asked by reporters if he can imagine himself playing into his 40s, a la Doug Flutie, he laughed. “No. Hell, no. I don’t want to be nowhere near here when I’m 40, unless I’m working upstairs making a lot of money, sitting down in a suit,” Smith said.

-Down to just three running backs following the four-game suspension handed to FB Mike Anderson, the Broncos figure to look to TE Patrick Hape for occasional help as a lead blocker and were contemplating signing rookie RB Cecil Sapp off the practice squad at presstime.

-We hear the Niners were flat-out stunned upon learning that LB Jamie Winborn would be out for the season after an MRI revealed he had suffered a potentially career-ending herniated disc in his neck. Winborn had been a key to the Niners’ defensive success this season with his solid blitzing ability and excellent pass coverage. The Niners believe second-year player Saleem Rasheed has the skills to effectively replace Winborn, but he’s far from being a proven commodity.

-Rams head coach Mike Martz on WR Dane Looker’s flair for playmaking: “He’s a hard guy to explain. I don’t know how he does it. He comes up with a couple of plays every week that make the difference in the game. … He does a terrific job.“

-Look for Seahawks second-year RB Maurice Morris, who has been averaging about three touches per game the last month, to at least double that number in each of the last six games.

-Don’t get too excited about Falcons QB Mike Vick’s return to practice. The soonest he likely will play in a game is Nov. 30 vs. Houston, and only then if he hasn’t suffered any setbacks in the meantime. (Jesus! Why do they HAVE to have him back? TANK IT AND SAVE HIM FOR NEXT YEAR FUCKERS!)

-One benefit of the Saints getting DE Darren Howard back from the wrist injury that has sidelined him since Week One is that Howard will have fresher legs than just about anybody else during the final weeks of the season.

-Panthers WR Kevin Dyson is close to returning from the torn Achilles that sidelined him all season, and we’re told the team may start to use more four-WR packages because the coaching staff has more faith in Dyson than current No. 4 WR Karl Hankton.

-The Bucs are sticking with the attitude that if seven or eight plays had gone differently this season, they would be in much better shape. But insiders say that attitude glosses over the team’s weaknesses and doesn’t address some of the real problems facing the team.

-Bucs head coach Jon Gruden has challenged his special teams to start every drive through the rest of the season at the 35-yard line because he is fed up with asking QB Brad Johnson to mount long drives on every possession.

-Former Dolphins practice-squad WR Kendall Newson is splitting snaps with Derrius Thompson on the field, showing just how disappointed the team has been with its WR corps. However, team observers were confused as to why Miami did not simply elevate youngsters Sam Simmons and J.R. Tolver on the depth chart, two guys for whom the team has had high hopes.

-Although they have only four reliable wide receivers on the roster, we hear New England is comfortable with the quartet of Troy Brown, Deion Branch, David Givens and Bethel Johnson for the long haul. That makes sense when you consider that the team has two pass-catching tight ends and a pass-catching running back in Kevin Faulk.

-Reports that the Jets will be unveiling plans in the near future for a west Manhattan stadium to be opened in 2009 were incorrect, according to our sources, who say that a presentation by the team to potential investors was blown way out of proportion. We hear that although this is a plan that the team would like to investigate, there is a whole lot of legwork on political and financial levels that needs to be done before the team, city and state can even think about locking down a plan.

-The bonus for the Jets in DT Josh Evans’ situation is that they recouped all of Evans’ signing bonus and can evaluate him for the rest of the season at a fairly cheap price.

-When the Browns spent a fourth-round pick on RB Lee Suggs in last April’s draft, it was widely thought Suggs was selected to provide insurance for backup RBs Jamel White and James Jackson. However, we hear Suggs was likely also a wedge against any off-the-field problems encountered by troubled starter William Green.

-The Bengals were one of the 16 teams to put a waiver claim on former Browns WR Kevin Johnson, according to a Bengals insider. Other than T.J. Houshmand­zadeh, who has missed the entire season with a hamstring injury, the Bengals have no veteran WR depth behind starters Chad Johnson and Peter Warrick, and that likely was the reason for their interest in Kevin Johnson.

-Because of injuries to RS Brad Pyatt and WR Marvin Harrison, the Colts signed RS Terrence Wilkins to lighten the load on WR Troy Walters, who had assumed the return duties in place of the injured Pyatt. Although Wilkins used to be an effective returner, we hear that he has become gun-shy after suffering a concussion from a hit during the preseason a few years back.

-We hear that Jaguars OLB Keith Mitchell, who has not played since suffering a neck injury in Week Two, may retire at the end of the season.

-Our sources have speculated that Titans head coach Jeff Fisher publicly called the Jaguars’ defense dirty to spark his team and prevent complacency going into a matchup vs. a 2-7 Jaguars team.

-The Titans have signed former Michigan star Marquise Walker to the practice squad and hope to convert the 219-pound wide receiver into a tight end.

-Because the Titans have such versatile and athletic players on defense, they often stay in their base defense even when opponents play three-WR sets. We hear the coaching staff believes that all of their players can excel in coverage.

-Don’t be surprised if another CFL quarterback makes an impact in the NFL in a couple of years. Edmonton QB Ricky Ray vandalized CFL defenses this season, guiding the Eskimos to the Grey Cup championship. The way we hear it, a steady stream of NFL scouts have been making the trek to Canada to watch the 6-3, 210-pound 24-year-old from Sacramento State. In his second CFL season he passed for 4,998 yards with a .678 completion percentage and a 36-13 TD-INT ratio. We hear Ray is likely to get a number of offers from NFL teams, most likely clubs that run the West Coast offense.

etch-a-sketched by john at 11:20 PM