NFL Playoffs: Jakey Jakey About To Make A Mistakey

[Ben Wyatt]

Jan 8, 2009 16:14:41 GMT -5 Insomniac said:

Wow, this is shocking. Never could've seen this coming.

Everyone ready for another summer of ESPN verbally blowing Brett Favre while he plays the same bullshit games he's been doing for a few years now?

*Bangs head off desk*

[Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action]

Eh it still doesn't bother me what so ever. Take your time Bret, it's a life changing desicion.

[MGH]

Jan 8, 2009 16:14:41 GMT -5 Insomniac said:

Wow, this is shocking. Never could've seen this coming.

Same snorking song and dance every year.

[BRV]

Jan 8, 2009 16:19:08 GMT -5 Brandon Walsh is Insane. said:

Jan 8, 2009 16:14:41 GMT -5 Insomniac said:

Wow, this is shocking. Never could've seen this coming.

And he hinders the way a team prepares for the season... AGAIN.

I might actually kick back and enjoy the impending "Will he or won't he?" chaos this off-season, because it comes at the expense of the Jets.

Take your time, Brett. This is a big decision in your life. Go ahead and think about it and weigh the pros and cons. No need to make a decision like this until May or June at the earliest. Hell, wait until the pre-season before you really have a concrete decision. No pressure from this end. Enjoy the off-season, then mull over your plans for 2009.

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

Jan 8, 2009 16:32:15 GMT -5 MGH said:

Jan 8, 2009 16:14:41 GMT -5 Insomniac said:

Wow, this is shocking. Never could've seen this coming.

Same snorking song and dance every year.

But what if... you can't dance? Or sing?

[Vincent Whiney]

He'll end up wandering back half way through training camp and then they won't make the playoffs again because "He didn't know the offense well enough"

[Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action]

I'm sorry guys. I really don't mean to pick on you, but it really entertains me to see how people react to a guy thinking about retiring. It really does.

And right now, I need stuff like that to ease my mind so thanks! ;D

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Jan 8, 2009 16:33:41 GMT -5 Brandon Walsh is Insane. said:

Jan 8, 2009 16:32:15 GMT -5 MGH said:

Same snorking song and dance every year.

But what if... you can't dance? Or sing?

Nicely done....

[Insomniac]

Jan 8, 2009 16:33:01 GMT -5 BRV said:

I might actually kick back and enjoy the impending "Will he or won't he?" chaos this off-season, because it comes at the expense of the Jets.

Take your time, Brett. This is a big decision in your life. Go ahead and think about it and weigh the pros and cons. No need to make a decision like this until May or June at the earliest. Hell, wait until the pre-season before you really have a concrete decision. No pressure from this end. Enjoy the off-season, then mull over your plans for 2009.

I can't wait to see how the NY media reacts to this. It's one thing for him to do it in Green Bay, where everyone loves you and he could probably get away with first-degree murder. It's another to try to pull it in a city where you haven't done squat.

I'm actually kinda looking forward to this myself ;D

[Mr. Backlund]

I don't get why so many people hate Favre.

Is he overhyped? Absolutely.

Does he play it up for the cameras? Sure does.

That established, if we weren't watching "As the Brett Favre Turns" on a 24 hour cycle on ESPN or anywhere else, we'd have watched "The Peyton Manning Saga" with 2,000 cameras sitting outside of Colts training camp trying to see if he's going to be able to play or any number of stupid, pointless, annoying and aggrivating stories. The reality is, ESPN and the other networks that you can't stand because they cover Brett Favre aren't covering him because they have a personal love for him. They don't care about the sports aspect anymore, that's long gone once head cases like Terrell Owens showed them the light and opened a steady stream of self-serving pompous jackass players were waiting to put themselves above the team for the spotlight or break the law and create a new storyline to push.

We can barely watch a game anymore without it sounding like they're trying to turn it into a soap opera because it sells. There is a group that will watch football because they love it, played it and respect it. There's a much bigger group that wants cheap entertainment.

Welcome to the new NFL. Hate what its become, not some old guy whose going to get chewed up and spit up by the machine as soon as he leaves.

[BK From WV]

Jan 8, 2009 19:25:01 GMT -5 Mr. Backlund said:

I don't get why so many people hate Favre.

Is he overhyped? Absolutely.

Does he play it up for the cameras? Sure does.

That established, if we weren't watching "As the Brett Favre Turns" on a 24 hour cycle on ESPN or anywhere else, we'd have watched "The Peyton Manning Saga" with 2,000 cameras sitting outside of Colts training camp trying to see if he's going to be able to play or any number of stupid, pointless, annoying and aggrivating stories. The reality is, ESPN and the other networks that you can't stand because they cover Brett Favre aren't covering him because they have a personal love for him. They don't care about the sports aspect anymore, that's long gone once head cases like Terrell Owens showed them the light and opened a steady stream of self-serving pompous jackass players were waiting to put themselves above the team for the spotlight or break the law and create a new storyline to push.

We can barely watch a game anymore without it sounding like they're trying to turn it into a soap opera because it sells. There is a group that will watch football because they love it, played it and respect it. There's a much bigger group that wants cheap entertainment.

Welcome to the new NFL. Hate what its become, not some old guy whose going to get chewed up and spit up by the machine as soon as he leaves.

For what it's worth,I've always disliked Favre. I hate the Packers so therefore,I didn't like Favre. Then again,I hate everyone in the NFC North who isn't the Lions. Is Favre a good quarterback? Sure. I never liked him though.

[ani]

Jan 7, 2009 18:31:35 GMT -5 BR329 said:

Just in on Sportecenter. Adam Jones................




YOU'RE FIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRREEEEEEEEDDDDDDD!!!

Did you hear his statement? He basically said football isn't his main interest and that he loves himself. I have a bad feeling more people are gonna be hurt by this psychopath.

Edit: Now he's indicating he may sue ESPN about their report on why he was released. Jeez.

[Milkman Norm]

Saying he allegedly order a shooting after he'd been suspended last season I'd have to agree with you.

[My Name Is Bob.]

please #### retire already so my team can get on with their pathetic ways and try to take a shot on kellen or brett ratliff. I hate this guy he thinks the world revolves around #### him nd it it was me he would have handed the ball off 35 times a game. This guy is a cancer and has to much media frenzy and seriously what has he done since his last sb nothing. He is a #### waste that cant complete passes and throws picks into double coverage and lofts the ball up there. But he is brett favre right keep sucking #### espn. THis site brett favre and espn as a whole is a #### joke. so brett enjoy making my teams life and mine as well a living hell. your jersey has already been used to start a fire in my fireplace because thats all your good for. hall of famer my ####

thats a comment in the article about favre doing his stupid song and dance again. all i can say is that i agree 110%.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

You've Got To Be Kidding Me!!!!

DENVER (AP) - Bill Romanowski has the perfect coaching candidate in mind for the Denver Broncos, a dark horse, somebody out of the blue who's on nobody's radar - himself.

The former Pro Bowl linebacker who spends his post-playing days running a nutrition company and dabbling in broadcasting and acting told The Associated Press on Thursday night that he's serious about wanting a chance at coaching his old team.

He said he sent Broncos owner Pat Bowlen a lengthy PowerPoint presentation touting his credentials and outlining the fresh ideas he would bring to the job that Mike Shanahan held for 14 seasons before his stunning dismissal last week.

"I can't stop thinking about this," said Romanowski, who played for San Francisco, Philadelphia, Denver and Oakland during a standout 16-year career in the NFL that was marred by a bad temper and his admitted use of THG, the designer steroid at the center of the BALCO scandal.

"This may be a complete fantasy and that's all right ... At the end of the day, nothing may happen from it."

Romanowski has no official NFL coaching experience, just a knowledge from the players' perspective.

"For Pat to do something like this, it would take him being a visionary, thinking outside the box," said Romanowski, whose coaching experience includes helping with his son's football team. "Him hiring me, it's a long shot. I understand that. I know that."

The Broncos met with Miami Dolphins secondary coach Todd Bowles on Thursday, the seventh candidate to interview for the job. All are current NFL assistant coaches. Team spokesman Patrick Smyth said there were no other candidates scheduled to interview for the vacancy, one of the most coveted in all of football.

The Broncos had no comment on Romanowski's interest in the coaching vacancy.

Romanowski is hopeful that Bowlen gives him even a courtesy call because he's certain he can win him over.

"I truly believe that I'd be the best person in the country for the job. That's me being confident in my abilities," Romanowski said.

In his more than 30-page presentation that he zipped off to Bowlen, Romanowski outlined how he'd run things if he were in charge. He would hire a new defensive staff and revamp the player personnel department, analyzing the college scouting system in a new way, he said.

"I'd take the top 60 colleges in the country that produce pro prospects and I would treat those 60 like they were their own league and start looking at freshmen when they come in," Romanowski said. "When 80 percent of your talent comes from 20 percent of the colleges, I think you ought to have a pretty strong focus on those colleges."

Romanowski would also hire a full-time nutritionist and recruit some of the world's elite strength and conditioning coaches, he said.

"I'd have literally a full-time person mixing up protein shakes every day," said Romanowski, who is president and CEO of a nutritional company called Nutrition53. "The business is football, which is having fast, strong, explosive players."

He'd also have on staff someone to keep an eye on the emotional well-being of the players, he said.

"In the NFL now, nobody touches (that)," Romanowski said. "They only try to fix it when it breaks, when someone ... has trouble with alcohol or drugs. How about a performance coach?"

Bowlen fired Shanahan after the Broncos blew a three-game lead with three weeks left in the season and finished 8-8, missing the playoffs for the third straight year, something that hadn't happened in Denver since 1980-82.

Romanowski thinks he can help get the team back on track.

"I laid out a whole game plan on how I'd do these things," he said. "I love what I do now. It's not like I have to have the head coaching job for the Denver Broncos. I happen to be pretty confident in my abilities and I know what I could do there."

Don't you dare hire this man, Denver. Don't You Dare Do It!!!!

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

No team should hire Romo as coach. Yes he played for 2 teams that I love, but his attitude isn't something you want as a coach.

He can teach people to spit on the opposing player, crush a teammates eye socket, punch an opposing player and take cheap shots in practice.

[andrew8798]

Falcons president Rich McKay has withdrawn his name from the list of Browns general manager candidates. Eagles GM Tom Heckert has reportedly also backed out after Eric Mangini was named head coach. Both candidates likely wanted the option to bring in their own head coach.

[Drink Up Me Cider]

Y'know this Favre business is actually a relief this year. Hell the Packers may not of had a great season but at least we know our Quarter Back won't be retiring anytime soon.

[andrew8798]

According to the National Football Post's Michael Lombardi, Julius Peppers is "nowhere close to a new deal with the Panthers and will undoubtedly be franchised."

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Jan 9, 2009 18:03:21 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

According to the National Football Post's Michael Lombardi, Julius Peppers is "nowhere close to a new deal with the Panthers and will undoubtedly be franchised."

What are you doing....Carolina? You really gotta keep this guy. Noth Carolina is his home.....he really doesnt want to move.