Have I and Mr Steele just seen eye-to-eye? Or is it we just both know SammyG is an unintelligent greek.

Both.

Texans LB Brian Cushing suspended 4 games for steroids.

SON OF A BITCH.

Should have known, signing a USC prick.

And you got the cowboys in the first four, WOOOOO.

Reporter: Coach Payton! How long have you been addicted to Vicodin?

http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2008/08...seanpayton.bmp

Payton : Who Dat?

I think I am popular in the Eagles locker room then Donovan McNabb is.

Is Donovan still crying in the fetal position in the shower because another teammate ripped on him?

He probably is.

What does Donovan McNabb want DeSean Jackson to say? Honestly?

Like C'mon you are 34 get over it dude.

I'm pretty sure DeSean got tired to catching balls at his feet, only to look back and see his QB laughing

YESSS Alex Barron is gone! No more False starts!

Yeah, the Rams.

Barron was always god awful.

Who the fuck cuts Flozell Adams, and replaces him with a less talented false start machine.

He was decent, I dunno if I'd say god awful. His false starts KILLED us though. On the rare occasion that we got over the 50, he would make sure we got back to our own half of the field again.

I don't think Alex Barron will start for the Cowboys, btw.

He won't start, Doug Free probably will, he'll be given a chance to compete, and if he impresses, he might get it. But right now, its Free's job to lose. Barron was brought in to offer some depth to the line, with injuries to Comlumbo and such.

sweet i went to college with free... good for him

I really hope he doesn't disappoint.

AP re-votes on the Rookie of the Year and Cushing still keeps it.

But, he lost ALOT of votes. Only got 18 votes back from the original 39. Buffalo safety Jairus Byrd came close with 13. The rest got spread out between Clay Matthews III, Brian Orakpo, and Jim Laurinaitis.

Sort of surprised he managed to keep the award but it seems more like the voters didn't believe Byrd was worthy of the award even with a recount because of how the swing votes spread out over too many players.

Cushing tested positive for something that has been used as a masking agent (pretty sure it's not it's only use/it's also produced naturally) so I'm guessing that had something to do with it. It's not like it's 100% proven he was taking anabolics or something. Plus he failed the test in Sept then played all season without failing anymore tests.

<font color=goldenrod>Norman Hand has died</font> :(

<font color=goldenrod>9 different NFC teams have gone to the Super Bowl in the past 9 years. I'd never really thought about that. That's pretty ridiculous.

Redskins, Cowboys, 49ers, Packers, Vikings, Lions, and Falcons are the teams that haven't made it. I'd say a few of those teams are realistic possibilities to make it next year and continue the streak, Vikings in particular.</font>

Or the Falcons.....

Get your money when you can.

Yeah, Brandon Marshall got a new deal, so now Andre wants to rip this contract up too, which is funny because his contract was reneogotiated a couple of years ago, this is a money grab, plain and simple. Not like a Chris Johnson, who had 2000 yards from scrimmage at a position where the next carry could be your last, and he's on a rookie contract making less than a million I believe.

Exactly. In other leagues and sports I might have a different view of the situation, but this is the NFL. You're not guaranteed shit and each play could be the last. Owners and GMs have no problem cutting people, so they should have no problem when players pull this stunt.

Now of course they could do what Marvin Lewis successfully did with Chad Johnson two years ago and call their bluffs, but we're not talking 30 year old aging stars. We're talking two of the five best players in the NFL. You don't want to mess around with that.

You realize this would be his second contract he's had torn up already, and he's like already 3 years into a contract that was front end loaded, which means he's already been paid a large chunk of change, so pretty much he wants more guarenteed on another contact after getting something like the 8 year 60 million contract he already has. I could see if he was on a rookie contract still, but he got big money from the Texans a couple times already, this just being greedy.

He's working within the system. That's the same system that allows owners to terminate contracts whenever they want. He didn't make the system and he can't change the system. If he gets injured, he'll never see another dime. Why wouldn't he hold out for more money?

You realize he is guarenteed a certain amount of money on that contract right? If he played opening day got injured and never played again, he'd get what was guareenteed to him. He's got 5 years left on a contract he renegeotiated 3 years ago. I read he is guarenteed 25%, which isn't good, but when you let your uncle act as your agent, that shit happens.

I agree with the players when it comes to most labour disputes, because the players aren't being giving guarenteed money with guarenteed contracts, and in the NFL players need to make as much as fast as they can, being the sport it is. But this has nothing to do with it at all, it's about someone not wanting to pay an agent, letting his uncle negeotiate his contract, and then three years later being unhappy with it because the market has changed. Grow up, and man up, and do your fucking job.

Why are you getting mad at someone for working within the system? I agree that the whole system needs to be changed, but that's not Johnson's responsibility. He's not going to get anything out of doing the right thing. He's looking out for himself just like everybody else. If he can get more money, why shouldn't he?

So what happens when the Texans don't pay him? And then he sits out?

He's got money, ALOT of money, he saw Larry Fitzgerald and Brandon Marshall get more money, and now he wants more. You realize his contract is shitty because he didn't have a proper agent? So who fault is that?

How is he working within the system, he signed a contract, now he should live up that obligation, instead of threatening to hold on the the team.

Teams and owners don't get to renegeoiate deals with players they feel they are over-paying, the Texans have already given him two different contracts and have done him right, he is just being greedy, and regrets signing his last contract, again who's fault is that?

Who cares about fault? This has nothing to do with fault. This is about obligation and opportunity. He has the opportunity to make more money, and the rules of the league don't oblige him to honor his contract, so why can't he make more money?