GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!
Sorry, wrong millennium. I’ve been incommunicado for a little while due to a few factors. 1) My wife, sister, and I moved across town. 2) I refuse to pay for internet and had to wait until we got to know the neighbors enough to mooch wireless.
On to the ruminations, brought to you this morning by the letter “B” for Berres Brothers Coffee. A little coffee place out of Watertown, WI. I would encourage you to Google them. I fell in love on a family trip and have drank their brew on special occasions ever sense. Luckily my town in Minnesota happens to carry them as well so I can drink the good stuff more often. (If you’re ordering try Highlander Grogg–if you’re not into flavored “Packer Perk” is a good strong blend)
Speaking of the Packers…Brett Favre is one of the most talented and iconic players ever. Lion Fanness aside…seriously Brett, stop it. Just stop it. No one wants to see you in any other colors than Green and Gold. And no coach in the league wants to try to coach you at this point of their career. Even in Milwaukee they are sick of your shenanigans. You’ve lived the past 5 years on flashes of talent , piss and vinegar, and the hopes and dreams of Packer-Nation; playing in any other city will hurt your legacy far more than Joe Montana’s stint in KC and if you truly think any other group of receivers want to fight D-backs for your jump balls you are wrong.
In other news: Our “Steve Miller” award goes to the Midnight Toking Travis Henry. In all honesty, I had a promising year of Michigan Div-4 senior football ahead of me and lost it to marijuana. I won’t sit up on my high horse and pretend that you’re so much worse than all the Pro athletes who don’t get caught and I’m no better. But I ask you Drafttek fans, Millions of dollars or a hit of the ganja…which would you pick? Henry’s days are pretty much over, he was being eclipsed anyway.
Chris Simms is back in the news as Dallas is looking hardcore at the former Longhorn for insurance and the Tampa Bay inquirer is reporting that Detroit and Chicago are looking as well. The silver lining in all of this is that Chicago is admitting they have a problem and that is the first step to recovery. (Because we all know that Grossman is rock-bottom). Chris Simms was a talented quarterback in college, but personally…I’d still take Major Applewhite as my teams QB coach than Simms as my QB any day.
Matt Jones is a (alleged) cocaine user…Who outside of Jacksonville knew he was still in the league? He had Michael Vick type hype for about 20 minutes and followed it up with Michael Vick production (aka next to none)
Goodbye to Trent Dilfer. It would take some digging to prove he’s a top-100 quarterback in the league’s history, but I bet someone could make the argument. He exemplified the “game manager” title and redefined it by winning a Super Bowl by making all the throws he had to and never trying to do too much. He will probably make a great OC one day. If you offered me the choice between Dilfer in his prime and a first round pick to use on a college quarterback, I would take Dilfer in a heartbeat.
More useless human being: Chris Henry or Brittany Spears? Is there a celebrity boxing show we could settle this on?
Derek Anderson has been working out at world renown SPARQ to improve his mobility. Specifically I would assume he’s working with Tom Shaw who is their Football/QB specialist. He’s trained 94 1st round picks and the last 6 Superbowl MVPs. If Derek Anderson adds the ability to move in the pocket, roll out, throw on the run, and pick up 1-2 yards here and there…start the Brady Quinn trade talk right now.
Thats about all I got today. A personal apology for not getting the rest of the NBA mock draft up. The move interfered and trust me, it didn’t get any more accurate on the last parts. NBA summer league is always a fun time to see who’s going to latch on.
Average Joe Sports Show today will feature a live call in from Tim Mattran of the Vikings (UFA-Stanford) 5:05 Central time www.knuj.net.
