Okay, my coverage of the cuts will be slight... and a few days late. I figure there's enough NFL news for a decent sized post now, so here goes.
Koren Robinson and Bobby Taylor only cuts of note... both happen to be from same teamMan, the Seahawks are screwed. Alexander doesn't want to be there, they cut their best defensive player, none of the receivers have any hands... and they lost to the Rams three times last year. Ouch! On Robinson, he seemed like he had a lot of potential when he first came out, but we know what happend to him... he fell apart in a hurry. So, I say nuts to him. Try not to be an idiot next time. As for his former teammates, I suspect they plummet in the standings this year. It's not like their division is good or anything, in fact it's the worst one in the league. Looking at their
schedule, I think it's quite possible they'll go about 5-11. They should pick up some cheap wins against the crappy teams in their division, but that's about it. Sorry, Seahawk fan. More on this when I put up my division by division previews in August.
Speaking of single digit picks with a lot of potential and idiocy...People are already saying the guy is fantastic, which is funny, because every time I saw him last year he was terrible. But I digress. The story is pretty vague, but I'll relay what I heard on Fox Sports Radio the other day. The story apparently is that Taylor had parked his vehicle somewhere not very public and left it. Two people (who knew who Taylor was) came by and stole it. Apparently Taylor caught them in the act and figured out where they were going. Apparently the location wasn't far away, so Taylor got there on foot. When he got there, he started shooting up the place and the two guys called the cops. At this point Taylor took off and eventually turned himself in. This guy's already had a DUI, asked for a new contract and now this... before he's played his second year! Unbelieveable. I don't think he'll be in the league in three years.
Rice to DenverI guess I ought to comment on this one. I really don't understand why there's so much hate to Rice like there is to Ricky Henderson in baseball. "He's hurting his legacy", et cetera... I don't buy it. Yeah, he's the best receiver to ever play the game and these days he's a #4 guy at best, but... the guy just wants to play. If an NFL team will take him, he'll play there. If not, like Ricky, I'm sure he'll get into other leagues. Just think of what a league like the AFL or my home country's league would do if he dropped down to their levels. Let the guy play. Legacy or not, he just wants to play. I say let him be. But until he gives it up, very few will do so. Oh well.
Pasquarelli previews the NFC NorthI'll touch on the Vikings on a later date. I'm not particularly fond of their offseason, unlike many. But again, later date. Same with the other two. I'm more interested in what he has to say about the Lions. I think his take on them is pretty accurate, but I think he puts too much faith in Garcia. I like how he points out that Boss is going to make a return too. Good article.
Say, what did I think of the Lion draft?I wanted the Lions to get one of the CBs at the ten spot, personally. I still believe that it's by far their biggest hole (outside of what I'm going to talk about next) and that a nice young talent would be good to stick in there. Instead, I'm left to hope that Fernando Bryant can be healthy next year and that Keroy Kennedy can make some time of difference. Despite the lack of CB, I'm not upset at all over the Williams pick like some. He gives them insurance is Rogers if still overly injured, gives them the ability to play him at WR or TE, gives them that possible super triple threat out there. Overkill? Maybe. But it'll definitely be a lot of fun to see all of those weapons out there.
What's next? What is this outside thing?This of course, is Joey Harrington. I hate Joey. I really do. His inconsistency, passes that often don't seem like they'd hit the broad side of a barn and inability to convert in the red zone consistently piss me off. I thought that they needed to go out and get a great free agent QB to replace him if he continued to suck with this army of offensive skill position talent. They got Garcia instead. I like Garcia, but he's not what I was hoping for. Unless he magically reverts back to his "With Mariucci in SF" form, then he'll be great. But that's probably not going to happen. So we'll probably be stuck with Joey again. He still keeps his eyes glued on receivers too long, he still makes bad decisions, he's just not cut out for this level in my view. It's understandable if he's like this in year one or early in year two, but he's already completed year three. That being said, I'll still be pulling for him as hard as I can, but I just don't think it's going to happen. I hope he can turn it around now that he's got these guys around him or at least fake some talent... that is, get a QB rating of around 90 right when the team has the noted army, but still be useless to those not paying attention. I guess we'll find out in September.
