Of all the tired Brett Favre storylines out there, our least favorite is the “He’s playing against Mike Holmgren again!” theme. Yes, yes, they won a Super Bowl together; we’re not sure this makes this all that necessarily compelling. Besides, that would require remembering a time when Brett Favre were, you know, relevant to the NFL at large, and that’ll give you a headache, every time.
Anyway, it’s the Seahawks, who look like they might stumble into an NFC West title after all, hosting the Packers tonight on what appears to be Favre’s final Monday Night Football appearance. (In other words, expect about 80 references to and highlights of that game he won after his dad died.) By our calculations, there’s only one compelling MNF matchup left this year, Cincinnati at Indianapolis on December 18, and that’s only if the Bengals don’t fold it in by then. Even the doubleheader on Christmas night is a little lacking, unless Terrell Owens decides to try to kill himself again.
But here’s your thread, anyway, if you wanna chat about the game tonight. (We’re gonna do this for Thursday’s game too, even if a ton of you won’t be able to watch it.) Count the number of times that it sounds like Tony Kornheiser is about to say something negative toward Favre, and then changes his mind. We think you can actually hear him reign himself in.
Of all the tired Brett Favre storylines out there, our least favorite is the “He’s playing against Mike Holmgren again!” theme. Yes, yes, they won a Super Bowl together; we’re not sure this makes this all that necessarily compelling. Besides, that would require remembering a time when Brett Favre were, you know, relevant to the NFL at large, and that’ll give you a headache, every time.
Anyway, it’s the Seahawks, who look like they might stumble into an NFC West title after all, hosting the Packers tonight on what appears to be Favre’s final Monday Night Football appearance. (In other words, expect about 80 references to and highlights of that game he won after his dad died.) By our calculations, there’s only one compelling MNF matchup left this year, Cincinnati at Indianapolis on December 18, and that’s only if the Bengals don’t fold it in by then. Even the doubleheader on Christmas night is a little lacking, unless Terrell Owens decides to try to kill himself again.
But here’s your thread, anyway, if you wanna chat about the game tonight. (We’re gonna do this for Thursday’s game too, even if a ton of you won’t be able to watch it.) Count the number of times that it sounds like Tony Kornheiser is about to say something negative toward Favre, and then changes his mind. We think you can actually hear him reign himself in.
Of all the tired Brett Favre storylines out there, our least favorite is the “He’s playing against Mike Holmgren again!” theme. Yes, yes, they won a Super Bowl together; we’re not sure this makes this all that necessarily compelling. Besides, that would require remembering a time when Brett Favre were, you know, relevant to the NFL at large, and that’ll give you a headache, every time.
Anyway, it’s the Seahawks, who look like they might stumble into an NFC West title after all, hosting the Packers tonight on what appears to be Favre’s final Monday Night Football appearance. (In other words, expect about 80 references to and highlights of that game he won after his dad died.) By our calculations, there’s only one compelling MNF matchup left this year, Cincinnati at Indianapolis on December 18, and that’s only if the Bengals don’t fold it in by then. Even the doubleheader on Christmas night is a little lacking, unless Terrell Owens decides to try to kill himself again.
But here’s your thread, anyway, if you wanna chat about the game tonight. (We’re gonna do this for Thursday’s game too, even if a ton of you won’t be able to watch it.) Count the number of times that it sounds like Tony Kornheiser is about to say something negative toward Favre, and then changes his mind. We think you can actually hear him reign himself in.
This happened a week ago and has been covered exhaustively in FanHouse (check the NFL Media Watch page, where Michael David Smith a.k.a. MDS has rocked it out), but people I’ve talked to — even those in the sports media — haven’t heard it or even heard about it yet, so…
The clip is only 50 seconds long, but that’s enough to hear Irvin say that Tony Romo’s “great-great-great-great-grandma ran over in the ‘hood or something went down,” suggesting that his athleticism comes from having black ancestry. It’s an unbelievably stupid thing to say and what follows is incredible awkwardness from Patrick and Keith Olbermann as they try to right the ship or, as Olbermann says, “steer out of this skid.”
It’s a wonder how Irvin has been able to keep his job through this and other episodes, but ESPN did acknowledge the incident and the Playmaker ended apologize for it earlier today. If they hadn’t taken these steps, the story would have gotten awfully interesting as it had just crossed over from sites like FanHouse and Pro Football Talk to services like the Associated Press over the weekend. Amazing what a wire story will do to a Worldwide Leader.
Finally, in closing, I’d like to apologize to Troy Aikman for using the above photograph. The man has been through enough (see: playing with Irvin, see also: getting concussed by LaVar Arrington and announcing with Joe Buck), it’s just that, as a Redskins fan, I love the photo. Sorry, Troy.
We admire Giants touchdown sponge Brandon Jacobs, not only because he went to Southern Illinois, but because he’s making every person we know who drafted Tiki Barber in fantasy football want to kill themselves. (Barber still has one touchdown this year.) We admire him because he’s a rookie second-year player who tells it like it is! Here’s the portly one on the Giants’ excruciating loss to the Titans yesterday:
“It hurts, man,” he said. “Any loss hurts, but this particular one to a team we should have beat the shit out of — this one hurts more.”
And why should the Giants have beaten the (expletive) out of the Titans?
“Because they suck,” he said. “That’s why.”
As much as we appreciate Jacobs’ gumption for truth-telling, we nevertheless warn him that his quarterback is likely to be hiding from him for the next week or so. “Because he sucks … that’s why!”
We admire Giants touchdown sponge Brandon Jacobs, not only because he went to Southern Illinois, but because he’s making every person we know who drafted Tiki Barber in fantasy football want to kill themselves. (Barber still has one touchdown this year.) We admire him because he’s a rookie second-year player who tells it like it is! Here’s the portly one on the Giants’ excruciating loss to the Titans yesterday:
“It hurts, man,” he said. “Any loss hurts, but this particular one to a team we should have beat the shit out of — this one hurts more.”
And why should the Giants have beaten the (expletive) out of the Titans?
“Because they suck,” he said. “That’s why.”
As much as we appreciate Jacobs’ gumption for truth-telling, we nevertheless warn him that his quarterback is likely to be hiding from him for the next week or so. “Because he sucks … that’s why!”
We admire Giants touchdown sponge Brandon Jacobs, not only because he went to Southern Illinois, but because he’s making every person we know who drafted Tiki Barber in fantasy football want to kill themselves. (Barber still has one touchdown this year.) We admire him because he’s a rookie second-year player who tells it like it is! Here’s the portly one on the Giants’ excruciating loss to the Titans yesterday:
“It hurts, man,” he said. “Any loss hurts, but this particular one to a team we should have beat the shit out of — this one hurts more.”
And why should the Giants have beaten the (expletive) out of the Titans?
“Because they suck,” he said. “That’s why.”
As much as we appreciate Jacobs’ gumption for truth-telling, we nevertheless warn him that his quarterback is likely to be hiding from him for the next week or so. “Because he sucks … that’s why!”
No doubt you’ve seen this Madden ‘07 commercial starring the video game version of Dallas Clark getting Jacked Up! by video game Darren Howard. The commercial is good enough, and, if you’ve ever played Madden (which I haven’t since college), you know that it’s true to life. It does make one wonder though… why Clark? Well, Clark is wondering the same thing:
“I’m upset about it. It makes me look like a punk… Everyone is talking about my face and my grunting and the noises I make… It sounds like I’m dying… I want to know why the people picked me. If they come and ask me, ‘Hey, we’re going to make you look bad, is that OK?’ (but) they didn’t ask me.'’
I’m with Clark on this. He’s a decent enough player, but he’s basically just some guy with no Q rating who went to Iowa, was lucky enough to get drafted by the Colts and catch some — but not too many — passes. And now his video game likeness is seen nationwide getting splayed out on repeat. And it’s not like he gets up after the hit either. He just lays there. Messed up.
Of all the tired Brett Favre storylines out there, our least favorite is the “He’s playing against Mike Holmgren again!” theme. Yes, yes, they won a Super Bowl together; we’re not sure this makes this all that necessarily compelling. Besides, that would require remembering a time when Brett Favre were, you know, relevant to the NFL at large, and that’ll give you a headache, every time.
We admire Giants touchdown sponge Brandon Jacobs, not only because he went to Southern Illinois, but because he’s making every person we know who drafted Tiki Barber in fantasy football want to kill themselves. (Barber still has one touchdown this year.) We admire him because he’s a 