I really didn’t see the value in him and I didn’t trust that deal at only one single season. I called him the Steelers Trash and it pissed a lot of people off; All I can tell you is that when we went 0-16, our defense sucked. And last year after we signed such a “Big Time Free Agent” like Foote, our defense sucked.
Was he better than anything we had at the time? Yes. But that’s like being the prettiest waitress at Denny’s. Just because you’re the best in this little pool here, it doesn’t make you good. Cap victim my ass. He was done and the Steelers knew it.
We need young starters; They don’t have to be the best in football at their position, they just need to do their job and not be at the ceiling of their development. That brings me to the other thing, that trade with the Texans. Great Move! You give up a late draft pick for a guy that is only 25, so he has a few years to get better and develop yet I feel his talent level is much higher than anyone we could have drafted at that point of the draft. Yet another good job by the Lions.
Best DE we’ve had since Porcher; We Popped a trade with Cleveland and fetched a respectable Wide Receiver.
You can’t butter your bread on free agency, but you can certainly plug a few holes and I can honestly tell you that the team is instantly better today. Don’t plan the parade yet, but we’ve definitely upgraded a handful of positions.
I said that Mayhew’s legacy will be defined by Matt Stafford’s career.
WELL… so far the kid is a hit. He was down there in Miami and everyone loves him; Mayhew has pulled off more valuable moves than Millen did in 8 years and in one draft he’s had more serviceable/successful players than Millen did in 4 drafts.
The guy that rants and raves can’t complain… Good job Lions.
The Olympics is over, I’m like… hungover on the final hockey game.
Canada won the second match up, fair and square, I’m not going to piss and moan and do that “the better team didn’t win” crap because I hate that stuff. BUT the thing that has really gotten under my skin is the media whipping out the knee pads and getting on sydney crosby. Is he a talented hockey player? Sure. But the media are declaring him the best hockey player since Gretzky… I don’t think that’s a good bet yeah (LOL).
First off the MVP of the Olympic Hockey run is Ryan Miller. His play was nothing short of brilliant. BRILLIANT. He anchored a bunch of depth players, guys that on average make 3 million dollar per head less than team Canada to the Gold medal game and it took these guys all the way to overtime to finally get at him.
Am I being a homer? Maybe a little, but keep in mind I like team Canada (minus Crosby); Stevie Y, Oh Captain My Captain… Mike Babcock, my teams coach. These guys belong to us too, we’re all “South Detroiters” here, we are extremely intermeshed with Canada here in South Eastern Michigan. In any event, congrats to Canada for their Gold on home soil and congrats to the USA hockey squad, fetching a silver as a heavily underrated underdog.
I’m currently watching the Combine, ie the NFL Cattle call.
I really want to get a gander at McCoy and Suh; Its looking like the Rams are falling hard and fast for China Doll Bradford, so we are going to have our choice pick of strong defensive talent. I also want to see this brand new Tebow they are trying to pitch at us… I still think he’s a practice squadder; He’ll go way to high though, I think Jacksonville pretty much has to draft him.
For Your enjoyment, here’s mooch from NFL Network which won’t let me embed because they suck.
There really hasn’t been a damn thing going on sports-wise with NBA & NHL off and NFL done. I thought I would be enjoying the Men’s hockey in the Olympics a little bit more.. but honestly with the NHL rules/rink size in play, it feels like its just a roster scrambling; It has yet to really grab me.
I’m not an X-games kinda guy too, so the snow boarding does nothing for me and I’ve never really been into the skiing aspect;
So what’s left? Curling?
The Russian and British team had some really hot chicks. Team Canada has this smoking hot brunette cougar and their opponent Germany has to cuties along with this blonde that might be a guy.
I don’t have screen caps, so I googled hot curling chicks.
enjoy.
