"Oooh look! That actor who's only played backup roles in terrible movies was picking his nose and we got pictures!" "Check it out, this actress was harassed by a cameraman at an airport and she told them to leave her alone! Isn't this great?"
I don't get it. I don't get all the interest. In fact, I feel sorry for the harassees. I know, it's hard to imagine feeling bad for people who are filthy rich, but they are human. Have you ever seen that show TMZ on TV? It's the most retarded thing. They'll show a bunch of people in a staff room telling their boss what lame thing they have on a pseudo-celebrity, then one of them will make a really crappy joke, but everyone'll laugh as if they were listening to George Carlin.
That's another thing. It's usually barely famous people. The real stars know how to get their privacy, so you won't be seeing anything about them anyway unless they do something really stupid. And the targets of the paparazzi can do no right. If they ignore the people, they're portrayed as being a snob. If they interact at all without giving anything to them, then the paparazzo'll be emboldened to keep trying to envoke some juicy response. If they cooperate, then they're desperate for attention. If they get angry, that's just gold.
Alright, on to the TARP
Week 12 Power Rankings
1.) N.O. Saints
2.) Indy Colts
3.) Minny Vikings
4.) S.D. Chargers
5.) N.E. Patriots
6.) Dallas Cowboys
7.) Arizona Cardinals
8.) Philly Eagles
9.) Cincy Bengals
10.) G.B. Packers
Week 12 Thoughts I Think I Thought About Thinking
1.) I realize everyone's sick of it, but one last thing on concussions. Hines Ward needs to shut up. That's what's wrong with the NFL, questioning a guy's toughness because he sits out a game. The problem with concussions is that you can't see one. You could see a seperated shoulder, a broken ankle, busted knee, but you don't see the effects of a concussion. A player can seem completely fine, until they get hit in the head and they're out cold again.
Matt Stafford exemplifies the problem perfectly. He was lauded for coming back into a game after hurting his shoulder, in obvious pain. People with concussions think they've got to do the same. It's the old school mentality in the NFL of "tape it up and get back in there". The players with the mindset of the 70s and the 80s consider it soft to sit out because of a concussion. They were apparently the tough ones, but they'd be considered soft by those who played in leather helmets. Why don't people get it? The game's evolved a long way. From a barbaric affair that was little more than a gang fight to a cerebral struggle of two sides that are almsot physical equals.
The game's still evolving. Go with it. Protect people with concussions. Protect them from the media. Protect them from their teammates. Most of all, protect them from themselves. Hire independent neurologists to inspect the players after every game. If they so much as suspect a concussion for any reason, the player gets placed on IR. That's it, season's over. I don't care about any of the other injuries in football, but head injuries could be life altering during and after the playing career.
2.) Is there a rule in the NFL that states that if a player has two last names he has to be at least decent? Jones-Drew, Sims-Walker, Fletcher-Baker, Randle-El. It works almost everytime. However, the player can have two last names, but two first names nullifies the effect, like BenJarvus Green-Ellis.
3.) Adrian Peterson can no longer be considered easily the best HB in the NFL.Chris Johnson's simple amazing.
4.) Fantasy experts are worse than the regular NFL experts. I'm convinced that they don't even watch the games. They simple crunch numbers. If I was given all the fantasy stats that ESPN puts at their experts' disposal, I could do a better job than Matt Berry. They don't help you at all. Last week, the players they said should be picked up were: Rock Cartwright (the two HBs ahead of him on the depth chart were seriously hurt and he had a big game), Bernard Scott (had a big week filling in for hurt starter Cedric Benson), and Fred Jackson (already should be owned in most leagues). Aren't those pickups obvious? Those are all at least a week late. A fantasy expert needs to help me get a player before he explodes, not after.
If that wasn't enough to realize the ineptitude of fantasy experts' knowledge of football, one needs only to go to Matt Berr's column last week. He's trying to make some joke about calling Kerry Rhodes "butthead" so he and Revis could be "Revis and Butthead." Fine, whatever, I don't care about that. What I do care about is when he says that he wants to call Rhodes that, he says it's not because he doesn't lile Rhodes, "he's fantastic". Kerry Rhodes was benched the next day due to poor performance. Nice job there by Berry.
5.) Vince Young might soon step out of being a Jeff George Phenom and being a legit NFL starting QB. He's making everyone forget why he was benched in the first place. Think back, it wasn't really because of performance. It was attitude and the fact that Collins was winning. Well, attitudes can be changed and Collins is no longer winning. Of course, we do need to wait and see how Young responds to some real adversity to see if his attitude's really changed, but that 99 yard game winning drive he had was amazing, topped only be the final play. The throw to Britt could be something to build a career off of. Speaking of Britt...
6.) How about these Rutgers guys, huh? Kenny Britt seems like he's going to be a really good WR in years to come, and Ray Rice is already among the best backs in the league. Who knew Rutgers could produce stars?
7.) Listening to the Jets radio broadcast last week was hilarious. Any Mark Snchez throw that didn't end up as an interception was applauded for being a smart decision. It was ral fun listening.
8.) It seemed that Brian Dawkins took the Eagles' defense to Denver with him to play the Giants. The was the Broncos played, I have no doubt that the coaching staff picked Dawkins's brain on how to attack. That would confuse the Giants because it was probably different from how they looked on tape all year. But, how different could it really have been? They only had a couple of days to implement the game plan. Maybe that was their regular defense, but it sure looked like how the Eagles played in the playoffs last year. Good job all around there.
9.) The Colts will not go 16-0 and the Saints will not go 19-0. Done and done.
10.) College note this week. USC and UCLA played their annual game last week. They've a very heated rivalry over the years. With under two minutes left, USC had the ball and were up by two TDs. Game over. Pete Carrol has a history of running up the score, but told his team to kneel down and end the game- except UCLA coach Rick Nuheisel wasn't content with that. He called a timeout. So USC responded by throwing a long TD pass on the next play. I think UCLA was in the wrong here for complaining afterwards. They called timeout, indicating that they didn't consider the game over. That they wouldn't let USC just kneel on the ball to end it, so USC responded in kind. IF UCLA wanted to call timeout, they should've been ready for a response and should've stopped the pass play. Plain and simple.
Limerick of the Week
The Browns think they have a quick fix
LeBron at tight end would sell some tix
But LeBron should know
That he shouldn't go
He could suit up for the Giants when he joins the Knicks
Peace
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