Kyle Boller’s Injures Shoulder, Berkeley Weeps
News and notes from around the league:
-Kyle Boller’s shoulder might not be ready for the first week of the season, to which everyone in Baltimore let out a sigh of relief. Seriously, this might be the best news for the city since The Wire went off the air. Why is he even contention for the starting position? Does any fan of this team want Boller starting over either Troy Smith or even Joe Flacco? It’s time to move on from six seasons of relative futility at the quarterback position. At least be futile with a different player. Anyhow, feel better about your Derrick Mason, Todd Heap & Willis McGahee picks.
Boller has Heath Shuler like potential...in that he might one day run for office. He could never match his performance on the football field.
-Michael Strahan has made it official: he is staying retired. I guess potentially funneling more money his ex-wife’s way isn’t all that appealing. Whatever it was, thank you for not Favre-ing us, Mr. Strahan.
Speaking of insufferable quarterbacks, Matt Leinart is not throwing in the towel on the battle for the QB1 spot with the Cardinals (the most prestigious position in all of sports). Even though everyone says he isn’t ready (which doesn’t really make any sense, considering this is third season with two pro-bowl receivers) he is throwing a temper-tantrum of sorts about Chris Mortenson’s report. I guess the question is, why is 37 year-old Kurt Warner even a viable competitor for the position? With the hype that Warner had coming out of USC, he should be competing for MVP, much less his job. Also, if you draft one of them, you have to draft both. Of the three main quarterbacks to come out in 2005 (Young, Leinart & Cutler), Cutler will prove to be the better of the three.
-If you are wondering why Earnest Graham is still a top twenty pick, it’s because Carnell Williams is now on the PUP list. What an injury plagued/bad luck career he has had to date, he’s like one step ahead of Ki-Jana Carter in terms of forces outside his control dictating his legacy. You’re aware of this if you’ve drafted him early in the past two seasons.
This was kind of weak, back with something else later.
August 28th, 2008 at 8:36 am
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