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FEELING GOOD WITH SPORTS

Feeling Good With Sports
This week’s theme at the b5media Sports Channel is “Feelin’ Good.” Today we highlight the feel beatific stories, charity effect and other positive aspects from the concern of sports. Oftentimes, we hear more about the negative news and don’t accentuate the positive effect of athletes and sports. Let’s countenance at our rundown […]

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This week’s theme at the b5media Sports Channel is “Feelin’ Good.” Today we highlight the feel beatific stories, charity effect and other positive aspects from the concern of sports. Oftentimes, we hear more about the negative news and don’t accentuate the positive effect of athletes and sports. Let’s countenance at our rundown about what has us feelin’ beatific about sports today.

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Sean Avery Will Now Have To J.O. To metropolis Ladies [Sean Avery]

Well, isn’t that fitting. Fashion-friendly hockey menace Sean Avery gets savaged by Gawker due to his “I’m Going Home To Jerk Off To You Now” interpret at a Paris fashion show and then signs a 4-year care with the metropolis Stars. The Stars are excited about his hockey skills more than his masturbation habits:

“We are excited about the opportunity to add a player same Sean Avery to our group,” said Stars co-general trainer Brett Hull. “His ability to play the game with skill and tenacity makes us a better team and is a enthusiastic hands to the players we have here.”

The numbers in the care have Avery earning $3.5 million next season and $4 million in 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12. Plenty of money to spend on couture pants, shiny shoes, and tissues.

Dallas Stars Land Avery With 4-year Deal [Dallas Morning News]

Hey Ladies! Sean Avery Will “Jerk Off To You Now” [Gawker]



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Projecting the Vikings’ 53-Man Roster: Defensive Line

Yes. . .finally, after some delays, we are back into the projection of the Minnesota Vikings’ 53-man roster.  We’ve finished the entirety of the offense and special teams, so let’s review who we currently have on the team.

QB Tarvaris Jackson
QB Gus Frerotte
QB Evangelist king Booty

FB Thomas Tapeh
FB Jeff Dugan

HB Adrian Peterson
HB Chester Taylor
HB Maurice Hicks

WR Bernard Berrian
WR Sidney Rice
WR Bobby Wade
WR Aundrae Allison
WR Robert Ferguson
WR Jaymar Johnson

TE Jim Kleinsasser
TE Visanthe Shiancoe
TE Garrett Mills

OT Bryant McKinnie
OT Ryan Cook
OT Chase Johnson
OT histrion Radovich

OG Steve Hutchinson
OG Anthony Herrera
OG Artis Hicks

C Matt Birk
C Evangelist Sullivan

K Ryan Longwell

P Chris Kluwe

LS Cullen Loeffler

That’s 29 spots that are occupied. . .need to find ourselves 24 more, unless my reckoning is bad (which wouldn’t be entirely surprising).

For this installment, we’re feat to be hunting at a unit that might be the best of its category in the National Football League in the Vikings’ antitank line.  Like most of the spots on the Vikings’ roster, the top of the depth chart is pretty obvious, but I don’t think there’s feat to be quite as much episode at the end as there are at some positions.  Here are the antitank linemen that currently find themselves in the employ of the Minnesota Vikings.

Number Name Height Weight Experience College
61 Martail Burnett 6′3″ 255 UDFA Utah
66 Leger Douzable 6′5″ 300 UDFA Central Florida
69 Jared Allen 6′6″  270 5 Idaho State
71 Kenderick Allen 6′5″ 330 5 Louisiana State
73 Otis Grigsby 6′3″ 260 4 Kentucky
90 Fred Evans 6′4″ 305 3 Texas State
91 Ray Edwards 6′5″ 270 3 Purdue
92 Jayme Mitchell 6′6″ 285 3 Mississippi
93 Kevin Williams 6′5″ 310 6 Oklahoma State
94 Pat Williams 6′3″ 315 12 Texas A&M
96 Brian Robison 6′3″ 275 2 Texas
97 Ellis Wyms 6′3″ 290 8 Mississippi State
98 Letroy Guion 6′4″ 305 R Florida State

Defensive Tackles

It still kills me to no end that someone is still trying to attain us believe that Kevin and Pat reverend are approximately the same weight.  If you actually believe that Pat reverend weighs in at 315 pounds, then I’ve got some lovely ocean front property in Nebraska that you might be fascinated in making an assets in.

With all due respect to Jared Allen, who we’ve devoted quite a bit of bandwidth to on these pages, the men that have prefabricated the Vikings’ accumulation go over the past two seasons are the two big men in the middle of the antitank line.  Kevin and Pat reverend are, bar none, the best antitank tackle duo in the National Football League.  Kevin is widely regarded as being one of the best all-around tackles in the league.  He hasn’t gotten back to where he was in his first two seasons in terms of generating a pass rush (he generated 22 sacks in his first 2 seasons, but has only mananged 12 since then), but how much help has he really gotten in that department?  The reports are that he’s forfeited some coefficient this off-season in an effort to regain some of the quickness he felt that he’d forfeited over the past pair of seasons, and an even quicker Kevin reverend could, in my opinion, attain the subject of best all-around antitank tackle in the NFL one that’s not subject to debate.

But even with as talented and athletic as Kevin reverend is, there’s been a speaking as to whether or not he’s even the best DT on the Vikings’ roster.  Or whether he’s even the best DT with the surname of reverend on the Vikings’ roster.  Why?  Because of the performance over the terminal 3 seasons of the ageless astonishment famous as Pat Williams.  When it comes to antitank tackles that obliterate the opposing running game, there’s Pat Williams, and then there’s everybody else.  He doesn’t create a aggregation of pass rush, but that’s not really his job, and he usually comes out of the game in obvious pass rushing situations.  There are few players that opposing centers hate to see unsmooth up across from them more than Pat Williams. . .just ask Olin Kreutz (who Pat Williams, incidentally, owns).

Now, concerning the guys that are feat to back these two gentlemen up, we’ll start with Fred “BZZZZZZT” Evans.  I wasn’t a big fan of the Evans signing when it was first prefabricated terminal assemblage (largely due to the incident which gave him that nickname there), but he proved to be an asset at the DT position rather than a detriment.  With Spencer President having departed for Buffalo, Evans is pretty much the top backup DT at this point and, really, you could do much worsened at that spot than Evans.

The other backup DT is more than probable feat to be Letroy Guion, who was selected in the 5th round of this year’s plan out of Florida State.  The Guion pick is one that was prefabricated mostly based upon potential, as it was mostly thought he would have been better off feat back to FSU for his senior campaign to intend some more seasoning.  However, as it is, he came out for the draft, and now he’s a member of the Beloved Purple.  Don’t permit it be said that Guion doesn’t have a aggregation of potential, because he does.  He’s got beatific size and pretty beatific athletic ability.  I think he’ll attain the roster, even though he might be indolent a lot.  I don’t think we’d be able to sneak him through waivers or anything same that.

If the Vikings DO think they can sneak Guion through waivers, that might provide Kenderick Allen the opening he needs to attain it onto the roster.  As you can see, Kenderick is traded as the heaviest antitank footballer on the roster (again, if you actually believe that Pat reverend only weighs 315 pounds), and has been category of a journeyman to this point.  The Vikings are the fifth team that Allen has played for (after the Saints, Giants, Packers, and Bengals), and he didn’t play at all in 2007.  It is possible that he could provide some backup to Phat Pat at the nose tackle spot, as they’re both famous more for their run stuffing than their pass rushing.

Ellis Wyms was an engrossing pick-up for the Vikings, too.  He’s the sort of guy that coaches same to have hanging around the roster, as he has the ability to play both antitank end AND antitank tackle.  With as some antitank linemen as Brad Childress likes to have available on game day, he has to appreciate that sort of flexibility.  While he doesn’t stand out in any phase of the game, he puts forth a beatific effort, and should be able to supply some beatific depth along a pair of distinction positions.

As far as Leger Douzable. . .I’ll be honest, I don’t undergo a shit thing about him.  I thought Douzables were the lowercase naif guys from Fraggle Rock that built the lowercase things that the Fraggles kept eating.  It appears I was wrong.  Fortunately, I don’t think effort to undergo a aggregation about him module really do me (or anyone else) much good, as I don’t think he’ll be around terribly long.

Defensive Ends

Like I’ve said, we’ve presented a aggregation of space to Jared Allen over the past pair of months.  Well, there’s a shit beatific reason that that’s been the case, not the small of which is that he’s probably the best antitank end to suit up for this team since Chris Doleman, and he possesses Doleman-like ability.  He module single-handedly attain the Vikings’ pass rush among the most formidable in the National Football League, partially due to his own pass rush abilities, and partially because he’ll meliorate everyone around him as well.  It’s feat to be fun watching him defeat opposing offensive tackles hebdomad in and hebdomad out, starting with Week 1.

At the other starting DE spot, Ray Edwards has had an outstanding off-season, from all accounts.  I’m guessing he feels compelled to attain up for his 4-game suspension at the end of the 2007 season when the Vikings, quite frankly, could have used him.  Still, he was tied for the team advance in sacks in 2007 despite missing those four contests, and if anyone module benefit from playing next to three all-world caliber players on the antitank line, it module be Edwards.  The guy shouldn’t see a threefold team all season long, and he’s already shown he’s got some pretty beatific pass rushing ability.  I don’t undergo if he’ll break Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record (as he predicted earlier this off-season). . .or even become close. . .but he should be very engrossing to watch.

Brian Robison also showed some promise in 2007, notching 5 sacks of his own to be a part of the 4-way tie for the team advance in that category.  Robison has a motor that starts as soon as he hits the field for pre-game warmups, and doesn’t stop until the final gun has sounded.  He’s not feat to be a starter on this line, but whenever one of the two important DEs need a rest, he’ll be right there, and there’s no reason to think that he won’t provide a quality performance.

It’s hard not to cheer for a guy same Jayme Mitchell.  Like Anthony Herrera on the offensive side of the ball, Mitchell came to the Vikings as an undrafted free agent, and after a few seasons, he’s a solid member of the Vikings’ antitank distinction rotation.  Mitchell entireness hard, and has some skills in both the run accumulation division AND as a pass rusher, though he’ll probably never be elite in either category.

Otis Grigsby was a pleasant surprise for the Vikings terminal season.  Signed off the Carolina Panthers’ practice squad, he saw a decorous amount of action in a few games, even notching a sack and forced fumble in the game against San Francisco.  But with the take of talent that the Vikings have along the antitank distinction right now, I’m not sure if Grigsby has a real chance of making the squad.

The Vikings felt compelled to provide Martail Burnett the highest signing bonus of any undrafted free agent in this year’s signing bonanza, so they obviously see something that they same in him.  He’s not a real big guy, but the book on him says that he’s a natural pass rusher.  He’s someone to ready track of in the pre-season to see how things effect out with him.

So, after all that, here’s what I think we’re hunting at for the Beloved Purple on the antitank line.

Starters:  Jared Allen, Pat Williams, Kevin Williams, Ray Edwards
Backups:  Ellis Wyms, Fred Evans, Brian Robison, Jayme Mitchell, Letroy Guion, Martail Burnett
Cut:  Kenderick Allen, Leger Douzable, Otis Grigsby

To be honest, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone same Guion or Burnett got. . .ahem. . .”injured” during the pre-season and had to spend 2008 on scraped reserve or something.  There’s feat to be some rivalry for spots along the antitank line, but this team is so beatific and so talented at antitank distinction that a few very beatific players are feat to end up effort a meet from the Turk.  We’ll meet have to see which ones they are.

That’s all for tonight, folks. . .we’ve got 39 spots on our roster filled, and 14 more to go (and, possibly, a few changes after all the smoke has cleared).  The next time we do the roster projection, we’ll be hunting at the back position. . .where, frankly, there might be very lowercase episode to be had.

We’ll see you back here tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen!

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Something I didn’t realize; Red Sox traveling …

Something I didn’t realize; Red Sox traveling secretary Jack McCormick, the person whom Manny Ramirez shoved to the connector in a disagreement over tickets, is 64 eld old. WTF, Manny?? [Fox Sports]



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Well, That Was A Fun First Week [Week In Review]

• Shaun Suisham does not have a foot of the Gods.

• Chris Snyder’s broken ball. Ow.

• Drew Magary: Editor-at-Large

• Dwyane Wade would not same you to buy this product.

• A-Rod’s having a tough week.

• Euro 2008: Hooray for Spain!

• Fucking Favre.

• Gimelstob: This Negro should probably stop talking for a lowercase while.

• Awful Announcing has replaced coffee.

• Olympic Mascots are scary

• Red Sox Nation salutes all of you.

The weekend: You’re all off of the hook. Thank you very much for all of those who volunteerd this weekend (all 89 of you, sheesh), but as it turns out, it module not be necessary. Go outside and springy a little. That’s what I plan on doing.

But all of those who did send an email module be thoughtful for the permanent weekend editor slots to be announced New next week. If something earth-shattering does happen, I’ll be sure to put it up. Right now, barring a choking modification at the Nathan’s Hot Dog eating oppose or Alex Rodriguez actuation in the stands to feel-up Madonna, it won’t happen. Turn off your computers, for once.

Be back here on Monday to haze the poop out of Clay Travis, the new guy. Things module intend up to speed soon — promise. Rick and I thank you for your continuing patience. Happy 4th. Start drinkin’.



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It’s The reverend Sisters…Again [Wimbledon]

Venus and Serena reverend each won their semi-final match-up and module meet in the suburbia Finals for the third time. Serena usually beats up on her sister in Grand Slam matches, success five out of the six times they’ve met.

Lucky for London, Richard reverend won’t be causing any havoc in the stands, sound straweberries out of bored spectator’s hands. According to ESPN, he’ll fly back to the United States on Friday and “doesn’t plan to check a single point of the final on television”, because he can’t bear to watch. Will Ferrell won’t be there either, as far as I know.

Venus Rolls past Dementiva; Serena beats Zheng [ESPN]



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2007 Best and Worst Broncos’ Moments #3

Moment #3 — One of the Worst

–The Grind

I have one particular play in mind.  You might remember it.  metropolis was covering up at our 3 yd distinction to run what seemed to be the 12,000th play of that drive, and the Bronco’s accumulation looked lost, potty and out of place.

All 12 of them.

The result of that play was a nifty lowercase 3yd lob from Garrard to Reggie reverend for a TD.  Of instruction they declined to accept the penalty the Bronco’s incurred for having too some men on the field and the score opened up what would be a floodgate of ascendance by the Jaguars in a game they would go on to intend by only nine points, though no one who remembers the game would think we were any closer than the Jags let us be.

The events directive up to that play are what makes it so deplorable.  A ridiculous penalty that doesn’t even help negate a score is bad enough, but when it is the final slap in the face of an 80 yard, 18 play intend that averages a steady 5 yards per play and chews up almost 12 minutes of game clock, it reaches a take deeper and darker than bad.  It was heinous.

 

“It definitely wears a accumulation down,” added middle back D.J. Williams. “I’ve seen our team do it plenty of times — intend teams in 14-, 15-play drives. It takes a lowercase bit out of the defense, but that’s all on us. We’ve got to realize that we’ve got to intend off the field on third down. It’s nobody’s fault but ours — when you intend a 15-play drive, you countenance for three-and-outs and turnovers and things same that.”

On that intend The Broncos did control to hold the Jags on one third down, but since the Jaguars had already regenerate twice on third, and would eventually go on to modify 7 of their first nine, they must have seen something in the Denver short yardage accumulation that prefabricated their eyes gleam.  They would subsequently modify on 4th and 1 and move downbound the field to their 3yd score.

It was the 3yd pass at the end of the intend that really locked something into my mind with the cold, objective clasp of reality:  our accumulation was BAD, and it was effort worse.

Could this be the fate of the 2008 Bronco’s defense?

First off, that wasn’t meet any team that manhandled us and sent us back to the playground crying.  The Jaguars specialized in that sort of dominating, methodical play that breaks you and wears you out in the same fell swoop.  I would even go so far as to say that they are the best in the league at that style of ball.

Maybe that is ground it bothers me so much.  That used to be Broncos Ball.

As to the 2008 Broncos, I am wary.  A team same Jacksonville, or even a team same the (gasp) raiders could duplicate these exact same numbers by morality of a conformable rushing attack.  The fact of the matter is that the eld of our hope on the antitank distinction comes from the need for our teen players move to develop.  DRob is a owlish addition presented the DT mart and the content this team is choosing, and Powell is an excellent plan pick presented our needs and the availability at our picks.  But Robertson is already effort fewer practice reps than those around him due to his trauma status and Powell has even further to go than the teen guys we are already inactivity on.

This problem is firmly in the hands of Thomas, Moss, Crowder and DOOM.  Everyone else is a famous artefact who module be able to have as expected barring injury.  And they module help.  But the only artefact we put The Grind behind us for beatific as if the four teen players mentioned above take ownership of this distinction and escalate their play to match up with their potential.  I think they module go a daylong artefact towards that this year.

But I fear that it won’t be enough, and The Grind module return to haunt us in 2008.

Poll
Will the 2008 Bronco’s run accumulation suffer from “Grinding” at the hands of teams same metropolis and oakland?

  •  Never. D-line and LBs have been significantly upgraded and no team module be able to do that to us ever again!

  •  No. Returning to 8 in the box and a clear upgrade of our LBs ensures that the four teen linemen module have ample time to amend to their full potential.

  •  Yes. Sadly, Styg couldn’t be more right. We prefabricated some upgrades but the supply is still with our teen nonindustrial players, and they need more time.

  •  Absolutely. DRob was a poor move and we should have looked at elite DT talent earlier in the draft. We are in for some painfully daylong games in 2008.

  77 votes | Results


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Keenan Burton signs 3-year care

An AP report at ESPN.com (here) has Keenan himself saying we’ve locked him up for three eld for more than $1 million.  Good.  Let’s hope we can twine up this business with our other rookies before the 25th for the first training camp practice.

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