Letting NFL QBs Run with the Football is a Bad Idea
Yep, these plays sure are the most exciting plays to watch on the NFL Football field.
What’s better than watching a quarterback scramble out of the pocket and run the football for the first down or even a touchdown? Michael Vick is already providing us with a whole lot of plays like this in NFL Football.
Of course, mah’ boy, Vince Young, did that back in college with the Texas Longhorns, eventually earning his team the NCAA College Football championship.
Yep, quarterbacks are suppose to JUST PASS the damn football and hope that his wide receivers will be agile enough to 
complete the catch. However, guys like Michael Vick and Vince Young changed the way we look at NFL QBs.
Nowadays, these ”new breed” of quarterbacks, so to speak, have this second threat of being able to go with the running game without handing it off to the HB. With these ”new breed” of QBs, defenses find themselves second guessing on the field, making them cover the wide receivers, the half backs, and now, as well as the QB.
But is letting your QB run with the football really a good idea?
Um… NO. Well, not if you want this QB to be with your team for the long haul. You see, QBs are not built like halfbacks, halfbacks like Edgerrin James or Shaun Alexander. They don’t have that upper body frame these HBs have that enables these guys to take god – knows – how – many hits in any given NFL Football game.
Guys on defense like Ray Lewis hit guys on the field with so much force that they just don’t care anymore if they’ll get hurt or not after the play as long as they can inflict as much pain as possible and punish the offense for trying to fool them with yet another ”conservative” running play.
Oh yeah, they get even more agitated whenever QBs decide to make a run for it. JUST IMAGINE when Michael Vick eventually gets smoked by Ray Lewis, the Atlanta Falcons are going to regret giving him a $100 million contract.
And Vick will regret the day he decided to hold a football.
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Michael Schumacher will go for it all in China
Michael Schumacher is only two points away from championship leader Fernando Alonso.
Oh yeah, he also said that he will be retiring after this F1 season is over. Ferrari has already announced that Kimi Raikkonen will be taking over the seat Schumi will be leaving. There are only three more races left in the F1 season.
This all means that Michael Schumacher has only three races left in what has been an awesome F1 career. And with three races remaining, not to mention two points away from finding himself on top of the F1 
standings for the first time this season, don’t expect Schumi to give Fernando Alonso the easy way towards the checkered flag in Shanghai, China.
Michael Schumacher’s time is running out and at the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix, Schumi will make the most of what he has left. Three more races, two more points, it seems everything is set for a dramatic finish as far as Michael Schumacher’s career is concerned.
Michael Schumacher trails the Spaniard by just two points with only three races remaining and securing his maiden victory in China this weekend would send the German to the top of the standings for the first time this season.
However, the seven-time world champion has an abysmal record in China, failing to score a point in the two races held so far at the Shanghai International Circuit. But despite his poor record, Schumacher is confident he can make an impact on Sunday’s race and overtake defending F1 champion, Fernando Alonso from the standings.
”We should be able to do better this year,” said the Ferrari driver. ”I have no strong feelings about the place as far as I don’t think it has anything to do with bad luck or something like that.”
”It’s simply that I was unfortunate in the first year with a puncture in the first race and last year we were completely out of it with our tires and I hope this year we have the package to compete. But from the nature of what we have seen so far this year there should be no reason why we are not competitive.”
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Fernando Alonso wants to Focus on China for now
Labeling Fernando Alonso as one furious Spaniard at the 2006 Italian Grand Prix is an understatement.
First, he saw the stewards penalize him for blocking Ferrari’s Felipe Massa in qualifying. Then, he saw his Renault retire from the race. And then, he watch Michael Schumacher trim his drivers’ championship lead to two.
It was not a good weekend for Fernando Alonso at the 2006 Italian Grand Prix to say the least.
Alonso was furious after a controversial ruling by race stewards at Monza saw him penalised for blocking Felipe Massa in qualifying. 
The Spaniard then failed to finish the race as title rival Michael Schumacher sped to victory.
That win for the German saw Alonso’s lead at the top of the drivers’ championship standings slashed to just two points and, with three races remaining in the season, the battle for the title is still alive and kicking.
”I put it out of my head for this race and the rest of the championship, but I will not put it out of my head in my career or in my life, never,” said Fernando Alonso.
”All my career I will have some memories and some feelings that happened in go-karts, in many races I did in 20 years, and what happened in Monza will always be there. But for sure not now in the fight in this championship. You forget and you beat the others on track,” Alonso adds.
Alonso’s anger has not dissipated over the intervening three weeks but he has vowed not to take those feelings onto the track this weekend in Shanghai, where he won last season to clinch the constructors’ title for Renault and give the team a championship double.
”I was angry (at Monza) and disappointed and frustrated for sure, but I still have the same feeling now,” he said.
”Frustration and disappointment, I don’t carry anything in my normal day and I don’t carry anything in the car. At Monza I went into the car with confidence and relaxed, because I knew the final target was to be on the podium. I was third when we blew up so this was quite interesting but in a calm way.”
The world champion also stands by comments made after the race in Italy, when he claimed that Formula 1 was no longer a sport.
”I feel the same and when I say something it is because I think that,” he said. ”It is not because I am angry, but because I feel that.”
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Nobody WILL Score in this NFL Football Game
Yep, that could be a possibility when the San Diego Chargers visit the Baltimore Ravens for NFL Sunday Night Football.
Coming to this game, the San Diego Chargers come in as the ”new blood,” the new bullies in town, if you will. Well, that’s what the Chargers showed us anyway in their last two NFL Football games.
San Diego Chargers linebacker, Shawne Merriman is already establishing himself as the league’s best defensive player. And mind you, he’s only in his second year as an NFL Football player.
Also, the San Diego Chargers have defensive end Luis Castillo, the same man who is now being regarded as the best 
defensive end to come into the NFL in the past five years. As unblockable as Shawne Merriman is, THIS guy is as unstoppable.
The San Diego Chargers, with these guys in uniform, now have the no.1 ranked defense in the league. On Sunday, these Chargers will visit the Baltimore Ravens, a team known in the NFL of one thing and one thing only, shutting any team’s offense down.
The Baltimore Ravens have been shutting opponents down for more than a decade now. And yes, defensive icon Ray Lewis has always been the man on Baltimore and on Sunday, he’ll prove that the Ravens are still the premiere defensive team in the league.
Whoever wins on Sunday can lay claim to that.
This is an intriguing early matchup of two teams that missed the playoffs last year but are back in contention this season. The only reason the San Diego Chargers didn’t make the playoffs last year was their schedule. It was brutal. Many of their toughest games were on the road. They won five games against teams that finished with winning records. The only problem is they played 11 games against such teams.
As for the Baltimore Ravens, they didn’t have Steve McNair at quarterback then. If McNair can break through the San Diego defense, it will be up to Ray Lewis to do his thing on Chargers QB, Philip Rivers.
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Alexander Finds Out How Serious Madden Curse Is
Maybe THIS TIME, these NFL Football players will think twice before they decide to be EA Sports’ next Madden cover boy.
After all, this somewhat cursed NFL Football video game from the sports division of Electronic Arts (yes, I’m also a video game geek…) has been fucking NFL Football players up since they started featuring actual NFL athletes as their cover boys.
Shaun Alexander, the latest cover boy of Madden NFL Football, has a broken foot and will be out INDEFINITELY from the NFL Football field. Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren said that their star running 
back sustained a small crack and displaced fracture on a non – weight – bearing bone in his foot sometime during the team’s 42-30 win over the New York Giants Sunday.
This is definitely a huge blow to the Seattle Seahawks offense, considering that Shaun Alexander IS the league MVP. I guess this infamous Madden Curse struck again eh?
Legendary NFL Football announcer John Madden graced the cover from the early stages of the video game series, from 1989 to 2000, hence the name ”Madden NFL Football.” And then, when these guys from EA Sports can’t stand John Madden’s fat ass anymore, they started using NFL athletes in 2000.
That’s when this infamous Madden Curse started.
Since then, the Madden series kept on screwing NFL Football athletes up right after gracing the video game’s cover. Here’s a list of NFL Football athletes who succumbed to the Madden curse since EA Sports started using football players in 2000. If you’re not a believer yet, then maybe it’s about time you become one.
2007 (Present) – Shaun Alexander (Non-displaced fracture in foot)
2006 – Donovan McNabb (Sports hernia in first game of 2005-06 NFL Football season)
2005 – Ray Lewis (Went through an entire season for the first time without any interceptions at the 2004-05 NFL Football season, oh yeah he also missed the last game of said season with a broken wrist)
2004 – Michael Vick (Fractured right fibula the day after Madden NFL Football 2004 hit the shelves)
2003 – Marshall Faulk (Ankle injury, he never again broke 1,000 yards for a season)
2002 – Daunte Culpepper (Suffered a knee injury that ultimately ended his year back in the 2001-02 NFL Football season)
2001 – Eddie George (Eddie George was the only Madden cover boy who almost escaped, if only he didn’t made that key turnover that eliminated his team from the 2001 NFL Playoffs)
2000 – Barry Sanders (Retired the week before training camp)
1989-2000 – John Madden (Unable to get rid of his fat ass)
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NFL Football Rivalry that Started with Terrible Towels
Sunday Night Football will probably see this silly rivalry prolonged to sillier stuff.
Yep, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be hosting the Cincinnati Bengals to continue what has been one of the better rivalries in NFL Football. Yep, one of the best rivalries in football, even if it’s a silly one.
It all started when the Pittsburgh Steelers got pissed after watching the Cincinnati Bengals celebrate a win over them by waving ”terrible towels” right in front of their home crowd in Heinz Field.
Told you it was silly.
Oh yeah, Carson Palmer has already gone on record saying that he hates the Pittsburgh Steelers. Well, that’s expected after the Steelers’ Kimo von Oelhoffen hit the crap out of Palmer last season, tearing up his knee and ultimately ending the Bengals’ run for the Super Bowl.
You can bet your ass the Cincinnati Bengals will have that in mind come Sunday considering that Ben Roethlisberger is playing like a jackass and just got off from surgeries to god – knows – where.
Though the Cincinnati Bengals carry the banner of being the defending AFC North champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers are the reigning Super Bowl champions. A victory by the Bengals could send shockwaves through the Steel City.
Besides, these Bengals have a no-huddle offense that is hard to stop and I’d be damned if this somewhat broken Steelers QB outplay the Cincinnati offense. The Bengals should win this one.
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The Young and the Restless in NFL Football
For the struggling Tennessee Titans, they are somewhat dumbfounded with the up and down performances of their rookie.
Vince Young, the star quarterback from the NCAA College Football champions, Texas Longhorns, was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in hopes of being able to fill in the shoes left by Steve McNair, who went to Baltimore to join Ray Lewis and the Ravens. Well, so far, the Titans, and the rest of NFL Football for that matter, is still in a stretch that can only be categorized as, ”the young and the restless.”
”The Young.”
Vince Young is still a rookie, a young rookie at that. At age 23, Vince Young is trying to replace one of the better QBs in the game of NFL Football. And I tell you, replacing a Steve McNair is 
not an easy task, I tell you that. Besides, he is still in the ”young” stages of his NFL career. Give him three to four weeks on the NFL Football field as a starter, then we’ll probably find out how good he really is.
”The Restless.”
The Tennessee Titans are getting restless. ”Restless” because the Titans can’t help but be anxious to find out just how good (or bad) this guy could really be as their ”QB of the future” so to speak.
It’s been a combination of the good and the bad as far as Vince Young is concerned in a Titans uniform. In one of Tennessee’s games this season, Young completed 7 of 17 passes for 106 yards and ran six times for 24 yards. There was also an 18-yard touchdown pass to Drew Bennett, the Titans’ only score THAT game, but there was also the fumble that made everyone cringe in despair.
Well, amidst all these things surrounding the somewhat enigmatic Longhorn, Tennessee Titans head coach, Jeff Fisher, still has high hopes for his rookie QB.
He says Vince Young is the real deal. Because of his extraordinary athletic ability and, not insignificantly, the precarious state of the offense led by starter Kerry Collins. Oh yeah, Vince Young is the first rookie QB thrust into the mayhem we call the NFL Football regular season.
Vince Young is mah’ boy and when this guy’s career is over, you’ll think of ”Vince” whenever the name ”Young” is mentioned and not that guy named ”Steve.” A bold statement? Perhaps. But definitely NOT an impossible one.
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Kimi Raikkonen will Take Over Ferrari Seat from Schumacher
Michael Schumacher is retiring, and Ferrari could be in shambles once this F1 season is over.
Well, not with a Kimi Raikkonen willing and waiting to take over the Ferrari seat Michael Schumacher will be leaving. Yup, Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren-Mercedes, and not Moto GP king, Valentino Rossi, will be joining Ferrari, forming a formidable one-two punch Ferrari tandem with Felipe Massa.
Many have already speculated that the erratic Finn will join Ferrari and leave McLaren-Mercedes to man the cockpit Michael Schumacher will vacate. After Ferrari announced their complete drivers lineup for the 2007 F1 season, lo and behold, Kimi Raikkonen was there alright.
This could very well be the chance for Raikkonen to have a reliable F1 car for once. For the past few F1 seasons or so, we saw Kimi come in every race with a whole lot of promise only to retire at the start of the race, in the middle of the race, and with five or less laps to go.
Yup, to say watching Kimi Raikkonen a disappointing experience to bear could very well be an understatement. Now I don’t know if the problem is Kimi Raikkonen’s driving or his McLaren-Mercedes’ durability but once he joins Ferrari, all will be revealed.
After all, Ferrari cars are as tough as they can get. And oh yeah, it’s on Bridgestone tires too.
Raikkonen has signed a three-year contract with the Italian team which will see him in the Ferrari red until 2009. The Finnish driver will team up with 25 year-old Felipe Massa, who himself has signed a two season extension.
Ferrari announced that the agreement with Felipe Massa has been extended until the end of the 2008 season. Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen will form the Scuderia’s official line-up as of 2007 and will probably be one of the tougher tandems in F1 history since Mika Hakkinen teamed-up with David Coulthard for McLaren.
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Get Amani Toomer in your NFL Football Fantasy Team
Yep, Amani Toomer, that guy who plays wide receiver for them New York Giants.
Amani Toomer doesn’t have those big contracts, he doesn’t have that extravagant lifestyle, he doesn’t have much of an ego and yeah, he was almost cut by the team, if it wasn’t for his ability to return punts.
Yup, Amani Toomer, one of those guys deemed by the league ‘invisible.” On the first play of his first start at wide receiver, 10 years ago, Amani Toomer stumbled on his route, and quarterback Dave Brown was intercepted.
So began a receiving career initially bathed in disappointment. Toomer had been a second-round draft choice of the New York Giants in 1996, but he caught just one pass as a rookie. He caught a few more in 1997, but not enough to keep the Giants from spending third and fourth round draft choices on receivers the next spring.
Well, this guy ain’t invisible now.
Toomer is peppered throughout the Giants’ record book. He is the franchise leader in receptions (549) and receiving yards (7,975). He had a franchise-high 98-game streak of catching at least one pass snapped last year. With 46 touchdown catches, he trails only Kyle Rote (48) and Joe Morrison (47).
Now at 32 years of age, and leading the league in receptions (17) through two games, Toomer does not need to ask anyone to throw him the ball. They are starting to look for the guy because at this point, they know that this guy named Amani Toomer will make you famous whenever you pass that football to him.
And oh yeah, unlike most wide receivers, the better Toomer gets, the quiter he becomes.
”When I first came in the league, I was a little more brash,” Toomer said. ”But I think the game really humbles you.”
Hmm… Terrell Owens can learn a thing or two from this guy.
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Deion Branch debuts Sunday Against Giants in Seattle
Finally, the Seattle Seahawks will have a solid threat at wide receiver on Sunday in NFL Football.
Yep, Deion Branch, the guy the New England Patriots finally let go, will be making his debut on the brand new NFL Football season against the New York Giants when his new team, the Seattle Seahawks, hosts Eli Manning, Tiki Barber and the rest of them boys from the Big Apple.
How will these Seahawks do with a new wide receiver on the field for quarterback Matt Hasselbeck? Can Deion Branch adjust to the system of Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren and run away with it all the way to Super Bowl XLI in Miami, Florida?
Well, the Seattle Seahawks will definitely make a gamble with Deion Branch on Sunday against the New York Giants but with a fast 2-0 start, Holmgren and the rest of these Seahawks can afford just that.
Holmgren is already scheming how Deion Branch will divide plays at split end with Nate Burleson, the offseason free agent arrival from Minnesota who has struggled. Flanker Darrell Jackson and slot receiver Bobby Engram’s roles will remain the same.
”He will be ready to go,” Holmgren said of Branch. ”We will activate him for the Giants. That’s the plan right now.”
The New England Patriots were willing to agree with Deion Branch on a contract offer, but a stipulation that Branch fire his agents backfired. The report say that a high-profile player from the New England Patriots called Deion Branch a few days before the season opened with the news.
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