I believe Sporano works for Oakland now.  Don't think they have enough money to get him.  I wonder if Miami would consider signing a FA OT as there seem to be a good number of them available:  Sam Baker, Will Beatty, Branden Albert, Andre Smith, Jermon Bushrod, and Sebastian Vollmer.  A few of these guys will get tagged but that still leaves a few good ones to pick from.

I wouldn't be too pissed about letting Reggie Bush go.  He's at that age where he could fall off quick.  They should see what they have in Lamar Miller.  Now if you want to complain about why they wasted a 2nd round pick on Daniel Thomas and how he looks fat and slow, you'll have no argument from me on that one.

The big news that came out of the combine is that Star Lotuleilei has a heart problem that could cause him to drop.  Also a lot of teams are red flagging Jarvis Jones because of the neck injury.  His problem is also that there aren't that many 3-4 teams in the top 10 who have a dying need for a edge rusher.  Here's the top 10 and the probability that he'll get taken there:

1) KC-nope they actually have two good 3-4 OLB in Houston and Hali

2)JAX-small chance, I think they might use this on an OT or the obvious DE pick

3)OAK  They run a 4-3 and got abused vs the run last year.  They also have shitty OT and no real long term QB.  And they need a DT as well.  Shariff Floyd seems to be moving up the draft board.

4)PHI Just read that the Eagles are switching to a 3-4.  So there is a chance here but fuck Philly seems to take a DL lineman in the top 3 rounds every year.  They still have Trent Cole, Vinny Curry, Brandon Graham, Darryl Tapp and some other guy whose name I've blanked out on as edge rushers.  To be honest I have no real idea where the Eagles are going with this pick outside of the obvious OT need.

5) DET These guys run a 4-3 and will not have any interest in Jarvis Jones.  DE yes (Avril and Vanden Bosch are gone) or CB or OT should be the pick.

6 CLE Ok he definitely has a chance to land here.

7) ARZ Another 3-4 team.  I guess he could surface here if the OT's are off the board and they don't like any of the QB's.

8) BUF Runs a 4-3 and spent a bunch of money on DE's last year.  I'm thinking QB or wideout here.

9)NYJ  Hmmm....this one actually fits here.  The Jets have a bunch of needs (WR, OT, edge rusher, QB) and could be tempted to pick Jones.  It would probably help his cause if Mingo is off the board.

10) TEN No chance.  I'm going to watching to see how Dion Jordan and Ezekiel Ansah work out tomorrow.  And Richardson or Floyd could factor in here.  Maybe Millner.  I also think they pay Andy Levitre or Louis Vazquez a bunch of cash on the first few days of FA.  They already signed former Bills S George Wilson.  He's not great but he's better than the shit they had at the spot last year.

So the real question is if he falls to 12, will Ireland pick him for your Dolphins?  Can't see the Chargers interested since they need an OT in the worst possible way.

NFL free agency starts in a little more than two weeks and I can't wait for that.  Franchise tags end/are due on March 4th. 

The 49ers also have a trade in place for Alex Smith.  KC perhaps?

Ramirez vs Ellsbury--I'd go with Ellsbury for the pure fact that he plays in Fenway and Hanley plays in the HR sapping Dodger stadium.

Lawrie vs Kipnis--No real data or anything just kind of a gut pick that Lawrie (and the Blue Jays for that matter) will have a better year.

Axford vs Betantcourt--Didn't know that Betantcourt was 37 years old.  He also plays in Coors.  I'd go with Axford too.

Latos and Bumgartner seem to be the right picks, although Latos plays for Dusty Baker and in the homer haven known as the Great American Ballpark.

Anyone still watching this?  I'm on the fence about watching the rest of the year.  I don't really give a shit about the relationship between the three wannabe killers.  So that's been boring me whenever that is brought up.  The bigger problem is that the law enforcement in this series gets stupider by the week.  I'm still going to watch the next few epsiodes but they gotta stop the stupidity.  Either that or come up with some better plot lines where I can overlook the FBI/ local cops incompetence.

On a different note, The Americans is excellent and I'm looking forward to tonights EP.

The problem with the Titans signing Alex Smith is that a) they are run by morons b)they seem pretty hitched to Locker (at least for 2013).  They are also in win now mode (playoffs or every one gets fired).  I think it's a good idea I just don't trust the idiots running the organization in Tennessee.  I just think Smith can get better opportunites elsewhere probably in ARZ and maybe KC.  Scratch the Raiders as well, they're an even bigger mess than the Titans.  They just cut Seymour to get some cap space.  I don't think they cut Palmer but even they did I'm not sure signing Smith (who'll get paid, since decent qb's don't go on FA).

Still think Tennessee needs a LOT more (DE, S, interior OL, WR again) to even come close to sniffing the playoffs.  I'd rather them just tank and get one of the top 2 picks and pick Clowney or Bridgewater in 2014.  Either make the playoffs or TANK.  No more 6-8 win mediocre seasons.

Also PHI resigned Vick to a one year deal.  So that should preclude them from taking a QB in Round 1.  Probably going OT or Star Lotuleilei.