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#1461 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 844 weeks ago
Jake Delhomme--luckiest man in America. Not only does he get 7 million this year from Cleveland but the Panthers also owe him 12+ million this year, which is guaranteed unlike other cap cuts. So Delhomme turns into an interception machine in 2009 and gets 19 million for his "efforts."
Delhomme had Tommy John surgery a few years ago and has probably lost a lot of zip on his passes. That and the combination of the brutal Cleveland winter isn't a good combination.
If they wanted a stopgap guy, Daunte Culpepper was still available and could have signed for less than 7 million and he still has a reasonably strong arm. I think the Browns have seen enough of Brady Quinn to realize he sucks. I watched a couple of games he played and he was pretty awful.
#1462 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Movie Madness II - 70's Nominations » 844 weeks ago
The Day of the Jackal
The Silent Partner
The Driver
Diamonds are Forever
The French Connection
Le Cercle Rouge
The Sting
#1463 Re: The Sunset Strip » Dexter (Spoiler Alert) » 857 weeks ago
My predictions are Dex and his Sister have a falling out and Rita gets killed.
That might be likely as I've read that the season finale is controversial and might offend some viewers. But I'm glad they are finally moving on with the Debra-CI plotline as that interesting plotline has been stuck in neutral for most of the season.
#1464 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Duff finally writing an autobiography. » 857 weeks ago
I think that the stuff from 1993 onward will be interesting because it'll give a clearer picture about how the old band disintergrated. I'll be a little sceptical of some of the 1985-1992 purely because he was high and drunk during those days (just like Slash). It doesn't mean I won't enjoy the book. I think it'll be interesting to hear Duff's take on the Slash goes to Axl's house in 2005 incident too.
Duff has always been fair to both Axl and Slash so he'll give an unbiased account of what went down. I'm also interested in his endeavors outside of music and that should be good to read as well.
#1465 Re: The Sunset Strip » Dexter (Spoiler Alert) » 857 weeks ago
Yeah, I caught up too. The last 3 eps have been very good, aside from the Angel/Laguerta stuff, which I hate. Lithgow is far better than Jimmy Smits was last year. I love how he can switch from nice charming guy to menace in a few seconds.
#1466 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 857 weeks ago
Apparently the Pats just can't win on the road. They have to win their 2 remaining home games (Carolina, Jacksonville) and they should be able to win @Bufallo but the way they're playing on the road who knows. And even though Houston probably won't have anything to play for in week 17, they'll probably lose that game @Houston. So 10-6 is looking likely. They should win the AFC East and get a wild card home game. There's an outside chance they could host the Steelers and if that happened they'd probably lose. Their defense is so bad Big Ben would rip them to shreds. Regardless, even if they won a playoff game at home they ain't winning any on the road.
I had hopes when they were minutes away from beating Indy. Maybe that loss has been more damaging than I could've ever imagined. The defense bounced back the next week AT HOME against the Jets but the last 2 games on the road they have been AWFUL. And Bill doesn't know what to do on offense anymore. He goes for it on 4th down sometimes, kicks it other times. Seems like he's flipping a coin. He's usually quite assertive, but he doesn't know what to do with this team. They're a mystery. They have ZERO pass rushers, which I was worried about heading into the season. But I think it's been even worse than I thought it'd be. Opposing QB's have all day back there to find the open man. They made Chad Henne look like a Pro Bowler yesterday and he actually should've done even better. He missed a bunch of wide open receivers. With all that being said, Miami only scored 22 points, despite getting all those yards. The vaunted New England offense should be able to put up more than 22 points against the Dolphins, and they didn't. They opted to go for it on 4th and 1 from the 6 instead of kicking a field goal, that's 3 points right there (though I didn't disagree with the call). Brady through a INT in the endzone (AGAIN) on 2nd and goal, that's 7 points there. They are just leaving too many points on the field. Plain and simple.
One last thing, Randy Moss has been a non factor for the last 3 games. He had a 58 yard TD catch to start off the game yesterday and then caught ONE ball the rest of the day. He failed to make a block in the first half that could've given the Pats a first down on a screen play to Kevin Faulk. I mean, his effort level to block was about 5%, just awful. If he isn't getting the ball 10 times a game he gets disinterested. He's a dynamic player who takes many plays off.
I still think the lack of a running game is hurting them big time. Can Maroney be officially labeled a bust yet? Wasn't Adealius Thomas supposed to solve some of the pass rush issues? I think they made mistakes when they started acquiring all these aging vets for depth purposes (Taylor, Galloway, Burgess etc). The problem with acquiring older guys is that they lose it fast. I would have drafted another RB(they had a ton of picks this year and next year) instead of signing Taylor as RB is one of the easier positions on the field to contribute as a rookie.
Jacksonville has been beating up on bottom feeders and has one of the worst secondaries in the league. So Brady should light them up.
As for the secondary, at least the Pats aren't starting Nick Harper who's fucking AWFUL and everyone except Jeff Fisher seems to realize this.
#1467 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash: New Album Release And Tour Set For March/April » 858 weeks ago
Adler is on the album. Lots of animosity towards Sorum on Adler's side of the fence. Not too surprising when you look at it from that aspect why Sorum is not gonna be on the album.
Didn't Adler pretty much blast Sorum on one of those clips from that VH1 show he did a few months ago?
#1468 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Interview w Korean Newspaper (Unconfirmed) » 858 weeks ago
This is actually a very nice interview to read. I think there are some things that are lost in translation that lead to awkward answers (mainly that answer about China). Well I'm glad that Axl's in a better state of mind and happy to be out on the road.
#1469 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 858 weeks ago
I imagine it's pretty hard to get excited for Bills/Jets in Canada tonight on the NFL Network. But it might be fun, you never know, the first meeting was truly hilarious. If Perry Fewell can get a winning record in games he coaches he could have a real shot at that job.
The march to 7-9 continues tonight!
Is Fitzpatrick the (long-term) answer here? They've been pretty competitive since Jauron has been fired. Maybe all they needed was a little fire from the head coach. I think almost all of their problems on offense stem from the OL (or lack of one). I think Tasker on last week's game said that their pass options were limited because they had to keep an extra TE to max protect all the time. Fred Jackson is a very underated player.
FWIW, for truly hilarious and awful football, I think the Browns-Raiders in Week 15 or 16 might take the cake here. Both teams are awful in the passing game. Oakland's run game is very disappointing. They've pretty much missed on 3 straight Top 10 picks (Russell, McFadden, Heyward-Bey).
#1470 Re: The Garden » The Tiger Woods Saga » 859 weeks ago
The chick (the one he is rumored to have the affair with--Rachel Uchitel) isn't that hot either. Looks like he's going to have to shell out a whole bunch of cash for either a divorce or to make his wife happy again. Either way he's screwed.
