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So long Asante...

I'm having trouble sleeping right now due to the fact that for some reason it is over 100 degrees in my room and I have a vodka tonic induced head ache...So I figured I throw a few thoughts about the Asante Samuel signing your way...I'm hungover and maybe still a little drunk, so I take no responsiblity for these being coherent. *Asante signed a 6 year 57 million dollar contract with the Philladelphia Eagles, 20 million of which is guaranteed. Good for Asante. Seeing that my team is always hurting on the secondary it seems, I hate to see any corner go. That being said, would I want to pay 60 million dollars for a corner who: a. Routinely misses tackles going for a hit. b. Routinely does not wrap up tackles. c. Does not like to get hit. d. Didn't make the biggest pick of the season. I'm not saying it was an easy play, but I think it could have been made. e. $ is cleary more important to him, seeing he just picked McNabb over Brady as his QB. Probably not, which is wh...

Good news!

*Talk about absolutely fantastic news, Kevin Everett is moving his arms and legs . Everett, a tight end injured in the Bills game Sunday, originally was thought to be paralyzed. So great. *Not that everything is about us, but it is, anyone who as ever seen Travis Roy at the Bruins game or the "Dream On" montage at Game On or read 11 Seconds knows how devasting this kind of thing is. *This is a really sad story about high school football players paralyzed in games. As someone who stood on the sideline for 40 plus college football games, I have to say this was always one of my biggest fears. The story does, however, have a somewhat bright light, and that is a charity started to help these injured high school football players. I swear, if I am ever a millionaire, I am going to have a lot of fun giving my money away. *Well, the Patriots kicked ass and took names on Sunday, as expected. Now we learn we may have cheated by stealing Jets signs. I say, whatever works. I do...