Wednesday Walk Around the NFL 12-10-08

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Dec 10, 2008 7:00 AM EST in New York Giants News

Happy Wednesday Giants fans. Let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the NFL:

The tough economic times are hurting the NFL as well; 150 jobs will be cut after the Super Bowl.
The Toronto Sun says the Bill-Dolphins game in Toronto was a colossal bore.
Redskins RB Clinton Portis ripped 'Skins head coach Jim Zorn on D.C. radio.
The Broncos will have to open up another can of "Running Back".
MSNBC says the Cowboys annual December swoon has arrived. Oh, and pay special attention to the part where Cowboys Owner, General Manager, Head Coach, Towel Boy,and Overall Puppetmaster Jerry Jones says "The Giants can be had."
ESPN's Page 2 says the NFL should take away fan voting for the Pro Bowl. I have a better idea: take away the Pro Bowl.
This is a week old story, but it's a good one. My "Good Guy" Award for November goes to former Patriot Je'Rod Cherry.

Some Final NFL Thoughts:

One good thing about the Giants being on SNF two weeks in a row: No Moose Johnston for at least two weeks. One bad thing: John Madden gushing about Tony Romo for 3 hours this Sunday.
Despite the fact that South Florida fans are among the worst in sports, I am seriously pulling for the Dolphins to win the AFC East, and I want it to happen the last week of the season at Giants Stadium when the Dolphins play the Jets.

One Final Un-NFL Thought:

The Mets signed Francisco Rodriguez. Five more relievers and they got themselves a bullpen.

Giants related (maybe) update 8:15 AM:

The Lions cut CB Brian Kelly yesterday. Kelly visited with the Giants in the off-season before signing with the Lions. It bears watching, especially with Aaron Ross banged up. Props to Mike Garafolo for pointing this out.

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On the Pro-Bowl

I say keep the pro-bowl nominations but make it two “fictional” teams. Let the players themselves vote for who they believe should make the pro-bowl roster and then just show who are the best from each conference without actually playing a game. Playing in the Pro-bowl is a joke to be sure, but actually making the pro-bowl weighs in heavily for players since it can mean getting, or not getting, a bonus.

by thwalls on Dec 10, 2008 9:13 AM EST reply actions

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I think they should have the skills competitions instead of the game, then you can still have the fan faire in Hawaii etc.

Just make it drills instead of an actual game. They are normally more entertaining as well.

by Woogie526 on Dec 10, 2008 9:16 AM EST up reply actions

I agree

I like the idea oh having some skills competitions, which are always fun to watch. Heck, you could even have them do some non-football stuff (home-run derby, dunk contest, etc.) to see who the best athletes are. I’d be much more likely to watch that than the actual Pro-Bowl

by cjmulrain on Dec 10, 2008 2:50 PM EST up reply actions

Pro Bowl

I love the idea of moving it to the weekend between the SB and the final playoff games – and holding it in the City of the Super Bowl. Just a great call and maybe people will actually watch it

by Cody K on Dec 10, 2008 12:21 PM EST reply actions

yea, but what happens

when the team with 11 Pro Bowlers is playing in the Super Bowl, as is their right. Oh, wait…

by cjmulrain on Dec 10, 2008 2:51 PM EST up reply actions

broadcasters

I paused the DVR to get the game synced up with Papa’s feed at giants.com. It was great. Papa’s explanations are too much for TV obviously, but Bank’s color is infinitely better the CBS/Fox color guys. And why have we gotten no games with Simms this year?

by queler on Dec 10, 2008 12:34 PM EST reply actions

Agreed

I listened to the Redskins game on the radio & was very impressed by Banks.

by potroast on Dec 10, 2008 1:13 PM EST up reply actions

Simms

I hate listening to Simms do Giants games. It seems to me, and some will agree with me, that he goes out of his way to not be a homer, so much so that he comes off biased to the other team.

Give me Sam Rosen every week for Giants games, and I would be thrilled.

"24 hours of losing, we've had enough!"

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Dec 10, 2008 1:34 PM EST up reply actions