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Wednesday Walk Around The League

Some stories from around the league, from the serious to the stupid.

  • The Green Bay Gazette talks about Packers DE Aaron Kampman pitching in to help an Iowa town devastated by recent tornadoes
  • CBS Sportsline's Pete Prisco has compiled a list of overrated/underrated players in the NFL. No big surprise who he thinks is the Giants most overrated player, but how can Adam Vinateri be on this list?
  • Canadian Senator Larry Campbell is proposing a bill to keep the NFL out of Canada, fearing it will bring down the 100 year old CFL.
  • Mike Sando of ESPN thinks the quality of NFL QB's is getting thin.
  • What state do you think has had the most high school football players make it to the NFL? If you're like me and said Texas  you'd be dead wrong.
  • OK, this one is part baseball, part football, part boxing, and all embarrassing. Looks like Jose Canseco has found someone to help him "box" his way out of debt, and its former Eagle Vai Sikahema, who you remember once scored a KO against the Giants Stadium goalpost. Jose and Vai to fight in AC

 

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Overrated/underrated

He actually did pretty well with his list. Well, at least the overrated because I don’t know many of the underrated. But I agree Ed, there’s no way Vinateri should be on that list.

Some other interesting ones: Will Allen is Miami’s rep as underrated? Is that the same Will Allen I know? Damn! DeAngelo Hall is overrated. I hate to say I told you so, but … Chris Snee is a good choice & enough people are coming to that conclusion that he’ll hopefully get his Pro Bowl berth this year. Also, I’m tired of Westbrook being called underrated. If everyone says it, then how can it be so? The fact is that he has had very tough competition getting to the Pro Bowl. You can make an argument as to why he should make it, but who would you kick off each year?

by potroast on May 28, 2008 12:35 PM EDT   0 recs

allen

Any one who’s ever seen him try to catch a ball knows exactly why he’s not underrated. He’s like the WR in The Replacements, get him some stickum

by queler on May 28, 2008 12:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey Pot

I agree that Viatieri is an odd choice. Check the byline, though. This was ‘jrs’ first ‘official’ post. LOL!

by ETVal on May 28, 2008 1:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oops

Nice job Jrs!

by potroast on May 28, 2008 2:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey pot

When you agree with what’s said, give me the credit

When you don’t agree, THEN you attribute it to Ed, LOL

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by jrs1940 on May 28, 2008 3:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, geez

Is THAT how we are going to play this? I can remove your access there, ‘jrs.’ LOL. I’m glad to see the first post generating some comments. Good deal.

by ETVal on May 28, 2008 3:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Heh heh heh

You didn’t give me the job for my good looks, I gotta get by on humor!

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by jrs1940 on May 28, 2008 6:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

When I saw S. Moss being overrated I was thinking it runs in the family.

Speaking of family, Ronde Barber made the list. I think he’s still better then most, although no longer the best. Donte Stallworth, I saw him for a year in Philly, and yes, he’s not as good as Toomer. And Brian Westbrook, as portroast points out may not be underrated, but he surely is unrecognized. One of the most memorable plays in football I’ve seen was last season when in the last few minutes of a game, Westbrook broke open for a long run and could have scored easily but instead went down on the one-yard line so the battered Philly defense didn’t have to go back on the field. Yeah, it wasn’t his idea, but he did it for the team.

by TerraByte on May 28, 2008 1:00 PM EDT   0 recs

Snee

Being Coughlins son in law ,could you imagine the hell this guy would have taken from our unbiased “hometown “media if he were any less than a pro bowl caliber player. This is the best O-Line I’ve ever seen and Snee is it’s most dominating member. My vote for most underrated would go to Suebert though.

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on May 28, 2008 2:12 PM EDT   0 recs

Remember Reeves had a QB who was his son-in-law

I think played behins Brown and Kannel.

by TerraByte on May 28, 2008 3:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I actually agree

about Vinateiri being on the list. Fact is, last year, he was at best an average NFL kicker, his numbers were actually worse than Tynes, yet I’m fairly positive he has the largest contract ever for a kicker, and is still regarded as the best kicker in the league, which he hasn’t been for about 3 years now. Add to that the fact that he missed a big field goal against the Pats and a potential game-winner against San Diego, and even his clutchness has to be in question these days.

by cjmulrain on May 28, 2008 5:58 PM EDT   0 recs

Pro Bowl

The Pro Bowl was once an intersection of pride and playmaking. Now it’s more of an intersection of popularity and face time. Just look at last season’s roster. And, since anyone can vote and do it multiple times, this has become an even greater joke. I personally know people who voted a one-team ticket, just because they liked one player on that team. Maybe that seems picky, but at the end of the day when the votes are tallied, it makes a difference. Did I say the Pro Bowl was a joke? Oh, sorry.

What was once a barometer of good, solid play is now a joke. I’d be willing to bet there are a lot of fans who see it this way, too.

Pro Bowl = Joke

I’m fine with none (or few) of our players getting credit in the public eye. It strengthens the whole “It’s us against the world” mentality. It fits us well.

We didn't even have a chance for the "perfect season", but we did have the perfect ending.

by GAgiantfan on May 28, 2008 9:13 PM EDT   0 recs

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