The honorary captains at the Eagle game were RW McQuarters, Sam Madison and Amani Toomer. I thought to myself: What are RW and Sam doing? They can’t be worse than the D-backs we have this year.

Is it the players? The coaching? The D-line? What a mess the defense is. And all the fans get so keyed up for them. Every time I stand up for a third down, it goes for nought. I’m sitting down on third down for the whammy.

This is simply one of those years, heaps of bad shoveled onto piles of awful. The football Gods had it in for us from the get-go: Free-agent sure-things transformed into toads.
Dosi Umenyora (sic) secretly stealing his more talented cousin’s identity. Antonio Pierce’s foot getting stuck on the age accelerator pedal. Bill Sheridan wishing he could drop someone with the speed and dexterity of the Chrysler building into coverage. Jeff Feagle’s wishing he could travel back to an era he’s more comfortable with: the dark ages. Lawrence Tynes being, well… Lawrence Tynes. The O-Line playing as if they were getting all of their nutrients from big gulps and 99cent taquitos from 7/11. Brandon Jacobs having a bigger mouth than shelf-life (or schvonze, if my dear, dear stripper friend Craven McFeetrub is correct). And then, of course, Kenny Phillips getting hurt.
Justin Tuck putting his wounded shoulder to good use lip-synching opera with Jared and Stray. Bradshaw auditioning for the gimp in the Pulp Fiction sequel (heroically, I might add). Yes, we were f’d before the season began. Now, lets beat the Redskins and keep Flozell f’n Adams, the nose picker, ooops I crapped my pants Phillips, and Tony (no, really, it’s not my fault, and if it was, f you, I got blown by Jessica Simpson) Romo out of the f’n playoffs!

… Webster is iffy for Monday as well? OK, maybe ooops I crapped my pants Phillips will make playoffs…

But I’m not giving up..our D-line is way overdue to step up and make big plays…When you have a hole somebody has to fill it..and we’ll need that come Monday..and I don’t like the fact that Shanahan is negotiating with Snyder and Co….that sends a serious motivational message to a team who hasn’t played all that bad in recent weeks..
I’ve never ever brought a copy of the Sunday NY Times into a bathroom stall with me and read every page..front to back…I might this Sunday..On Wednesday, I’ll come out to see what happened.

a good time for Canty to step forward and earn his check. Play man and pin their ears back, and, as one poster on this site likes to say, “Step up and make a play”.

He’ll wind up missing 12 games. Will the hammie heal well enough for him to have the kind of productive career expected, or will we be faced with filling another hole in the D?

Normally, the amount of time a guy spends healing from a Hamstring pull is light years less than Ross and Canty have suffered..the question is why?..Something chronic?..and KP..will he recover?..Leaves alot of major league issues to consider and figure out in the offseason…but the team needs to deal with the here and now, I guess.

but I think it would help if yoga is incorporated in a training program. Athletes in other sports have done so and kept injuries to a minimum (e.g., Kareem). Some footballers just seem too cut. Stray had a relatively injury-free career, but he had long smooth musculature. I think he must have taken it easy on the weights. Think of boxers. The guys who are really cut aren’t ever the best punchers (Ken Norton, Boom-Boom Mancini.) You have to be limber to throw a hard punch (Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano.) I know sprinters are cut and DBs and HBs train for speed, but still…worth a try? I wonder about those RBs who last way longer than the 4yr. average (Sweetness, Sanders, etc.)
Tiki lasted a long time. He had a highly specialized training program. I wonder if it incorporated stretching?

give yoga a chance. Who was that, anyway? Dylan? The Beatles? Nah, someone else.