Cheech Tremendous

By the way, this is stormy's best post yet:

I was driving the stormy is a loser bus yesterday. How come no one got on? I need Agent's street cred.

You can still trade a player that has been franchised without worrying about draft pick compensation. I'd say the chances of Cassel starting the year on the Patriots is less than 5%.

I'd just assume they use that LaFrentz contract to acquire Richard Jefferson, Mike Miller or one of the other wings they've been in trade talks for. Amare's better than Aldridge, but that deal seems like making a trade just for the sake of making a trade. They give up some good talent and flexibility for a player that doesn't make them a radically improved team. For what it's worth, I've heard that Chicago is in this thing big time with an offer of Thomas, Gooden, Noah and a pick. That, to me, makes a little more sense. As long as the Lakers don't sweep in at the 11th hour and get him with the shit platter again, a la Pau Gasol last year, I don't care where he ends up.

Thanks for the reminder, fazzle. Updates to me in the next day.

See, he wasn't disrespecting anyone. It was just a hockey bet gone awry.

I've heard Honky give this spiel before and I've never believed it. Who knows for sure, though.

I extrapolated based on the description of his bulky thighs.

Leena's ass is much nicer than Czech's. Other than that, I've got nothing.

Hotel California got five stars. How do you feel about that?

I read somewhere else that there is a contract clause that says if the Jets release Favre and he signs with a NFC North team they have to give up three first round draft picks to Green Bay. I can't, obviously, speak to the validity of that claim but it would certainly make some sense.

The Ibanez deal was the worst of the offseason. He's a good player, but Amaro totally misread the market for that type of player. I would like to see the Red Sox re-open extension talks with Jason Bay now. His value has dropped significantly given what other comparable players are getting. Then again, he might just wait it out and hope that Holliday resets the market next year.

Screwed up thinking Dmitri was on the 40-man, but I also forgot to add Wily Mo. So now the Nats have Dunn, Pena and Kearns? Look at Jim Bowden getting the band back together. I'd start Dunn, Milledge and Dukes in the outfield with Kearns and Harris backing up. Willingham moves to first. Trade Nick Johnson to the A's and DFA Pena.

Elijah Dukes, Lastings Milledge, Austin Kearns, Adam Dunn, Josh Willingham, Willie Harris, Nick Johnson, Dmitri Young I understand having depth, but where in the world do they play all of these guys?

If so, we got a live one for Worst Poster tourney.

I disagree. The merger needed to happen much sooner than it did. These two companies spent way too much money in advertising and on talent to try and kill their competition. The marketplace simply wasn't large enough to support two competing satellite companies. The fact that that the merger was caught in bureaucratic hell for 18 months did far more damage to the companies than anything else.

I beat Cheech to the punch in posting this, and we already had a topic about Favre's never ending quest for attention. I don't see why the threads couldn't have just been merged, it would be interesting to have the Favre saga as one big thread. Oh shut up, bob. You bumped a year-old thread and you did it after I started this one. No one gives a shit but you. Go bitch somewhere else.

So that's why they are trying to trade Tyson Chandler.

This made me think of two things: 1. Did Favre get a pass for most of his career because of the Super Bowl win and three MVPs? I remember quite a few sub-par years over the last decade or so. There's not a lot of sustained playoff success either. 2. Where does he rank all-time? Is he a top-five Quarterback? Top ten?

Ouch, this is rough. Here is a quick re-cap of Favre's year from an ESPN article: The Jets went 9-7, failing to make the playoffs despite committing $140 million to free agents such as Alan Faneca, Damien Woody, Tony Richardson and Calvin Pace and trading for Kris Jenkins. Favre led the NFL with 22 interceptions and had a 79.3 second-half passer rating. He threw two touchdowns and nine interceptions in the final five games. The Jets were 1-4 in those games and needed a miracle defensive play to beat the Buffalo Bills. The Jets released Chad Pennington to make room for Favre. Pennington led the Dolphins to the AFC East championship after a 1-15 season in 2007. The Dolphins beat the Jets at the Meadowlands to clinch. The Jets' late-season collapse cost several people their jobs. They fired Eric Mangini the day after the season finale. Mangini landed with the Cleveland Browns. Adhering to superstition, Mangini in October named his newborn son after Favre. Maybe Wite-Out has been applied to the birth certificate. Favre learned he suffered a torn biceps during the season and was playing hurt. Favre created tension in the Jets' locker room. Running back Thomas Jones publicly said Favre should have been benched for his poor play late in the season. Safety Kerry Rhodes noted he would like Favre to come back only if he committed himself in the offseason.

Or, can we just forget about this one and let it fall off the page since it involves a six-month old news story will little relevance to today's news.

He was, but I don't think there's much of a chance that the Patriots bring him back next year if Brady is healthy. They'll trade him before the start of the season and the new team will negotiate a long-term deal.

Would the Jets even think about Cassel, or will they turn to the draft? I guess Garcia might be available, but there aren't many starting options out there in free agency. Also, is the Jets run damaging to Favre's legacy? Will anyone remember his embarrassing finish in New York or will be forgotten like so many other HOFers spending their twilight years in new cities with bad performances?

I really, really enjoy the service, but with the budget a little tighter this year I might actually cut this if they drop Howard Stern. All the music channels are wonderful, but I end up Stern's channel at least 60-70% of the time. Maybe I'm not understanding this properly, but it seems like you'd have to have a really screwed up business model to go billions of dollars in debt on a product that has 20 million monthly subscribers. Sure, there are huge capital investments in a venture like this, but they've hung around for five plus years already.