The Man in Blak

Holy crap. I thought Wilpon gave Minaya strict marching orders to stay away from Luxury Tax land.

Like I said in the chat, by going for the field goal, you basically put yourself in a situation where you have to have two TD scoring drives - at a bare minimum - to win. And, considering that they were already in the fourth quarter and the Patriot defense had played them hard all night, they ended up squandering an opportunity to not only score, but to shift momentum even further. It's just frustrating that there's only a handful of coaches in the league that actually play to win.

So, yeah. The Patriots outplayed them and Cowher helped his team out with a nice round of Martyball. Congrats to the Patriots, KingPK, HarleyQuinn, and 2Gold.

omg d00d post pix plz

Pinjockey and Spaceman Spiff are prefectly acceptable Eagle fans as well. Congrats to them. Fair enough. Tack them onto the list.

OMG A NON-SCREEN PASS!

And, once the game's over, Cowher pulls off his face like Mission Impossible 2 and reveals himself as Marty Schottenheimer!

Congratulations to the Eagles, alkeiper, Banky...and therealworldschampion. That's it.

And Philly hath passed the Torch of Eternal Chokery to Michael Vick and the Falcons.

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I won't repost the entire article, but here's the section of interest: The Yankees also had 242 home runs last year.

Oh, I'm not arguing that. However, I've read at a couple of places that the Dell Inspiron is probably the best that you'll get in terms of gaming power, other than the super-expensive Alienware and Falcon Northwest rigs. Plus, if he uses a laptop dock, he can essentially have the same immersion as a desktop computer, plus do all his nifty laptop stuff.

You mean to tell me that we've been looking for FaliedMascot for the last three days, and it's the wrong guy!

That's all right, the last time that Hollandsworth reached 140 games was in his rookie season. He'll play until around mid-July, tear a hamstring, send all of Cubbie fandom into a collective panic, and then move over for Dubois, who'll probably hit .260/.330/.450 for the rest of the year.

Discounting when Lennon would drop acid and write crazy, unintelligible stuff like "I Am The Walrus", I'd agree with you, yeah.

The only thing that would make this look like a bad decision is if Isiah takes his place on the bench. Which is, of course, what's going to happen.

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Well, you've got to remember, he wrote it while they were on a hippie pilgrimage with the Maharishi - you know, nature and yoga and shit. You can't really write "How Can You Sleep?" when you're sitting in circles, singing kum-ba-ya and meditating for inner peace.

*looks again* ...they really need to change that name back.

Actually, if you discount his late pick of Percival, Precious Roy has seven picks as well. 4. Edgar Renteria - Red Sox 8. Jason Varitek - Red Sox 9. Carl Pavano - Yankees 11. J.D. Drew - Dodgers 14. Armando Benitez - Giants 21. Derek Lowe - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Finally, does Roger Clemens retire? No. Fucking Mets.

Well, I think the Cincinnati fans would have liked to have seen the Dillon that current resides in New England in a Bengals uniform, but I don't think that's necessarily Dillon's fault. Remember, before Marvin Lewis came around, this team was competing with the Bidwells in Arizona for Most Poorly Ran NFL Organization. Dillon was a malcontent, but nobody really helped him or gave him any motivation to not be a dick.

Six to twelve inches? Geezus, just borrow the Zamboni from the Flyers and give everybody skates.

Christ, I did terribly. Three picks correct, and that was with the boost of Clemens resigning with the Astros.

I heard that they offered 3/33 or 3/34, which is considered to be almost equal with the Marlins' offer of 3/35, because Florida's offer has a lot of deferred money. Completely false. Florida has no state income tax (don't live in FLA, so I can't verify but a few of the articles I read mentioned this), NY is 8%. Even deferred, he's getting more money in Fla. Good point. I took that from Rotoworld's commentary on the situation, but - much like the Beltran situation - the taxes definitely come into play. And, as far as Clemens go, the Astros have got to be furious that Clemens essentially held the team hostage in a public forum and then squeezed them for all that they're worth. I respect what the Rocket has accomplished as a player but, as a person, his attitude and tactics leave a lot to be desired.

Where does pressure come from? Expectation. Let's look at the realistic expectations for each QB: For Vick, there's absolutely no pressure. Nobody expected the Falcons to be here, so - as Mora said earlier this week - Vick and the Falcons are playing with house money. Roethlisberger has some pressure to deal with, but it's not his alone. I think the important distinction is between team pressure and QB pressure - the Steelers have home field advantage and they've won 14 straight, but they've done it on the merits of their running game and defense. If the Pittsburgh fans have such lofty, unrealistic expectations for a rookie quarterback, then they're just being ridiculous. I will say, however, that Roethlisberger - as a rookie - probably feels his respective pressure more than any of the other quarterbacks in question. Brady, I feel, actually has more pressure to perform than Roethlisberger. You've just beaten your "arch-rivals" and now you step into the AFC championship game with more weapons than last year's Super Bowl campaign. On top of that, Brady's expected to make the play, to do all the little things to lead the team to the Super Bowl every time around - he's expected to do that because he and the Patriots have established that standard for the franchise. The difference is that Brady doesn't feel that pressure at all, and that's what makes him a special player. And McNabb. You've been to the championship three years in a row. You have another year of experience. You have Freddie Mitchell. You have Brian Westbrook. You have a better defense. You were fresh out of excuses last year, let alone this time around. With the rest of the NFC being portrayed as cannon fodder for Philadelphia, the Eagles have more pressure than any of the other teams combined and the man at the center of all of that is McNabb.