The weekend before the Super Bowl is often a stern reminder that football is going to end very soon, and sports fans will enter the vortex of blandness (i.e. Toby Flenderson from The Office) between now and Opening Day of Major League Baseball. In an effort to combat this, the NFL moved the Pro Bowl to take place this weekend, instead of the weekend after the Super Bowl. It still doesn't solve the problem of the Pro Bowl being a complete waste of time because none of the players want to injure themselves or anyone else, but whatever. Apparently Bryant McKinnie felt the same way I do and decided to skip the B.S. that is the NFL All-Star Game.Kurt Warner decided to hang up the jock strap this weekend. While The Beard never thought much of Warner as a human being, there is no doubt in his mind that Warner is for sure a Hall Of Famer, arguably first ballot. A brief look at the numbers, Warner has a better career passer rating than Joe Montana, Otto Graham, Dan Marino, Jim Kelly, Roger Staubach, Len Dawson, Sonny Jurgenson, John Elway and Troy Aikman to name a few. The only QB to average more passing yards per game in his career than Warner is Peyton Manning. The only other QB's to average more completed passes per game than Warner are Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. The only other QB to have a better career completion percentage is Chad Pennington. Better than Steve Young, Joe Montana, Aikman, Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, Dan Fouts, Warren Moon, Bart Starr, and John Elway. Throw in 2 NFL MVP Awards, and 3 Super Bowl Appearances with 1 win should be enough for the voters.
After being rejected more than Neil Goldman on Family Guy, the Chicago Bears apparently are left with only Mike Martz to choose from for their offensive coordinator in 2010. While I certainly suggested the job shouldn't be given to Martz earlier, I also did predict that Martz would have to do some kissing if he were to get it. Apparently, he did exactly that yesterday as he traveled to Nashville to meet with Jay Cutler seemingly to convince Jay that running his offense will be a good thing. Also, supposedly Vikings QB Coach Kevin Rogers is on their radar after giving a great interview last week. Bottom line, if Martz is hired, it's a red flag that Lovie Smith is still calling the shots on who is hired on his staff. Martz and Lovie are friends, and Lovie has a bad habit of giving his friends jobs they don't deserve i.e. Bob Babich. Especially when Lovie's "people will want to come here" comment has already been proven to be yet another miscalculation at best, flat out lie at worst. Either way, it's becoming increasingly clear that the 2010 season is going to be a complete waste...
In other news this weekend, tough yet indicative loss for DePaul. Hawks with an understandable, yet still pretty bad loss after travelling 3 time zones to Carolina on Saturday. Herschel Walker added an MMA victory to his resume of WEIRD/RANDOM. Finally, Pat Summerall's old drinking buddy and running mate Tom Brookshier passed away this weekend. Long before Summerall was paired with John Madden in the booth, he was with Brookshier, and by most accounts led to some of the most legendary broadcasts of NFL games in the 1970's. The pair endured many late nights as they conducted "research" in the bars and watering holes of every city they broadcasted in, and at one point led to Brookshier saying the Louisville Cardinals basketball team had "a collective I.Q. of about 40".
So now it's onto next week, so we can watch the media try to dig up and manufacture some pre-Super Bowl hype. An early front runner that's emerged so far is "will he play or won't he play" featuring Dwight Freeney....
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