Archives for August 2008

The Cincinnati Bengals announced today they had signed wide receiver Chris Henry just months after they had released him due to numerous off-field issues. Basically Henry went to jail so many times over the last year that even the convict infested Bengals said it was time to cut their ties. It was only a month ago that the media brought the topic up with Marvin Lewis of bringing back Henry and he ruled the possibility out immediately calling it inappropriate. What changed in one month? Why do you want this scumbag back on the team when you have been trying to clean up your image? If I was a Bungle fan I would be very very upset about this acquisition.

I’m sure you remember when Chad Johnson wore the jesey two years ago with ‘Ocho Cinco’ written across the back of it and was quickly fined by the NFL after the game which ended Johnson’s fun in the interim. Well, Johnson has continuously stated he really wants that on the back of his jersey and has decided to take another route to make this happen. Chad has taken steps to legally change his last name to Ocho Cinco so it can be written out above his #85 jersey with the Cincinnati Bengals. If this does happen it will put the NFL in a pickle to allow him to display the new name on his jersey, but if it is allowed he is set to make a wad of cash from the move. Johnson’s jersey would immediately become one of the most popular purchases with fans and NFL players get a cut of the transaction form these sales. In the end I don’t see this happening for many reasons, but Chad continues to show off his self-promotion skills.

I know the saga of Brett Favre has been riveting, but I have to admit I’m glad we finally have an ending. We will no longer have to see the ‘Favre’ item located on the ESPN sports ticker every few minutes. I’m sure the Packers suits feel they won the duel because Favre didn’t land anywhere in the NFC and furthermore he ends up with the Jets who in all reality don’t have much of a chance of making the playoffs. You have to think New England, Indy, San Diego and Jacksonville are all locks for the playoffs which only leaves room for two other AFC teams. Those teams would include Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincy, Tennessee, Buffalo, Baltimore and the Jets. Jets fans are thrilled today to have Brett on their team, but don’t let the hype fool you because in the end Favre is only worth two extra wins which isn’t getting you very far this year.

We are over a month into the Brett Favre fiasco and it still hasn’t been resolved. There has been tons of finger pointing and name calling and in the end no one will ever know who was telling the truth and who wasn’t. The one sure thing is Favre won’t be in a Green Bay uniform this year and that is what Green Bay management wanted from the beginning. The Packers brass are trying to work out a deal now with either Tampa Bay, the New York Jets or the San Jose Sabercats of the Arena Football League 😉 to send Favre packing. They have decided Aaron Rodgers is their starting quarterback and I think that is why their season is officially done. I would argue the pressure on Rodgers is more than any other quarterback has ever faced in the NFL due to how popular Favre has been and still is in Green Bay. It will take one or two interceptions in the first game of the year and the fans will be calling for Rodger’s head. Let’s not forget that earlier this week there were tons of fans at practice yelling for Favre to come back and booing his replacement. Finally, there has to be a lot of players on the team who remember just last year Favre finishing second in the MVP race and missed making the Super Bowl by mere seconds. You take the pressure on Rodgers along with fans ready for mutiny and mix in a separated locker room and you have what I think is a recipe for disaster. The Packers will not make the playoffs and better yet will not finish better than .500