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NFL Week 9 2010|OT| - Did we step into a time warp?

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tyguy20204 said:
He's got be to better in coverage than one of Lee, Underwood, or Bush. The only thing I can think of is that he doesn't play any ST.
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Al Harris in crutches has to be a better cover corner than Jarrett Bush.
 
It's a puff piece but it's freaking hilarious, thought i'd share this:

It would be hours before Henry Washington truly realized the magic of that night. The miracle was happening right in front of him on Fairview Street in one of Detroit's roughest neighborhoods, but he was too busy to enjoy it.

Music blared under the Friday night lights. The smell of food filled the October air. Familiar faces spilled out from Bewick and Garland and Harding Streets to watch a homecoming game that nearly never happened.

Washington had returned to Southeastern High School of Technology in the summer as athletic director after giving 21 years to his alma mater as a coach. The football program didn't have a coach. Players transferred. Only three starters remained.

The recently renovated football field had been vandalized, the press box windows broken and chunks of the aluminum bleachers stolen. Washington hired Tony Elliott as the new coach, but the team couldn't play at home. Although the foundation of the bleachers remained, thieves had removed the aluminum rows, ramps and railings. There was nowhere for fans to sit and watch.

"It disappointed me that our community would finally have something that good … and something that bad happened to it," Washington said.

He was turned away when he asked the Board of Education for financial assistance. An 11th hour fundraiser wouldn't cover the cost. Then, Washington's phone rang. He recognized the voice instantly. More than a decade after Bart Scott graduated from a school that nearly every member of his family attended, he offered four simple words to Washington: "Get what you need."

Scott was gone, but he had never really left. Through the years, he kept a connection with the school and provided financial assistance to aid an athletic department with a shoestring budget for 18 sports. His latest gesture galvanized a neighborhood that worked day and night to piece together the bleachers and press box.

"I just wanted one last home game before I graduated," Southeastern senior lineman Julian Smith said. "Show our student body what we could do."

On Oct. 15, in front of nearly 1,000 people, they did. Southeastern defeated Detroit Frederick Douglass High School, 25-0, in its only home game of the season.

"Bart is a Godsend," said Washington in the run-up to Scott's homecoming when the Jets visit the Detroit Lions Sunday. "It makes my heart feel good that he still thinks about his neighborhood."
* * *

Calvin Pace was still wiping the sleep from his eyes on Thursday when the man on the opposite end of the Jets locker room broke the morning silence with an ear-splitting monologue. Scott, frankly, hasn't met a syllable he doesn't like.

"He just says things that pop into his head," Starr Scott said of her husband. "He can't help it. My kids talk a lot. His mother talks a lot. It's genetic."

No topic is off limits for the loquacious linebacker. "We're trying to talk football and the next thing you know he's debating some guy about global warming," defensive coordinator Mike Pettine said.

Scott, 30, has perfected the science of trash talking through the years, firing verbal salvos to opponents seemingly without coming up for air.

"He has no filter," Trevor Pryce said. "But it's all in good fun."

Scott's greatest hits:

Former Titans running back LenDale White didn't take too kindly when Scott said "his hair wouldn't grow because his face was too fat."

"Come on. That was funny, man," Scott said. "I didn't make up that Len-Whale name. His face was growing faster than his hair … He got pretty mad."

Scott's most recent target was Bills quarterback - and Harvard graduate - Ryan Fitzpatrick, whom he referred to as "Pinky and the Brain" for his bulbous cranium. "I also called him 'Evolution,' because his head was so big," Scott said. "We already got Homo sapiens. He's the next form of human."

Scott honed his craft watching professional wrestling as a child, mimicking legends of the ring.

"He has the utmost respect for Hulk Hogan," his mother, Dorita Adams, said.

When World Wrestling Entertainment recently heard of Scott's interest, they sent him a custom designed world championship belt, a possession that he regularly shows off around the house. His wife bought a collection of DVDs of wrestling's all-time great matches, a decision she regrets daily.

"I'll be sleeping and he'll shake me and say, 'Oh my God. You HAVE to see this … This is the greatest move ever!'" Starr Scott said. "It'll be some wrestler from back in the day. I'll be like, 'Dude, are you serious?'"
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Maybe it didn't make sense, maybe the folks watching the tears rolling down Scott's face wondered why an accomplished NFL player became so emotional that day three years ago. When Southeastern retired Scott's number, they asked his father, Bartholomew Capers, to introduce his son at the ceremony.

Scott lived with his mother and two older sisters as a child, but Capers was still an important part of his life. The football player began to cry when his father spoke about how proud he was of the man he became.

"It was one of the greatest moments of his life," Scott's wife said.

Scott legally changed his name from Bart to Bartholomew a few years ago so that he could honor his father and share the same name as his 5-year-old son, Bartholomew Edward, who entered the world two months ahead of schedule.

He tells his son and 2-year-old daughter, Gisele, about the family that shaped him. He tells them about his grandma's porch on Hurlbut Street, a place he often wishes he could go to even now.

"He loves where he came from," his mother said.

Scott walked eight blocks to Southeastern every day amid gang violence. Drug houses and vacant lots still dot the landscape. His sister's fiancé was murdered during a burglary attempt this past Father's Day.

Scott, who will be the subject of a biopic by Unique Pictures, hopes he can help change the culture one day.

"I'm still a member of that community," said Scott, who completed his degree in economics at Southern Illinois after he had made it to the NFL. "I don't want to become an urban legend. I don't want to become somebody that they heard came from that place, but nobody ever sees or has a presence there."

So, he flies to his hometown on occasion to watch high school basketball games, reaches out to the coaches and teachers that made sure he never strayed and proudly tells a national television audience that he's from Southeastern during Sunday Night Football introductions.

"I don't think enough people know what a big heart he has," Pettine said. "And what a good man he is."
* * *

The place was deserted when it finally hit Washington. The players had already run off the field, showered and made their way downtown for the homecoming dance.

"That was a grand night," Washington said. "It was like the Super Bowl for our neighborhood."

The football team won its final regular season game on the road the following week to make the state playoffs. It didn't matter that they lost in the first round.

A season that began with such turmoil was a success.

In his 53 years, Washington had never seen anything like it. He stared at the bleachers' purple painted railings with tears in his eyes and retraced the past month.

The phone call from Scott. The countless trips to Lowes for supplies. The daily outreach by Scott's mother to make sure the school had everything it needed to complete the project.

Carpenters put up new dry wall in the press box. Alums helped Washington piece together the wooden bleachers. "It definitely let you know that people do care about Southeastern," Elliott said.

The school plans to name the field after Scott in the offseason.

"The real heroes are the people that sacrificed their time and worked," Scott said. "It shows the kids that people do care about them and that they're not forgotten. Some people might say, 'Oh, man, it's just a homecoming game. What's the big deal?' But if it's important to them, it's important to me."

Everyone helped pull it off.

The neighborhood was alive again.


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DIRECTOR'S CUT VERSION... (Click here for the story that appears in Sunday's editions of the Daily News)

10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT BART SCOTT (aka Mad Backer… aka Hot Sauce)
1. He bought an area near his grandmother’s house to turn into a playground for the neighborhood kids.
2. He started A Son Never Forgets charity organization after his cousin was paralyzed after getting shot by a stray bullet.
3. He went back to Southern Illinois after he made it to the NFL to get his degree in economics.
4. He legally changed his name from Bart to Bartholomew a few years ago so that he could share his father’s name and son’s name.
5. He can pick out a shirt that has too much starch in it from a mile away (Trust me, I know from experience).
6. According to his mom and wife, his two biggest goals left are to win the Super Bowl and meet Hulk Hogan…. not necessarily in that order.
7. Former WWF wrestler Nikolai Volkoff once sang the USSR national anthem to him over the phone
8. His German Shepherd Mater is named after the truck in the movie “Cars” (“Our dog is technically a security dog even though he’s scared of the vacuum,” his wife says.)
9. His wife, Starr, is actually funnier than him.
10. He flunked a 20-question wrestling exam administered by yours truly.

QUOTABLE

SOUTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HENRY WASHINGTON
ON SCOTT’S HELP TO MAKE SURE FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYED AT LEAST ONE HOME GAME THIS SEASON: “If we would have waited for the board of education to do what he did, we probably wouldn’t have another game at Southeastern for a year or two. We asked people downtown to help us and they said it wasn’t in their budget right now, and we had to play at other venues. That meant buses and our fans couldn’t come and see us play.”


SOUTHEASTERN HS FOOTBALL COACH TONY ELLIOTT
On NEIGHBORHOOD COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE HIS TEAM HAS 1 HOME GAME THIS SEASON:“When we would go out to practice, each day you could see the work on the stadium. They were getting closer and closer. The day they painted the rails purple, everybody was fired up. It symbolized that everything was done when they saw that. I remember the guys getting real excited when they saw the rails were painted purple. It was like, ‘Well, we are going to be able to play at home.’”


STARR SCOTT
ON BART’S LOVE FOR HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND HIGH SCHOOL: “He’s in love with that school. There are times when he’s sitting around reminiscing about how those were the greatest years of his life. When he gets stressed out, he says, ‘I wish I could just sit on my grandmother’s front porch. He really loves his neighborhood. He really loves his school. He really loves where he came from.”

ON BART MAKING GOOD:
“He has friends that died. He wants other kids to know that he took the high road. It would have been easy for Bart to drop out of high school and sell drugs and hang out in the streets. Bart was never that type of person.”

ON THE COUPLE’S TWO CHILDREN:
Our kids are a handful. Just imagine a little short girl Bart and boy Bart. They’re active. They’re talkative. They’re a handful…. The three of them (Bart + kids) together don’t shut up. If we had a reality show and people were filming at our house, they would think that it was scripted. They wouldn’t believe that that’s really how we are every day. It’s crazy.

ON HER HUSBAND’S LOVE OF PRO WRESTLING:
“The weird thing is if I watch reality TV, he frowns upon it and says it’s not real and it’s ridiculous. I’m like Bart, you watch wrestling. It’s scripted… Then, he catches an attitude. He says they get real injuries and it is real. I’m like Bart, Not real. The outcome is scripted. We both know this.”

ON HER HUSBAND’S CUSTOM-MADE WWE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BELT:
“When he got that belt, you would have thought that someone sent him a million dollars in the mail. Every time somebody comes to the house, he pulls it out and shows it to them.”


DORITA ADAMS
ON HER SON’S CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY: “He loves Detroit... and he definitely loves Southeastern.”

TREVOR PRYCE
ON SCOTT’S CONSTANT CHATTER: “He’s a conversation oriented person. He likes to run his mouth… but not about himself. He’ll talk you to death by literally everything but himself."
ON WHO HE WOULD CAST TO PLAY SCOTT IN HIS UPCOMING MOVIE: “Jaleel White or Emmanuel Lewis.”

DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR MIKE PETTINE:
ON SCOTT: “He’s the Hines Ward antagonist. You would absolutely hate Bart if he wasn’t on your team. But if he’s on your team, you love him. I don’t think enough people know what a big heart he has… and what a good man he is.”


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/jets/2010/11/jets-linebacker-bart-scott-is.html#ixzz14YWcLOvR
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:lol
 
tyguy20204 said:
He's got be to better in coverage than one of Lee, Underwood, or Bush. The only thing I can think of is that he doesn't play any ST.
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Totally agree, but it's clear the Packers do not want to suit him up this year and are only holding onto him in hopes he will happily transition to safety next season.
 
Sun, Nov 07
NYJ @ DET
MIA @ BAL
NE @ CLE
SD @ HOU
CHI @ BUF
ARI @ MIN
TB @ ATL
NO @ CAR
NYG @ SEA
IND @ PHI
KC @ OAK
DAL @ GB

Mon, Nov 08
PIT @ CIN
 
eznark said:
Totally agree, but it's clear the Packers do not want to suit him up this year and are only holding onto him in hopes he will happily transition to safety next season.
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Can't believe corner has become an area of strength in just a year and our Dline is depleted as all hell this year. Shows how quickly things change. Just doesn't make sense to have to drop a guy who can help on special teams and back up our depleted linebackers/linemen to add another corner. It's a damn shame because all accounts are he's more than healthy enough to return. It's an impressive success story that would've been even more impressive had the roster situation been different. Apparently reports are that physically he wouldve been able to play as early as the Minn game. After the severity of his injury an amazing turnaround.

Dude's come back from a ruptured spleen and a super fucked up knee in like a two year span...at his age. crazy.
 
wienke said:
Yeah I'd definitely miss the rivalry and it'd take several seasons with the Rams to build up any sort of feeling of hatred.

Still not the same as years and years of intense hatred. Especially with all the Favre fueled rage, I mean, how do you replace that?
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did u hate us that day? :D
 
soulja224466 said:
did u hate us that day? :D
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Takes more than one playoff loss to really make a rivalry. Playing the Rams periodically is important for conference wins usually but I typically feel pretty apathetic towards you guys. I'd rather see some Eagles fans choke on a hot dog for instance.

(Yes I know it's only been one loss in recent history against the Eagles in the playoffs but it was exceptionally sour)

I thought we were all talking about moving Charles Woodson up to safety instead of Al Harris?

Makes me already wonder what we're going to draft next year. We have a number of needs... We still need a new tackle since Bulaga can only play one of those positions and Clifton and Tauscher both need replacing. Do we get a RB or does Grant come back healthy? Shutdown corners usually go pretty early so I'm not sure if that's viable. Just about every position on defense other than safety could benefit from a first round choice...maybe corner depending on how Woodson holds up.
 
wienke said:
Takes more than one playoff loss to really make a rivalry. Playing the Rams periodically is important for conference wins usually but I typically feel pretty apathetic towards you guys. I'd rather see some Eagles fans choke on a hot dog for instance.

(Yes I know it's only been one loss in recent history against the Eagles in the playoffs but it was exceptionally sour)

I thought we were all talking about moving Charles Woodson up to safety instead of Al Harris?

Makes me already wonder what we're going to draft next year. We have a number of needs... We still need a new tackle since Bulaga can only play one of those positions and Clifton and Tauscher both need replacing. Do we get a RB or does Grant come back healthy? Shutdown corners usually go pretty early so I'm not sure if that's viable. Just about every position on defense other than safety could benefit from a first round choice...maybe corner depending on how Woodson holds up.
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I think Linebacker is our most pressing need. Our ILB corps is especially beat up and that's still the one area where our players don't fit the typical 3-4 mold. Barnett is done. He gets injured too often. Cro Magnon has made a few plays but the fact that he's still a starter on the team is worrying. And outside, we have no real starting caliber OLB opposite Matthews. Jones was serviceable but he gets injured every few weeks. Can never have too many LBs anyway.

Let's see how Nelson and Jones respond, but on offense I'd argue our biggest need is receiver. Jones has been a huge disappointment. With Driver likely ending his career shortly, Nelson is going to have to step up. I have faith he'll be a solid performer. Can't say the same for Jones. Without Finley though you can see how devoid we are of actual gamechangers on offense. I wouldnt object to a first round WR. Maybe I'm crazy.
 
TheLegendary said:
I think Linebacker is our most pressing need. Our ILB corps is especially beat up and that's still the one area where our players don't fit the typical 3-4 mold. Barnett is done. He gets injured too often. Cro Magnon has made a few plays but the fact that he's still a starter on the team is worrying. And outside, we have no real starting caliber OLB opposite Matthews. Jones was serviceable but he gets injured every few weeks. Can never have too many LBs anyway.

Let's see how Nelson and Jones respond, but on offense I'd argue our biggest need is receiver. Jones has been a huge disappointment. With Driver likely ending his career shortly, Nelson is going to have to step up. I have faith he'll be a solid performer. Can't say the same for Jones. Without Finley though you can see how devoid we are of actual gamechangers on offense. I wouldnt object to a first round WR. Maybe I'm crazy.
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I can't say I'd be terribly upset about a 1st round WR. If Driver is retiring this year than we need somebody to replace him. I'm not sold that could be Jones or Nelson and I like them in the spots that they are right now.
 
Siebzehn50 said:
I can't say I'd be terribly upset about a 1st round WR. If Driver is retiring this year than we need somebody to replace him. I'm not sold that could be Jones or Nelson and I like them in the spots that they are right now.
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Probably being overly pessimistic with Driver but his knees and his quads are both bothering him and he just seems to be winding down. He's proven me wrong before though. Last year in the second half he tore shit up after I said the same thing about him. I just think at most we get another solid year out of him after this one so it's time to start figuring out who can take his place.
 
soulja224466 said:
<packers sucking>

did u hate us that day? :D
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Answering for myself: It made your team's choke job in the Super Bowl against the Patriots very enjoyable.

That Rams team was very hateable, but that was mostly due to Martz, Lovie, Faulk -- all those cocky sonsabitches. Those guys are long gone, so ambivilance is back!

eznark said:
Totally agree, but it's clear the Packers do not want to suit him up this year and are only holding onto him in hopes he will happily transition to safety next season.
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I think either he'll play CB this year (i.e: activated Monday), or we cut him. Woodson is a good fit at safety. Al -- not so much.

TheLegendary said:
Let's see how Nelson and Jones respond, but on offense I'd argue our biggest need is receiver. Jones has been a huge disappointment. With Driver likely ending his career shortly, Nelson is going to have to step up. I have faith he'll be a solid performer. Can't say the same for Jones. Without Finley though you can see how devoid we are of actual gamechangers on offense. I wouldnt object to a first round WR. Maybe I'm crazy.
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I still think the best thing we chould do on offense is get another quality RB. Grant counts, but this is a two-back league now anyway. I'm not convinced Driver is done just yet.
 
I hope Gruden goes to Minny because you know he'll talk Favre into coning back next season.

If you thought Childress picking up Favre at the airport was being subservient, wait until you see the things Gruden does for him.
 
TheLegendary said:
I think Linebacker is our most pressing need.
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Yep, of course it is in the 3-4. It's the rockstar position in our defense.

But if we could get some better interior pressure off of the O-Line the linebackers could play the pass better.
That's why I think next year priority #1 is JJ Watt and then #2 is Little Matthews if he can drop to the 2nd round.

And we're fine at WR/etc. We have Jennings and Finley. Perfectly suitable assuming Driver is out.
 
Joe Moglia, Ex-TD Ameritrade Chairman, to Coach Virginia UFL Team

Not one to take risks, the United Football League's Virginia expansion team will hire Joe Moglia, chairman and former CEO of the online brokerage firm TD Ameritrade, as their first head coach, according to the Virginia Pilot.

Moglia is 60 years old and last coached in football 27 years ago, when he was a high-school and college football coach before hitting the road for Wall Street in 1983. He was last the defensive coordinator at Dartmouth College from 1981 to 1983.

Currently, Moglia is an unpaid adviser for head coach Bo Pelini's staff at the University of Nebraska.
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Jerrah should sell the 'pokes and see if he can buy and coach one of them fancy UFL teams.
 
Obviously it depends on where they are and who is available, but if the Packers draft a WR in the first round I will cut someone. While we don't have a corps of superstars, we have great depth at the position. Inserting skill players on offense is easy. We need fat dudes and linebackers. Always.
 
Does anyone know yet if Gates is starting this week? I have Todd Heap as a back-up, but I want to be sure Gates is going to be out before I put Heap in.
 
Well, Pats are 6-1, but apart from maybe the Miami game it never felt like they were really good. Seems like the only reason they're on top of the league is making few mistakes. Still, I never really trust their abilities, gonna be interesting today....
(Just saw that they're No. 19 in overall yards, but No. 1 in points per game...)
 
hermit7 said:
Does anyone know yet if Gates is starting this week? I have Todd Heap as a back-up, but I want to be sure Gates is going to be out before I put Heap in.
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We should know in an hour or so. I'm awaiting word, too.
 
I'm going to miss another Pats game because of work :(. I expect the Pats to win but not by much 3 points at the most. It should be a close game today.
 
eznark said:
Obviously it depends on where they are and who is available, but if the Packers draft a WR in the first round I will cut someone. While we don't have a corps of superstars, we have great depth at the position. Inserting skill players on offense is easy. We need fat dudes and linebackers. Always.
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True, but like you say, it depends. If the best player on the board is a WR, I say go for it. Jennings is good but not great. Driver has been reliable but is also getting older. Jones has been inconsistent and I believe may be a FA after this year. Nelson is average. So yeah, no holes, but if there's a game-changer available, I wouldn't be opposed to making that selection.

And I agree that LB is one of the biggest needs on this team right now. I would also continue to stack the OL and DL.
 
tyguy20204 said:
True, but like you say, it depends. If the best player on the board is a WR, I say go for it. Jennings is good but not great. Driver has been reliable but is also getting older. Jones has been inconsistent and I believe may be a FA after this year. Nelson is average. So yeah, no holes, but if there's a game-changer available, I wouldn't be opposed to making that selection.

And I agree that LB is one of the biggest needs on this team right now. I would also continue to stack the OL and DL.
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Ya, if we're in the same spot as last year which we probably will be I would say take best available. However, since there is often such little difference at 20-30 in the first, I always say lean to bigguns and backers. You're also less likely to have contract/ego problems with lineman.
 
Milchjon said:
Well, Pats are 6-1, but apart from maybe the Miami game it never felt like they were really good. Seems like the only reason they're on top of the league is making few mistakes. Still, I never really trust their abilities, gonna be interesting today....
(Just saw that they're No. 19 in overall yards, but No. 1 in points per game...)
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Can't find it right now, but there's an article about how they've had a lot of luck in their wins (mostly via ST) and somethings gotta give sooner or later. They're a far cry from their dominant selves of the past.
 
I am going to be at work for the 1pm games so I won't be able to follow up to the last minute updates but Texans and Lions fans...are both C. Johnson and A. Johnson playing?
 
effzee said:
I am going to be at work for the 1pm games so I won't be able to follow up to the last minute updates but Texans and Lions fans...are both C. Johnson and A. Johnson playing?
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Both are going to play. Andre was probable, and has been playing through his injury the entire year.
 
A flurry of factoids from Ed Werder, Adam Schefter, and Chris Mortensen at the top of ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown regarding the sad state of affairs in Minnesota overlooked one key reality that has been lost in the shuffle ever since Randy Moss was abruptly dumped six days ago.

Per a league source, the Vikings organization feared that the presence of Randy Moss was making Percy Harvin into another Randy Moss.

The duo became inseparable not long after Moss arrived in October. "They were the new Batman and Robin," the source said. "The new T.O. and Ochocinco." And so Harvin, who already was a bit of a primadonna, was becoming more and more like Moss.

Though other factors weighed into the decision (and even though many in the front office) didn't want to dump Moss), Randy's influence on Percy was a big part of the problem.

Indeed, look at what Harvin did on Friday. Yes, it's fashionable to blame coach Brad Childress for everything bad that happens in Minnesota (and he arguably deserves every bit of it). But the reality as reported by Werder that Childress and Harvin nearly came to blows on Friday and the suggestion by Mort that Harvin told teammates it took all of his restraint to not punch Childress makes Harvin only a stone's throw from being the NFL's version of Latrell Sprewell.
So while Schefter detailed various other reasons why owner Zygi Wilf considered firing Childress (e.g., the handling of the question of whether Brett Favre would play last week and the decision to go for a touchdown and not a field goal late in the first half), Childress may have done the franchise a favor by getting Moss out of there before it was too late to keep Percy from becoming as insufferable as Randy.

Then again, to undo the damage that already has been done, Childress likely needs to go, too.

As to the notion that Childress' 2009 contract extension has saved him, we think that in the end it won't. It sounds as if Childress has done more than enough to justify a termination with cause, which would cut off his right to future payments. At this point, we'd be surprised if Wilf doesn't take a page out of the Al Davis no-more-pay playbook.
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The Washington Redskins are off this week, but there's no reprieve from the constant discussion about why Mike Shanahan benched Donovan McNabb late in last week's loss to the Lions.

The latest talk comes from a report on ESPN on Sunday morning in which Chris Mortensen said that Shanahan and his son and offensive coordinator, Kyle Shanahan, have had to cut their playbook in half in order to pare it down enough for McNabb to learn it.

And it gets worse: Mortensen reports that even when McNabb is operating with the Cliff's Notes version of the playbook, he sometimes has trouble correctly calling the plays in the huddle.

At this point, with all these stories coming out about McNabb being unable to figure out the offense, it's hard not to get the feeling that there are folks within the Redskins organization who are making a concerted effort to make McNabb look bad. That's exactly what ESPN's Tom Jackson, who played in Denver for three seasons when Shanahan was a Broncos assistant, said after Mortensen's report.

"If you have a problem with your quarterback," Jackson said, "you call [him] in and you discuss that. This has now become so public that the quarterback is going to be completely embarrassed and it makes his job harder."

In Jackson's view, Shanahan and McNabb simply won't be able to work together going forward -- and Jackson thinks that's more Shanahan's fault than McNabb's.

"I always thought the job of a coach is to adjust your system to the guy who's quarterbacking your team," Jackson said. "This situation is irreconcilable."
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