Big Ben

So how many fans think Ben Roethlisberger should face some type of discipline from Roger Goodell. Poll starting tommorrow on the blog!!!
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Santonio, Santonio, Santonio

Oh my first thought was to write this blog post and blast the Pittsburgh Steelers for trading Santonio Holmes amid all the dysfunction involving their quarterback.  On the heels of Ben Roethlisberger dodging another personal bullet, Holmes release smelled of racial mistreatment.  Then I had to wake up and check myself.  Race had nothing to do with Holmes getting traded.  Race had nothing to with Holmes getting arrested for marijuana two seasons ago.  Race had nothing to do with a woman getting hit in the face with a glass.  Race has nothing to do with Holmes being in the NFL substance abuse program nor being suspended.  Race simply has nothing to do with Santonio Holmes being traded.  Santonio dug his own grave in Pittsburgh and even then the Steelers blessed him with a trade to New York.  They could have banished Holmes to Oakland for some donuts and a pick.  So even now Santonio Holmes is now on a AFC front runner.  I am so sick and tired of black athletes feeling entitled during a day in time when so many struggle to make it day to day.  Santonio Holmes needs to look in the mirror and decide what type of athlete he wants to be.  He has another chance at career success and may not deserve it.  Santonio needs to look within and decide how he wants his legacy to end.

Please Ben Grow Up

I can't help but feel a sense of relief for Ben Roethlisberger. I also feel like there is a little angel sitting on the superstars shoulders. Point blank he is lucky as hell. Between the bike crash, the pending civil case in Nevada, and this rape allegation he honestly should be ruined by now.  Anybody else may have lost endorsements, and their career all in one.  No disrespect to him, but I'm not sure anyone else would have survived such adverse situations.  I just hope he learns his lesson. I truly do. Ben from here on out just stay at home.  Learn to engulf yourself into your teammates and to the sport that has blessed you so wonderfully.  Keep the groupie chicks out of your face. Leave the star status and the V.I.P treatment to someone else.  You are facing a suspension and serious questioning of your character simply because you want to be a rock star.  I understand you are single and not a married man.  Please take my advice and start to act like a few of your married contemporaries.  Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Donovan Mcnabb, Drew Brees, are perfect role  models for you.  Give them a call Ben.  You are a quarterback not a wide receiver or some linebacker.  You are suppose to be a leader of men and should carry yourself as such.  You represent a hard working city and yet to continue to embarrass them and yourself.  How many 2 times super bowl winning quarterbacks have had to deal with such distasteful charges.  Ben please grow up now before  you lose it all.

What now for Maurice Clarett?

Wow the 2003 national championship seems like centuries ago.  Maurice Clarett was considered the best running back in the country.  Sean Taylor(RIP) was still knocking people out and on his way to the NFL.  Not before a monumental upset in that BCS National Title game changed the Hurricanes season, and Clarett's fortunes.  In that game Maurice Clarett ran and played like a back possessed.  His strip of Sean Taylor after a super interception by the safety help seal the win and a championship for coach Jim Tressel and the Buckeyes.  That was a little over 7 long years ago.  Today clarett is now 26 and imprisoned.  He is set to be released to minimum security detention center in Ohio to finish his final six months.  The story of Maurice Clarett is all to familiar and sad.  Clarett a star running back was coddled, used, and thrown to the wolves after his services were no longer needed.   He was enabled by Ohio State to act out and do what he wanted.  Yet after deciding he was no longer interested in being a college athlete that same university essentially turned its back on Clarett.  His spiral out of control started that moment.  He received awful advice, and made awful choices.  He tried to enter the NFL a few months after that game even though he knew the rules would not allow him to.  After a awful stint with the Denver Broncos that saw Clarett come to camp out of shape and with a sorry attitude, he was released and out of football.  In 2006 Clarett was arrested in Columbus, OH after robbing a couple leaving a bar.  Clarett is now a felon with no formal education, no job training or skills, and no future in football.  It is the all to common story of athlete who was used for his needs and tossed aside after he was no longer needed.  This is all on Maurice Clarett in my opinion.  It is up to the student athlete to use the university for all its has to offer.  Notice I used the word student.  If only young Clarett would have allowed himself to become a student and mature.  Unfortunately Maurice was allowed to conduct himself like the pampered athlete he thought he was.  Today he writes a blog about his past and determined his failure was due to lack of character.  It is my hope that prison fortified his character and gave him some insight into what he wants to do with his life now.  Maurice Clarett is still young enough to make something of his life and to a productive role model to his son.  I'm praying and rooting for this guy to succeed.  Lets just hope he learned his lesson.

What do the Rams have up their sleeve?

Are the St. Louis Rams trying to pull off the same kinda two for one that the Chargers pulled off in the 2001 draft?  It is a big risk and probably won't happen but could send shock waves through this years NFL draft.  The St.Louis rams held a personal workout with Colt McCoy on Thursday and all indications were that it went well.  The workout has many experts wondering if it was a smokescreen or a real viable possibility.  It would take a lot of things going right for this to workout but it has happened before.  In 2001 the Chargers swapped picks with the Atlanta Falcons so they could select Michael Vick #1.  San Diego selected Ladainian Tomlinson with the 5th pick and then had to patiently wait and hope no team selected Drew Brees.  That hope was realized when no team selected Brees and the Chargers were able to snag him with the 33rd pick of the draft.  Could St. Louis have dreams of selecting Suh with that first pick in the draft and then patiently waiting until the first pick of the second round(#33) to grab Colt McCoy with it?  It would make for a long first round for the Rams and coach Steve Spagnuolo, but would be the coup of the draft if they could pull it off.  Sam bradford is rated the #1 overall prospect at qb, but Colt is not that far behind.  It would also make Rams fans feel better about passing on Bradford if Suh or Gerald McCoy were also on the roster after night one.  Stay tuned.

Eagles Fans "Racist or Disloyal"

As I had the opportunity to sit and listen to fans applaud the trade of Donovan Mcnabb, I can't help but wonder if race or just plain disloyalty played a part in people feeling so enthusiastic about #5 departure.  Me personally I know enough about football to know that the decision was purely business from the Eagles point of view.  Kevin Kolb is about 7 years younger and several million dollars cheaper.  My problem is not with the business aspect of it.  I struggle to accept such disloyalty from fans. I remember that draft day vividly.  It was the spring of my junior season at Cheyney University, and we had just finished a long grueling spring football practice.  The commissioner stepped to the podium and announced that the Eagles had just selected QB Donovan Mcnabb from Syracuse University 2nd overall.    I will never forget how the boo's rang out.  I can't recall a crowd of fans being that brutal before or since.  Angelo Cataldi, Mayor Ed Rendell, and hundreds of Eagles fans were in love with Ricky Williams.  Mcnabb handled that moment like he has most other moments during his tenure in philly, like a champion.  It is my opinion that Eagles fans are some of the most disloyal at times.  They are also spoiled and obnoxious.  For what reason I don't know.  What I do know is that I wish I could turn back the hands of time.  If only I could allow some karma to creep in to this situation.  What if Cleveland selected Donovan instead of Tim Couch?  I know the Browns fortunes would be totally different.  How would Eagles fans have felt about a gutless Couch?  What if the Bengals had selected Mcnabb and not Akili Smith?  Would they have ever been in a position to draft Carson Palmer?  Eagles fans would have had a field day with Akili?

My point is the Philadelphia Eagles are one of the better NFL organizations around.  Its not a mistake that #5 was the qb.  The things Mcnabb accomplished are no accident either.  The man is a straight up winner on and off the field.  Be blessed Eagles fans.  Have some class. Show some respect.  These past eleven years could have gone way different.  Who knows maybe the Eagles would have been bad enough to eventually draft Jamarcus Russell.  Yea right now Eagles fans deserve Jamarcus Russell at his worst.    One love Donnie Mac #5.

Donovan Mcnabb

I am not a coach and have no room to question any coach in the NFL. Andy Reid is either that arrogant or just plain crazy. Reid traded his Franchise QB to a division rival that seems to be on the upswing. Andy Reid just made shockwaves bigger then the earthquake that hit California just a few hrs earlier. A pissed off and super motivated Donovan Mcnabb gets to dual with the Eagles twice a year. Mcnabb now inherits a better running attack. A 3 headed monster of sorts. A running attack that will offset whatever lack of wide recievers the Eagles are missing. The Redskins will have a better overall defense then the Philadelphia Eagles also. I am excited and in shock right now. The NFC is gonna be so tight this season.
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Dez Bryant

Is it me or is Dez Bryant in line to become the next Charles Roger. Not because of a drug habit, but because of his character. He seems to not be as intelligent as most. He is very nonchalant and lazy in my opinion. He gets suspended and misses a whole season, yet didn't look impressive at all in his pro day. Dez looked out of shape and confused at times while doing cone drills. Makes me worry.
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Redskins

The Washington Redskins are quietly having a productive offseason. I am interested in seeing how this 3 headed horse at running back will play out. Portis, Larry Johnson, and Willie Parker make a worn, but formidable backfield. I'm not sure a 3 headed monster will work with such an established group. I'm interested in seeing who might be the odd man out. Stay tuned
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Breaking News

The Dallas Cowboys have released left tackle Flozell Adams and Safety Ken Hamlin for Salary Cap purposes.
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