Category: Sports

I’m not sure I get it

Saints releasing veteran free safety Dwight Smith
The New Orleans Saints apprised agent Drew Rosenhaus on Thursday that they have abandoned their efforts to trade starting free safety Dwight Smith, one of their steadiest defenders during a dismal 2005 season, and instead will release the veteran defensive back after just one year with the franchise.

Dwight Smith was one of the few bright spots we had on defense last year. Is this to free up more salary for St. Reggie?

This just doesn’t seem like a smart move to me. It seems wasteful.

Baseball All Star Game = Grilling and Beer = Guns Shooting in Air

 

Bo Jackson: Badassboggs_wade_1.jpgburt.jpg

I watch the All-Star game every year.  I always hope it’s gonna be like that one where Bo Jackson hits the homer, and then Wade Boggs homers right after that.  I remember that one like it was yesterday.  My uncle jack was there.  Bo Jackson was a badass.  And he had the best shoe.  Many people don’t realize he invented those cross trainers himself.  Then he got fat, and tried to sell power bars.  He also ran over Brian Bosworth, which was one of the greatest things that has ever happened ever.  Wade Boggs was a cheeseball.  I hate him.  One thing that you find out when you get older is that all the guys who wore cheesy mustaches in the 80’s really were cheeseballs.  They weren’t just victims of the time.  Mike Schmidt is another example.  I’m sure Tom Selek is a dope too.  And I think Burt Reynolds’ cheesiness is well documented from his time on Win, Lose or Draw.  Maybe it’s not the mustaches though.  Maybe it’s the matching gold chain.  Or maybe it’s a convertable thing.  I will never know, because I’m too busy with other stuff.  Like cooking food and drinking beer and watching basball players in their tight pants.

I Believe

Football season is fast approaching. Hopefully Dave and I will be able to regail our readers with riveting tales of our Fantasy Football leagues. Be ready for excitement. Allow me to apologize in advance. Not that we have slacked off on posting about the NFL over the summer… Just look down and there’s Tom Landy.

Anyway… This post is about, you guessed it, the NFL.

Awhile back, the Saints and Patriots traded players, WR Bethel Johnson came to New Orleans and DT Johnathan Sullivan went to New England. We were glad to be rid of him, mainly because he was too fat, too slow, and just not very good. And then on Sunday, he was arrested while driving through Georgia for driving without a seatbelt, running two stop signs, and marijuana possession. Poor New England.
What’s up with the Saints? How is it that a franchise notorious for failure and mediocrity managed this storybook off-season? First we signed Drew Brees, then we scored Reggie Bush in the draft. Let’s not forget that Aaron Brooks and Jim Haslett are now spreading their lackluster talents somewhere else, as well. Are we being set up for a fall? Things look great now. Are we going to revert to the Saints of old, or have we turned a corner?

Dave maintains that Saints fans lack faith. We are sure that Reggie will break his leg in two places in his NFL debut, after holding out for all of the pre-season. We know that Drew Brees will get hit in the second game and his arm will fall off. We know that Donte Stallworth will never live up to his potential. We are ready to hear at any moment that the team is moving to Los Angeles. We expect disappointment. it’s all we have known.

I’m trying really hard not to expect failure. It’s difficult when you have set yourself up for a winning season every year, and every year the Black and Gold finds a new way to disappoint. It’s in our blood. It’s also in our blood to listen to that little spring of hope in the back of our minds: these are the new Saints, the winning Saints, the Saints that don’t lose 53-3 to the Packers. The Saints that don’t miss an extra point to tie the game after the last second River City Relay against the Jags.

I will believe until Drew Brees throws a backwards pass to no one.

Bethel Johnson for Johnathan Sullivan

Pats to deal WR Johnson to Saints for DT Sullivan

Clearly frustrated by his dubious work habits and conditioning, the New Orleans Saints on Monday threw in the towel on defensive tackle Johnathan Sullivan, trading the team’s first-round choice from the 2003 draft to New England in exchange for wide receiver Bethel Johnson.

Both those guys suck.  Bethel Johnson was good two seasons ago for half a season when he managed to return a kick.  I’m not sure Johnathan Sullivan was ever good at anything except getting fat.  I bet playing on the Pats does him some good, though.  We’ll see which team does a better job of getting something out of a supposedly talented but under-achieving player.
We are going to have a completely different team this year.  Soon there will only be Fred “1000 year old man” McAfee left of the old Saints.

Not that that’s a bad thing.