Its NFL 2K5 all over again

Only a couple of hours ago, the Philadelphia Eagles signed a popular yet controversial player. His skills on the field were unquestionable, but it was the baggage that came with him that create the controversy. Only 5 years ago, the T.O. experiment began. However the controversy ended up hurting the Eagles more in the long run than it helped them.

Today, McNabb faces his new teammate Michael Vick. Vick was a fun player to watch. That is, before he went to prison for 2 years because of charges related to dogfighting. Now, the first stop on Vick’s rehabilitation tour stops in Philly, “The City of Brotherly Love” (unless you’re wearing a Cowboys, Giants or Redskins jersey).

NFL History will view this as either a gamble that paid off, or another failed experiment. Either way this move should make the team better, and give them more room to experiment with the wildcat offense, with DeSean Jackson and Maclin already there and ready. I can forsee many great things coming out of Philly. Which bother’s me of course because I’m a Cowboys fan.

Elevated Testosterone Level

I haven’t written in a while. But for good reason. I have no reason to write anything recently. That and I’ve been busy with actually fulfilling my 5 year plan. 5 years from now I want to be a lawyer. Now that is important to me, more so than sports. But I felt inspired when I read this article on ESPN. I pretty much details players for whom it would kill fans if they were using steroids. This is a major issue for me.

My List of CLEAN players is Derek Jeter, Chipper Jones and Albert Pujols. That’s it. At this point I hope and pray that I never find out that any of these players were using. Derek Jeter and Chipper Jones were my childhood heroes as far as baseball went. When I first started learning about singles doubles and grand slams, those were the players I looked for on the field. Albert Pujols is the guy that I feel has the same type of team first attitude. I’d probably have to be placed in a padded room if I found out that Jeter was on steroids.

Admittedly, just hoping players are clean doesn’t make them so. I’d have put A-Rod on the list of clean players and Manny Ramirez. Manny and A-Rod both missed a substantial amount of games after being shown to be steroid users. The Ortiz news didn’t kill me because I figured he was a user.

Randy Johnson is also no longer on my non-steroids list. He isn’t a user as I am aware, but as fast as his fastball was I’m not willing to completely give him the benefit of the doubt. I believe everyone was immersed in the culture. (But Jeter and Jones) I can’t allow anyone else to be exempt.