Random Thoughts of the Day

So I was clearly wrong as the ending of the Steelers-Titans game was fantastic. The NFL remains much smarter than me.

- I am smarter, however, than the Minnesota Timberwolves, since I know there needs to be players at positions besides PG. Currently playing PG for the Timberwolves- Antonio Daniels, Ramon Sessions, Chucky Atkins, and Jonny Flynn. None of these players are exceptional perimeter shooters, which makes it hard to play them together.

-I'm somewhat torn about the pontential Oct 1 Refree lockout in the NBA. I'm generally sympathetic to the union. A 10% reduction in the union's salaries seems a bit absurd request and my hunch is that it's a tactic designed to send a message to the player's union. On the other hand, NBA refrees are perhaps the worst refrees of any of the four major sports. They could, however, be worse. My fear is that scab refrees will be even less likely to call a foul on a key player when warranted. Does any scab refree want to be the guy who fouls out Kobe Bryant in a nationally televised game? Or will they call a travel on Lebron James when he takes 3 steps to win a playoff game?

-The Patriots had adopted the same strategy as much brother-in-law in fantasty football leagues. He basically sends a lot of crazy offers to the worst teams in the league and hopes, because they're bad at football, that they might accept or make a poor counteroffer. The Patriots robbed the Raiders in the Randy Moss trade. Now, they're trading Richard Seymour for a first round pick, which I would guess would be in the top 10, possibly the top 5. Seymour's loss will be felt for the Patriots, but the value they'll get for the 5th-10th overal draft pick is more than worth it. The Patriots could even get the no. 1 overall pick next year from the Raiders, which is incredibly scary.

-The Browns were attacked when a story reported that its staff didn't like Crabtree because he seemed like a prima dona. The Browns were right, and the writers who slammed them should say so.

-California should protest the NFL. The current 49ers organization embarrasses its former glory. The Raiders are terrible. Even if they stole the Rams back, they'd have three terrible teams.