Archive for April, 2008
After drafting Darren McFadden, the Raiders gave Dominic Rhodes the boot. The was do to make $1.75m this year, and wasn’t to good last year. By dropping him, the Raiders open up some room in the salary cap for McFadden and the rest of the team. Rhodes also missed 4 weeks last year for being suspended for violating the NFL substance abuse policy.
The Super Bowl champs had a good draft, even with the last pick in the NFL draft. I’m not so sure about the other New York team. The Jets took Vernon Gholston in the first round. Was this a risky move? Everyone seem to think so. I can;t tell you how many times today I’ve read, “There might not be a player with Gholston’s upside in the entire draft.” BUT “There are concerns about whether he really likes the game.” This has to be bull. Who DOESN’T like football?
April 28th, 2008
Below we list the players that went in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft. You bet on seeing a few of these guys starting in the next Super Bowl. Probably some second rounders too. Hell, Tom Brady was drafted in the 6th round, so any of the guys joining the NFL this weekend could make it to Tampa Bay.
1 Miami Jake Long OT
2 St. Louis Chris Long DE
3 Atlanta Matt Ryan QB
4 Oakland Darren McFadden RB
5 Kansas City Glenn Dorsey DT
6 NY Jets Vernon Gholston DE
7 New Orleans Sedrick Ellis DT
8 Jacksonville Derrick Harvey DE
9 Cincinnati Keith Rivers OLB
10 New England Jerod Mayo ILB
11 Buffalo Leodis McKelvin CB
12 Denver Ryan Clady OT
13 Carolina Jonathan Stewart RB
14 Chicago Chris Williams OT
15 Kansas City Branden Albert OG
16 Arizona Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie CB
17 Detroit Gosder Cherilus OT
18 Baltimore Joe Flacco QB
19 Carolina Jeff Otah OT
20 Tampa Bay Aqib Talib CB
21 Atlanta Sam Baker OT
22 Dallas Felix Jones RB
23 Pittsburgh Rashard Mendenhall RB
24 Tennessee Chris Johnson RB
25 Dallas Mike Jenkins CB
26 Houston Duane Brown OT
27 San Diego Antoine Cason CB
28 Seattle Lawrence Jackson DE
29 San Francisco Kentwan Balmer DT
30 NY Jets Dustin Keller TE
31 NY Giants Kenny Phillips FS
The Super Bowl champions drafted Kenny Phillips, University of Miami safety, with the 31st pick overall. This is good news for both the Giants and the U of Miami. This was the first year in a while that Miami wasn’t projected to have any players drafted into the NFL in the 1st round, but Phillips got them there. Apparently, New York like him to begin with and didn’t should him much attention before the draft, downplaying their interest. Phillips is reportedly very happy to be playing for the Super Champs.
April 27th, 2008
The Draft is today, and you can bet the hell out of it, but you better do it now since it starts soon. The first round draft order looks like this:
1 Miami
2 St. Louis
3 Atlanta
4 Oakland
5 Kansas City
6 NY Jets
7 New England
8 Baltimore
9 Cincinnati
10 New Orleans
11 Buffalo
12 Denver
13 Carolina
14 Chicago
15 Detroit
16 Arizona
17 Kansas City
18 Houston
19 Philadelphia
20 Tampa Bay
21 Washington
22 Dallas
23 Pittsburgh
24 Tennessee
25 Seattle
26 Jacksonville
27 San Diego
28 Dallas
29 San Francisco
30 Green Bay
31 NY Giants
The Dolphins have the number one overall pick and have already signed Jake Long, the lineman from Michigan as the number 1. Dolphins also added two more of Parcell’s former Cowboys players. Miami traded their fourth-round pick in the NFL draft for tight end Anthony Fasano and linebacker Akin Ayodele.
Fasano was the Cowboys’ 2006 second-round pick but hasn’t played much. Ayodele became expendable when the Cowboys acquired former Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas. Overall, this a good move for both teams, and a great move for the Dolphins. The Tuna drafted these guys as a Cowboy and now he gets to bring them over to his new team on the cheap. I still wouldn’t bet Miami to go the Super bowl yet.
April 26th, 2008
I doubt it, but it looks like he may be headed to New York in the NFL Draft tomorrow. So far McFadden has said that he LOVES New York and that he think the Jets will draft him. Of course, news is that this mother hates the Big Apple and hopes her son ends up closer to home which is Little Rock… Sorry mom, I think your son will be a Jet… and have to wait a year or two for a real Super Bowl shot.
The Super Bowl 2012 is only 4 years away. Who cares, right? Well, Indy does. From the Indianapolis Business Journal, “The leader of Indianapolis’ bid to host the 2012 Super Bowl is more optimistic than ever about the city’s chances after a meeting yesterday with NFL officials that lasted more than five hours.”
Indy is competing against Phoenix and Houston to host the 2012 Super Bowl. They lost their bid to win host 2011 Super Bowl to Dallas. Phoenix lost their bid last year too… I bet sooner or later that both these cities will get a shot at the Big Game. You figure the judges will have to pick them for a pity vote at some point down the road. Yeah, I would bet on it.
Of course, the big news is that the NFL Draft is tomorrow. Can you bet on the NFL draft picks? Sure! BoDog is offering all kinds of prop bets on the NFL Draft. You can bet all kinds of things from “Who will the Kansas City Chiefs take with the #5 pick in the NFL Draft?” to “Who will be the first RB drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 2008 NFL draft?” If you interested in making the draft more interesting with some wagers, check out bodog (There is a link on our homepage).
April 25th, 2008
Hello Megan Fox, the world’s sexiest chick of 2008. Is that an Autobot in my pocket or am I just happy to look at her half naked body?
Very, very soon, we will (hopefully) find out what big, stinking liars the Pats are… or aren’t. Matt Walsh is leaving Hawaii for NYC to rat out to the NFL’s the best modern day football franchise and the winner of 3 Super Bowls in the last 10 years.
They went to 4 but thankfully lost the latest Super Bowl to the New York Giants. Ironically, they lost the year that they were caught cheating… and probably stop cheating. I’m not sure if irony is the right word there.
Anyway, the New England Patriots have been accused and even sued over them supposedly cheating in their Super Bowl victory vs the Saint Louis Rams. Personally, I hope that they did cheat, and I hope that it will come out in Walsh’s testimony.
Then I hope everyone sues the hell out of New England… All the players that lost the Super Bowl. Everyone who bet the Super Bowl. Hell even everyone who watched the Super Bowl.
Of course, the NFL is extremely strong and the truth might never come to light. Kind of like all the bad calls in the Seattle/Pittsburgh Super Bowl when the refs determined the outcome of that game.
There is so much BS in the NFL that I wouldn’t be surprised if they already know the truth and are trying the bury the hell out of it. After all, they did destroy the evidence (the Pats video tapes of other teams) against the Pats that they had earlier this year. If it gets out that the Patriots cheated in a Super Bowl (which they probably did), the NFL might have big problems.
We’ll just have to wait and see.
April 24th, 2008
People seem to think so. In fact, Scout.com picked the Dallas Cowboys to win the Super Bowl a week ago, and now that I’ve had a few beers, I’m thinking about betting them to win the Super Bowl.
Getting Pacman is a great move for them, if they can control him. But the Cowboys have a record of stealing thug talent and making them work. If any team could take a guy who makes it rain a half hour before having a bouncer shot… and then turn that same guy into a Pro-Bowler, the Dallas Cowboys can.
Aside from that, the New England Patriots might be busted for spying on the Rams practice before the Super Bowl in 2002. I have to say that I didn’t bet a side in that Super Bowl, but I did bet the over… and I lost. Even though I didn’t bet the Pats, them spying on the Rams offense could be reason enough for them to lose the over, and me to lose my Super Bowl bet, so I hope that they cheated. Beside I hate the Patriots… They cost me money this year vs the Giants. And who, who doesn’t live in Boston, hates Tom Brady? F that guy.
Supposedly that guy who has evidence that the Pats cheated that year has agreed to talk to the NFL. He should be in New York within the next few weeks.
Go you Rat! Screw that team that got you a Super Bowl ring…
April 23rd, 2008
That is unless you’re the Patriots, who lost their first round draft pick this year for cheating.
The Miami Dolphins have already taken Jake Long, and now the St. Louis Rams are on the clock. This sucks for the Rams, who really wanted Jake Long. The remaining top draft picks might be Matt Ryan, Glenn Dorsey, Chris Long or Vernon Gholston. But people now expect the Rams to try to trade down with a team interested in Matt Ryan, possibly the Baltimore Ravens, who would be stealing him from the Atlanta Falcons.
Matt Ryan has been hyped a lot this year, and he very well could be a quarterback that could lead a team to the playoffs and Super Bowl, but it’s pretty early to bet on it. Rookie QBs often take sometime to adjust to the NFL, and grow with their team. Both Eli and Payton Manning have won the Super Bowl, but they weren’t even close to the Big Game in their first few years in the league. Betting on Rookie QBs to lead teams to victory are very risky. Not every team has a Tom Brady to win them the Super Bowl, and most young quarterbacks aren’t surrounded by as much talent as he was.
I like to bet on the Super Bowl. Betting the Big Game is a lot of fun, and betting the Super Bowl winner during the preseason is a great way to start. Teams that I don’t think have a shot at winning the Super Bowl this year have to be any team with a Rookie QB. Them and the Bears, but that’s another story.
April 22nd, 2008
Did the 1918 Cubs throw the 1918 World Series vs the Boston Red Sox? It might have happened.
We all know about the 1919 White Sox (aka Black Sox) threw the World Series for some good cash. Now it’s coming out that this wasn’t the first team to throw the series. It sounds like the Black Sox got the idea from the Cubs the year before..
“The Cubs were 84-45 that year and serious favorites. Cicotte is not alone in suggesting they had been paid off. The lost diary of Charles Comiskey’s righthand man, Harry Grabiner, supposedly indicates that the 1918 World Series was fixed. The reporting of baseball columnist Hugh Fullerton — the man who eventually blew the whistle on baseball’s gambling problem — also suggested that something was afoul in 1918. Fullerton’s accounts of those games repeatedly point out bizarre baserunning mistakes and defensive flubs.” (like the Cubs getting picked off 3 times in the series).
Very interesting… It’s a cool story, if true. But I hate Boston and hate the fact that they might have gotten an extra championship thanks to some sports bettors. Also the Cubs have never won a championship… Those 2 years seemed to screw Chicago out of 2 championships. But it’s great for the legends the Chicago mob, gamblers, bookies, sports betting in baseball, and sports betting in general.
It looks like people are writing off the Bears for a NFL Super Bowl run this year… thanks to Brian Urlacher. Apparently, Urlacher asking for more money has prompted a couple of his teammates (Devin Hester and Tommie Harris) to do the same. If the Bears give in, they’ll have less cash for signing new talent. If they don’t (and they probably won’t), it could mean for a disgruntled locker room. Advice: don’t bet the Bears to win the 2009 Super Bowl if you like your money. I’m in Las Vegas next weekend, and I’ll be looking for ways to bet against the Bears.
April 20th, 2008
Brian Urlacher might retire because he doesnt like his contract, and if he retires he gets paid all this 2003 bonuses money… Oh and he says that his neck and back hurt… sounds like a lot of BS to me.
Not much in Super Bowl news - A bar is Akron might lose it’s license over a Super Bowl Box Pool that got up to $60,000. 100 squares at $600 a pop. Not a bad pool.
I’m outta town all weekend, but plan on giving an update on the odds of winning the Super Bowl and good places to bet on the Super Bowl when I’m back.
April 18th, 2008
That’s right. You heard it here first. Hell, they won’t even make the playoffs… One step further, and I say that they won’t even be at 500. And those are facts. Write them down. Bookmark this page. Bet on it. Do whatever because I don’t care. That is how confident I am in saying that the Rams will suck next year.
How do I know this? Just look at the start of the Saint Louis Ram’s 2008 season schedule.
Game 1 vs Philly. I’m betting the Eagles.
Game 2 vs NYG. I’m betting the Giants.
Game 3 vs Seattle. I’m betting the Seahawks.
Game 4 vs Buffalo. I’m betting the young and hard hitting Bills.
Game 5 vs Washington. I’m betting the Redskins.
Game 6 vs Dallas. People are already picking and betting the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl. Yeah, a friend of mine bet them yesterday to win Super Bowl XLIII.
And finally, Game 7 vs New England. Ouch. The Patriots are one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl almost every year. They’re a great team that should win this game easily.
Sorry St. Louis. It’s still months until the season even starts, but you have no chance in 2008. I would use this year and draft as a rebuilding year. Trade down picks and pick up more for 2009 if you can, because you have no shot at the Super Bowl this year.
April 15th, 2008
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