Daily Links 12-10-10

One of these men has a QB rating of 105.7 and only two INTs on the season.

A Certain Ex-Felon Leads NFL in Pro Bowl Votes
- Somewhere, Nils Lofgren weeps quietly to himself.

Peyton Manning Plays Like Peyton Manning
- No interceptions as the Colts barely overcome the Titans 30-28, despite a huge game by Chris Johnson.

Jenn Sterger: "I Won't Sue as Long as Favre is Suspended"
- Yeah, forget being tried in a court of law. Let Judge Dredd Roger Goodell punish Favre.

NFL Says Adding Two Games to Schedule is Biggest Priority
- Like it or not, this is going to happen.

Josh Freeman Fined $5,000 for Unnecessary Roughness
- The NFL really needs to protect defensive backs from these vicious hits.

Daily Links - 12-8-10

At least DC can still root for the Capitals.

Redskins Suspend Haynesworth for Remainder of Season
- I honestly had no idea he still played for them.

Broncos Fire Josh McDaniels
- They are late to the "fire your head coach midseason" party. McDaniels deserves it, too. How do you cheat against the 49ers and still lose?

Steelers Win Against Baltimore Proves Costly

- Sepulveda out for the season, Heath Miller and Flozell Adams likely out next week.

Free Agent Safety Turns Down Jets to Conduct Trains

- That's a new one. All joking aside, this is a good read. Gotta respect where this guy's head and heart are.

49ers Name Alex Smith as Starter, Citing His Experience
- 49ers will spend 1st round draft pick on a QB, citing the fact that Alex Smith is their best QB.

Daily Links - 12-6-10

Peyton's doing his best Eli impression this year, with 11 picks in three games.

What the hell happened to Peyton Manning?

- Sure, it's probably just a temporary lull, but Peyton Manning is playing the worst football of his career.

NFLPA tells players to prepare for lockout
- A good scout is always prepared. Mostly just posturing by the NFLPA, but there's a bit of legitimate concern as well. If they actually do go into lockout, players should be prepared.

Dez Bryant breaks ankle and refuses to talk to media
- Why does this happen to one of the Cowboys I actually respect?

Steelers prevail over Ravens in a bloody affair
- This game was even more brutal than most people imagined it would have been.

Jets and Patriots to take center stage tonight
- Should be a good game. I'm taking the Patriots in this one.

Daily Links 12-4-2010

Jets Safety Jim Leonhard Placed on IR With Leg Injury
- This is a big blow to the Jets at the worst possible time, with an upcoming divisional matchup against the Patriots.

Why the NFL Should Switch to Outer Padded Helmets
- This is a really good article from October detailing how a simple switch could really show how dedicated the NFL is to player safety.

Nils Lofgren writes an open letter to "the men and women of the sports reporting community"
- "Who is Nils Lofgren?" becomes the most popular search term on Google for a day. I'll write about this later.

Andy Reid wants protection for Michael Vick
- No, wait. That's the sensationalist headline. All he asked for was the same treatment other QBs receive after the hit behind the line of scrimmage.

NFL executive VP Anderson - ""We have no higher priority than player safety,"
- Except for unfairly penalizing the Steelers, right? RIGHT? YOU'RE TARGETING THEM! STOP IT!!

Agent suspended for role in UNC recruiting scandal 
- It's a slow news day, what can I say?

Daily Links 12-3-2010

I bet you'd like to have that one back, huh?

Antrel Rolle compares booing football players to booing American soldiers
- His back-pedaling skills should prove mighty handy here.

Art Rooney thinks the Steelers are being targeted
- In this organization, whining starts at the top.

Sam Bradford is beasting the NFC West
- Congrats to the Rams on winning the division for (at least) the next 5 years.

LA Entertains Thoughts of Building a Stadium, Scares Chargers and Vikings Fans
- If the Chargers skipped town, San Diego would have nothing going for it.

Eagles prevent Texans comeback hopes
- Eagles should just hope Asante Samuel is back in time for the Cowboys.

Asante Samuel close to returning versus Cowboys
- Hey, what do you know!?

Daily Links 12-2-2010

There's no point in adding a caption to this photo.

Gruden not interested in coaching Miami

- He's holding out for an NFL job. Preferably, one where he can inherit an amazing roster after a hall of fame coach skips town.

Hines Ward blasts the NFL

- Anyone else sick of the Steelers whining yet? If you want your teammates to stop getting penalized, tell them to STOP COMMITTING PENALTIES. Seriously, someone should teach James Harrison how to tackle properly.

DeSean Jackson's "problems" are because of Drew Rosenhaus
- Wow, I didn't realize he was having problems. He didn't have a great game against the Bears, but nobody for the Eagles did.

Tony Kornheiser says Andre Johnson not suspended because of ratings

- I think he's onto something. Just look at the dozens of other players who commit penalties and aren't suspended each week.

The NFC West is atrocious

- Just in case you lack the most basic observational skills.

Singletary forecasts "Thunder and Lightning"

- Wait, you mean Brian Westbrook isn't going to get me 25 fantasy points per week?!

Daily Links 12-2-2010

Man arrested for kicking police horse after Texans game
- Sources say the Cowboys and Jets have brought him in for tryouts.

Derek Anderson gets fed up after MNF

- To be fair, the reporter was being kind of a douche. Still funny though.

Frank Gore breaks hip

- Luckily, he was wearing his Life Alert bracelet.

Fan falls to death at Eagles - Bears game

- Condolences to his friends and family following this tragedy.

Stevie Johnson becomes first player in NFL to blame God for misgivings
- Reminds me of a bit by comedian Jeff Stilson:

I don't watch football anymore, I gave that up. I got tired of the interviews after the games, because the winning players always give credit to God, and the losers blame themselves. You know, just once I'd like to hear a player say, 'Yeah, we were in the game, until Jesus made me fumble. He hates our team.'