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Gee, sports fans sometimes change their mind about a player. And this you find fascinating? STFU already, you're being a boring drone.

there's never been a successful receiver named mario. the odds are stacked against the kid.

one could, but you're a smart guy and you get what i mean. madoff will not be charged with manslaughter.

madoff is a prick but the 2 cases are apples and oranges. bloomberg commented on plax because he endangered lives- pretty cut and dried.

I would take either Dunn or Abreu- no problem.

you're a long term planner

There's probably 6 threads on this topic.

that makes no sense, nas.

did you ever think that gilbride is severely hampered by a QB with limited touch? A QB who can't throw a slant pattern to save his life? A QB who can't develop a screen? I would think if you put a gun to his head, you would get that kind of reasoning.

I would throw in a 4 to make the deal.

Yes

precisely- or even if he accepts 2 years, he may not be motivated to put out maximum effort the first year.

Eagles D-coordinator Johnson has cancer relapse PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson has had a recurrence of cancer, this time in his spine, team officials said Thursday. Johnson was diagnosed Monday with a malignant tumor on his spine and has begun radiation treatments at Bryn Mawr Hospital, team spokesman Derek Boyko said. The tumor developed from a melanoma in the same area where Johnson's skin cancer was diagnosed in 2001, Eagles trainer Rick Burkholder told The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. Johnson also has cancer in other areas of his body, Burkholder said, but he declined to elaborate. The team did not offer a prognosis. "Who knows where it tracked to from there, but his symptoms came from the spine," Burkholder told The Inquirer. "Now there are some other areas in his body (that have cancer), but I'm not going to get into where else some other stuff is. They will all be treated together. " No surgery is scheduled and Johnson, who has been defensive coordinator for 10 years under coach Andy Reid, intends to continue coaching, Burkholder told the newspapers. "They're going to go with radiation right now," the trainer was quoted as saying. "One of the problems is he's in a lot of pain from the tumor on his spine and the radiation will calm some of that pain down and let him get back to a little bit more normal walking and stuff like that and then they'll broach what the next treatment is." Burkholder said doctors don't think the cancer has spread to Johnson's brain or spinal fluid. The Eagles said the 67-year-old coach complained of back pain in early January. He coached from the press box in a playoff win over the New York Giants and the Eagles' loss to the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC championship. An MRI after the playoff win against the Giants on Jan. 11 alerted doctors that something might be wrong. "The MRI looked funny," Burkholder told the papers. "We thought he was going to have a disc problem, because he had those symptoms, but it actually looked like there was a tumor besides the stress fracture in his spine. "The MRI alerted our doctors that something else might be going on. They did further testing. They did a bunch of scans and had him see some other doctors and it looked like the melanoma was back." Burkholder told the newspapers that doctors are very optimistic. "Jim's very upbeat about it and Vicky, his wife, is upbeat about it," he said. "Nobody has given me a number -- you've got this much time -- or anything like that. It has all been positive in terms of treating this cancer."

Didn't Maddox have an unfathomable resurgence in Pittsburgh?

Sparks was underrated because Sehorn was overrated. I would put him there.

I'm not watching live, I'm going to take my wife to the mall and sit in the Al Bundy chairs.

yes, the writer makes a lot of assumptions. Boras is good at his job for sure. The economy and Manny himself is much more responsible for the small market for his talent than Teixera's deal is.

If a receiver gets open, the QB will get him the ball. Toomer has always excelled when the Defense has someone else to worry about, be it Shockey or Plax. He is the quintessential #2 threat.

I think their offensive line is their weak link- wouldn't call them consistent.

Winning is a great deodorant. Losing Stinks.

I would like nothing better than Reeves taking over the coaching job in Dallas. As for consultants, they are useless. They borrow your watch to tell you what time it is.

if there's a chance of a rainout, i think it's the way to go.

VG, i'm not one of the 'john mendenhall' crowd that touts the 'glory years' of the 70's but i got to tell you it's much worse when you care so deeply for a team that is quite content with double digit losses and an early vacation. with these current guys, you know they gave it their all and just peaked too early, that's easier to take.

Unfortunately, his other SI cover involved Montana, Clark and a catch.