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Upon Further Review
June 10, 2008
Welcome to the latest
edition of “Upon Further Review”, it’s the dead period for football and their
fans. Sure there’s OTA’s and mini-camps and all that stuff, but how exciting
are those things really? Guys wearing shorts, no contact, veterans not doing
much other than stretching and running and having to watch rookies and guys not
good enough to make the final roster practice. Talk about a snooze fest. BUT,
the fact of the matter is it all means football, real football, is creeping ever
closer and that’s cause for excitement in itself. With all that said, let’s
take a look at some of the happenings from around the NFL recently, shall we?
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Chad Johnson says he
plans on showing up at Bengals camp as early as June and, now, all seems
rosy in Bengal Country. That is until the games start and Ocho Cinco sees
that porous defense of the Bengals... by the way wasn’t there a time when
Marvin Lewis was considered a defensive genius?... giving up yardage and
points like they’re going out of style. Then the rose colored glasses will
come off and he’ll be back to insulting the organization and we all can just
sit back and enjoy the implosion. (I spoke too soon... things just got
rocky again in Bengal land with the indefinite suspension of Odell Thurman.
Did anyone really think this guy was going to be able to stay “clean” enough
to actually play football again?)
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Speaking of the
Bengals... Peter Warrick has been cut, but not by an NFL team. Nope,
instead, he was cut by a CFL team. Oh how the mighty has fallen... wait,
was he ever really considered mighty? This draft bust ranks right up there
with David Klingler (sorry again Bengal fans) and Ryan Leaf.
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When will the lofty
status the New England Patriots have gained over the years finally come to
an end? First there’s the whole Spygate thing... don’t even get me started
talking about cheatin’ Bill Belichick... and now there’s offensive lineman
Nick Kaczur being arrested in April for illegal possession of a powerful
painkiller. He then, apparently, cooperates with federal agents in a sting
to bust his supplier. Of course, he denies helping the feds. But, nothing
and I mean nothing is really written or said about it. Maybe a few blurbs
here and there but not much. If this was another player on another team
this story would’ve been talked about more. But the fact remains the NFL
LOVES the Patriots and they are trying to squelch and/or brush under the rug
any and all negative stories about the Patriots, their poster franchise.
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Cedric Benson is
arrested for the second time in a month... isn’t he playing on the wrong
team? Shouldn’t he be a Bengal?
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Jeremy Shockey has said
he may miss Giants minicamp. What?! A veteran missing minicamp?! Someone
call ESPN, CNN, FOX and any other news agency! The world is coming to an
end!
Finally...
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