NFL musings

John Kitna - I am not a Kitna fan, but I think naming Carson Palmer the starter is a mistake. Kitna lead a potentially very bad team to the the verge of the playoffs. Hell, Kitna never even left the game. Palmer has ZERO game experience. Why make this year a rebuilding year when for the first time in a decade you had a year to build upon?

Eric Crouch - He never should have won the Heisman. He did, but oh well. Well now he wants a third chance at the NFL. Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, shame on you, fool me thrice though? Try the CFL.

Star Power and Arrests - Former first round pick Jeremy Stevens was convicted of reckless driving and the Seahawks want him to give back $300,000. Down south, McNair faces drunk driving and gun possession charges. Somehow I have a feeling that he won't get fined.

Being a Steelers fan from Oregon - Let's just say it ain't easy. I just found out that Bettis is coming back again next year, but aside from the wide receivers, I can't name too many Steelers. Not much news heads this direction.

Maurice Clarett - I think the judges decision to let him be eligible for the draft (which had quick ripple effects where Williams of USC quickly announced for the Draft and threw the whole first round into a frenzy) will be bad for football, both professional and quasi-professional (ie NCAA). I don't know what the NCAA and NFL can do to fix the problem without fears of collusion, but they need to do something quick to preserve the integrity of the game. I don't know enough about football to know the complexity, but I know enough to know it is more complex that I would have imagined. And everything I hear about the NFL game is that it is faster and stronger than the NCAA's, so it surprising that Williams has moved to the top of the charts. As for Clarett, I could care less where he goes. Oh, and his career in the NFL will be over approximately five minutes after the draft is over.