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Almost two months ago, I wrote a post detailing how the Oakland Raiders dissed LaMont Jordan by telling him “don’t show up for work”. For the last sixty days the Raiders have been trying to trade LaMont, but nobody would accept a deal (the Raiders had no leverage). Oakland grudgingly released Jordan from his contract a few days ago and received no compensation.
Being the snazzy little fuckers they are, the New England Patriots signed LaMont to a contract on Sunday afternoon. He’ll provide a nice little one-two punch with Lawrence Maroney next season. Don’t get me wrong, I hate the Patriots but I do acknowledge that they have a very good team (it’s the least I can do).
LaMont has to be thrilled he went from the most dysfunctional franchise in the NFL to one of the most successful.
Madden 2009 will hit shelves in a little over two weeks from now, it’s probably a good idea to warn your girlfriend in advance that shes going to be a little lonely.
EA Sports released this vid of some of the TD celebrations that are in the game. It’s too bad Merton Hanks retired like eight years ago, his “chicken man” dance was the greatest thing in NFL history. I tried looking on YouTube for Merton’s dance and came up empty. If anyone knows where footage can be found online… hook me up.
Also, if any Sportaphile readers plan on playing Madden online via Playstation 3, hit me up.
In the latest Batman movie The Dark Knight, theres a discussion about the motivation that some criminals might have. On rare occasions, the criminals don’t want any money, they don’t want any fame, they don’t want any revenge, they simply commit crimes just to see the sheer havoc that ensues as a result of their actions.
That explanation suits me perfectly in this case, because I would LOVE to see the Green Bay Packers tank this season. I want Aaron Rodgers to take the field and completely bomb out under the pressure. I want this Super Bowl caliber team to lose both games against the lowly Detroit Lions next season. I want the fans to riot in the stands and call for the head of Ted Thompson because he drove away Brett Favre.
Why do I wish this much ill fortune on the Packers?…… Just because it’d be entertaining to watch.
Caleb Campbell was just months from a life of sitting on the bench by day, and scoring trickle down coochie from Calvin Johnson by night as a member of the Detroit Lions.
But now he has a pretty good chance of being sent to Afghanistan or Iraq on behalf of the U.S. Army. Campbell attended West Point Military Academy and was picked by the Lions in the seventh round of the NFL draft in April. Before entering the NFL draft he was told that he’d be able to serve as a military recruiter while simultaneously living his football dreams, but a policy change by the Department Of Defense changed everything.
In a letter to Lions president Matt Millen dated Wednesday, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan P. Liba wrote that Campbell has been ordered to give up professional football for “full-time traditional military duties.”
Campbell will be able to request a release from active military duty in 2010 (and we all know how NFL teams just LOVE 7th round draft picks that haven’t played in two years).
This is probably the most screwed story I’ve heard all week, is the armed forces THAT strapped for soldiers that they need to pull people out of the NFL? Maybe the tried and true method of trolling for young black & latinos men in the hood is becoming ineffective.
From now on I want to be referred to as “Chuckstradamus”.
In November of last year, I wrote a post explaining why Devin Hester should hold out of 2008’s training camp for more money. He’s already one of the best NFL return men in history if you look at his numbers, yet he’s only making a $500,000 salary.
Devin Hester and his agent apparently see things the way I do, because he was a no-show at the first day of training camp. Devin wants his cot damn money and he wants it now.
Brian Urlacher recently got a new contract from the Bears because he successfully argued that he “outplayed the value of his last contract’. If thats the case, Devin Hester should have had a new contract six months ago. He’s already earned his money two times over, PAY THE KID.
Almost two months ago, I wrote a post detailing how the Oakland Raiders dissed LaMont Jordan by telling him “don’t show up for work”. For the last sixty days the Raiders have been trying to trade LaMont, but nobody would accept a deal (the Raiders had no leverage). Oakland grudgingly released Jordan from his contract a few days ago and received no compensation.
In the latest Batman movie The Dark Knight, theres a discussion about the motivation that some criminals might have. On rare occasions, the criminals don’t want any money, they don’t want any fame, they don’t want any revenge, they simply commit crimes just to see the sheer havoc that ensues as a result of their actions.
Caleb Campbell was just months from a life of sitting on the bench by day, and scoring trickle down coochie from Calvin Johnson by night as a member of the Detroit Lions. 
From now on I want to be referred to as “Chuckstradamus”.