ESPN had one of those little corny wife vs. team mate vignettes featuring KW’s wife Janelle Winslow. She’s not quite up there with October Gonzalez. ….. but she can hold her own.

No matter how hard he plays on the field, Kellen Winslow always finds a way to come off like a whiny little sissy when he opens his mouth. Following the Browns’ loss at the hands of Washington yesterday, Winslow spoke about “being treated like a piece of meat”, and wondered why the general manager didn’t call him while he was injured.

“I heard from Romeo Crennel and I heard from my position coach (Alfredo Roberts) when I was in the Clinic. I heard from my teammates,” Winslow told the (Cleveland) Plain Dealer. “But I never heard from the main man — Phil Savage — and that really disappoints me. Sometimes I don’t even feel a part of this team.”

Winslow said he considered asking for a trade before last Tuesday’s deadline. He said he spoke to Savage on Sunday and voiced his frustration.

“I feel I’ve done a lot for this team, played through a lot of pain and given it my all,” Winslow said. “I just thought there’d be a little more ‘How are you doing?’ by him.”

If your head coach calls, and your team mates call, what exactly are you crying about? Does Phil Savage have to come and put a Flinstones band-aid on your wittle boo boo while you’re sicky-sicky?

Although the NFL season only technically lasts four months, the amount of offseason work players endure turns their job into a year round affair. Every spring, each team has voluntary workouts and mini-camps for their players to condition themselves for training camp (which takes place later in the summer).

Each year, there is an inevitable case of “player x” who chooses not to participate in the voluntary workouts. More often than not, “player x” is painted in a negative light by the media (and sometimes his team) by not showing up to a voluntary team function. This doesn’t necessarily mean the player doesn’t want to get in shape, some guys simply choose to train privately or in a close knit group with others.

What really gets on my nerves is how choosing not to show up to a “voluntary” function instantly means you’re “selfish”, “lazy”, “disgruntled” or “uncooperative”. I was watching SportsCenter the other day and the topic of the moment was “Why Isn’t Kellen Winslow Attending Voluntary Workouts??”… Hmm… maybe he isn’t required to be there and exercised his right to do whatever the F’ he pleases.

The simple solution for NFL teams would be ….. if you want the guys there… make the offseason work outs mandatory and be done with it.

Is there some CBA rule prohibiting NFL teams from doing this?