Garrett Hartley will be kicking for the Cleveland Browns this weekend when they host their division rivals from Cincinatti. Management finally decided to pull the trigger after having Hartley in for a workout on Tuesday. In the workout he was a perfect 10 of 10 on his kicks while the other two kickers in for a workout struggled.
Cleveland kicker Billy Cundiff has been less than stellar this season for the Browns posting the lowest kicking percentage in the entire league for active players. Last weekend he missed a 40 yard kick in the one point loss to the Colts leading Browns fans to publicly call for his release. Cundiff did not participate in practice on Friday and it led to management saying that he had picked up an injury on Thursday.
Well Browns fans got their wish in the end. Despite being sent home to New Orleans on Tuesday night the Browns finally decided to make the move calling Hartley back to town on Friday. Garrett worked out for the Saints on Wednesday in a surprise move since Shayne Graham is 18 for 20 on the season.
Garrett Hartley has veteran pedigree as he helped the Saints win Super Bowl XLIV where he became the only kicker ever to knock in three kicks from over 40 yards in a Super Bowl. He also became the only kicker to send his team to a Super Bowl with an overtime kick in the NFL championship win over Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. He was with New Orleans from 2008-2013.
So get ready Browns fans. A new kicker is on the way for the absolute must win game with the Bengals on Sunday.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Taking a closer look at the TCU - Baylor argument
The talk of the sports nation is the latest College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday. In the rankings we saw that TCU climbed to #3 thanks to their dominating win in Austin over Texas. Meanwhile, Florida State remained unbeaten after slipping past another average opponent. They fell to #4 as a result. I can understand the head scratching that has resulted from putting TCU over Florida State. What I can't understand is the TCU - Baylor debate. Baylor currently sits at #6 in the latest rankings. Shall we compare the TCU and Baylor resumes?
Conference -
Both teams have a single loss in Big 12 play.
TCU - a last second loss at #6 where a phantom pass interference call led to the final field goal.
Baylor - a 14 point loss at a team with 5 losses on the season
Clearly advantage TCU
Non Conference -
TCU - cupcake, cupcake, a blowout win over Minnesota who has been ranked top 30 for the past two months
Baylor - cupcake, cupcake, cupcake
Clearly advantage TCU
Wildcard -
TCU has 5 wins against teams over .500
Baylor has only beaten 2 teams with a winning record all year
Clearly advantage TCU
So it looks pretty obvious if you take a step back and actually look at the entire season. Can Baylor help themselves with a win over Kansas State this weekend? Most definitely. Will it be enough to lift them to a playoff position? We shall see. Will it be enough to lift the over TCU. Doubtful at best.
Conference -
Both teams have a single loss in Big 12 play.
TCU - a last second loss at #6 where a phantom pass interference call led to the final field goal.
Baylor - a 14 point loss at a team with 5 losses on the season
Clearly advantage TCU
Non Conference -
TCU - cupcake, cupcake, a blowout win over Minnesota who has been ranked top 30 for the past two months
Baylor - cupcake, cupcake, cupcake
Clearly advantage TCU
Wildcard -
TCU has 5 wins against teams over .500
Baylor has only beaten 2 teams with a winning record all year
Clearly advantage TCU
So it looks pretty obvious if you take a step back and actually look at the entire season. Can Baylor help themselves with a win over Kansas State this weekend? Most definitely. Will it be enough to lift them to a playoff position? We shall see. Will it be enough to lift the over TCU. Doubtful at best.
Thursday, November 27, 2014
How the Media turned Michael Brown's Persona
The entire Michael Brown fiasco can be blamed entirely on the media. CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, bloggers and local news stations. They are out of control and their narrative shaped this entire story.
Fox News with their right leaning bias. MSNBC with their liberal bias. CNN slanting to the left, but trying to stay down the middle. From day 1 it wax a battle of wills on how to portray Michael Brown. CNN and MSNBC portrayed him as a total victim, throwing on supposed witnesses that saw the whole thing. The locals were whipped into a frenzy.
Rioting. Looting. Thugging.
As the days passed a more true picture of Michel Brown began to emerge. He was definitely not the choir boy at all. Seems he and a friend had just robbed a local convenience store minutes before the fateful event. Video proof.
Fox News with their right leaning bias. MSNBC with their liberal bias. CNN slanting to the left, but trying to stay down the middle. From day 1 it wax a battle of wills on how to portray Michael Brown. CNN and MSNBC portrayed him as a total victim, throwing on supposed witnesses that saw the whole thing. The locals were whipped into a frenzy.
Rioting. Looting. Thugging.
As the days passed a more true picture of Michel Brown began to emerge. He was definitely not the choir boy at all. Seems he and a friend had just robbed a local convenience store minutes before the fateful event. Video proof.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
How to not be shot by a Police Officer
These are things to not do if you want to be safe on the streets and most likely not be shot dead by a police officer. Some pretty simple advice.
1. Do not rob a convenient store
2. Do not walk down the middle of a street
3. Do not try to enter a police car through the officer's window
4. Do not punch the police office twice in the face while he is seated in his police car
5. Do not try to take the police officer's firearm
6. Do not run away and then turn and rush the police officer
Six different pieces of advice to not be shot by a police officer. If Michael Brown had not done ALL SIX of these acts he would most likely be alive today and the idiots in Ferguson would not be rioting, looting and burning down their own neighborhood businesses. See, if you are a law abiding citizen you don't get into these tragic situations.
1. Do not rob a convenient store
2. Do not walk down the middle of a street
3. Do not try to enter a police car through the officer's window
4. Do not punch the police office twice in the face while he is seated in his police car
5. Do not try to take the police officer's firearm
6. Do not run away and then turn and rush the police officer
Six different pieces of advice to not be shot by a police officer. If Michael Brown had not done ALL SIX of these acts he would most likely be alive today and the idiots in Ferguson would not be rioting, looting and burning down their own neighborhood businesses. See, if you are a law abiding citizen you don't get into these tragic situations.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Jesse Jackson arrives in Dallas to save the Ebola day!
Thank Goodness that Jesse Jackson is now in Dallas to get this Ebola thing straightened out! We all have been waiting. He is surely needed here for sure. And was anyone surprised when he showed up playing the race card? Typical Jesse Jackson. Has he ever had anything actually constructive and positive to say about anything of late? All we hear from him is "race" this or "race" that. I feel extremely confident that if my non African American self had Ebola that Jesse Jackson would not being showing up to check on me!
So now he feels that the poor Liberian Thomas Duncan who lied to his home country officials to get here in the first place carrying the deadly Ebola virus has been mistreated. The Dallas hospital did not treat him because he was poor, had no insurance and most importantly was black. Somehow Jesse Jackson is ignoring the ridiculous costs of Mr Duncan's ongoing care that is estimated at easily $25,000 per day. Oh and he must also be ignoring that ALL of these expenses are being paid for by the very generous American taxpayer despite ALL the responsibility of the situation the fault of Mr Duncan himself.
But surely Jesse Jackson can help the situation. Running around stealing all the camera time he can get blabbing on about how race put Mr Duncan in his predicament. I can see a lawsuit coming soon for sure. Hopefully if Mr Duncan gets any settlement he will receive a bill for all the medical costs he incurred. Meanwhile, Jesse Jackson will just run to the next "event" where he can get on television and cry race.
So now he feels that the poor Liberian Thomas Duncan who lied to his home country officials to get here in the first place carrying the deadly Ebola virus has been mistreated. The Dallas hospital did not treat him because he was poor, had no insurance and most importantly was black. Somehow Jesse Jackson is ignoring the ridiculous costs of Mr Duncan's ongoing care that is estimated at easily $25,000 per day. Oh and he must also be ignoring that ALL of these expenses are being paid for by the very generous American taxpayer despite ALL the responsibility of the situation the fault of Mr Duncan himself.
But surely Jesse Jackson can help the situation. Running around stealing all the camera time he can get blabbing on about how race put Mr Duncan in his predicament. I can see a lawsuit coming soon for sure. Hopefully if Mr Duncan gets any settlement he will receive a bill for all the medical costs he incurred. Meanwhile, Jesse Jackson will just run to the next "event" where he can get on television and cry race.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Garrett Hartley has the edge for Detroit Lions kicker
Garrett Hartley should be the man for the Detroit Lions. The kicking situation in Detroit has been a disaster this season thus far as young Nate Freese just does not seem to able to get the job done missing all four of his attempts from outside of 40 yards.
When asked about the current situation Lions coach Jim Caldwell stated "“We have to evaluate and see where we are and see what the situation is. We’ll do that pretty shortly.”
Expect shortly to be today. Last week the Lions brought in three veteran NFL kickers in Rob Bironas, Garrett Hartley and Alex Henery for workouts, meetings and physicals. Tragically, Bironas died in a car accident the other day. That leaves Henery and Hartley as the leaders for the job.
Garrett Hartley would have to be the favorite. He kicked in a dome his entire career. He also has a Super Bowl under his belt as well as having never missed a kick in the playoffs. The Lions have major playoff aspirations this year. There is also a history of Hartley with current Detroit coaches. The Lions coaching staff has previous experience with Hartley as offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and special teams coach John Bonamego coached in New Orleans when Hartley was there.
So expect a resolution today as Lions fans stew on social media about the kicking situation.
When asked about the current situation Lions coach Jim Caldwell stated "“We have to evaluate and see where we are and see what the situation is. We’ll do that pretty shortly.”
Expect shortly to be today. Last week the Lions brought in three veteran NFL kickers in Rob Bironas, Garrett Hartley and Alex Henery for workouts, meetings and physicals. Tragically, Bironas died in a car accident the other day. That leaves Henery and Hartley as the leaders for the job.
Garrett Hartley would have to be the favorite. He kicked in a dome his entire career. He also has a Super Bowl under his belt as well as having never missed a kick in the playoffs. The Lions have major playoff aspirations this year. There is also a history of Hartley with current Detroit coaches. The Lions coaching staff has previous experience with Hartley as offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and special teams coach John Bonamego coached in New Orleans when Hartley was there.
So expect a resolution today as Lions fans stew on social media about the kicking situation.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Islamist ISIS cowards continue acts
What are these ISIS militants trying to accomplish by posting videos of the unjust beheadings of two journalists? Do they think it will make the world leave them alone to carry out their attrocities? These people are nothing more than cowards. They do not even have the guts to do much more than parade around in masks with their faces covered. Cowards who are scared to stand by their acts. They hide themselves from their family and religion. They live in a desert of filth and prostitute their so called religion.
Do they think a couple of videos will make the Americans stop? Of course not. Americans are the strongest and toughest on the planet. This will only bring even more pain to ISIS and the whacko Islamists. It will just hasten their demise and deaths.
I can only hope President Obama has the guts to really go after these cowardly men. He has been undeservedly soft so far, but I feel he will finally be spurred to stronger action. There is no place on our Earth for these cowards not even the crappy desert of Iraq and Syria.
Do they think a couple of videos will make the Americans stop? Of course not. Americans are the strongest and toughest on the planet. This will only bring even more pain to ISIS and the whacko Islamists. It will just hasten their demise and deaths.
I can only hope President Obama has the guts to really go after these cowardly men. He has been undeservedly soft so far, but I feel he will finally be spurred to stronger action. There is no place on our Earth for these cowards not even the crappy desert of Iraq and Syria.
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