QB or not QB

All that Brett Favre talk has taken a back seat to the Michael Vick talk. Roger Goodell said Vick is going to have to show him sincerely changed. Vick will likely read or memorize a statement made for him by his agent for when he goes in front of the NFL Commissioner. What could the former falcon possibly say that would be different? Who knows, maybe his prison buddies will join him when they get out. Oh wait, they're in Cincinnati. 

Speaking of Favre and Vick, what are the chances they both end up in Minnesota? They could run the wild cat offense or have combine their skills for a an unbelievable running game with Adrian Peterson. I know, not happening because Tavaris Jackson is wearing No. 7 for the Vikings and Vick isn't comfortable with that. 

Honestly, I don't see Vick being worth it. If I were an owner or coach in the NFL, there's no way I'd want him on my team. The guy's at least going to be rusty after being out a couple years. I certainly wouldn't want him lining up behind center. He doesn't have what it takes to be a quarterback. You need good leadership skills and he's not going to have that his first year out of prison. To play the position, one also needs to know how to spread the ball around. Vick looks to throw if there are no holes big enough to run through himself, and in today's NFL, that's not going to fly. 

On a totally  unrelated note, I admit I didn't see the Cavs' loss in game one coming. I'm starting to reconsider my postion and change my guess but that would defeat the purpose of predictions.  

In the other NBA series, what's the deal with Chris Anderson? Yes, the "Birdman'. I don't know what to hate the more, the bandanna, the hair or the tattoos. The Bandanna looks like he's going for the Jim McMahon look. As for the hair ant tats, well, what can I say really? 

Best in the West

Repeat after me: "The Rangers are leading the AL West". Yeah, that's weird but true. Their actually fun to watch, both offensively and defensively. I was at Friday night's game where they struggled closing in the ninth but they looked great other than that. Ian Kinsler homered twice and set up a beautiful double play. Josh Hamilton homered and had a made a great throw to home plate for the out. Sunday he also had a great catch along the wall to rob the Angels of a home run.I know, I know, the question is, how long will this last? Will they be this years Rays or will they go through the same routine and take a fall after the All-Star break? More than likely, it'll be the second one but it's always fun to dream. 

Speaking of Texas teams, there are no more left in the NBA playoffs after the Mavs fell to Denver and the Lakers knocked off the Rockets. I never know who to pull for when Artest goes up against Kobe. Is there any way you can call the foul on both of them on the same play and kick them out? Hey Artest, about that rap album, you've got time. I just wonder if Mark Cuban will still trash talk the moms of the Nugget players through his blog, twitter or facebook. 

With four teams left, LA is set to take on Denver and Cleveland's set to take on Orlando. THe Nuggets and Lakers series is a tossup but Orlando will need a little more than Magic to beat King James and the Cavs. Like everybody else, at the beginning of the playoffs, I predicted a Cavs-Lakers finals and I like to stick with my predictions so I'll do just that. The Cavs will beat the Magic in five and the Lakers will need all seven. The NBA Finals Champions will be.....wait, that will be revealed later. 

So another book about steroids? Is this going to be the next trend? You know, when a popular movie comes out, more movies like it follow. We had Dante's Peak and Volcano. There was the Sixth Sense followed by the Others, there, well you get the idea. Who's going to write the book revealing Jeter's been juicing? 

Well at least for now, we can enjoy a Manny-less league and hope for the best, or most unlikely, like, say the Rangers actually winning the AL West.  Yeah, I will keep dreaming.