Ted Washington to the Raiders...

[moochman]

Wow...Lions in the playoffs? Man you're sucking up now

lol, it's not that. i truly believe that they have loads of young talent and will surprise many people this year. they also have high draft picks whith which they can fill some holes on their team.

stellyeri, I am willing to allw for anyone's bias to cloud their judgement on their teams, but when you start talking Lions and playoffs you start to lose credibility! Are you running a temp?
As much as I would love to see the Leos make the playoffs, I can't see it happening as long as Millen has control over player procurement. Look at his draft history: Picks Kalimba Edwards ahead of Portis, and then Pinner ahead of Onterio Smith. Both for the same reasons, they had indiscreations in thier past. And this from a guy who claims to have been a smash mouth player, and was an x-Raider. As long as he picks softies, the Lions will fall on the first excuse to lose.

[steelyeri]

let me start by saying that millen is the biggest idiot in football and it's a shame he wasn't fired last year. that aside i think that the lions aren't that far off. first of all they play in the nfc. secondly harrington and rogers are a very good young tandem, look for them to have a big year year. and finally i think that drafting sean taylor is a no brainer for them. even for matt millen. if they can get a good rb like stephen jackson with their second pick or maybe pick up garrison hearst i think that they can win ten games. green bay is going to have to depend an green this season cause farve isn't getting any younger and i don't think that is enough.

[Canacuna]

let me start by saying that millen is the biggest idiot in football and it's a shame he wasn't fired last year. that aside i think that the lions aren't that far off. first of all they play in the nfc. secondly harrington and rogers are a very good young tandem, look for them to have a big year year. and finally i think that drafting sean taylor is a no brainer for them. even for matt millen. if they can get a good rb like stephen jackson with their second pick or maybe pick up garrison hearst i think that they can win ten games. green bay is going to have to depend an green this season cause farve isn't getting any younger and i don't think that is enough.

Let's see...

Yes, Millen is horrible.

Harrington has potential, but I wouldn't call him good just yet.

...I can't think of any scenario that could have the Lions getting both Sean Taylor and Stephen Jackson in the draft and Garrison Hearst isn't the answer either.

And depending on Ahman Green and Brett Favre didn't work out too bad for Green Bay last season.

[moochman]

Harrington is going to have to prove it to me. I see a QB with mediocre arm stregnth, good touch, no patience or down field presence, and a marshmello mentally. Other than that, he's good to go. I don't see them getting Jackson. If Millen can he'll pick Frank Gore from Miami. It is his history to draft injured RBs.

[Canacuna]

Harrington is going to have to prove it to me. I see a QB with mediocre arm stregnth, good touch, no patience or down field presence, and a marshmello mentally. Other than that, he's good to go. I don't see them getting Jackson. If Millen can he'll pick Frank Gore from Miami. It is his history to draft injured RBs.

Is he in the draft this year? I thought he had one more injury plagued year at Miami to finish?

[Guest]

How is it that people still believe that the Patriots are only good because of the refs? It wasn't just one Superbowl, it's two. You are a really confused person.

People still believe it because it was obvious to anyone who watched the AFC championship game. Walt Coleman must be buddy-buddy with Belichick or Kraft or he must have had bets on the game to have no-called it the way he did.

The Patriots benefit from questionable officiating more than any team I can remember in any professional sport.

Welcome to the cafe!

Quite the controversial first post. Are you a Colt fan? That game was left to the players, yes, but tell me, have you studied calls and non-calls? Or are you just subjectively looking at the Pats and seeing a lot of non-calls against them and determining this?

Seems to me you have a grudge. Yes, I'm a Pats fan, and I agree that they have gotten calls before--especially against the Raiders and the Colts--but all teams get calls. It's what you do with them.

Plus, you can't blame Manning's play on those calls. He was HORRID.

Thanks for the welcome. I didn't mean to sound so hostile, but I keep having these flashbacks of Marcus Pollard being mugged in the fourth quarter against New England and no flags being thrown.

Yes, I'm a Colts fan. How did you guess?:)

[purestrength]

By the way, that last message was from purestrength.

I guess I forgot to log in first. Duh.

[Transmogrifier]

how do the Sox suck again? Your perception of suckiness is sure strange.

one word... 1918

Oh, jeez. What, so because the Sox haven't won it all in a long time, they currently "suck". Really? That's insane.

How is it that people still believe that the Patriots are only good because of the refs? It wasn't just one Superbowl, it's two. You are a really confused person.

you are the confused one. i didn't say the aren't a good team, because i think they are. what i said was that if they wouldn't have gotten those bad calls in their favor they wouldn't have won either superbowl.

[/quote]

The call against the Raiders, I'll give you. But then I assume you're talking about the calls against Pollard. And while I think one of them should have been called, that certainly doesn't mean the Colts win the game. Remember, Manning sucked the whole day. So instead of blaming Manning's horrible play, you choose to play a few bad calls. Remember, refs are human too. I think you should look at some great plays by Ty Law and horrible throws/decisions by Manning as why the Colts lost. You are obviously still upset about the Snow Call... and I don't blame you (although, Brady was hit in the head in that play and it wasn't called, either!).

[moochman]

Harrington is going to have to prove it to me. I see a QB with mediocre arm stregnth, good touch, no patience or down field presence, and a marshmello mentally. Other than that, he's good to go. I don't see them getting Jackson. If Millen can he'll pick Frank Gore from Miami. It is his history to draft injured RBs.

Is he in the draft this year? I thought he had one more injury plagued year at Miami to finish?

You're right, I think he is getting a medical redshirt. My bad, but I was just being sarcastic. I don't understand why you would pick a player who is injured already, but Millen has done it in the last 2 drafts.

[steelyeri]

The call against the Raiders, I'll give you. But then I assume you're talking about the calls against Pollard. And while I think one of them should have been called, that certainly doesn't mean the Colts win the game. Remember, Manning sucked the whole day. So instead of blaming Manning's horrible play, you choose to play a few bad calls. Remember, refs are human too. I think you should look at some great plays by Ty Law and horrible throws/decisions by Manning as why the Colts lost. You are obviously still upset about the Snow Call... and I don't blame you (although, Brady was hit in the head in that play and it wasn't called, either!)

i was mostly reffering to the raider call. i agree that the colts calls could have gone either way. but what i am saying is that if the pats wouldn't have gotten those calls they wouldn't have won those superbowls. ok, maybe the second one but definately not the first.

i did enjoy watching manning suck it up though. especially since everyone was making such a big deal about him like he was invincible.