A rare mid-day blog? Weird...

Mostly NFL randomly...

• Alex Smith reworks his deal in SF....doesn't get cut after all.....Amazing to me....This guy is David Carr without the glove....he'll never be a successful NFL starter...but he continues to keep people up on him somehow (I even personally fell into this with Carr upon him leaving Houston).....I'm still down on you sir....
• Orlando Pace released.....At one point, he was the best OT I had seen in this era....shame he's deteriorated due to injuries.....was once absolutely dominant in every way and deserving of his #1 overall draft pick
• The Falcons have a linebacker! Mike Peterson, formerly of the Jacksonville Jaguars, signs a 2-year deal to replace Keith Brooking....I'm high on this move...he's played reasonably well recently, is reportedly a clubhouse leader...and can't possibly be worse in coverage than Sir Brooking.....I'll take a quality vet when SOMEBODY has to lead that unit when they are starting 3 rookies in September....
• A rant on the NBA....how in THE WORLD does Lamar Odom leaving the bench become the lead story out of Trevor Ariza nearly killing Rudy Fernandez last night? It's the most absurd rule in sports....it should interpretation....period....He left the bench like 3 feet....
• The Big East tourney is going strong....Depaul (previously winless in conference all year) had lost 18 in a row....yes, EIGHTEEN....and beat supposed bubble team (if they won a couple Big East games) Cincinnati....highest of high comedy when this stuff happens....oh yeah, I almost forgot....I read 3....literally 3....articles claiming Georgetown had the best chance of going on a conference tourney run and sneaking in the tournament....they lost in round 1 to a bad St. John's team....and anybody who thinks Greg Monroe (who averaged 13 and 6 in his freshman year) is worthy of a top-5 NBA pick makes me visibly angry....

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