[META] NFL Football 2008-2009

[Aristotle]

Edgerin James expecting to leave Cardinals

James told ESPN's Bob Holtzman that he won't return to the NFC West champions next season, even though he has a year remaining on his contract.

"I can't go through this again," James told ESPN. "I didn't come here to block. I'm not an offensive lineman."

Kindof a pissy way to go about it, but I think he makes a good point. The guy did rush for 1200+ yards last year, and he is a darn good receiver as well. They badly misused him.

My prediction: the Patriots will pick him up, and he'll rush for 1300+ and catch another 200-400 yards.

[vin]

Everyone thought the Packers management were a bunch of idiots for trading Favre before the start of the season. I'm curious what people think about it now.

Do you see Favre coming back another year? It might be tough with teammates coming out publicly like this.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3804004

[Aristotle]

Not a huge shock, but a bit of a bummer.

Colts coach chooses retirement

One of the greatest coaches of all time and a tremendous class act.

[Aristotle]

Bad news for the Pats.

Pioli to join Chiefs

Good news for Chiefs fans - both of them.

[Aristotle]

A few Super Bowl thoughts.

That was a pretty exciting game, but I only watched the 4th quarter. I am sure the writers will be out in force saying this might be the greatest super bowl ever, but was it? I think a great game takes more than just a couple of lead changes at the end. Things need to happen all game, imho. But maybe they did.

Poor Big Ben... two Super Bowls, and twice his WRs win the MVP. :P

And a hypothetical question: if the Cardinals had won, largely (or partially) on the arm of Kurt Warner, does that make him a HOF canidate? He'd have two titles with two different teams (not sure if that's ever been done - during the game they said only one other QB had even PLAYED in a SB for 2 teams), tons of statistical records (not career, mostly season/game type stuff) and 3 of the top 6 Super Bowl performances stat wise. Its an interesting question, because without the win I think he's not even close to a HOF candidate.

[Talsek]

I liked the game overall, despite being prepped for disappointment. I am not a Steelers or Cardinals fan, and Giants/Pats last year was one of my all-time favorites.

The finish to the half was fantastic, and the 4th quarter was basically a 15 minute crescendo of excitement. That's what people will remember, and in that context it was a great game. Overall there were a lot of sloppy, penalty-ridden minutes though.

I do think if the Cardinals won, it'd make a case for Kurt Warner in the HOF. People are talking about it already, though I don't think he's at that level. The numbers for Warner looked a lot better than Roethlisberger last night. Watching the game, though, I certainly didn't get the feeling that Kurt was contributing more to his team's chances than Ben.

[Aristotle]

Yeah, I got the impression it was one of those games that had a lot of sloppiness and then both teams rallied at the end.

It is really interesting to think about the huge effects of a single play. What if Dwight Clark doesn't make "the catch"? Do the 49ers become a dynasty? If Santonio Holmes doesn't make either the TD catch, or the earlier 3rd and long catch for a 1st down, does Kurt Warner win a 2nd title and go into the hall of fame?