I would love to be present every time Bill Belichick addresses the media. It's a riot. Here's a bit of the interaction between Belichick and the New England media when a genius asks about the disciplining of corner Darrelle Revis:
Media: What's your version of what happened with Darrelle Revis on Tuesday?
Bill: Anything between me and the players is between myself and the players.
Media: You sent him home, is that correct?
Bill: I didn't say that.
Media: He was here and then...
Bill: I'm ready to talk about the Bears. Anything else is between myself and the players.
Media: Will his playing time on Sunday be impacted based on that?
Bill: I think the Bears are a really good team. I think they are going to be a tough, tough matchup for us. We're going to do the best we can to match up against them.
Terrific stuff.
It's hilarious to hear the New York Jets say that Percy Harvin's past is in the past and that the explosive, on the field and off, receiver should just be himself. The team says that they don't care about what happened in the past. If they want this to work, they had better care. Harvin even says that he doesn't need to change. If Harvin is to remain a part of the Jets long term plan, he has to change. If he's to have any sort of NFL future, he has to change. He has never been a cooperative teammate. He reacts violently to nearly every slight. No team can really be a team when a single player makes everyone else tense. It's clear that the Jets are just trying to make the new guy feel comfortable but this will be Harvin's last NFL shot if he doesn't change.
Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen donated $100 million to fight ebola. Nicely done.
Rookie corner Kyle Fuller has been a great find for the Chicago Bears. He's in any discussion for defensive rookie of the year. He's also probably going to play against the Patriots today with a broken hand and a hip pointer. Both are injuries that he suffered last week.
"Not to sound off my rocker, but (Austin Davis)-in my mind-can be the next Tom Brady or Kurt Warner. (Brian) Hoyer as well. Austin, like those mentioned, just needed a legit opportunity."
-Brett Favre
Favre is sure showing a lot of love for his fellow Southern Mississippi alum but he's also out of his mind. He's definitely off his rocker. It also seems like quite a drop-off to go from Brady and Warner to Hoyer. That's a very wide range. Austin Davis is sure to fit somewhere in there. Like Brady, Warner, and Hoyer, Davis had to come from far back in the pack to earn some starting shots in the NFL but it's far too early to be mentioning him with Hall of Fame caliber quarterbacks and Brian Hoyer.
Here's hoping that Minnesota Vikings head coach has a better week this week than last week. His team suffered a last second loss to the Buffalo Bills last Sunday. Before, during, and after the game he was dealing with kidney stones. He had a medical procedure to remove the stones on Tuesday. He should be feeling much better today against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Rich Eisen's new show, the Rich Eisen Show, on Directv is terrific. It's really an extreme extension of his successful podcast. It's extreme in that instead of an hour three times each week it's three hours every day. So far, it's working. Eisen has always had an excellent rapport with football players. That's especially evident in his interactions on the NFL Network set with Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders, Warren Sapp, Kurt Warner, and Steve Mariucci. He's equally great with his football and non-football guests on his own shows. Despite my enjoyment of his show, Eisen's response to his interview with Denver Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders this past week is getting annoying. Eisen asked Sanders if there had been a lot of talk among the Broncos team about Peyton Manning's inevitable breaking of Brett Favre's touchdown record. As I recall, Sanders said that the media was talking about it much more than the team was talking about it. Later, when it was learned that Manning and his receivers had practiced their celebration in anticipation of breaking the record, Eisen claimed that Sanders lied to him. All Sanders said was that the media talked about it more than he and his teammates talked about it. Big surprise there. It doesn't mean that the team didn't talk about it. It certainly doesn't mean that a few pass catchers and Manning didn't practice a little celebration for the big moment. It hate it when people ask a question and then hear only what they want to hear.
Here are some Flea Flicker predictions of this week's games:
In the very, very early London game:
Falcons over Lions!
Vikings over Buccaneers
Jets over Bills
Patriots over Bears
Seahawks over Panthers
Dolphins over Jaguars
Ravens over Bengals
Texans over Titans
Chiefs over Rams
Cardinals over Eagles
Colts over Steelers
Raiders over Browns
Packers over Saints
Monday Night:
Cowboys over Redskins
There are some excellent games this week. There usually are. Of course, there's the fantastic, must-see Vikings-Buccaneers game. Some people seem to think that this isn't one of the excellent games week. Well, they are simply wrong. If the Browns do lose to the Raiders today, it will be the second week in a row that the Browns lost to a team with no wins on the season. My morning belongs to the Vikings but the afternoon has two terrific games in the Cardinals-Eagles and Colts-Steelers. The Sunday Night game was supposed to be a potential NFC Championship preview. The Packers have been playing like a team that could get there but the Saints have been disappointing. Fortunately for the them, the Saints are in a division that could put a .500 team into the playoffs.
It's a great day of football.
Go Vikings!
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