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The Ramble: Vince Young, That Urlacher Guy, Terrell Owens and Other NFL Stuff

17th Nov 2006, 05:25 GMT

Let’s talk NFL. Two sentences per entry … that’s my rule and I’m sticking to it. Vince Young. He is just as good in the NFL as he was at Texas. The problem is that the Longhorns are better than the Titans. Brian Urlacher. Watching Urlacher every week is a treat that comes from having DirecTv’s NFL Direct Ticket. Not only is he the best linebacker in the business, he also bears an uncanny resemblance to former Bears great Dick Butkus. Celebrating Players. Nothing looks more ridiculous than a 260-pound football player doing a silly, celebratory dance routine. Critics of the league say that the NFL stands for the “No Fun League” because of the ban on celebrations, but the league just wants to keep these guys from making fools of themselves. Terrell Owens. It’s amazing that Owens gets so much press for being the third or forth best receiver on his team and the fifth or sixth best receiver in any given game. He leads the league in dropped passes and destroying teams. Michael Vick/Ron Mexico. He hasn’t gotten any better, so he’s gotten worse, and the Falcons are past their peak. His helter skelter style of play won’t win many big games in the NFL and as he gets older and takes more punishment he will rapidly become less effective. The Cincinnati Bengals. As the team sinks below .500 perhaps it’s time to consider that all of the Bengals off-field problems are causing them to have on-field problems. Bad characters with bad character can infect a team and adversely effect performance. The Detroit Lions. The worst-run team in the NFL and they don’t get enough heat for it. They're the NFL equivalent of Duke football. Raider Fans. The Oakland Raider fans should be credited for coming out every week and giving their team 100% support despite the fact that Al Davis has been putting a lousy product on the field for years. The fans of the silver and black deserve better. The Washington Redskins. Daniel Snyder’s team is giving the Lions a run for their money as the worst run team in the league, and are so very fun to root against. No team has spent more money and has less to show for it than the ‘Skins, and things aren’t going to change until Snyder learns to butt out and leave the football decisions to the adults. The Indianapolis Colts. The Colts are the A-Rod of the NFL. Great in the regular season, but haven’t won the big game. Jacked Up On ESPN. The Jacked Up segment on ESPN’s studio show where Tom Jackson highlights the hard hits of the week is embarrassing. Jackson and his studio mates all yell "jacked up" to coincide with the hard hits that they show, and is the kind of garbage that you’d expect on pro wrestling or local access and not ESPN. Tendon And Other Odd Soft Tissue Injuries. I don’t know if anyone keeps stats on this kind of stuff, but it seems as if there has been two to four torn tendon/blown out muscle injuries every week this season. It used to be that only body builders and power lifters suffered torn triceps/biceps/pectoral muscles and blown out tendons. Jake Plummer. The quarterback that people love to hate seems to be on the hot seat again and there’s talk that rookie Jay Cutler may take Plummer’s job. The anti-Plummerites need to understand that this season Plummer gives the Broncos the only chance to go deep into the playoffs. The New York Giants. Injuries have started to undo all of the early successes enjoyed by the New York Football Giants. It’s not crazy to think that with all of the injuries and with Eli Manning’s recent less than stellar play the G-Men could wind up an extremely ugly 8-8 record. And I even managed to keep my promise. Sal Marinello is a National Strength and Conditioning Association Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer, a U.S.A. Weightlifting Certified Coach, a full-time, private Professional Strength and Conditioning Coach, an assistant football coach and a Head Strength Coach for a suburban New Jersey High School. He writes a lot and has no free time. He is also the freaking Assistant Sports Editor here at Blogcritics.

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