Darrelle Revis Trade Highly Likely

 

 

After months of speculation, the New York Jets seem to be finally parting ways with their stud cornerback Darrelle Revis. This morning, Revis was given permission by the Jets to travel to Tampa Bay for a physical and to negotiate a long term contract. The Bucs would are going to have to give up their first round draft pick (13th overall), but that is a small price to pay for a team that had the worst secondary in the league last season. There was just no way for the Jets to sign Revis to a long term deal giving him 15-16 million dollars a year. I really don't think that kind of money should be paid out to anyone else other than a franchise quarterback. Revis will be the only cornerback in the league right now to be paid over 10 million dollars a year, and this is a guy who is only 6 months removed from ACL surgery! Believe it or not, trading Revis does not free up extra money for the Jets, the move actually costs them an extra 3 million dollars against the cap in 2013. If someone could explain to me how trading a player actually costs you more because that makes no sense at all.

The Jets will now have two picks in the top 15 of the draft on Thursday night. I really do not think they will draft a quarterback with either of those two picks because by all accounts Geno Smith is not a franchise quarterback, and nobody else is worth even looking at in the first round. The second round will most likely be a quarterback round because there are a lot of quarterbacks that are good, but not good enough for the first round. I think the Jets will take another outside linebacker and possibly a play maker like Tavon Austin or Cordarrelle Patterson. There is a lot of holes in this Jet team, but two first round picks will help plug two of those holes. This is a big draft for the Jets because they can't afford to draft any fuck ups with those first round picks as they need studs and they need them now.

So farewell to Revis Island, you will be missed. Hopefully Sanchez does not throw your way Week 1 

2013 Masters Preview

Tiger playing a practice round with the 14 year old kid, Guan

Early tomorrow morning, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus will pipe their drives down the middle of the first fairway at Augusta, and the 2013 Masters will be underway. The 120 man field features a 14 year old kid Tianlang Guan who won the Asian amateur tournament to qualify, he drives the ball an average of 250 yards which would be good enough for 66th on the LPGA tour. No chance the kid makes the cut because Augusta National is just too long of a course, but hey what were you doing when you were 14?

Now on to the favorites. The clear favorite is obviously Tiger Woods. He already has 3 wins on tour this year, has the swagger back, and his putting has been flat out lethal ever since the tip from Steve Stricker at the Cadillac Championship. You win the Masters on the putting green, if you remember the 2012 Masters, Tiger finished 40th and couldn't buy a putt all week. That has all changed this year, as a healthy, mentally strong Tiger Woods will tee it up at 10:45 AM on Thursday along side European Luke Donald.

Phil Mickelson will be at the top of the leaderboard as usual, but I don't think he will have what it takes to win it this year. Phil does have a win this year at the Waste Management Open where he was 28 under for the week. That tournament in Arizona if there are 4 guys that played the course at 20 under par for the entire week, so Phil might have won it, but it does not mean a damn thing.

Rory Mcilroy, the number 2 ranked player in the world has struggled this season, but despite his struggles he has two top ten finishes. Rory has been playing in Texas the last two weeks to try and work out the kinks in his game and finished 2nd last week at the Valero Texas Open. Keep in mind there was absolutely nobody at the Valero Texas Open, so take his 2nd place finish with a grain of salt. Rory's career best at Augusta is a tie for 15th place. He should be lurking around the top ten this week, but I don't see him getting all the facets of his game together in time for a win this week.

Keegan Bradley, Matt Kuchar, Dustin Johnson, and Bubba Watson all have great chances to be wearing the green jacket on the 18th green Sunday afternoon. Bubba hasn't done too much winning after winning his first green jacket last year. Keegan and Dustin crush the ball, so they should have a good chance this week if they can keep their drives out of the pine straw.


My pick this week is the obvious one, Tiger Woods. I think his focus is as good as ever. To quote Friday Night Lights "Clear Eyes, full heart, can't lose"

Yankees Blast Indians 11-6

All the asshole beat writers who tried to send the Yankees fans into a panic, can relax because this Yankee team will be just fine. The main reason is that they can still hit home runs and score runs. Robinson Cano got on track today with two homers, Hafner had a 3-run bomb, and Kuroda only gave up three runs in five and a third. Guess what they have reinforcements on the way with Teixeira, Granderson, and Jeter all about a month away from returning to the club. Even if the Yankees are 5 games under .500 at the end of April, they will still have tons of time to make up that ground when they have a healthy ball club. I really don't see any teams being able to grab hold of the division and run with it. The only problem I see with this Yankee team as it stands now, is that Brett Gardner can not continue to lead off if he keeps up this lousy play. He has been absolutely useless at the plate, but they don't have many options because Ichiro hasn't exactly lit up either. Yanks play the Indians again tomorrow night at 7.

P.S. Suck it Francona

Aaron Rodgers Getting Huge Extension

This should come as no surprise but Aaron Rodgers is in line for an enormous contract extension, and there are rumors that the Packers will pay 25 million a year. That would make Rodgers the highest paid player in the history of the NFL. Joe Flacco just signed a contract that was for six years and 120 million dollars, but he had the bargaining power of Super Bowl MVP. The Rodgers contract should surpass Flacco's by about 4-5 million dollars a year. Obviously the Packers would never let Rodgers get into the free agent market after the 2014 season, but Rodgers is only 29, and is in the prime of his career. With one ring under his belt, I am sure he will get at least one more ring, but that is dependent on the Packers putting the players around him for this to work out.

National Signing Day , The U

We want the old Miami back ! Happy National Signing Day

Phil Mickelson Fires Opening Round 60

Phil had a chance at 59 on the 9th green, he hit a pure putt, and the ball goes around the hole but does not drop. Phil had a rough week at Torrey Pines last week, but there was no evidence of this on Thursday. Anyway Phil shoots 60 to lead by 4 in the opening round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He tied the course record as well as tied his career best round. 

Heat, Cavaliers Interested in Greg Oden

Remember Greg Oden? You know the 7 footer out of Ohio State that was supposed to be the next big thing in the NBA. Well he wants to play basketball again, not this season, but next season. The Miami Heat and Cleveland Caveliers have shown interest for only one reason, he is 7 feet tall. Other than Oden's height, the guy is a injury machine, and was average in the games that he did play in. Here is the rundown on all of Greg Oden's injuries in the last 5 years:


2007-2008 Season- Drafted by the Trailblazers. Microfracture surgery on RIGHT knee. Misses entire  season.

2008-2009 Season-  Makes NBA debut, leaves debut with injured foot. Misses 2 weeks. February '09 he chips his knee cap and misses 3 weeks.

2009-2010 Season- In December 2009 Oden fractures LEFT patella, has surgery, and missed the rest of the season.

2010-2011 Season- In November 2010 he would have microfracture surgery on his LEFT knee, ending his season right there.

2011-2012 Season- Suffers Setback on left knee. February 3, 2012, Oden has arthroscopic surgery on RIGHT knee. February 20th, supposed to be arthoscopic surgery on LEFT knee, but during surgery there was more damage than originally thought so Microfracture surgery number 2 on his LEFT knee.


Do you see what I am getting at here? Oden has only played a lousy 82 games in the last 5 years, his knees are made of jell-o, and when he did play he only averaged like 10 points a game. I mean if he actually makes it back to the NBA, all the opposing team has to do is step on his toe and he is done for the season because he is made of cheap glass. There is no doubt in my mind he will not make it through the entire 2013-14 season. He is still only 25 years old even though he looks like he is 50, and his knees are about 80, but when you are 7 feet you are 7 feet. Good luck Greg.


P.S. What the fuck ever happened to Hasheem Thabeet? Total Bust

Alex Rodriguez, Among Others who Used HGH in 2012

A report out of the Miami new times has records from an anti aging clinic in Miami which details drugs that were administered to Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera,Gio Gonzalez, Nelson Cruz, and other professional athletes over the past couple years. Alex Rodriguez has admitted to using PED's in 2003, but also said he hasn't used them since then. Anthony Bosch was the person giving these drugs to the athletes, and he was also connected to the PED use of Manny Ramirez. The Miami new times investigated this story for three months before reporting it today. Alex Rodriguez shows up 16 times on the notes detailing drug use of specific players. The notes on A-Rod start in 2009 and go through 2012. Melky Cabrera was already suspended 50 games for PED use, he was mentioned 14 times on the notes from Anthony Bosch. Nelson Cruz has never been connected to HGH or PED's until the report today, the notes on Cruz show that Bosch owed him Troches which is a drug that includes testosterone. Gio Gonzalez, the young Washington Nationals 21 game winner was mentioned only 5 times in the records. Gonzalez's father was also in the records, but daddy Gonzalez insists his son is "clean as apple pie."

The notes were given to the Miami New Times by a former employee of the office, and took the notes before the place closed last month. MLB had this to say on the ongoing investigation "We remain fully committed to following all leads and seeking the appropriate outcomes for all those who use, purchase and are involved in the distribution of banned substances, which have no place in our game." After the investigation is over I am sure there will be suspensions for those who received HGH from Bosch and his clinic.  The images detail some of the notes that were gathered from the anti aging clinic.

The notes detail shots of HGH for Alex R.  which is Alex Rodriguez, and on the top Bosch's notes had Alex Rodriguez and Melky Cabrera in the top of the "baseball" category. Melky Cabreara and Gio Gonzalez both had career years last season with Melky batting around .350 before his suspension and Gonzalez leading the Nationals with 21 wins. A-Rod did not have a good season even though he apparently was using HGH, and he found himself glued to the Yankee bench in the playoffs against Detroit. Cruz had an average year with 24 home runs, but noting out of the ordinary for Cruz

South Florida has been known as "ground zero" for PED's and HGH. I believe there are more names that will come out because the employee could not have taken every one of Anthony Bosch's notes.

More Updates will Follow

*** Update- In a statement by A-Rod's lawyer , he states that Alex never was treated by Anthony Bosch , and never had any affiliation with Bosch. Of course A-Rod denies it , he has no other choice.

Tiger Woods Wins Farmers Insurance Open

In his first United States PGA start of the season, Tiger Woods is back in the winners circle. Fog delayed the completion of the tournament which resulted in the Monday finish. Tiger missed the cut in Dubai, but likely would have made the cut if not for a two shot penalty on a tricky ruling. Tiger has now won at Torrey Pines a stunning 8 times over the course of his career, including the 2008 U.S. The 8 victories at Torrey Pines are the most for Tiger at any golf course, in a close second is Bay Hill with 7 victories there. Open where he beat Rocco Mediate on a broken leg. Tiger's short game looked great this week, after he changed his swing in 2009 Tiger's short game took a back seat to the swing change. Now that he does not have to hit as many balls tuning his swing, he returned his focus to his short game which was lacking in the last couple years. Woods was in control of pretty much everything this week and he sent a strong message to all the other players out there, he is still the best in the game. Some might say what about Rory ? Tiger is still the best, he hits shots that nobody else in the game can hit, and when Rory and Tiger are at the top of the leaderboard at some point this season, my money is on Tiger. The par 5's this week were no match for Tiger, he was 12 under for the week on Par 5's.

This was his 75th PGA tour win which puts him 7 behind Sam Snead for 2nd place. The PGA tour goes down to Scottsdale this week, and next for Tiger is the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in two weeks. 

Carmelo Drops 42, Hits Game Winner as Knicks Beat the Hawks

Carmelo Anthony carried the Knicks on his back on Sunday, Anthony had 42 points on 15-28 shooting, and tied a Knick record with 9 three pointers in the game against the Atlanta Hawks. He also had the game winning layup and a foul with 12.5 seconds left in the game. This was a good bounce back win for the Knicks after not even showing up in Philadelphia. Except for the backup big men, the Knicks are relatively healthy with Stoudemire playing at a high level off the bench, and Raymond Felton in his second game back had a double-double for the Knicks on Sunday. Next up the Knicks host the Raptors Wednesday night at the Garden.