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Peyton Manning set to join Broncos

Manning is due to finalise contract details with the Denver Broncos soon, paving the way for Tim Tebow to be traded, although to where we do not know.

Manning, voted the NFL player of the decade for the 2000’s by Fox Sports and Sports Illustrated, was released by Indiana Colts at the end of a 2011 season that he missed through injury.  He has been in ongoing contract negotiations with several parties, including the San Francisco 49ers and the Tennessee Titans, but it seems that he will now sign for the Broncos, after signalling his intent to vice President of football operations, John Elway.

Interestingly, Manning will replace Tim Tebow, who will be traded elsewhere.  Tebow has gained unprecedented attention not only due to his dual-threat as a quarterback, but for his frequesnt demonstrations of religious devotion and unorthodox skill-set.  Many teams will look to get their hands on Tebow, yet Broncos feel that they are on their way to replicating the successes they had with John Elway at quarterback.  Elway won 2 Super Bowls, leading the team to three others, and was statistically the second most prolific passer in NFL history.

Colorado governor John Hickenlooper thinks that this Elway/Manning link up should persuade Tebow to stay where he is:  "He's a young man, right? And a year or two of working under John Elway and Peyton Manning, you know, I'm not sure any other quarterbacks around the country get that opportunity,"

The Broncos will hope that the signing of Manning will propel them to the Superbowl in 2013, after they fell one game short last time around - losing 45-10 to the New England Patriots in the Divisional Playoffs.  Interestingly, it was Peytons brother, Eli Manning, who won the Superbowl with the New York Giants, setting a new record with 9 consecutive completions at the start of the game.  The Broncos will be hoping that it’s the older brothers turn to win the Superbowl next season.

Do NBA and NFL players earn too much money? Lockout!

The NBA and NFL both look like they are going to go on strike, or rather a lockout is best called. I think the NFL players either make $9 billion USD or at least that is how much income comes in from the NFL.  The sad state of affairs is how are people expected to show up to these games to support these rich players? The answer is you should expect public attendance to drop for both leagues and also expect less corporate sponsors.  This means owners are going to make less money while the players want to earn more of it.  Not exactly the best situation for anybody, the owners or the fans but the players seem concerned about getting richer at the expense of their fans and owners. 

So what will happen if a lockout occurs in either league?

Just look at NHL and MLB as examples of the damage. Baseball was practically wiped out of Canada with the 1994 strike with Canadian fans not caring any more.  The special elite teams in New York and Boston are the big spenders and are really destroying the rest of the teams out there. Don't expect some of these teams to survive: Los Angeles, Oakland, Kansas City, Seattle. Actually aren't some of these MLB teams already gone? I have no clue.

The NHL took a good 6 years to recover from a completely lost season and still haven't recovered. Ironic enough is NBA has surpassed the NHL in popularity but maybe this will change. You have too many NBA players getting $20 million US per season and this is just criminal.

Super Bowl 2011

The Super Bowl is just around the corner and the teams are starting to shape up of who is in the playoffs and other teams that are considered failures.

Strong teams going into the playoffs are Atlanta, Philadelphia and Chicago. Kansis City, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, NY Jets and New England Patriots are looking good on the other side of the conference.

Predictions and favorites to make the Super Bowl?

New England will win the AFC while Phildelphia Eagles will take the NFC to make an intruiging matchup of 2 MVP candidates Michael Vick against Tom Brady

Donovan McNabb steals $78 million from Redskins deal

You can say Donovan McNabb earned or was awarded a $78 million contract from the Washington Redskins but this is just pure theft. This quarterback is clearly past his prime years and is destined to become the most expensive secondary quarterback in the history of the NFL.

Do you need proof this is too much money? Washington was embarassed by his old team the Philadelphia Eagles 59-28 and now Phildelphia is the team that has probably the best quarterbacks in the league. Michael Vick has simply been dominant this year and is proving that he was worth the risk following his previous legal battles.

Michael Vick deserves all of that money himself and has written his name in the NFL record books with 300 yards passing, 50 rushing, 4 TDs thrown and ran in 2 TDs himself. I think we might have a league MVP here on a team that nobody gave a chance while others were raving about teams like Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys to challenge for the title this year but have shown they themselves are overrated.

Why did Washington give all this money to a player like this? I don't know but I'd like a free paycheck too myself where I don't have to do any work.

Is Brett Favre washed up too?

We know Donovan McNabb is a washed up quarterback but what about Brett Favre playing in a Minnesota Vikings uniform? He now has Randy Moss to play catch with but their record this year shows maybe this team just isn't meant to do anything important this season after having a great season last year.

At least if Favre has a bad season and retires he can still do so with some impressive NFL records that may never be broken with this durable quarterback who has at least won the Superbowl. Now he has to hear allegations of him flirting with the NY Jets massage therapists that conveniently becomes news material as the Vikings have to play the Jets.

It's easy to hate a great player like this for leaving a franchise like Green Bay high and dry but perhaps for Brett Favre it is what he needed to do to become a free player and be a #1 quarter back.

We will let the readers decide if he is washed up or not but that answer will be answered by the performance of the Vikings this season.

McNabb has been

Yes Donovan McNabb is a has been. He played 11 years for Philadelphia and that amounted to a lot of money spent with no results. He certainly won't be compared to other quarterbacks like Favre, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady. No he will never be able to be mentioned in the same sentence. Perhaps the same sentence as Drew Bledsoe but at least that guy helped New England win a championship.

Maybe McNabbs career highlight will be playing with Terrell Owens and losing the Superbowl with him. T.O. had a great game while McNabb didn't really step up into the big game. T.O. was quoted later saying at least I wasn't tired hinting that McNabb was a touch out of shape and just not ready for anything.

McNabb now plays for Washington and you can expect a season full of injuries for this has been quarterback.

Terrell Owens signs with Cincinnati Bengals

Terrell Owens aka TO has agreed to a 1 year contract with the Cincinnati Bengals and joins the likes of wide received Chad Ochocinco. The 2 NFL superstars are said to be close friends and are expected to create problems for any defence trying to cover one or two of these players.

The deal is said to be worth $2 million for 1 year which includes another $2 million in performance incentives. The Rams and Jets lost out on the player who had 829 yards and 5 touchdowns last season. 

At 36 years old he still seems to be worthy of playing on any team. His lifetime stats are 3rd in NFL history for touchdowns and receiving yards with 144 TDs and 14,951 receiving yards. He is also 6th in NFL history with 1,006 catches. He previously played for San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills.