Josh Q. Public: Sports is the toy department of human life. -Howard Cosell
Public Service Announcement: Ok here we go! Can you smell it? Oooooooh that smell. Can’t you smell that smell? I know, I know. It’s only preseason. It’s still summertime. Time to sit back and unwind. But here’s just a little somethin’ to break the monotony of all that hardcore dance that has gotten to be a little bit out of control. Just a little football. Just a little Monday Night Football. Just a little Colts/Bears football. Is it Monday yet? Yes it is. Yes it is, so here’s a couple fun factoids I found while scouring Al Gore’s Internet. Make you look all Einsteiny. Real smart around ye olde water cooler. Show ‘em you’re nobody’s fooler. Take all your friends to schooler. Now, enjoy. But don’t say I never gave you nothing.
Rookies Rookies Who Got the Cookies
Joseph Addai: Addai a deer. Far, a long long way to run. Joseph Addai ran far. Ran far when it mattered most. Ran far in the big games. In his four post season games, he set rookie post season records for receptions and yards from scrimmage. He surpassed Torry Hot Dog Holt in receptions. There isn’t enough mustard in the whole world to cover that hot dog. He surpassed Jamal Truck Lewis in yards from scrimmage. Truckin’ got my chips cashed in. Keep truckin’, like the do-dah man. Addai was truckin’ like the do-dah man. His 143 yards from scrimmage in the Super Bowl last year was second highest in history. Second only to Touchdown Timmy Smith of the Washington Redskins. And not for nothing. Just so you know. Touchdown Timmy Smith’s 213 yards (204 rushing yards) from scrimmage against the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII is still the record for anyone. Anyone. Veterans and rookies alike. Not enough? You want one more? OK. Addai was only the second running back in NFL history to lead the postseason outright in receptions. The other guy? Chuck Foreman. Minnesota Vikings. Chuck also set the then NFC record 22 Touchdowns in 14 games during the 1975 campaign.
Devin Hester: The very bester. The bullet proof vester. The pound your chester. Last seen in the Super Bowl. Taking it to the hizzy. Opening kickoff back to the hizzy. Making folks dizzy. In the post season, only three other players made folks dizzy like that. Dizzy Miss Lizzy like that. Ron Dixon, the Gee-Men. Nat Moore, Dolphins. Vic Washington, 49ers. Devin Hester. The shake and baker. The takes the caker. The record breaker. Hester scored six TDs last season. Three on punt returns. Two on kickoff returns. One on a return of a missed field goal. He set or tied these records:
Most return touchdowns
Most touchdowns on punt and kickoff returns
Most touchdowns on kickoff returns in a game
Longest play
And because Hester did all this as a rookie, these are all the rookie marks as well. Holy cow! The one blemish? Fum-ble! Hester had seven fumblerooskis. The most of any non-QB in the league.
The Quarterbacks
Peyton Manning: We all know the 6'5", 230 pound quarterback with the laser rocket arm is good. But how good? Last year in the post season, Manning completed 97 passes in four games. 97! The old record was held by the Greatest Show on Turf. A paltry 77 by Kurt Warner. Last year, Peyton led the Colts charge to victory twelve times. Win win do it again. He did it again. Five consecutive seasons with at least ten wins as a starter. Ties the record. Elway? Nope. Unitas? Nope? Montana? Unh uh. Triplet Troy Aikman. Since 2003, Peyton has won fifty regular season games. Ties the record for wins in a four year span. That’s right. My boy. Tom Terrific. Tom Brady. Act like you know. Know this. Manning does not do it alone. He has a partner in crime. He has Marvin Harrison. He has thrown 106 TD passes to Marvelous Marvin during the regular season. That’s just about two times the next total since 1998. Just about two times more than Culpepper and Moss. Get the papers, get the papers. Manning and Harrison own the Triple Crown. Triple trouble. If you wanna know the real deal about the three. Well let me tell you, we’re triple trouble ya’ll. We’re gonna bring you up to speed. More completions, yards and touchdowns between any teammates in NFL history.
Rex Grossman: Sexy Rexy. I’m too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt. So sexy it hurts. Grossman threw for 3,193 yards last season. Say what you want about Rexy’s season but it was the second highest one season total in Da Bears history. Second behind Erik Kramer. Giddyup! He did have his moments though. Rexy had four games last year where he threw less than 200 yards. Where he didn’t throw a TD pass. And where he was intercepted at least three times. That makes him the first NFL player to have four games like that in one season since 1935. Yikes!
Other Fascinating Factoids:
Number nine. Number nine. Da Bears have drafted nine future Pro Bowlers over the last nine drafts. Yowza! Seven of those cats were selected after the first round. Mike Brown, 2nd. Devin Hester, 2nd. Olin Kreutz, 3rd. Marty Booker, 3rd. Lance Briggs, 3rd. Nathan Vasher, 4th. Jerry Azumah, 5th.
Tony Dungy has led a team to the playoffs in each of the last eight seasons. Eight! Hear that Ted Sarandis? Only two other head coaches NFL history have done that. Tom Landry. Tom, in his fabulous fedora did it twice. Chuck Knoll. Steel Curtain.
Public Acknowledgements: Indianapolis Star, Chicago Tribune, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fresh Prince, Darold Knowels, Grateful Dead, Beatles, Sprint, Marvin Hagler, Beastie Boys, Right Said Fred and Seinfeld
Had a good day yesterday, had my fantasy league draft yesterday, then watched my Angels stiffel your Red Sox. We're both just hangin on, but I believe both the yankees and seattle have made their push, now time to open up a little room again.
I am so ready for football!!!!!!!!! Now if we could just get a pro team out here again, at least we have USC who's like a pro team. Crazy stuff huh, the L.A. market and we don't have a team.
Considering that at one time we had 2 teams here, hard to explain. Once Georgia Rosenbloom killed her husband and took over the Rams, the whole organization went downhill, moved to the O.C., didn't get big attendance, so they moved, then won the stinkin Super Bowl, been to St Louis quite a few times to see them play,love their fans there, much more into the rams than the fans out here.
As far as the Raiders go, they belong in Oakland, never did belong down south here, plus Al Davis, enough said.
Now because of greed and politics, we may never see a team again, hell we were supposed to get Houston's team, but LA couldn't put a package together for the NFL.
Just realized my avatar looks like a white MeanDovine, if he stuck a bulb in his mouth, just kiddin with ya MD.
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JoshQ
The strange thaing was that before Hester the talk use to be about the Chiefs' Dante Hall. As he was the guy who could make you feel you're watching a human highlight reel. Now you barely hear his name mentioned amongst those pros. As for Addai he'll have a lot riding on this season and having to prove that last season wasn't indeed a fluke.
JoshQ
Also this season I'm not so sure that I'll be looking forward to MNF as I don't really know what to make of the current lineup that they'll have on show. Jaworski, Tirico and Kornheieser don't exactly do it for me ! They'll pale into comparison against the likes of Madden and Michaels over at NBC on Sunday night.
Hey congrats on making the final 8. I wasn't even aware they were doing another NGS competition. Shows you how long its been since I checked in. What's the main theme, NASCAR?
If so, what a joke! We go from NFL to NBA to 'Neck Racing. What happened to College Football and Baseball?
Can't find anything as to who all the finalists are or what the assigments are. Is there a new Judges Blog out there. The one on my favorites still links to NGS2 material.
hey in my view like em hate em i still think MNF was great when it was dandy don and giff and howard god showing my age!!!!!!!! i still rember when the camera panned the crowd and a guy flipped the camera off and don said were #1 good stuff
JQ Until a owner comes in and says I will build a Stadium with my own money there will never be a NFL team in the LA Market.People will not be bullied into having and paying for a team Let him who makes the money ,spend the money.Look whwt happened to the Angels when Moreno took over,he lowered prices put a good team on the floor and Full Houses
I'm with you Josh Q....As a sports fan(atic,) I'm all for spending a chunk of the tax dollars into increasing the entertainment value of my city, though there is a fine line where at some point, owners need to be accountable for how they do business. Many cities are no longer interested in bearing the financial cross for teams (esp. bad ones,) and the funny thing in my opinion, is that the athletes playing in these arenas / stadiums, can afford more to pitch in than the working class who pay to com and see them. The money perspective in sports is more than just a bit twisted at this time. Oh....and LA ~ Nor Cal likes it's Raiders just fine, now that we've had some time to get the glam off of them. Hey, maybe they'll win more than 2 games this year, but even if they don't, we'll love 'em just the same. Raiders for life!(Except that sounds like a jail sentence right about now...) Whatever, go root for one of your 15 baseball teams or something >;-)
Oh yeah, I had a question ~ What are your feelings on B. Jacobs, W. Mcgahee, C. Henry (TEN), J. Lewis, these (almost) under the radar type backs who are featured guys in their systems? Can I expect decent fantasy dividends from these guys, or are they questionable because of their new situations?
henry looks like the best on the titans, but thats not saying much. plus he has fumblitis. i wouldnt draft him until LATE
mcgahee's the best of that bunch. he has shown the ability to be a top level back, but not on a consistent basis. late first or early second round pick
josh q. public. For the public, by The Public. Irreverent sports opinion from a Bostonian in New York. The one blog to read, when you’re reading more than one. Good to the last drop!
Devin Hester: The very bester. The bullet proof vester. The pound your chester. Last seen in the Super Bowl. Taking it to the hizzy. Opening kickoff back to the hizzy. Making folks dizzy. In the post season, only three other players made folks dizzy like that. Dizzy Miss Lizzy like that. Ron Dixon, the Gee-Men. Nat Moore, Dolphins. Vic Washington, 49ers. Devin Hester. The shake and baker. The takes the caker. The record breaker. Hester scored six TDs last season. Three on punt returns. Two on kickoff returns. One on a return of a missed field goal. He set or tied these records:
Rex Grossman: Sexy Rexy. I’m too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt. So sexy it hurts. Grossman threw for 3,193 yards last season. Say what you want about Rexy’s season but it was the second highest one season total in Da Bears history. Second behind Erik Kramer. Giddyup! He did have his moments though. Rexy had four games last year where he threw less than 200 yards. Where he didn’t throw a TD pass. And where he was intercepted at least three times. That makes him the first NFL player to have four games like that in one season since 1935. Yikes!
Tony Dungy has led a team to the playoffs in each of the last eight seasons. Eight! Hear that Ted Sarandis? Only two other head coaches NFL history have done that. Tom Landry. Tom, in his fabulous fedora did it twice. Chuck Knoll. Steel Curtain. 
