Good morning,I'm at my security gig,and im reading about a career threatening injury,that Shawn Merriman has,now we know injuries are part of the game,but any injury labeled career threatening should be taken serious.Hey,Shawn 1 plus 1 equals 2 you shouldn't even consider playing this year.Hey Shawn your coach doesn't really care about you he cares about what you can do for him,and the Chargers on Sunday,  thats the reality of the situation,he's not paid to play dad with you,most coaches want to win at any cost,  im surprised your agent isn't up in arms convincing you to shut it down for the season.Hey Shawn ,read up on a former N.Y. Giant by the name of Mark Bavaro,he was a young warrior too some years back, he played injured for the good of the team and once he couldn't play anymore they cast him aside like horse manure.By him playing hurt he didn't last to long in the league.Shawn i know you want to play ,I know you love the game,but put the ego aside ,and listen to renown experts and have the surgery and play next year.Remember ,YOUR COACH CARES ABOUT WINNING,and his LEGACY,ownership cares about making money first,winning games second,the players third.IF your coach really cared about you he would say shut it down and come back healthy in 2009,  that leads me  to my next question,SHOULD STAR PLAYERS PLAY IN THE PRESEASON?

I think they should practice a little and wait for the regular season,like LT for the Chargers,just look at the players going down like Jason Taylor for the Skins,Jones Drew for the Jags,Umenyiora for the Giants, Chad Jonson for Cincy, I say, sit the stars down especially if there production from the previous season is off the charts.The players work out all year round anyway.By game 2 they should be ready to dominate.This formula doesn't guarantee a player will make it through the season injury free,but at least if he got hurt it would be in a game that counts.

There was a time when a big stud lineman was considered to be a sure thing the year was 1989 and they called him the Incredible Bulk, I believe his real name is Tony Mandarich,well we know how that turned out he initially was bust for Green Bay but later on carved out a decent career. Fast forward to 2004 and another can't miss product considered to be the next great lineman his name is Robert Gallery from Iowa ,drafted by the Raiders with the second pick in the 2004 draft, well he hasn't dominated and you can't say he's anything actually he's average.

So now that Jake Long is signed and the obvious number 1 pick will he buckle from the high expectations like Gallery or will he prosper like the last lineman to go number 1 Orlando Pace.Thirty million guaranteed ,number 1 pick of the draft hey it's alot of money ,and pressure to perform and there not paying him all that money to sit on the bench.

SO what do you think the next Gallery or the next Pace?

Ricky Williams gets another shot, and we know how its probably going to end for him,he is a habitual user and I don't care if the youngans say it's just weed ,it's still a drug and illegal what kind of precedent does this set, for young football players and society as a hold.This tells me if you get on dope you can be suspended for a lil bit of time then they will let you back  in the Nfl. No matter how many times you violate the rules

This guy doesnt respectful the NFL ,if he did respect it he wouldn't keep getting suspended.Now my man Pac Man since his suspension was imposed hasn't done nothing wrong except play around with the wrestling racket,he has kept his nose clean and he was denied reinstatement.I know Pac Man pleaded no contest to one charge,but he making more of a effort than STICKY Williams, most people who follow football  believe Ricky WILL FAIL ANOTHER TEST once the season is over.Now  that he's back I 'm anxious to see what NFL team he winds up with I don't think Miami.

P.S. Roger Goodell your making up the rules as you go along and your not a Judge

Is everyone cheating, my man  Belichick finally got caught,now he was rumored to be cheating for years but with the ex comissioner he would let these things slide ,now under Goodell such things wont be  tolerated,now the Patriots were fined a pittance and the draft picks that will be taking away will hurt a little bit but Belichick and the Pats will be fine

Even in nascar the Mclaren team was fined 100 million for there rolling in a spying scandal, and in baseball take your pick, Ankiel,Mathews Jr,Dukes,there so much cheating going on in baseball they have what 2 or three commisions investigating,in wrestling every other week someone is drying before the age of 45 ,even in the world of mixed marshall arts,they joined the party and you have big names flunking drug test.

Tim Couch who really cares, you stunk from day one so,whatever,now the wayward Ricky Williams is attempting to be reinstated,if he's reinstated who is gonna take a chance on a addict.Even with the glowing remarks from his agent ,Ricky Williams doesnt belong in the NFL, he belongs in the woods teaching a class of 5 Yoga smoking trees,and when some team signs Tank Johnson and stands at the podium and he said he found jesusa better person,those chuckles you hear will be rightfully deserved.You have ole geezers like the juice acting like he's a cop ,plannng memoribilia stings like hes some king of  Fbi agent.Todd Marinivich ,in the news for violating is probation,he was picked up while riding his skateboard ,someone tell him he is a little old to be riding a skateboard at 37 in the daytime ,hey Todd maybe if you get a job you wont have so much time in your hands to smoke dope.

The modern day athlete is a reflection of a society  that has gone terribly  mad,the thing is we teach our kids that winning is the greatest thing in the world,so our kids are growing up to do whatever to win.Some parents are the problem.

FIRST OF ALL  , THE NAACP  SHOULD BE FIGHTING THE CASE IN LOUISIANA WHERE THE BOY IS FACING 22 YEARS FOR DEFENDING HIMSELF AGAINST SOME  UNRULEY YOUTH.They should not be backing Mike Vick because , Vick has lawyers for that and he plead guilty,move on Let Mike Vick do his time and move on with his life ,plus he's never playing for the Falcons again,thats wishful thinking,hey NAACP,theres a case in Georgia where a straight A student is facing ten years for recieving consensial #### sex between 2 teanagers.That is more important,than Vick who is going to be alright ,when he gets out.

The thing is this organization who did great things in the 20th century is trying to find itself in the 21st century,but this isn't the way to do it.

NAACP there are other battles

On the surface 45 million dollars is alot of money,but if you consider what the top 3 picks in last years draft got and the second and third picks this year got and these drafted players may pan out but they are not the caliber of Larry Johnson.

We know the stats over 750 carries the last two years almost 4000 yards basically the only bright spot in a anemic offense.With Larry feeling guilty about holding out in the first place, he might of jumped the gun,he should of  demanded more guaranteed money ,think about it Calvin Johnson got 27 million in guarantees,Reggie Bush got over 20 million ,Mario Williams over 20 million,Vince Young over 20 million and there  not proven players yet, Larry got a good contract but he could of did better.Like slightly less than than L.T. Think about it Frank Gore just got 14 million in bonuses, for having one good year ,and with him hanging around 2 years he''ll   make more than 19 million.Duece McCallisted contract is valued at 50 million..

If the Chiefs dont get better play out of there qb LJ will carry the ball 420 times this year,and he will take a beating,8 man fronts will take a toll on your body.He will see the 19 million but HE WONT SEE 45 million,in that offense ,Brodie will have to develop in a hurry so he can take some pressure off  LJ. There first round pick Bowe is going to contribute in his rookie year there no 3 year plans when your a high paid player the team wants results right away.and they have to replace Will Shields.

He deserved more than 19 million in guarantees

1.Duane Thomas was drafted by the Cowboys in the first round in the 1970 draft,even though he led the team in rushing with 803 yards he was a malcontent from the start,he helped the Cowboys win  Super Bowl 6, but he lasted 2 years with them and two years with the Skins before retiring in 1974.

2. Bam Morris was drafted by the Steelers, in 1993 and paid dividends from the start,  Bam  a load to bring down ,and quickness to match started getting into trouble in 96, with a guilty plea for marijuana possession,he was promply cut by the Steelers,after that Bam got another shot at Nfl glory with the Ravens but he could not stay clean  and was suspended for substance abuse,  then assault charges and the big one Drug T rafficing he played a grand total of 75 games.As of 2006 he was playing in Indoor Leagues.

3.Stanley Wilson Sr, Primarily used as a fullback  by the Bengals,he is known for his disappearing act  during Super Bowl 23,he was found in a shower  the day before the game on a cocaine binge,he never made it to the game ,he managed to play a total of 4 years he was suspended for the 1985 and 87 seasons, I believe  now he in Prison doing 22 years for burglary.

4.Lawerence Phillips,drafted 6th overall by the Rams,in 1996 he didn't last long,  lets say 2 years with the Rams ,and he was cut after refusing to attend a meeting,he started getting into trouble at Nebraska ,and he started piling up offenses more than yardage,assault,assault with a deadly weapon where he ran over some kids after losing a touch football game I believe he facing 20 years in Prison. He is one of the greatest college running backs of all time .He played for the Fins for two games ,CFL,49ERS, but trouble always followed

5.Ricky Williams ,Heisman winner,in  1998 drafted with the 5th pick by the Saints,World Class Talent ,but something happened along the way ,weed got in the way of  possibly a Hall of Fame career,after the suspensions, by the time 2004 rolled around Ricky retired from the Nfl,he wanted to travel the world  he said and smoke weed,he also practiced Holyistic Medicine in California,and he is reportedly a Hindu.Ricky came back in 2005 played 12 games and in 2006 failed another drug test and was suspended for the 2006 season .In 2007 he failed another test in April of 2007 ,there are other like Curtis Enis who got a check and seemed like he just didn't care anymore,Barry Foster had one outstanding year then got a new contract and promptly retired soon after Chuck Muncie could of played longer he had a nose problem,Mike Rozier,last I checked he was in his home town of Camden ,N.J wear he was shot not to long ago.

Now the great Barry Bonds breaks the record,and now the media a nd fans are focusing on the great Alex Rodriguez  to someday break Barrys homerun record,but although flattering for A Rod,this is disrespecting the Great Barry Bonds.Then to top it off,you have clowns like Mr.Medicine Ball himself,Jose Canseco talking about he has dirt on Arod, if so we want to know now Jose.Damn .on waiting for the next book,let the cat out of the bag if not THEN LEAVE AlEX ALONE.JUST BECAUS E YOUR BROKE AND MAD,DONT' MAKE UP STUFF  AND LAST I CHECKED JEALOUSY IS A FEMALE THING

Thens theres Fipper Jones ,I mean Chipper Jones, who has a problem with both NY teams saying which might be true that Arod might be thought of a steroid user if he keeps putting up these playstation numbers,WELL #### Chipper for even lumping   clean clothes with dirty clothes,even though you might be right.HANDS OFF OF AROD he is the only guy to lead Baseball out of this Black Cloud,he should be Cherised On the Diamond until he comes up Dirty

The only thing the media has on Arod is he likes to mingle with woman outside of his marriage and last I checked that has nothing to do with playing the game,thats a issue with him and his wife.Thats a different kind of cheating,they have nothing else.I could care less if he hits the Strip Clubs,and picks up chicks,BUT LEAVE HIM OUT OF THIS BECAUSE ONCE BARRY GONE ,HE'S THE NEW HANK AARON AS FAR AS A SYMBOL OF WHAT A PLAYER SHOULD BE.A

Bob Costas ,you can say what you want about  Barry,he is a top ten talent of  all time,before the steroids and after he been off the juice for say 4 years and he's still hitting homeruns he''ll probably end up with 30 this year at 43 .IF he dhs in the americain leaque next year you can add at least another 20 dingers.

One is he healthy?

Two  Do you really believe Daunte   thinks he's a backup on this Team

Three  Why can't the raiders get Russell signed, last years number one got 54million,so 60 million in 2007 sounds right.QBs get paid more,most of the time.

Four  Do you really believe Daunte is the right one to mentor  Russell ?

Five   Will Robert Gallery pan out so far the results haven't been favorable ?

Six Is Lamont Jordan healthy?

Seven How many games will the Raiders win in 2007 .I predict 7

ThIS GREAT Human Organization has killed way more dogs than Michael Vick,and wheres the outrage,where are the rigth wig groups,the left wing groups,where are the Jesse Jacksons, the Al Sharptons, the Russel Simmons, see since  a large segment of the population has Mike Vick convicted,this same segment of the population  should convict Peta.Who watches over them because there Bogus.

This organization Peta  kills  helpless,adoptable animals by the thosands out of sheer inconvience.Why do we take this organization serious in the first place is beyond me,Peta even has a contract  WITH  A NORFOLK  AREA CREMATORY SERVICE to dispose of the dead bodies which measure over a ton each month.Do you know how much a ton is,and as soon as a famous face hurts a animal or is charged with a acrime they come out with there signs and blow horns ,trying to convict a man before he even has his trial.Once again, if Mike Vick wasn't famous this wouldn't made the papers, and once again I believe Mike Vick is guilty of  some of the things he has been charged with, but Peta should be charged with cruelty,they take in animals and Murder Them, almost 15,000 since 1998.I thought they were suppose to find these animals homes thats ,thats B.S.

There's a Peta employee who is facing grand larceny charges in southern Virginia related to theft of a hunting dog.Peta is also 3 months overdue to report there 2007 numbers, you want to know why there late with there numbers, they don't want the public to get a hold of the information that they kill thousands of cats and dogs a year BUT ITS ALREADY OUT.PETA DOESN'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO CALL THEM HYPROCRITES OR FRAUDS, WHICH THEY ARE .Can't wait until the 2007 numbers are released , I say they will be released sometime after the trial is over ,there is money to make for this Great organization,and tons of  free publicity.

PETA is no better than Michael Vick ,actually there worst,

I ask this because americians kill people on the regular and beat the charges or they use the crutch that there crazy.Hell I can rattle off case after case where people have killed people and said they were mentally impaired at the time.How about the lady in Texas , I believe she drowned all 5 of her kids and I believe shes in a mental hospital being observed.

How about the lady who shot her husband in the back,her husband was a preacher , I BELIEVED he wanted kinky sex with his wife ,and that was enough to set her off..She got no time.The nerve of the guy.

What about the inhumane way SOME Preist  treat lil boys,and they go from one church to the next to continue there inhumane ways.There not even charged with a crime,now  this brings me to Michael Vick.I believe he is guilty as sin but if he goes to prison for dog fighting you have to ask yourself is a dogs life more important than a human beings, what he is charged with is a crime I'm not debating that but ITS DOGS ,DOGS AREN'T PEOPLE,

THERE talking up to five years in prison  ,5 years for for transporting dogs across state lines and fighting.Some murderers do less time.Hell if you were white and killed a minorities  from 1860 up until 1970  and you hailed from a southern state 9 times out of 10 you wouldn't been charged with a crime at all.IF you think I'M  rambling look at the history,oh I forgot the justice department would open the case again 40 years later when the assailants were old or dead.

NOW you have the FBI and Congress trying to put famous athlete in prison for dog fighting ,this case is getting the same attention as O.J Simpson and you know what I DON'T KNOW IF jUICE DID IT,BUT I FEEL HE KNOWS WHO did it,and I believe he beat the charges once again is a dogs life just as important,as a humans because people kill people for all sorts of reasons and plenty of them beat the charges or get slap on the wrist.

The media jumped the gun on the Chris Henry  failed drug test story,of course as we found out later he didn't fail a test.Well he didnt fail a test recently,this is bootlegg journalism at its best,this is why the word alledged is so popular,so the media and people can cover themself  when we start spreading untruths.Once again the media needed dirt to sell there product it worked but ,the added damage to Henry can't help him in the long run.

Once again another athlete or should i say  another person says something in the media and once again they take it back or clarify there statements.Marvin Lewis said some things about the Police Department in Cincy, something about profiling and players being targeted and he went into damage control mode real quick.Who knows if there being profiled or not but Marv your players seem to break the law alot and get caught .So I don't know Marv about the profiling angle here ,Million Dollar athlete in the club late at night ,boozing ,woman around and the athlete drives instead of calling a car service not real smart. Marv tell your players too,if there going to smoke weed  they shouldn't leave it in there car especially if there going to disregard the speed limit.

Why is the 96 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis confessing now,it's 11 years later,I guess his endorsement contracts have dried up and he figured he has nothing to lose.Well the committee wants everything back associated with winning the race ,by the way in competetive sports your going to have cheating ,but I never new cycling was so baseball, the doping has reached Balco proportions.

The Rocket doesn't look good ,then again he is working out the kinks but if  the Yanks can't win some games it's not going to matter what the Rocket does,Cashman will be fired Torre will retire and the Yanks will rival the Bronx Zoo OF THE 1980'S

Trent Green deserves better than this,and Kansas City asking for a 4th rounder for a 37 year old with a history of injury and concussions ,I don't know they might be reaching,but Trent needs time to learn the new play book so on behalf of a man who is up standing to the city of Kansas City,and the organization can KC can you get something done.

Hats off to the boy ,I believe he was 11  who snagged the 1000 pound pig,gee,didn't the lil tike use a gun to snag a beast that large.Question what was he doing with a gun in the first place,hey, when you kill that big i guess thats all you can use.

What do you think ,is Me shawn a hall or famer or what .

I think he's not because by the time he is eligible for the hall your going to have a few guys in reach of 800 catches.In the age of pass happy offenses and the rules favoring the offense ,it's going to be close.

What do you thunk?

My guess is L.Tomlinson is the highest paid running back ,i know he signed for 60 million  a few years back.So why is it hard for KC to give LJ 59million or even inflate it  to 70 million with 35 million in bonuses ,we know he won't see the full 70 million before they cut him or make him take a pay cut.He has 3 years left on his rookie contract but i he shouldnt play for 1 million when he is the second best running back in the league.Plus with all the defections on his o line he better get the money now,because there might be a drop off in 2007.The guy carried the ball 416 times he might have 2 good more years in him carrying the the ball that many times .

This shouldn't be hard, then again this is the NFL,where they cut guys who are productive so they don't have to pay them. See Keyshawn Johnson,

There are too many bad guys in the league making more than him and they shouldn't,and there are too many mediocre backs making more than him,i know timing plays a apart but this shouldn't be hard Carl Peterson.

Is Mike Vick a thug disquised as a nice guy,drug raids ,illegal warehousing of 60 dogs some in good shape some not.The bottle at the airport,the blowing off of Congress, burning chicks and using fake aliases,is he a thug.

Now Mike is fingering his family in this episode but the bottom line it's his house, now if it was me and i had 4 or 5 houses i would try to check up on them especially if i got a cousin who is a felon living in one of them.IS he a thug, I say he isn't ,but a young black man with rappers as friends,diamonds , nice cars, and speaks a lil broken english from time to time might be labeled a thug.Then to top it off he plays quarterback in the NFL.

I feel he just doesn't use good judgement, for some reason he thinks he isn't in the public eye.Mike cut off all the problem people in your life,it's going to be hard because from what i read you are close to you family and you try to help them out,but in this climate it doesn't take much to be considered a thug, gold ,t-shirt ,baggy jeans and timbs,or jordans and antennas go up .Thats just how it  is in 2007 Mike ,blame the rappers but your running out of chances because your owner is getting fed up and your giving your GM ulcers because now there second guessing the trade that sent Matt to Houston .There thinking is maybe we traded the wrong one.They won't tell you this but there thinking it.

Now Mike this how it's going to go down,your going to pay fines u and your cousin,even though he might see time this isn't his first  brush with the law.Your going to have to talk to the PETA people and say how sorry you are. Also have your family take all the weight and promise to take care of them because if your money stops everyone suffers, especially them.I pretty much believe your the one in the family that has money.

You probably face a suspension from Boss Hogg Goodell ,

Is he a thug, naw just dumb,then again people think Sebastion Telfair is a thug,and from 2 to 17 all he did is prepare for the N.B.A and was sheltered from the streets.