by Matt Bowen
November 20, 02009
EIGHT: Welcome to Hooters- Who doesn’t love wings and girls? Well, our own fantasy expert, Joe Fortenbaugh, is apparently a huge fan of the classy establishment and made it his home away from home in San Diego this past week while watching his Eagles fail to covert third-and-1 opportunities. So to honor Joe, wings and babes, we’re bringing you the girls of Hooters. Stay classy, Joe.
SEVEN: Double coverage- I don’t understand the media controversy right now about Randy Moss and Jets CB Darrelle Revis — who claims he shut down Moss in their first meeting without safety help. Because now all Revis has done is invite Moss and Tom Brady to throw deep to his side all game on Sunday. Sounds like a fun day of work, right?
SIX: Quinn’s low blow- There’s been plenty of opinion written this week — and plenty of reaction — about Brady Quinn’s low hit on Raven LB Terrell Suggs after Quinn was intercepted in a dismal Monday night performance. Quinn claims he was just trying to make a tackle, and you know he may be right — but that was the worst attempt to tackle a player I’ve seen since the fourth grade.
FIVE: More Hooters- What surprised our NFP Eight in the Box advisory panel this week was how multi-talented the Hooters girls really are. For example, take this babe, who not only serves pitchers of Bud Heavies and plates of wings but also has time to dress up like a fireman. What?
FOUR: LeBron- Eric Mangini made headlines for saying he would welcome Cleveland Cavs forward LeBron James to the Browns — which prompted Saints TE Jeremy Shockey to proclaim, via Twitter, that LeBron couldn’t play in the league: “He is a 4.9 40-time.” Come on, Jeremy, LeBron would run right past you on a football field.
THREE: Bye, Bye J-Roc- Well, it looks like JaMarcus Russell has finally ended up where he belongs — on the pine — as Raiders head coach Tom Cable has made the move to backup QB Bruce Gradkowski. And now the Raiders will have millions on the bench and millions on the field dropping passes with rookie Darrius Heyward-Bey. Awesome.
TWO: Shanahan- Now that the Bills have reportedly contacted former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, the sweepstakes is about to begin. And now we get to figure out just how much Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is going to pay to bring Shanahan to Washington. What do you think? I’m going with $10 mil a year.
ONE: Welcome to Chicago- Now that “Hurricane Fortenbaugh” has officially landed in Chicago, we can get down to business at Soldier Field on Sunday for Bears-Eagles. But I’m sorry to tell Fortenbaugh that “falling asleep” at Hooters isn’t really expected in the Windy City. I’m taking the under on how long this guy lasts at Sunday’s tailgate.
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Have a great weekend. He gone.
Go Hawkeyes — beat the Gophers.
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