"I can beat Micheal Phelps"

Who said that? It is none other than Chad Johnson, Cincinnati Bengals NFL Wide Receiver. He was not joking. This is what I call as "Open Mouth - Insert Foot". It is always about me for Chad. In fact, every time he opens his mouth in public it is to insert his other foot.

Brett Favre retirement saga

Spot on Mr. Don Banks. I am tired of "No.4" retirement saga every year.

Dear Mr. Favre,

You had a fantastic year 2007 - one good throw away from getting to Super Bowl. Had a wonderful tearful retirement press conference. Sportcenter ran "Top 10 Best Favre Moments" at least 10 times.

Please stay retired. Thank you for the wonderful memories.

- True NFL Fan.

Now here's a first

Drew Rosenhaus on youtube implores Cincinnati Bengals to trade his client, Chad Johnson. Chad Johnson is disgruntled and does not want to play for Bengals.

Now this is a first. A Sports Agent asking for his client to be traded on youtube.




It is said that Tom Cruise's character in Jerry Macguire is based on "Super Agent" Drew Rosenhaus.

Patriots Blew it !

3 non-football reasons why Giants pulled out the great upset against the 18-1 Patriots

1. Bill Belichik's new red sweat shirt
The moment Bill Belichick came out in his brand new red sweat shirt and not in his usual cut grey hoodie, you know he angered the Superbowl Gods. If ain't broke, don't try to fix it.

2. Belichik's eff you attitude towards rest of the world

You can only be mean to so many people so many times. All those running up scores, not shaking hands with opponent coaches, not being a civil - eventually caught up. And he lived upto his standards by not staying back until the game ended (clock turn zero) to shake hands with opponent coaches and players.

Reminds me of Thalaivar Rajnikanth's "Aandavan nallavangala sodhippan, aana kai vida maatan ..." dialog from Baadsha.

3. Tom Brady's super model girl friend Gisele Bundchen
God cannot be that cruel to all the men in the world. He cannot award a super bowl and a super hot girl friend to the super hot person in the world. Hey, ask Tony Romo (Jessica Simson).

Its all Karma !

Other than that Giants outplayed, outcoached the Patriots.

Brett Favre Retirement Watch Party Countdown starts

Will he? Won't he?

After throwing the overtime season ending interception against New York Giants, will the future Hall of Famer retire? Brett would like to have that throw back. Suddenly Bad Brett came from nowhere in the overtime. He has been patient throughout the season in avoiding those throws until that throw. Having said that, Giants deserved to win and the better team won.

In terms of personnel, Favre's future is the only major, immediate concern for the Packers. Favre -- surprise, surprise -- was noncommittal on his future after Sunday night's 23-20 loss to the New York Giants, saying only that he planned to talk to McCarthy on Monday before heading back to Mississippi to huddle with his family.

Neither Favre nor McCarthy were available to the media on Monday.

Keep waiting.

But one thing for sure, the first season after Favre retires, it will be difficult to watch Green Bay games? NFL will miss Favre. NFL fans will miss Favre.

Green Bay Packer fan tapes his son with Packer jersey

Not a model father behavior in this case.

Upset that his 7-year-old son wouldn't wear a Green Bay Packers jersey during the team's playoff victory Saturday, a man restrained the boy for an hour with tape and taped the jersey onto him.

Mathew Kowald was cited for disorderly conduct in connection with the incident with his son at their home in Pardeeville, Lt. Wayne Smith of the Columbia County Sheriff's Department said. Pardeeville is about 30 miles north of Madison.

The 36-year-old Kowald was arrested Monday after his wife told authorities about the incident. Kowald was taken to the county jail and held until Wednesday, when he pleaded no contest, paid a fine of $186 and was released.

NFL Divisional Playoff Games - Thoughts

Note: I will try to post my thoughts on the weekend NFL games on Monday/Tuesday on a regular basis.

NY Giants (21) beat Dallas Cowboys (17)

NY Giants continue their road wins and get their most important win of the season at Dallas to get into the NFC Conference Championship game. They will have to travel to Green Bay and beat Favre and the Packers next week to make it to Super Bowl.

The Giants Defensive Line continued their outstanding play. The huge Dallas O-Line got outplayed by the consistent Giants D-Line. The Giants pass rushers harassed Tony Romo in the second half consistently. The Giants win is even more impressive because they have to fill in their secondary with back up players after Aaron Ross got injured and they played impressively to stop the talented Dallas wide receivers. Terrel Owens was a non-factor in the second half of the game. The return of terry Glenn did not have a great positive impact for Dallas.

It looks like it is safe to bet that a Manning would always play in the Conference Championship game. But very few would have expected Eli Manning to play instead of Peyton. Eli has stepped up big time and managed the game very well for the Giants. He has cut down his mistakes and ha splayed smart. His 2 minute drive at the end of the first half was a huge morale booster for the Giants going into half time.

Game Ball: My game ball goes to Steve Spagnuolo, the Defensive Co-ordinator of Giants. He is the rising coaching star and a head-coach in waiting. He is a Jim Johnson disciple and he follows his master's techniques consistently and with remarkable success so far.

Green Bay Packers (41) beat Seattle Seahawks (20)

As usual the weather forecasters got it wrong. Light snow was predicted before the game. By the time game got into the third quarter the ground crew has to use fancy snow equipment to see the hash marks.

Ryan Grant, the Green Bay RB survived two early costly fumbles to make it a career day for him. Grant ran for 200 yards and Favre managed the game beautifully to get a win.

I think Seattle cannot win on road in the playoffs. They were not ready for the bad weather and Ryan Grant. When Favre is playing smart, it is going to very difficult for Giants to beat Green Bay @ GB. Eli Manning is not experienced enough to beat Favre and the Packers.

Game Ball: My game ball goes to Ryan Grant. Dah!

San Diego Chargers (28) beat Indianapolis Colts (24)

This is the shocker. I think Indi lost it in the fourth quarter when Peyton manning tried for too many deep balls instead of getting first downs with easy check down throws to Tight End and Running Back. He played like this couple of years ago in a loss to New England. Indi offence tried to score too fast by going for too much. They should have played like Brady and Patriots. Take what the defense gives, make first downs, move the chains and sustain the drives.

Game Ball: Vincent Jackson of San Diego. He made some spectacular plays and helped San Diego on many 3rd down situations.

Having said that, Philip Rivers acted like a jerk by getting into verbal jaunts with the Indi crowd. If he is smart he will learn about class and quarterbacking from Brady and the Pats next week. I pick Pats to win this one easily.

New England Patriots (31) beat Jacksonville Jaguars (20)

Another clinical performance from the Pats. Do whatever it takes to win. As I said earlier, Brady can win throwing deep bombs to Moss or dunk and check to Faulk and Watson for easy first downs. What else can be said - Pats are Pats.

Game Ball: Tom Brady - 26 of 28. Dah !