Bah humbug!
Pardon me if I don't feel the Christmas spirit this time of year. I'm sulking at my computer, scowling menacingly at the monitor, and hissing at people trying to infect me with Christmas cheer.
I simply don't feel it—not after a 2008 NFL season where so many people chose to be naughty and ruin what's supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year.
You can take your Holiday songs elsewhere. I'm not interested in your tree-shaped sugar cookies, covered in sprinkles. I hope your red-and-green sweaters get caught on nails, your pot roast comes out dry, and grandma gets run over by a reindeer—twice.
The people of NFL-ville suffered from too much wrong-doing in 2008, and in return everyone is getting a lump of something this holiday season.
Maybe it's coal. Maybe it's not.
The Grinch Becomes Ed Werder's Anonymous Source
...Maybe it happened, maybe it didn't
Ed Werder has it written, even if it isn't...
It's a shame when people hesitate to believe things they read in legitimate news publications. By rule, we're trained to disregard the supermarket tabloids.
That wasn't good enough for the Grinch this year.
Whenever Terrell Owens is involved, everyone believes there's a news story to be had. And when there isn't one, it's time for an anonymous source to come forward and divulge the details no one else sees.
Owens has the misfortune of being preceded by a reputation. Werder has the fortune of creating the controversy surrounding it.
While the Dallas Cowboys were in the thick of it all for an NFC playoff berth, Werder found it necessary to break anonymous news that would only serve as a distraction for a team with better things to do.
Were the words true? Who cares? I don't like everyone I work with, and I feel things would be better if I did them myself. There's no need to alert the media, is there?
The Grinch Steals the Pro Bowl from Philip Rivers
...Rivers run here and Rivers run there
Except to Hawaii, it just isn't fair...
It starts with 32 touchdowns, continues with 11 interceptions, combines for 3,802 yards, and rounds off with a 104 QB rating. Still don't know what it is?
It's the Grinch.
Pro Bowl voting across the board kept San Diego Chargers' QB Philip Rivers off the official roster for Honolulu this February. And it's one of the meanest things the Grinch did this year.
Rivers has single-handedly kept sparks surging through the Chargers this season, and it's a shame that it went completely unnoticed. Despite a rough start and an all-around average season, Rivers has managed to somehow keep his team in contention for the AFC West.
Playoffs are more important than the Pro Bowl at all times. But there's no denying that the recognition would've been nice. Unfortunately for Rivers, that's really not what the Grinch is about..
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