T.O. and Brett Head North...Vikings and Bills Head South

IT SEEMS THE FOOTBALL SEASON ALWAYS KICKS UP JUST A BIT TOO EARLY. MID TO LATE JULY...AND WE'RE TALKING PIGSKIN ALREADY? I'M JUST NOT READY FOR IT. ALTHOUGH I MUST ADMIT...SOMETIMES BASEBALL CAN DRAG. ACTUALLY...BASEBALL "ALWAYS" DRAGS! BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT BECOMES TOTALLY UNWATCHABLE. THE METS ARE THE OBVIOUS EXCEPTION!

BUT WITH 2 SPECIFIC NFLers...THE END OF THE FOOTBALL OFF-SEASON QUICKLY JUMPS FROM BACK TO FRONT BURNER. OF COURSE IM SPEAKING OF BRETT FAVRE AND TERRELL OWENS.

EVER SINCE FAVRE SHOWED INTEREST IN JOINING THE VIKINGS...EVERY LOUD MOUTH BLOW HARD CLAIMS THE VIKINGS ARE "ASKING" FOR IT. MEANING...THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO THE JETS IN THE SECOND HALF OF LAST SEASON, WILL SURELY REPEAT ITSELF IN MINNEAPOLIS.

YET NOT ONCE HAVE THOSE SAME "PUNDITS" CLAIMED THE BILLS WERE MAKING A MISTAKE BRINGING IN T.O. THIS IS A MAJOR OVERSIGHT. IN FACT, I PREDICT...ASSUMING BOTH PLAY IN 2009...THAT THE BILLS WILL SUFFER A FAR GREATER FATE THAN THE VIKES WILL...THANKS SOLELY TO THERE OFF SEASON ADDITIONS.

THE SPURNED LINE BEGINS HERE. JUST GET BEHIND THE 49ERS, RAVENS (OWENS REJECTED A TRADE TO BALTIMORE), EAGLES AND COWBOYS. FAVRE ONLY MADE MINCED MEAT OF 2 TEAMS. THE PACKERS...AND ONLY AFTER BRINGING THEM A TITLE AND COUNTLESS MEMORABLE MOMENTS...AND THE JETS...WHO AFTER THE FIRST HALF OF LAST SEASON WERE CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE BEST TEAM IN THE AFC.

OWENS HAS SCORCHED THE EARTH OF FAR TOO MANY NFL CITIES TO BE CONSIDERED A GUY WHO A TEAM CAN TURN TO FOR BOTH ON "AND" OFF THE FIELD SUCCESS. (VH1 BEGS TO DIFFER!) SO WHY IS IT THAT HIS LANDING IN WESTERN NEW YORK HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A POSITIVE...AND NUMBER 4'S IMMINENT ARRIVAL IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH IS NOTHING BUT BAD NEWS FOR THE MEN IN PURPLE? ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE RELATIONSHIP EACH HAS WITH SPORTS MEDIA.

FAVRE TRADES TEXT MESSAGES WITH ALMOST EVERY BEAT REPORTER AT ESPN...WHILE NUMBER 81 DOES WHATEVER HE CAN TO MISLEAD THE PRESS. SEE SIT-UPS IN DRIVEWAY OUTSIDE PHILLY...AGENT REPEATING "NEXT QUESTION" AND CRYING LIKE A LITTLE GIRL WHILE DEFENDING TONY ROMO AFTER FALLING TO EVENTUAL SUPER BOWL CHAMPION GIANTS.

THE MATH JUST SIMPLY DOESN'T ADD UP. IT SEEMS THE MEDIA SUCKS UP TO FAVRES RIGHT TO HIS FACE...AND SLAMS HIM WHEN HE'S NOT LOOKING. (UNLESS YOUR CHRIS MORTENSEN WHERE THE PUCKERING UP NEVER STOPS!) WHILE WITH T.O. ...IT SEEMS LIKE THEY BASH HIM TO HIS FACE...AND DO THE PUCKERING WHEN HE ISN'T AROUND!

IN NO WAY IS THIS A DEFENSE OF BRETT FAVRES ACTIONS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. IN FACT...I SAY TO BRETT...AND LOUDLY I MIGHT ADD...."RETIRE ALREADY!!!" YOUR JORDAN/CLEMENS LIKE ANTICS ARE OLD AND SAD AND SILLY. APPARENTLY THE WORLD WIDE LEADER DOES NOT AGREE. BUT HIS SELF CENTERED...ME ME ME ATTITUDE....STILL PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE TEAM WRECKING BOLOGNA OWENS PULLED AT EVERY STOP OF HIS PRO CAREER. SHARPIES AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS ASIDE...TERRELL OWENS IS AN ANCHOR...AND ONE THAT WILL SURELY HELP THE BILLS SINK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AFC EAST. ITS TIME THE REST OF THE FOOTBALL AND SPORTS MEDIA WORLD REALIZES THAT AS THE CITY OF BUFFALO CONTINUES TO WASTE AWAY...SO DOES THERE BELOVED FOOTBALL TEAM.