The Greatest Thoughts Ever Contrived
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Schlechte Nachricht nach Amsterdam-Sieg
The Sea Devils continued their winning streak this weekend, this time beating the Amsterdam Admirals 24-17. The win puts the Sea Devils in a 3 way tie for first!
Star QB Casey Bramlet had to face his evil brother Cory Bramlet in the epic encounter. Amsterdam's QB, Cory, and Casey were separated soon after the death of their parents. While Casey was adopted by two, slightly impoverished parents who taught him the value of hard work, Cory was adopted by extremely rich (and later discovered to be very corrupt) media moguls. Cory, who later grew a goatee, became very spoiled, but was always very jeoulous of his brother. Once Casey established himself as a star QB, Cory became bent on one-upping him, installing a cyborg arm and finding the most expensive, evil QB coaches he could find. Despite Cory's taunting of Casey before and during the game, Casey responded by commenting that he "hoped the best team would win" and "nobody would get hurt." In the end, it was Casey's heroic play that won the game for the Sea Devils. When interviewed by reporters after the game, Cory yelled, "I shall have my revenge! Why must you always foil my plans, Casey?! Your Sea Devil too-goodedness will only get you so far." He continued, rubbing his goatee, "it would be a shame if you were injured before our next encounter, wouldn't it? wouldn't it Casey?!!"
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Punkte-Feuerwerk gegen Fire: Hamburg Sea Devils feiern höchsten Heimsieg der Teamgeschichte
Yup. The Sea Devils climbed the NFL Europe standings today by beating the Rhein Fire and establishing themselves firmly in a 4 way tie for second place.
Quarterback Casey Bramlet led the team with 3 touchdowns (one to 49er player Marcus Maxwell and another to former Stanford basketball player Teyo Johnson). The final score 34-9 doesn't even begin to reflect the destruction the Sea Devils handed to the Fire. Fire tight end Sean Mulcahy responded angrily to questions about the Fire's performance: "It was embarrassing. We don't deserve to be in the same building as these guys."
Amen.
Hopefully, the Sea Devils can continue to play this well later in the season.
"It's not a game, it's a party."
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Draft Doublespeak
"High Upside/ Lots of Potential"
-Translation: He's athletic, but doesn't know how to play football.
"A Deep Threat"
-Translation: fast, poor route runner
"A West Coast-type receiver"
-Translation: slow
"A High-Value Pick"
-Translation: Doesn't fit with the team's needs
"A Great Fit..."
-Translation: Could have been picked about 5 picks later or more.
"A Great Cornerback for the Cover 2"
-Translation: Too slow
"A Great Route Runner"
Translation: Too slow and too small
"A Great Receiver Out of the Backfield"
-Translation: Too small to play running back
"A Tweener"
-Translation: Doesn't really play any position particularly well
"He Has Some Character Issues"
-Translation: He ran over his ex's boyfriend with a truck and got caught with a lot of crack. He also loves money and hates football.
"He Has Some Character Issues"
-Translation: He's black, you can barely understand him, he has dreadlocks, and he once he got pulled over with a friend with a pocket full of marijuana
"Dominant Inside Presence"
-Translation: Big fat guy
"A QB who would do fine in a West Coast system"
-Translation: poor arm strength
"A Coverage Linebacker"
-Translation: He can't tackle
"A John Elway type of QB"
-Translation: Big arm with no accuracy
"A Red Zone Threat"
-Translation: A big TE or WR who's too slow
"A Gap Filler"
-Translation: A DL who doesn't pass rush
"Needs to work on his technique"
-Translation: An ex-track star or basketball player who doesn't know how to play football
"An Aggressive Pass Rusher"
-Translation: A 3rd down blitzer who can't tackle or cover the run
"A Franchise..."
- Translation: He's good.
"A Great Run Blocker"
-Translation: A Poor pass blocker
"A Great Pass Blocker"
Translation: A poor run blocker
"A Really Bright Kid"
-Translation: There's no particular reason to draft this guy except that he grew up with either a sob story or he's not a complete moron
"A Franchise QB"
-Translation: A high pick QB
"A Great Blocking TE"
Translation: He's too slow and he can't catch
"A Small School Player"
-Translation: Who the hell is this guy?
"A Dominant College Player"
- Translation: Too small, slow to play in the NFL, but will probably get drafted because he was on a good team or was the only decent player on a terrible team.
"Questions About His Durability"
-Translation: Either he broke his leg in three places in a horrific career ending injury or he happened to have the only injury of his life a month before the combine.