Flawless Thoughts

Ryan Grant joins a long list of players injured in the first week of the NFL season and while I am always very sad for them and their careers, I am also selfishly thinking about my fantasy teams. Tom Brady and Javon Walker come to mind from the last few years. When you take a player in the first couple of rounds and he gets jacked up for the season in the first game, it feels terrible. But there's nothing you can do, it's kind of like going all in with ace-king only to be beaten by a suited nine- ten. Speaking of injuries, Bob Sanders just tore his biceps again! That's not going to help the Colts, who seem to need help in a division that has really matured in the past five years.

Josh Freeman and the Bucs had a good week in Tampa Bay, but no one was able to see it down there because of a blackout. What is wrong with Tampa Bay? Their NFL team won the Super Bowl in 2002, their NHL team won the Stanley Cup in 2004, and in 2008 their MLB team had an exciting season that led them to a World Series! All this and the attendance at those teams' home games has been terrible.

The Yanks and Rays are in the middle of a tense series. The first two of three have been decided in extra innings. Tonight's game will be exciting for the Yankees, along with the next two weeks as they also have series against the Red Sox and then the Rays again. It's too bad that the best part of the baseball season has to overlap into the football season. Right when penant and wild card races are getting very interesting, football comes in and takes the wind out of the sails. It would be great if once the football season starts, the MLB had no games on Sundays or Mondays.

By the way - So Long to Jay Mariotti, it was awesome hearing you berate athletes for every little thing they do wrong, but apparently everyone makes mistakes.