...Peter King says

I have a love/hate relationship with SI's Peter King. Definitely knows the game of football but usually undermines his intelligence by making statements like this:

"I think the only quarterbacks, long-term, I'd take over Romo right now are
Brady and Peyton Manning. Romo doesn't have the deep arm of Carson
Palmer or Roethlisberger, but he has the improvisational ability equal to,
or better than, anyone beyond the top two."

He then goes on to name Roethlisberger one of his Offensive Players of the Weeks and calls his performance against Miami "heroic" and his performance against Cincinnati in another rain storm "virtuoso". See what I'm saying with the love/hate thing?

First of all, Ben doesn't improvise as well as the "elite" QB's in the NFL??? I don't want to say that Ben doesn't get any respect because he certainly is morea and more as this season has progressed. After getting off to a much better start this season he is beginning to wash away memories of his horrific season in '06. But Peter, throw away Romo's flashy stats for a moment. You mean to tell me that you would take Tony Romo as a long term option over Roethlisberger at this point? Ben, who was thrown in to a game in Baltimore, goes 15-1, wins Rookie of the Year and the very next year gets his team to, and wins, Super Bowl XL! Ummm, fill me in on Romo's outstanding resume to this point of his career? He hasn't even started a full season yet AND was responsible for the Cowboy's early exit from last season's playoffs with that memorable botched snap Now I know they're are intangibles to consider but let's watch Tony play a couple more years before we throw his name up on the Ring of Honor at Texas Stadium.


Hump Day News:

• So Jacksonville finally made national news for something other than Jaguars blackouts and poor ticket sales. I saw this on CNN...hey, I didn't say it was good news! http://www.news4jax.com/news/14747996/detail.html



• Brit-Brit takes home $47k a month and homegirl can't get a decent weave to celebrate her 26th b-day last weekend? At least she got her nails done for a change.

• Let's play pretend! SI.com has a 16-team BCS playoff bracket where you can vote on first round matchups like Tennessee vs. Ohio State and Virginia Tech vs. the Zookers (Illinois) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/12/05/ultimate.playoff/index.html?eref=T1

• Inspiring Story of the Day: I went to middle school with this guy. The last time I saw him was in Mr. Monsch's music room practicing a dramatic interpretation for the Forensics team. Now he is on NBC every Monday night and will play Dr. Spock in the upcoming Star Trek remake. Nice to see if you work hard enough you can make it....(tear, sniffle). Damn I should have been nicer to him...lol!

• The spread on Patriots vs. Steelers on Sunday stands at 14. Guess who's favored?
• Heisman Presentation this Saturday night. So, who's going to come in 2nd? Tebow for President!
• Bad feet spotting: Lindsay Lohan. Her big toe is the same size as her head!
• For real...is there anyone more gross these days than Amy Winehouse? And I think she dressed up here. http://www.tmz.com/2007/12/05/wino-busts-out/