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Some other NFL things I'm thinking about:

1. Anquan Boldin . . . shut the hell up! Honestly, I don't get it. I really don't. In 2005, this guy signed a 6 year contract. Now he wants a new deal, and is willing to publicly shit all over the Cardinals in order to get one. I don't get it. Why sign a 6 year deal if you don't intend to honor it? YOU SIGNED THE CONTRACT, DIPSHIT. Nobody put a gun to his head. Seriously, this guy gets a lot of credit for his professionalism and work ethic, but that's measured within the bizarro world that is professional sports. In the real world, when you agree to do something for a certain amount of time for a certain amount of money and then don't even get half way through the job before you start complaining about the circumstances, you're an asshole. I refuse to measure people by a standard other than the real world. Anquan Boldin is an asshole. Do your job, dickhead. You're making millions of dollars, more money than you'll ever need. Quit complaining.

Also, Anquan Boldin has only played a full season twice in his five seasons in the NFL.

2. Who is butchering the offensive line in St. Louis? What the hell do they have going on down there? They've had two offensive linemen go down with season-ending injuries a year after basically losing everyone on their offensive line to injury in a disaster of a season. Are these guys made of glass, or are they a victim of poor conditioning, or is this just a run of terrible luck? At any rate, Scott Linehan is probably hiding a case of Depends in his office at this point. I mean, his job in St. Louis and probably his career as a head coach are on the line (literally!), and those guys just can't hold up. No good. Especially when your star tailback and best overall player is holding out. Yikes.

3. I'm not sold on the Pats defense. Not at all. They looked putrid against the Bucs "first team", with Brian Griese at quarterback. Griese completed 8 of 8 passes and had his offense on the field for over 9 minutes in their opening drive. It's a slow unit with very few playmakers, and if they can't get off the field, the pressure will be on New England's offense to match their incredible output from 2007. One wonders if the offense will be up to the task without a binder full of the opposition's defensive signals. ZAAAMMM!!