Matt Leinart fighting for backup QB job in Arizona … Early camp interceptions no concern for Ben Roethlisberger … Knowshon Moreno remains unsigned in Denver … Tom Brady wonders if missing ’08 preseason slate hurt … Jim Zorn, Albert Haynesworth not concerned about injection … Terrell Suggs out with foot injury, but no one seems worried … Jason Taylor ready to play vital role again for Dolphins … Greg Olsen replaces Desmond Clark as Bears’ starting tight end … In mind and body, Frank Gore is fresh … NBA, players to start talking about new CBA deal … Jason Williams to work out for Knicks … P.J. Hairston commits to Roy Williams and UNC … OT: All aboard
Roger Goodell’s ruling fails Michael Vick, players … Vick suspension doesn’t match nature of crime, behavior pattern … Goodell makes the correct call … T.O. needs reality check over Vick … Where Vick might end up … Vick to Redskins rumors already started … Shawne Merriman returns to field … Philip Rivers looks to fine tune short game … Broncos unsigned first rounders Knowshon Moreno and Robert Ayers fail to report to camp … Reinstatement report just more false hope for Pete Rose … Hall monitors should lighten up on Rose … Mark Jackson, Kurt Rambis on short list for T-Wolves coaching job … BCS changes could force Rose Bowl to take non-BCS team … Shaq denied entrance to White House … OT: Bah-dee
During a given off-season, any number of teams across the NFL make questionable personnel decisions, whether it be a head-scratching coaching change or wasting valuable draft picks in a manner that makes you question the sanity of the brass making those decisions. Many times, however, we must take a wait-and-see approach during the season before we can effectively judge the competency of such moves. Well, today I say screw that.
“Somebody take the wheel!”
This was the statement that Kenny Badd heard me belt out during this year’s NFL draft as my beloved Broncos used the 12th-overall pick to select Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno. I didn’t say this because I thought Moreno was a bad player, I said it simply because Moreno would make the seventh running back on a team with the 29th-ranked defense in the league last season. That’s incredibly frustrating as a fan.
So in order for me to really express my frustration and to help others fully understand the source of my angst, let me put the Broncos off-season in historical terms by giving you parallels between what’s going on now and how it would have looked about 25 years ago.
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