So I saw that the year turned over to the month of
August the other day and apparently this year has started heading into its own
dog days. Somebody forgot to tell the NFL, because it’s all getting started
with the Hall of Fame game tonight! We have lots to discuss in this inaugural
August edition of the Early Bird Sports Blog, so let’s get it.
Before the month turned to August, Adrian Peterson
said he would break the NFL Rushing record before the end of the 2017 season. With
me being the self-proclaimed Minnesota Vikings fan (going into my 15th
season as a loyal fan) I hope he gets to that make by then because his 7 year/
$100 million contract will be up after that season. Realistically, I think he
can attest to it. The real problem I have with all these predictions he’s been
throwing out their he is just setting himself up for failure and to be quite
honest, it’s relatively frustrating to hear a guy say such blasphemy all
because he has the authority to do because he just had one of the biggest
superhero seasons in sports history. The predictions I want to hear him say are
wanting to see his “team” go 16-0, win the Super Bowl, say Christian Ponder
will actually live up to his first round draft pick status, and other team related
predictions. I’d rather hear him put the ridiculous expectations on his team
instead of himself, because let’s be honest, his team didn’t tear an ACL &
MCL. My point: stop putting so much weight on your self when all you had was
one great 2,000 yard season. Look at Chris Johnson after he had 2,000 yards rushing,
he fell off hard and also Adrian isn’t a young 23 year old buck anymore. He’s
heading into the later end of his prime, and with the pounding he’s expecting
to take over the next 4 years with this potential record shattering career,
hopefully his knee’s don’t follow suit with that same expectation.
The MLB trade deadline came and went prior to this
August month changing and not many changes occurred. Jake Peavy went to the Red
Sox, Brian Wilson signed with the Enemy L.A Dodgers, and a couple other minor
deals that were not worth mentioning. It’s been this way the past couple
seasons where the trade deadline has really been a complete crap shoot. Back in
the day (like 5+ years ago), the trade deadline used to be the time of the year
where teams would make the push to get that needed bat for a world series push,
that reliever that would sew up the bullpen, or would dump their great players
to rebuild for the next couple seasons. Remember that blog where I brought up
how big time business is starting to ruin sports? Well, the MLB is starting to
feel that pressure especially with its lack of excitement because its lack of
in season off the field moves. They have these shows to host the trade deadline
movement for baseball, and all that happens is Harold Reynolds going from
station to station getting paid to sit on his butt and talking about fodder the
MLB network feeds him to tell all 30 markets their fate at the July 31st
deadline. If baseball wants to stay at the top with it’s exciting off the field
coverage in the transaction world of the game, stop signing premier guys to 10
year/ $250+ million deals and get the smaller contracts back in the game so
that the stars who are on washout teams can have the opportunity to play in the
most coveted and dramatic month in sports: October.
Back to the NFL shall we? That Pro Bowl event,
thing, All-star exhibition they set up at the end of the season is starting to
actually look like a Waikiki vacation hot spot. Seriously, no kick offs and
they only allow a couple of defensive reads to be played. Is this really a
representation of the best players in the game or is this a powder-puff-let’s-see-if-you-can-dance-athon
for the Defensive linemen and Offensive linemen competition? I can’t tell any
more. With the lack of blitzing, actual hitting, kickers doing nothing, and Hawaii
sunshine in a February setting, I can’t really determine what’s real anymore.
All I can say is at this rate, the Pro Bowl will be gone in the next 5 years.
Book it.
The College football preseason polls are now out for
the viewing public’s pleasure. Shocking
that the dynasty Alabama program is at the number spot representing a potential
8th and final BCS championship game with an SEC team holding the
prize again. I think this will be the year that College football actually gets
the lowest ratings especially in the BCS Bowl Season because this is the last
year before they put together the final four format starting in the 2014 season.
Sorry College Football, you are just too stupid right now when it comes to what
the fans have wanted for the past 6+ years, I think people are willing to skip
a year of watching the final game to watch who actually wins the championship
in 2015 with a legitimate playoff system in place. I’ll stick with my NFL where
the players actually get compensated for the money they have earned for their
respective organizations and have a playoff system where everything figures
itself in the country’s biggest game of every season.
How big of a deal is the Cooper racism story to me?
The only reason it’s news is because there is absolutely nothing else to talk
about. The moment week 1 in the NFL comes back, this will all be water under the
bridge and talk of X’s and O’s will dominate the airwaves once again. Everybody
says stupid things. He deserves the criticism but at the end of the day, he
didn’t kill anybody so let’s chill out with talking about firing this
individual for saying a racist remark that he clearly apologized for.
Tiger shot a 61 on Friday, only 2 shots off of tying
the PGA tour record. I was watching the round with my step-dad, and all I kept
saying was how he is having a video game round. The things he did on Friday
could only be duplicated by his own video game. His GIR was off the charts and
considering how sharp he looked, the PGA Championship should not be out of the
question here within the next month.
Greg Oden signed with the Miami Heat. Looks like
they spent money on another IR spot on their roster. The most amazing thing is
that this guy was drafted ahead of Kevin Durant who, without LeBron James,
would be the biggest superstar in the NBA. Fascinating how time dictates
legacies.
One last story before I get out of here. CLINT
DEMPSEY IS A SEATTLE SOUNDER! How awesome is that! The Captain of the USA
soccer team is representing the 206! Expect me to get to a couple games in the
next couple seasons to see the best player in our country.
The NFL is back everybody! Enjoy the preseason
injury report and hold your breath until opening day! See y’all next week.
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