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It is being reported today that Buffalo Bills cornerback Terrence McGee will be out for Sunday’s game against the San Diego Chargers.

That sprained left knee just hasn’t healed enough.  This is bad news for a Bills defense that might be out with pro bowl DE Aaron Schobel also. 

The only good news for the Bills secondary is that FS Ko Simpson praticed today and is listed as probable.  Also the Chargers #1 WR is listed at doubtful (Chris Chambers). 

Even more bad news came out though as CB Ashton Youboty was limited in pratice and is a 50-50 shot to play.

This means that 1st round pick, Leodis McKelvin will have a big role in the game Sunday.  Let’s see how the rookie does.  Lets go Buffalo!

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How many Redskins fans can recall the plight of the New Orleans Saints QB, Drew Brees?

Drew Brees came in to the league as a second round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers, after having played college ball at Purdue University. While in college, Brees enjoyed significant success by setting a number of Big 10 Conference records, bowl games, the Maxwell Award for the nations most outstanding player, and a two-time finalist for the Heisman Trophy. But, his entry to the NFL game was not smooth, to say the least.

In his rookie season, Brees stepped on the field one time. After a coaching change to Marty Schottenheimer, Brees became the starter. Yet, by his third year, Brees found himself sharing the position with Doug Flutie. In his third season, he was named the starter. But, the team went 4-12 that season and thus earned the top pick in the following draft, in which they acquired Philip Rivers. But a funny thing happened along the way of on the road of public sentiment to run Brees out of town. Philip Rivers held out of training camp over a contract dispute and thus, wasn’t ready to replace Brees as the starter when the season began.

Ooops!

What happened next is truly the upside of being patient. In his fourth season, and one that he really wasn’t supposed to have, Drew Brees achieved the third best QB rating of 104.8, was elected to the Pro Bowl, and was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year. At the end of the following season, and another strong performance, he was traded to the New Orleans Saints to make room for Rivers.

In his first season with the Saints, Brees threw for more 4,000 yards and once again earned a position in the Pro Bowl. He has continued to grow as a QB and has led the Saints to the playoffs, and even the NFC Championship game against the Chicago Bears on January 21, 2007.

Redskins fans might want to sit up and take notice of the upside of being patient with Jason Campbell. Drew Brees, as well as other QBs, have had at least two or more years in the same offense before they began to have real success. Matt Hasselbeck needed almost five years before the light came on; before he understood what he was supposed to be doing. Jason Campbell, by comparison, has had seven months! That’s it.

Now, I realize that I could capture a great deal of attention if I bash the Redskins, Jason Campbell, Jim Zorn, and especially the front office. But, I’m not going there. I fully believe that Mr. Daniel Snyder has grown tremendously as an owner and is beginning to figure it all out. It only took him about 9 years, coupled with one-on-one tutoring from Joe Gibbs.

Imagine what the Skins offense will look like once the light comes on in JC and the entire offense. Let’s be patient and allow him time to grow. The current chatter in the media, and fan comments on other blogs, about bringing in Todd Collins, and prepping Colt Brennan for next year is only going to hinder the process.

So, I’m calling all Redskins fans: Let’s remember the journey of Drew Brees and remember, there is an upside to being patient.

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It is being reported by NFL.com that Jason Peters has told the Bills today that he will be ending his holdout and report to the team on Saturday.  The Pro Bowl left tackle will NOT be in Sundays game.  It will be interesting to see what kind of game shape he is in and how quick he can pick up the new offense.  Big news for the Bills who lost starting LB Angelo Crowell for the season yesterday.  The Bills will have a two week period to activate Peters.  Hopefully he will be ready for Week 2.  

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Isn’t it great that we can say the New York Football Giants are World Champions for the next 51 weeks?  It was 17 long years since the Giants won a Super Bowl.  At least Coach Coughlin didn’t walk out on the team with the entire coaching staff (what was that about Tuna?).  The Giants were able to hold onto T.C. and Spags.  Tom Coughlin is the only Giants Head Coach to win a Super Bowl for Big Blue other than Parcells so it really is special.  For a while, it kind of seemed like Parcells put a hex on the Jints.  Not anymore…we can all boast about the G-MEN being crowned king for another year.

The Giants went to the Super Bowl twice this decade.  The 2000-2001 team got smoked by the nasty defense of the Ravens led by the murderer.  Since 2000, the AFC has won every Super Bowl except for the 2002-2003 Bucs team and the 2007-2008 Giants team.  Dexter Jackson was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXVII, and his quote was “I did what I do, I did what I do, I did what I do” in the most incoherent way possible.  Good times.  The Bucs traded Jackson away in the offseason, and probably because Jon Gruden couldn’t understand what Jackson was saying.  So Big Blue is only the second team to take down an AFC team in this decade that has been dominated by the AFC.

Newsday:

Super catch gets a name - Newsday allowed their readers to choose from their 10 best names about the catch.  Then Newsday got it down to two finalists which were ‘Destiny’s Catch’ and ‘The Hail Mara’, and the winner is ’Destiny’s Catch’ (submitted by Josh from NYC).

New York Daily News:

Adrian Peterson & Terrell Owens lead NFC’s rally in Pro Bowl - Don’t worry Giants fans.  T.O. had a big game in the Pro Bowl, but Demarcus Ware fumbled a kick off return and Tony Romo threw a pick.  Why would Ware be returning kicks?  It’s a great question.  The AFC was trying to kick the ball away from Hester so it ended up near Ware.  The Cowboys tried to give the game away when they were in there.

New York Post:

WHAT’S IN A NAME? MILLION$ - Janet Frankston Lorin wrote an article about corporations paying millions of dollars to get their name on a stadium.  Janet primarily focuses on the New York/New Jersey franchises that have just moved into a new stadium or the franchises that will move into a new stadium very soon.  I hate the fact that corporations are even allowed to do this because the owners will pocket the cash if it is available.  So there is no incentive for the Owners to create names for stadiums that become have a chance to become a legendary stadium like Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, Ebbotts Field, and all of the others that have been closed down already.  And then you have the corporations that put their name on stadiums and subsequently went belly up so the stadium had to get a new name.  It’s pathetic.

New York Times:

The Super Bowl Spotlight Shines on a Changed Man - Greg Bishop and Pete Thamel relive the hard times that David Tyree lived through before transforming into a superstar in Super Bowl XLII.

Highlights Showed a Hard Worker - Pete Thamel takes you through David Tyree’s path to the NFL.

Peterson and Owens Put on Show in Pro Bowl

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