The Ramble: Vince Young, That Urlacher Guy, Terrell Owens and Other NFL Stuff
Published November 16, 2006
Let’s talk NFL. Two sentences per entry … that’s my rule and I’m sticking to it.
Vince Young. He is just as good in the NFL as he was at Texas. The problem is that the Longhorns are better than the Titans.
Brian Urlacher. Watching Urlacher every week is a treat that comes from having DirecTv’s NFL Direct Ticket. Not only is he the best linebacker in the business, he also bears an uncanny resemblance to former Bears great Dick Butkus.
Celebrating Players. Nothing looks more ridiculous than a 260-pound football player doing a silly, celebratory dance routine. Critics of the league say that the NFL stands for the “No Fun League” because of the ban on celebrations, but the league just wants to keep these guys from making fools of themselves.
Terrell Owens. It’s amazing that Owens gets so much press for being the third or forth best receiver on his team and the fifth or sixth best receiver in any given game. He leads the league in dropped passes and destroying teams.
Michael Vick/Ron Mexico. He hasn’t gotten any better, so he’s gotten worse, and the Falcons are past their peak. His helter skelter style of play won’t win many big games in the NFL and as he gets older and takes more punishment he will rapidly become less effective.
The Cincinnati Bengals. As the team sinks below .500 perhaps it’s time to consider that all of the Bengals off-field problems are causing them to have on-field problems. Bad characters with bad character can infect a team and adversely effect performance.
The Detroit Lions. The worst-run team in the NFL and they don’t get enough heat for it. They're the NFL equivalent of Duke football.
Raider Fans. The Oakland Raider fans should be credited for coming out every week and giving their team 100% support despite the fact that Al Davis has been putting a lousy product on the field for years. The fans of the silver and black deserve better.
Sal Marinello is a National Strength and Conditioning Association Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer, a U.S.A. Weightlifting Certified Coach, a full-time, private Professional Strength and Conditioning Coach, an assistant football coach and a Head Strength Coach for a suburban New Jersey High School. He writes a lot and has no free time. 
- The Ramble: Vince Young, That Urlacher Guy, Terrell Owens and Other NFL Stuff
- Published: November 16, 2006
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Sal wrote: "Jacked Up On ESPN. The Jacked Up segment on ESPN's studio show where Tom Jackson highlights the hard hits of the week is embarrassing. Jackson and his studio mates all yell "jacked up" to coincide with the hard hits that they show, and is the kind of garbage that you'd expect on pro wrestling or local access and not ESPN."
Especially when Steve Young is one of the participants in this "sophmoric drivel." If I recall wasn't the last play of Young's career one where he got "jacked up?" And didn't "Irvin the Shouter's" career also end on a "jacked up moment?"
Makes you wonder what these guy's are thinking.
buzz:
great point about steve young...i guess everyone has a price.
They have a rule on Jacked Up: No hits where the guy gets injured or comes out for a long period of time.
"They have a rule on Jacked Up: No hits where the guy gets injured or comes out for a long period of time."
Then I guess that makes this childish segment OK! I'll have to reconsider my take on this..... NOT!
the curling network has a feature called "slid up" where the stones bang into each other....but they don't show any clips where the stones got injured....
Buzmeg,
I wasn't defending the segment, just pointing something out I think was overlooked. You mentioned Steve Young's career ending hit and under the rule I stated, they wouldn't have shown it.
Just trying to be fair. Re-commence ESPN bashing.
ESPN should have a "Jacked Up" segment where all they show are NHL players' dental X-Rays...
I have to admit, when that segment first came out and everyone chanted "jacked up!"; I really liked it. But man, that was years ago and this year I found out they save the #1 jacked up for Halftime like that's gonna make me stay on that channel during the break. It's way past original, although I do like to see the great hits.
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