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“Ok, Artex! It's the battle of the 4 and 6's tonight!”

“ah the giants and bucs. the bigger they are.....etc”

“The Buncs over the Grunts by 5!”

“Dang! Miami puts Fiddler in, they march right down and score, force the Hogs to 3 and out, then start marching...


That's where I fell asleep. Bad Fin Fan! Bad Fin Fan!!”

“I'll probably be in bed and will miss the game. Oh well. I can't say that I'm terribly crushed.”

“Getting a little complacent about this season, Santarty? Well, so am I!”

“Don't feel bad guys. Somebody's gotta lose. Most years it's us Philly fans. Still might be, for all I know.

And then there was Army
Oh yes, there was Army.”

“Yeah, I don't feel too bad, seeing as we finally got our Superbowl trophy last year. I just wish they weren't so satisfied. :-) Still, gotta love the NFL in general. It's fun following all the other teams. Great sport.”

“My team might suck, but at least they beat the Brown stains!”

“Hey Arty. Yeah, the Giants are giving plays away again. And penalties. You know, the usual. What a philanthropic bunch!”

“johnson is intercepted!”

“It's the only way the Giants seem to score touchdowns. Otherwise, you can depend on counting their scores by threes...”

“hey arty. your reaction on kj being deactivated?”

“So, do you have any pictures? I'm looking for a gay backpacking budy, and I have the 2 man tent allready.”

“Keyshawn fails to deliver, again

By Adam Rank
Special to NFL.com

(Nov. 24, 2003) -- A show of hands please: How many people got up early Sunday morning to catch the FOX pregame show in hopes that Ashton Kutcher and Jon Gruden would show up on the set and announce that Keyshawn Johnson had been "Punk'd?"

It didn't happen.

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Instead, what was supposed to be a revealing insight into what happened in Tampa Bay last week turned out to be much ado about nothing. It was kind of like Johnson's playing career -- a failure to deliver on his promise.

After being badgered by former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson, Keyshawn Johnson bemoaned a lack of respect from Gruden.

Respect?

Johnson was the first overall selection in 1996 draft -- taken in front of Simeon Rice (No. 3, Arizona), Marvin Harrison (No. 18, Indianapolis), and Ray Lewis (No. 26, Baltimore). Tampa Bay traded two first-round picks for Johnson and gave him a $13 million signing bonus. And now he's complaining because he doesn't get enough hugs?

"It wasn't a matter of 'Hey, you're not throwing me the football'. It was a matter of dealing with me as a human being and a man," Johnson said.

It's worse than when Vincent Vega requested that the Wolf say "please" in Pulp Fiction. Shouldn't a professional athlete be past this sort of verbal reassurance typically reserved for third graders that want their art project hung on the refrigerator?

Johnson was paid a lot of money to not score touchdowns and to pout on the sidelines. Isn't that enough respect? As has been mentioned in this space in the past, Keenan McCardell and Joe Jurevicius were much more important to the offense than Johnson. He's not fast. He doesn't separate well from defenders. Johnson should count his blessings that he has been able to fool enough people for this long. Brian Bosworth would have had this type of career if he had managed to stay healthy.

Johnson will land a job next season. As the old adage goes, there is a sucker born every minute. He even went so far as to say that he would return to Tampa Bay this season.

"I would get on a private jet and fly in for [Monday's] game," Johnson said.

Don't waste your time sitting by the phone, Keyshawn.”

“First off: Yay! Bucs win.

As for Keyshawn, I was shocked at first, but I don't think the Bucs would have taken such drastic measures unless it was absolutely necessary. We can only speculate about what really goes on in the locker room and team meetings. I'm really glad they deactivated him. It's a bold move, and a wake-up call to smart-a$$ athletes in all pro sports. I wish more teams would have the gusto to do the same.”

“Pat vs. Colts! Awesome!

Incredible game, incredible ending. Both teams took turns being on fire while the other team looked like a bunch of punks. Pats, with three turnovers in the second half give the Colts a chance to burn up a 3 touchdown deficit and the Colts capitalize. Ultimately, it all comes down to a goal line stand, Colts with enough time and four points behind, can't get it in in four tries. Ouch!

Easy to say both teams deserved the win. The difference: two awesome kick returns by the Pats.”

“Bah, the Jags are just going to lose again, grumble grumble.”

“That was probably the most exciting NFL game this season. Good stuff!”

“I can't stand it, the pats were trying really really hard to give the game away....”

“But unlike the Bucs, they didn't. :-) They played great, and hung in there when the tough got going.”

“Can this really be the steelers?

Horrible.”

“Yep mb, Brady and the whole offense made it a lot more exciting than it needed to be. I thought they were cooked when the Colts had second and goal at the 1.”

“WOOHOO! 7 - 5!! Hey, that second half was as ugly as your grandparents screwing but HEY, we're Bengals fans! We'll take anything!

Good to see Brady and the Pats hold on to win. Now when Willy McGinniss was hurt near the sidelines ya just know the Colts fans were callin' him a puss. Had to have stunned them when the Puss stuffed 'em at the line. I love irony!”

“I wonder what they were hollerin' at Ole Willie. They might have figured (correctly?) he was faking it to buy a little time since the Pats had no more time outs.”

“The Steelers lost it in the last minute of play!”

“GO BEARS”

“thank you, JETS!”

“I'm just amazed the Jags won again.”

“Colts go down this coming Sunday in Tenn.”

“Air McNare is AMAZING! Just a flick of the rist and the damn ball goes 2 miles up and 75 yards downfield. It's a joy to watch someone like that throw.”

“Colts go down and kick some tennesee kitten butt this coming Sunday.”

“11-1. Denver newspapers are calling the Chiefs a "fraud". That's funny, considering the Chiefs play the same schedule as the Broncos. We will find out about fraud come Sunday.”

“dante halls 15 minutes are up, the chiefs are starting to look human, but i still (reluctantly) say theyre the best team playing”

“Any team that falls at the hands of my Bengals are clearly human...maybe even subhuman. LOL!”

“sorry, nige, you cant play the "my team sucks" card for pity anymore. the bungholes are in first place in their division at the moment. as are my dolts, but barely.”

“I don't have to play the pity card. It is a built in benefit of being a Bengal's fan! So HA!”

“so what did anybody think about the LT interview on 60 minutes?”

“Who's LT?








(j/k, I am so glad that dude ain't beating up on my Eagles anymore...)”

“What a damn sham and a half! The guy makes the NFL sound like a den of iniquity just because he was running around snorting everything he could and screwing everyone he could. Like Boomer Esiason said, “That’s not the NFL I played in.”. So the guy plays off being a total dirt bag until he brings out a book and now he’s like Mr. I’mcomingclean.

It was nothing more than a plug for his book.”

“maybe he and rush could do a book together”

“Looks like the Bengals are gonna get beat. I knew this was going to be a hard game to win if it could be won at all. They can still get into the playoff if they bounce back well.

Ya just gotta BELIEVE!!!”

“Marvin Harrison just made a sweet reception, watch for highlights!!”

“FUMBLE!”

“My only regret about this thread is that there don't seem to be any stinkin' Cowboys fans here...

Eagles win EIGHT in a row, top seed in NFC...”

“"Marvin Harrison just made a sweet reception, watch for highlights!!"
monkeyboy

one-handed, out-stretched, and turns his body around so that he lands on his back so as not to lose it or cause injury to himself. and picks up 42 yards and the first down. thatll go in that mans CAREER highlight tape. hell, thatll go in the nfl all-time hightlight reel. talk some trash now, keyshawn. yea THATS how my muthafukka gets his catches. shut up and go cash yo check.”

“Oh yeah baby, Colts win and take tops in division again. Thats two for two now against the Titans!!

We still be going to the Superbowl!”

“Gotta luv it when Peyton and Harrison hook up like that. I'll have to watch Sportscenter tonight.”

“It looks like Ray "Murderer" Lewis mugged the Cinncinati Bagels.”

“Yeah, TT, it's a shame. It's about time the Bengals had a season.”