and good morning.

I love Rod Smith.

If Peter King thinks KC is going to be 8-8, he is smoking the super crack. KC is coming off a 2-14 season and somehow look even worse. They just fired their offensive coordinator after the third preseason game. Who does that? Not an 8-8 team. KC will be back in that 3-13 range this season.

I don’t see the Jets parting with a great player like David Harris, a player that is only 25 years of age. They don’t have the depth to lose their best LB.

Rod Smith is still one of the best players on our team. Forever a team leader, captain, defender, godfather, a man who understands the importance of a little wisdom applied at the right time. If anyone can get B Marsh’s head back on straight, it’s #80. The career may not be Canton-worthy, but outside of Shanahan has anyone had a bigger impact on the team in the last decade?

That’s a huge list of links… I dunno how you do it, NYC. Thanks, as usual!

Don’t know how we can go from

“There is no discussions whatsoever taking place between Denver Broncos and any team in the National Football League regarding Brandon Marshall,” McDaniels said. "We’re looking forward to having Brandon back on the 6th of September and starting our (season-opening) preparation with him.

To

The Denver Broncos would want New York Jets linebacker David Harris in any trade scenario for wide receiver Brandon Marshall, two NFL sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Wednesday.

Shefter also has reported that Denver is looking into a league violation of tampering by the Jets. So which one is it Adam? To me it seems like there is alot of speculation and misinformation floating around right now. Who are these sources anyway, Jamie Dukes and Porkchop.

Bwahahahahahahaha!! They’re gonna go from a 2-14 season, replace all their coaches and systems, fire their O-Coordinator after preseason game 3, but still win 6 more games this year. Right.

Apparently, Scott Pioli is a whole lot better than any of us ever suspected.

Thanks NYC.

Howells cuts actually made some sense to me. What we end up with after cuts will be interesting to see.

I’m wondering what Peter King is doing cause he certainly isn’t thinking straight. KC 8-8, come on, they have way to many issues on D and as much as I like Bowe at WR he’s very inconsistent. I also think they are better of with Thigpin than Cassell.

I’ve stopped reading the bombarge of theories on Marshall.

You mucy get up real early to put Horse Tracks together every morning

Jason LaCanfora’s report linked above makes it sound really certain the BRoncos are not the ones trying to work a Marshall trade. That and the Rod Smith news is reassuring to me that maybe, just maybe, they’ll be keeping Marshall and by gum maybe he’ll even play and contribute!

I’m crossing my fingers but that report was good to hear. We shall see…

And thanks as always nyc!

The Eagles are reportedly dangling him with Vick’s suspension likely to be cut in half, and they supposedly still want a Tight End. Surprising given Celek’s upside. Whatever the case, there was interest at one point in Scheffler, so you have to assume that remains.

Problem is, Scheffler is >>> Feeley so it makes no sense. I bet they just cut Feeley outright. I’d have a hard time even accepting Kolb for Scheffler, but Iggles pundits can dream if they want.

Cynics point to the fact that the TE is rarely utilized in a New England-style offense, but Scheffler plays more like a Wide Receiver anyway. Part of my lack of concern in how the Marshall situation pans out is the fact that Scheffer could step in and be the de facto WR1.

Paige calling Denver a 4-12 team.. Yikes. I know that would make me shaking mad. We have far more talent than a 4-12 team.

I think we’ll go 4-2 in the AFC West. Wins vs Cleveland, Dallas, Cincy and Washington would round out to 8-8.

Who do people think will survive the final cut? I’m leaning Barrett, younger with more upside. But we’ll see.

I wouldn’t be shocked to see Lamar Jordan cut, too, if Knowshon is indeed now healthy. And especially IF D Walker looks good tonight…

This type of news used to excite me, but it occurs to me that BM is really good with inititiative and really bad with follow through. I hope Rod Smith can save another day for the Broncos, but I’m not holding my breath. Maybe he buys us half a season…

in case you missed this, from Newark paper via RotoWorld:

A plane bearing a New York Giants logo was spotted in Denver overnight, but the Newark Star-Ledger reports it was a “coincidental” trip and had nothing to do with a potential Brandon Marshall trade.
The Giants don’t even own a private plane, and are having enough trouble choosing which of their eight wide receivers to keep. Rookie Hakeem Nicks is also coming on. Marshall would be a much better fit on the crosstown team.

Good ol’ contrasting/contradictory reporting.

I sure hope Marshall is wise enough to see the benefits that existential olive branch to Rod offers.