MHR Grab-Bag: Dez, Ted Bartlett, and 1st Round Rookies

Ted is sorely missed at MHR. His Tuesday Shallow Thoughts columns were must reads.

Roy is so bad he should be carrying pads too.

I just don’t understand how this is a reflection of the player. The negotiations are between the agent and the team. Did it reflect poorly on Moreno or Ayers as players? How is it hypocritical if Tebow is a ‘holdout’ and not for the other 30 first round players that haven’t signed?

Shanny will do his thing as always, he is under the scope again…

He is a rookie and that is what rookies do. Since he won’t carry the pads, I am sure they will stick him with a HUGE restaurant bill somewhere down the line…HAHA!

On the draft picks, I am sure the will try to get things ironed out ASAP, however it can be a process so hopefully it won’t take to long. Decker signed, so the dominos continue to fall.

Shanahan will be an interesting one and I will keep an eye on the Redskins from time to time to see how he does.

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Friend Ted on Facebook and you will find out that he has been out of town. One of his buddies got married also.
I miss Horvil too Harv.
I think Shanny’s offense will do OK, but trying to go to the 3-4 with that defense is going to hurt his record, IMO. I guess we’ll see if he has anything left.

and I’m also glad we went with Demaryius. Their personalities are like night and day. Dez seems very arrogant to me, whereas Demaryius seems very humble. There is no doubt in my mind that McDaniels made the right decision for our team.

“Enmy quartbak must go dwn.”

Doesn’t sound like nonsense-talking to me!

though the dufus that runs the site now was probably Horvil the whole time. The “missing dog” was the biggest key that it was all a sham.

Or I should say that the same guy writes as both characters. I think he just got tired of doing pidgin all the time and wanted to do a little more in-depth analysis.

Unfortunately, while Horvil Tiki is unique in the sports blogosphere, you don’t have to go far to find a cranky guy who posts about the Broncos. My hope is that he’ll be back once the season rolls around.

I did like Dublinski’s “Huckdort” counter for Jay Cutler, though, and the way he calls out Woody “Numbnuts” Paige.

1) I think hazing is stupid in general and stand by my belief that Bryant will be a vindicated star sooner rather than later.
2) Ted’s a great writer and I was sad to see him go; it’s a shame SmarterFans doesn’t seem to have worked.
3) I fully expect Tebow to sign before TC and hope Thomas does the same; it’s disturbing that this hasn’t happened yet.
4) Horvil Tiki was the single funniest member of any site ever and I miss him, too!
5) I think the NFC East is tough and I don’t believe the Redskins are playoff bound; too many changes…

I’m still not ready to call Dez a diva (full disclosure, I defended him as misunderstood durting the draft process). As easy as it is for me to say we don’t know if there was attitute from Williams, how it went down, etc.. It’s probably even easier for Bronco fans to jump on a receiver that the Broncos passed on.

Should Bryant be carrying Williams’ pads, though? Absolutely. He should be carrying every receiver’s pads now – and their safeties should lay the wood every chance they get. And Wade Phillips should have got on Bryant’s case.

As I said, I’m not ready to call Bryant a diva just yet. But it’s certainly a mistake. The way mistakes like that get corrected and never repeated… is to punish him (perhaps outside the offical book) in this case. Teach him he is a rookie by treating him like a rookie… not an all-pro like Phillips has done.

Dez will bring back the “white house” (of Cowboys lore)…I do miss Horvil, but I was lost as the site you’re talking about (DP?)…Shanny will get fired in less than 3 years.

THis is an isolated situation, and while I thought it was funny that there was any issue at all, I don’t think it’s a big deal. I happened to rush a fraternity the year after hazing was banned (due to an incident the previous year). I was disappointed, because I felt like I missed part of the experience. Humiliating, yeah, probably. I never really got off on hazing others, but I understood it as part of the game, I guess. As long as nobody gets physically permanently hurt, I guess I’m OK with it. However, the NFL IS a professional organization, and I’m not sure there’s a place for it there. College campuses, maybe. But you wouldn’t see a law office or hospital hazing first year lawyers and doctors. Or would you?