The Bell-Bly trade was just one of many interesting NFL moves today.
1. Steelers cut Joey Porter. For such a short article, it's heavy on great lines, like this one:
Over the past couple of days, Pittsburgh shopped Porter in trade discussions and there was some interest. In the end, the Steelers decided to give him the chance to find a new team instead of sending him somewhere he might not want to go.
Translation: they fired him. What a considerate organization! (I could be wrong, but doesn't it sound like John Clayton is just bending over backwards to compliment the Steelers here?) Besides, of course they couldn't trade him. Porter's good enough that his team would only go around offering him in a trade if they were about to cut him.
Porter and running back Verron Haynes were released Thursday as the Steelers got under the salary cap. But the decision to release Porter wasn't as much a cap move as it was a change in direction. A three-time Pro Bowl performer, Porter turns 30 on March 22. And with new coach Mike Tomlin taking over for Bill Cowher, the Steelers were looking to go in a different direction with their linebacking corps.
That direction? Slower. "We're looking to get less physical this year," Tomlin ought to have said.
Porter is one of the league's most outspoken players and is willing to verbally challenge opponents.
Yeah, I guess you could say that.
2. Cowboys cut Drew Bledsoe. The article mentioned that Bledsoe is seventh all-time in career passing yardage. Mostly, I just wanted to link to this list, which I promise will absolutely blow your mind. The lesson: some stats are more important than others. A lot more important.
3. Lorenzo Neal got a three year extension. He's thirty-five. Am I the only one who thinks that's a little long?
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I just love those mercy cuts . . . and Lorenzo Neal getting a three-year extension is like signing Scottie Pippen to a 10-year deal.
he can go hang out with bvp... see what he's up to.