Sorry. Here I am to catch up on a few things from the past week...
1. Vince Young will be on the cover of Madden 08. Good for him, I guess.
Much is made of the Madden curse. It's not a self-fulfilling prophecy, but it almost feels like one. The real problem is that a) football is a very violent game, and b) Electronic Arts typically selects a cover athlete who's already very well-known. Unfortunately, the players are therefore often a year (Shaun Alexander) or more (Ray Lewis) off their actual prime, and old enough that a serious injury is more likely.
Young is an up-and-comer, and to avoid a horrible pun let's just say he has less age than most of those guys. I think he'll be fine.
2. Of course, the reason EA went with such a youthful player is that superstar Chargers back LaDainian Tomlinson turned them down. Why? Money. No surprise that'd be a point of contention, considering how "generous" EA is with its regular employees.
3. That's why real men are holding out for All Pro Football 2K8. (Now there's a story I'll keep on top of. As soon as I hear anything concrete, you'll know it.)
4. The Joey Crawford-Tim Duncan thing was pretty interesting. I didn't have a very strong opinion on it before the NBA suspended Crawford, mostly because both guys had such differing takes on the situation and it was hard to tell what really happened, though the video seemed to favor Duncan. It seems pretty obvious that Duncan was telling the truth now, doesn't it? Just crazy.
5. Speaking of Duncan, the Nuggets will face the Spurs in the first round. That series starts on Sunday. I'm going with a Spurs over Pistons Finals this year-again-so you can probably tell what I think will happen in that series. The Nuggets are 10-1 in April so far, if you didn't notice, so I do think they can make it interesting. But I'm sure we'll talk about this more later. I'm going to bed.
Comments
I agree that VY will be fine this year, but more because I swear I saw a play at UT in which he rolled his ankle 360 degrees juking a K-State defender . . . so there is no way he can get hurt.
I missed the video on the Duncan thing, but the whole Duncan-Crawford episode was bizarre . . . I wonder if Crawford will be back.
I am sorry to say I agree with your take on the Nuggets-Spurs. This one won't be pretty.
It'll probably feature past legends/Hall of Famers. Not sure yet, though. It's sad, the EA exclusivity deals with the NFL and NFLPA last a few more years, so it definitely won't be an NFL game.