Redemption Songs

Does a first ballot Hall of Fame quarterback need redemption? Apparently so. And he’s not the only one.

Breakfast with Glenn and Steve - A Beautiful Light

The booths in The Good Egg are lacquered hard wood without cushions or covers.  The tabletops are Formica edged with brushed metal.  Plastic salt and pepper shakers flank a bowl of creamers and a small, rectangular plastic container with disheveled white, yellow, pink and blue packets of sweeteners sits on every table.  The walls are dotted with watercolor seascapes featuring lighthouses or ships under sail.  Three friends occupy a booth near the back.  They consider their menus as their fresh coffee cools in large ceramic mugs.

Rooting for Nate

I finally got around to looking for the YouTube video of Nate Ebner that Patriots Nation has been chattering about and before I got to his rugby highlights I found this. I know Nate Ebner is not the first athlete who has suffered personal tragedy (not even the only one on the Patriots) or had to overcome difficulties in their life. Maybe it was that I was expecting to see rugby but instead I was faced with really real life; a good man struck down senselessly and a son left to deal with the rest of his life without his father. Even before I started watching the video below, I knew I’d be rooting for Nate Ebner.  After watching it, I realized just how easy that was going to be…

Oh, and for all those Pigskin Pundits and Bobbleheads who questioned using a 6^th round pick on a rugby player? Yeah, Bill Belichick is smarter than you.

The Truth Hurts

Ignorant?  Disrespectful?  He did call the Jets defense the best in the league.  You know what's been lost in the juvenile trash talk and sanctimonious smack?  Bill Belichick, father of the year, sharing a tender moment with his son.

Say Ow

His name was an affirmation of the game he played. Say Ow. He played linebacker in the NFL for 20 years.  Not quarterback.  Linebacker.  He played 268 games and made 1,526 tackles.  Maybe that was too many. Just three years after he played his last game, Junior Seau is dead.

Haters Gonna Hate

I think it’s pretty classy of Jim Harbaugh to make an actual apology apology. I hate the non-apology apology. You know what I mean. If I offended anyone. If you offended anyone? Why else do you think you’re apologizing, exactly?  As far as it goes, Harbaugh was right about one thing. Haters gonna hate. If you’re still tagging your tweets with #Cheatriots or #Belicheat you don’t need John Harbaugh to tell you to continue wallowing in your pathetic, red-eyed recriminations, sobbing and bleating “Why, God, why?”

Those guys are such a bring down.

These guys are a cool breeze.

In Bill We Trust

When your team goes completely off the board and drafts a kid that SI.com doesn’t even have a picture of, you tell yourself that genius is the exception, not the rule.  Maybe they see something in this young man that other teams didn’t.