Wednesday, March 22, 2006

NFL moves: TO in Big D, Adam V to Indy, Garcia to Philly

Terrell Owens [w]rapped up his stay in Philadelphia with a little ditty on his web site aimed at the Eagles, soon after his release from Philly and subsequent signing with Dallas. Good luck to Jerry Jones - he'll need it. And Drew Bledsoe should start taking some herbal green tea to prepare for the turbulent months ahead. "Ha ha - that's funny."

Adam Vinatieri, who was not stuck with the Patriots' franchise tag again, signed with the Colts. Reminds me somewhat of Johnny Damon going to the Yankees. We'll miss you in Foxboro, Adam. Another similarity to the Damon signing: the loss of Vinatieri hurts NE two ways: they lost a clutch kicker, and he signed with a conference rival. Chances are the Pats won't have a knee-jerk reaction by signing Mike Vanderjagt, the departed "idiot" kicker. After all, if they wouldn't pay big money to their own guy in the prime of his career, why would they pay it to someone else?

Jeff Garcia signed with the Eagles, meaning that Mike McMahon's days with the Iggles are over. What a disaster that turned out to be. And the fact that last year Andy Reid went with McMahon over Koy Detmer spoke volumes for Detmer's future, too. See ya, Koy. Garcia may be an old, bald guy who throws INTs as well as McNabb, but he also can learn how to hold for kickers.

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