20
Jan
2011
VIDEO: Brett Favre asks “What Should I Do?”
So the big news (at least at ESPN) this week is that Brett Favre officially filed his retirement papers … again. We didn’t just fall off the turnip truck, so although we may have been fooled 2-3 times in the past, we’re simply not buying it this time. Let’s wait until about Week 12 of next season (assuming there is a season), and see if Favre hasn’t yet been tempted to return for one final run at the Super Bowl. Then we’ll talk.
In the mean time, making fun of Favre will be our modus operandi around these parts. Let’s face it, you’ll be getting more than your share of genuine Favre hysterics/worship elsewhere over the next 6 months. And fortunately for us, someone went out and made this parody of the famous LeBron James “What Should I Do?” Nike commercial, featuring a pretty good Favre doppelganger. It covers all the basics, from dong shots to the retirement fake-outs, along with this mantra from the ole gunslinger: ”completions are way more awesome when you force ‘em through triple coverage! Remember that!”.
19
Nov
2009
Jeremy Shockey scoffs at LeBron James’ football-playing abilities
(Image: Twitter.com)
There has been a lot of chatter recently about the notion that LeBron James could somehow help the Cleveland Browns on the football field this season. In fact, earlier this week, James said that he could be “really good” if he put his time & energy into it, and the Browns (seemingly jokingly) even entertained the idea of bringing him on board. And who could blame them, right?
Well, don’t try to feed any of that jive to Jeremy Shockey! The Saints TE made his feelings on the subject clear via his Twitter account earlier today. saying that James couldn’t “even make a practice squad”, and calling out his 40 time as proof. Now, we’re not sure why Shockey feels so threatened by King James, but it makes for good blog fodder on a slow work day, and that’s good enough for us!
UPDATE: Giants’ WR Steve Smith has weighed in on his Facebook page, saying that he wouldn’t want to have to defend James. Of course, Smith plays offense. So he somehow managed to make this even more of a moot point. Way to go, Steve.
(Image: Facebook.com)
As we previously noted, James was an All-State WR in high school, and Randy Moss even suggested that he could be a better pro than Antonio Gates. Continue reading after the jump for the latest ESPN segment that got Shockey so fired up.
29
Oct
2009
Browns fans to protest their next home game
Not even LeBron James can save this mess. (Source: Chicago Sun-Times)
Some fed-up Browns fans are organizing a”late arrival” to the team’s November 16th Monday Night Football game against the Baltimore Ravens. The letter below, by “Dawg Pound Mike,” urges fans to stay away from their seats until after kickoff, to make it clear to the team, the league, and the world, that they are “tired of this product on the field.”
While ESPN has caught hold of the story, it must be noted that many fans aren’t buying into it.
Head Honcho of The Orange and Brown Report, Barry McBride said it best: “An empty stadium is embarrassing, sure, but to who?”
Below is a version of the email that’s being passed around. All-caps! Shouting!
Hello Browns Backers!!
WE ARE TIRED OF THE LOSSES! WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING EACH YEAR COME AND GO AND SEE NO IMPROVEMENT AND THE WORST FOOTBALL EVER!! IT’S OUR TIME TO TAKE BACK OUR TEAM AGAIN!! SO MANY PLAYERS HAVE MADE THIS A GREAT ORGANIZATION IN THE PAST, AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO WEAR THE ORANGE AND BROWN, TO ONLY TO SEE THIS HAPPEN TO OUR ORGANIZATION? WELL NO MORE! OUR FANS NEED TO UNITE AND SHOW EVERYONE WE HAVE A SAY AND WE WILL BE HEARD AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!
ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 16TH 2009 MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL…DONT GO TO YOUR SEATS TILL KICKOFF!! STAY IN THE CONCORSE, STAY OUTSIDE…BUT DONT GET TO YOUR SEATS TILL AFTER KICKOFF! SHOW THE NFL, SHOW THE WORLD WE ARE TIRED OF THIS PRODUCT ON THE FIELD AND WE DEMAND BETTER AND WE WANT A CHANGE!! WE WANT TO SEND A “STATEMENT” TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS NO MORE!! OUR FANS ARE THE BEST IN THE NFL AND WE “DESERVE” BETTER!! PLEASE UNITE AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN. BUY A TICKET FOR THE GAME AND GO AND SUPPORT OUR PLAYERS BUT DONT GET TO YOUR SEAT TILL AFTER THE OPENING KICKOFF! WE WANT THE STADIUM EMPTY AT KICKOFF!! THIS IS OUR STATEMENT!!
PLEASE GO TO WWW.DAWGPOUNDMIKE.COM AND LET US KNOW YOU ARE IN!! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS “LATE WALK IN”
WE WANT TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT AND SEND A STATEMENT TO THE BROWNS THAT WE WANT OUR TEAM BACK!
Thanks and GO BROWNS and also GO BROWNS FANS!!
DPM
Are you inspired yet?
26
May
2009
How would Lebron James do in the NFL? Randy Moss says better than Antonio Gates
State Farm has been running a commercial for a little while now that features Lebron James in a dream sequence where he signs with the Cleveland Browns and becomes a star in the NFL.
According to Randy Moss, that dream might not be far off from reality. Moss said in an interview with ESPN that he believes Lebron is one of those rare athletes who could succeed as a 2-sport athlete, and could even do better than Antonio Gates – who played basketball in college – in the NFL:
“I see his power and his explosion,” Moss said. “It really translates to the football field. Basketball was my first love. I just chose football because I was able to excel at that a little bit quicker than basketball.
“But looking at him and evaluating his skills and things like that, I don’t think it’d be a problem for him to make the transition from basketball to football.
“I believe that he could be a star in this game.”
Moss might not be too far off. James was an all-state receiver as a sophomore and junior at St. Vincent-St. Mary High in Akron, OH. He quit football as a senior to focus on basketball, and clearly, that has turned out pretty well for James. But he has said that he still misses the game of football “every day”. And at 6’8″, and with his freakish combination of size, speed and athleticism, it’s not hard to imagine James beating smaller DBs off the line, and out-reaching them for jump balls in the endzone.
So while everyone is focused on the NBA Playoffs, and hoping for a Lebron vs. Kobe showdown in the finals, it isn’t too much of a pipe dream to envision a future with James lining up against Troy Palomalu, and wondering who would get the better of that match-up.
After the jump, the director’s cut of the “Lebron-as-a-Brown’ State Farm commercial.
