I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY

Did everyone catch Peter King of SI.com standing behind the Krafts in the photo of a scene from the moving THE GAME PLAN filming at Gillette Stadium in the Boston Globe Thursday, November 02, 2006? It is on page C12 in the Style section in the Names column by Carol Beggy and Mark Shanahan. He is standing directly behind the shiny dome of Jonathan Kraft, and King is looking off-camera with a forlorn look that seems to be crying out: where did that young lady go who promised to get me a venti latte at Starbucks? I just hope it makes it into the MMQB column next week. Shame on the Globe for not identifying the most entertaining football writer in the country.

OK, maybe you can twist my arm and say Gregg Easterbrooks of ESPN.com and Dr. Z at SI.com are as entertaining, but King is a prime reporter who breaks many stories and has the greatest NFL Rolodex next to Len Pasquarelli of ESPN.com, media maven (pre-and-post-game shows, Inside the NFL on HBO), and just an excellent writer.

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Staying on the newspapers theme, why was Kerry Healy grabbing her breasts on the cover of the Boston Herald on Thursday, November 02, 2006? Maybe because the Herald referred to her on the cover as red-hot? Wow, that joke was so bad, people are going to start referring to me as John Kerry (ba-dum-dum. I will be here all week, folks. Try the chicken).

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RANDOMNESS:

Is it ok to say RG Billy Yates, the highest paid practice squad player in NFL history, was the MVP of the Vikings game Monday night?

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Belichick needs to blitz Rodney Harrison early in the game against the Colts. Just so he can say hello to Peyton.

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Easy prediction for Sunday night. If the Patriots get pressure on Manning with four rushers and run the ball down the Colts throats they win. If not, they lose.

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Great stat I read the other day (I would say where, but I do not remember): The Colts essentially paid fat and injured Corey Simon a million dollars a game to stink the joint out for them. So what do they do to replace him? Grab another wide-load on the down slope (and give up a second round pick for him!): Booger McFarlane. What, the Raiders would not give up Warren Sapp?

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Comments

Anonymous said…
Pats are going to put the hurt on the Colts. I can't wait!