In the latest installment of "Why Guns, Nightclubs and Pro Athletes Don't Mix" is this disturbing report out of Jacksonville about a Jaguars player shot in his car outside a club early this morning.
-- Ever wonder why Tim Couch really flopped? The answer -- or at least one explanation -- might lie in this insightful New York Times story from over the weekend about NFL quarterbacks' failure rates.
-- From the ever-reliable Norman Chad, on Brett Favre's jump to the Big Apple: “The Brett Favre thing? Uh, it’s not going to end well. Brett Favre migrating to East Rutherford makes about as much sense as Pope Benedict XVI vacationing at Graceland. In New York, these things never work out. Neil O’Donnell was the last Super Bowl quarterback to journey to the Jets, and I believe he now supervises Tunisian-bound deliveries for Airborne Express.”
-- The Orlando Sentinel's Mike Bianchi, meanwhile, wonders why, oh why, nobody loves Daunte: “This Daunte Culpepper situation is getting beyond ridiculous. Why in the name of J.T. O’Sullivan hasn’t some NFL team signed Culpepper? He’s better than half the quarterbacks on NFL rosters. I still say Culpepper needs to quit representing himself and get an agent. Remember the old saying: ‘He who represents himself has a fool for a client.’”
-- Rudi Johnson, cut by the Bengals over the weekend, has landed in Detroit. The Lions released Tatum Bell, who in one calendar year went from a possible starter in Denver to roadside rubbish in the Motor City.
-- John Dudley