• Filling a roster hole through the trade market at this time of the year in the NFL is like shopping on Christmas Eve, a reality a few teams are evidently discovering when it comes to Vincent Jackson. After the loss of Sidney Rice and questionable health of Percy Harvin, Michael Silver thinks the Vikings should shop without looking at the price tag, and place a serious bid on Jackson soon.
• Smack talk between players happens all the time. Too much actually. When we hear it on some corny mic’d up segment it almost becomes white noise unless it’s really outlandish. But there’s something incredibly delicious about a coach ripping a player. Kissing Suzy Kolber brings us the highlights from the fourth instalment of Hard Knocks, and Rex Ryan‘s jab at DeAngelo Hall gets my vote for highlight of the night:
• Odd things fascinate me. Odd things like the cleaning of the Superdome roof, and the incredible contrast between the clean sections and the areas still covered in mildew.
• You might remember Dez Bryant‘s mom being in the news quite a bit around draft time. Actually, there’s something wrong with you if you don’t remember. It all started when Bryant said he had been asked in his pre-draft interviews if his mom was a prostitute. The culprit of the absurd question was later revealed to be Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland, who later apologized to Bryant. Ireland and Bryant will be in the same building for the first time tonight, and Ireland wants to speak with Bryant face-to-face.
• Crocs, Brett Favre, and Jenn Sterger. About a month ago while we were all entranced by the latest Favre waffling episode, Deadspin did what Deadspin does: leak entertaining and potentially damning, TMZ-style stories about athletes. This time it was Favre allegedly sending pictures of his little quarterback to Sterger a few years ago while he was with the Jets. ProFootballtalk asked the NFL if the incident will be investigated, and the predictable vague, confusing PR-speak followed in response.
• John Clayton released his annual quarterback rankings earlier this week, a list that mildly ruffled some feathers in New England, and has me wondering how Matt Cassel is ahead of Chad Henne. But I guess we’re not supposed to agree with any preseason rankings (especially the ones that we do), because what fun would that be?

Everyone loves a WAG

Girls don’t care about interceptions. They don’t care about fumbles either, or incomplete passes, or the fact that you’ve just come off a generally horrible season. And this is all good news for Jay Cutler. As we learned this morning from our Buzz feed, Cutler has used his Adam Sandler looks to reel in Kristin Cavallari.

She’s most recognized because of her roles in overexposed teenage trash reality shows, otherwise known as The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. Oh, she’s also the ex-girlfriend of Matt Leinart, who I’m sure really needed this news of Cutler snatching his former squeeze to go along with his rough week.

Unlike the pandemonium Jessica Simpson caused in Dallas with her shagging of Tony Romo, some scribes in Chicago think an A-list WAG and the glitz she’ll bring is just what Cutler and Chicago needs.