- Peyton Hillis either really needs a paycheck, or someone played a cruel joke and he wasn’t told that he’d actually be on air.
- For the reasons Gagnon outlined last night following an afternoon of confusion, today could be either historically glorious, or a major disappointment, with the latter seeming more likely right now. But if you ask Chester Pitts, we should still be speaking in weeks, not days when estimating the end date for the lockout.
- Sports Illustrated’s Jim Trotter reminds us that even if the owners vote in favor of a settlement today, the confetti needs to stay in the bag, or at least most of it does. Men in suits who get paid to cross t’s and dot i’s would still have a lot of crossing and dotting to do, and the lockout wouldn’t end today, at least not officially and completely.
- Count HBO among the believers. The producers of Hard Knocks still haven’t slammed the door shut on a full training camp and another season of their addicting and exceptionally produced show. The problem now is that teams aren’t very eager to participate.
- Michael Vick signed another endorsement deal, this time with a company that’s looking to take on Gatorade.
- Visanthe Shiancoe feels just like the rest of us, and is sick of all the false optimism and conflicting lockout reports.
- The latest highly circulated Kevin Kolb rumor has the Eagles quarterback headed to Arizona for Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie. But Rodgers-Cromartie alone won’t be good enough for Philadelphia.
- Meanwhile, Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt has no idea where those Kolb for Rodgers-Cromartie rumors started. Of course he doesn’t.
- Tony Romo says that with or without coaches and the conclusion of the lockout, training camp will start on time in Dallas. He’ll start it himself if he has to, dammit.
- Lions starting left tackle Jeff Backus recently suffered an injury to his pectoral muscle, and it’s unclear if he’ll be ready for training camp.
- Big Cat Country ponders whether or not Antonio Cromartie would be a good fit for the Jaguars secondary.
- We’re a little late on this, but some things have an unbreakable ability to stand the test of time. I’d say Stevie Johnson‘s ass cake is one of those things.
