- Gary Myers thinks Peyton Manning is the answer for the Jets. The Jets Blog thinks Gary Myers is a lunatic.
- Ben Roethlisberger went through a full practice yesterday and didn’t report any major discomfort. He’s on track to start this weekend against Cleveland, and he’ll likely remain in the game for 25-30 snaps.
- Mike Munchak has no interest in the Penn State job.
- Yesterday in this space the lead item was a report saying that Jason Taylor‘s career is set to end in a few days. Last night Taylor verified that report, and Greg Stoda of the Palm Beach Post says that when the long-time Dolphins pass rusher officially exits Sunday, he’ll be the second greatest Dolphin in team history.
- Jimmy Kleinsasser‘s career will also come to an end Sunday, leaving Vikings fans to find the will to move forward without the “people’s champ.”
- Stevie Johnson is set to enter free agency this offseason, but he still doesn’t think he’s getting ready to play his last game in a Bills uniform.
- There’s a bit of indecision on Twitter among Miami beat writers regarding the Dolphins’ direction at quarterback. Omar Kelly of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel essentially thinks the team is screwed no matter what decision management makes.
- Meanwhile, Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald favors Robert Griffin III, and he’d still side with RG3 if given the choice between drafting the Heisman winner, or acquiring Manning through a trade.
- Here’s another interesting item discovered through Twitter: Tarvaris Jackson sees dead people.
- And look, even more Twitter fun, this time from Deiondra Sanders, Deion’s daughter who made the always wise decision to begin an angry, hate-laced 140-character or less rant and broadcast her family’s business to the world.
- But there’s a more important matter at hand in Deiondra’s decision to reduce today’s youth to cyber communication during delicate family times. As our very own Chris Dart points out, when did kids change the slang term “ho” into “hoe”? The latter is a gardening tool. This is concerning.
- Mocking The Draft took a look at the draft position of every player on the 2011 Pro Bowl rosters. None of the six running backs going to Hawaii are first-round picks.
- Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith says that Ndamukong Suh called him to apologize after his now infamous Thanksgiving Day stomp, so there won’t be any hard feelings heading into the season finale between the two teams this week.
- Reggie Bush is confident he can win an NFL rushing title.
- Braylon Edwards cleared waivers and he’s now a free agent, but he likely won’t find a new team until the offseason.
