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Chain Links: Titus Young is a lunatic

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Links, Titus Young on Jan 25, 2013

In the NFL, if you’re talented, you’ll be employed. After the season ends in just over a week and we’ve digested the Super Bowl, those are nine words I’ll surely write repeatedly as we lumber towards free agency.

The evidence is easy to find. Aqib Talib’s injury was a major factor during the Patriots’ AFC Championship game loss, but Talib himself was a major reason why New England advanced that far, and why their secondary started bending instead of breaking during the second half of the season. He’s not exactly a good dude.

Terrell Owens and Randy Moss didn’t have legal trouble, but both receivers have consistently followed the same loop throughout their careers. Thrive, let their douchey diva nature ruin everything, exit, and repeat. Owens remained employed for many years, and Moss is set to play in the Super Bowl next week.

Titus Young is good, but he’s not Moss, and he’s not Owens. He’s just…good.

And good isn’t nearly good enough to consistently display a cancerous attitude and maintain employment. We may be reaching here, Titus, but perhaps it’s time to stop publicly ripping your current team and asking to be released.

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Chain Links: It was a fine night to be a Brady hater

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Links, Tom Brady on Jan 24, 2013

Hey, does anyone have an egg? How about a dozen of them? Can you please scramble them up — scramble them real good like — and then put them all over my face in several layers? Thanks.

Yes, I was wrong, and Tom Brady was in fact fined $10,000 last night for his judo kick on Ed Reed during the AFC Championship game in the final minute of the second quarter. I’ll let the shock of me being wrong wash over you for a second. Would you like a minute to collect yourself? Fine.

OK, carrying on then.

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Chain Links: JaMarcus Russell and the feel good moment of the year

Posted by Devang Desai under JaMarcus Russell, Links on Jan 23, 2013

"Calvin Johnson?"

The getty archives tell the story. From smiles and hugs on draft day to becoming the biggest bust in NFL history, JaMarcus Russell did it his own way. That way included not remembering his playbook and getting arrested for possession of codeine syrup –’Purple Drank’ to the connoisseurs — without a prescription.

Like most redemption stories, this one begins with a Russell acknowledging the error of his renegade ways. Shutdown Corner has quotes from the man himself. The most important questions directed at the former LSU star included seminal classics “Who are you?” and “What are you doing here?” Read the rest of this entry »

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Chain Links: There’s no way Tom Brady will be fined for his kick slide

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Links, Tom Brady on Jan 22, 2013

Let me take you back, oh, exactly 24 hours ago, when in this very space — this sacred Chain Links space — we discussed Tom Brady’s poor sliding technique. Like most things Tom Brady, the topic won’t die.

And rightfully so, I might add. As I said then in reaction to Bernard Pollard”s first comments on Brady’s kick in the direction of Ed Reed when he was sliding with 20 seconds left in the second quarter of the AFC Championship game, there was a strong stench to his very awkward, very douchey-looking slide. At best, it was stupid, and at worst it was a completely unnecessary lack of sportsmanship, and a blatant disregard for one of the few areas of etiquette in football. Namely, if you’re giving yourself up on a play you should, well, give yourself up on a play.

But Pollard wasn’t done with just his post-game remarks in which he called Brady’s slide “bull crap“. He wants the league to take a look.

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Chain Links: Pollard calls Brady’s kick slide “bull crap”

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Baltimore Ravens, Links on Jan 21, 2013

Shortly — ever so shortly — we’ll move on to all things Super Bowl. We’ll analyze everything from the two offensive lines, to the best strategies to keep that guy who thinks he makes really good salsa away from your big game party platter. Yes, we’ll cover every angle over the two-week crescendo that eventually culminates in a football game, including an intense look at what color of Gatorade will be used on the winning coach. Us bros gotta make prop money, and pimpin’ ain’t easy.

But let’s pace ourselves a little here, because let’s be honest: if we take a leaping canonball into the Super Bowl pool right now, by next Wednesday I’ll be doing at least eight posts per day on the Harbowl, and how awesome it is. I can’t live in that world.

With that said, I’ll hand the floor to Bernard Pollard. Hey Bernard, do you have anything to say about how much of a douche Tom Brady is?:

“You’ve got to keep them legs down. You’ve go to keep the legs down. We all know and understand what’s going on there. And as a quarterback, when you go to slide, we’re taught . . . we can’t do anything. When you come sliding, and your leg is up in the air trying to kick somebody, that’s bull crap.”

Alright, so some context is probably needed here. Pollard is referencing Brady’s scramble in the dying seconds of the first half. As is often the case, the quarterback slid and gave himself up on the play. That much was standard procedure, but when Brady slid to a stop he oddly left his leg far up in the air, and he seemed to reach for Ed Reed. The safety was letting up to avoid hitting a sliding quarterback, a move which would have been a costly penalty.

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Chain Links: The job ahead of Bruce Arians

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Links on Jan 18, 2013

You are a brave man, Bruce Arians, for few men have traveled the road you are set to embark on without steering into a quaint pond after following their Garmin device too closely (quick aside: I can support this with exactly zero statistical evidence, but I can only assume those things have led to plummeting divorce rates). Enjoy your time as the hero now, because that desert sun is menacing and unforgiving.

Last night the coaching carousel mercifully stopped spinning, concluding with another very predictable hire as the Cardinals brought aboard Arians to be their next head coach. It’s a fitting finale to a frenzied hiring season which was balanced equally by surprises (Chip Kelly and Marc Trestman), and formalities (Andy Reid, Mike McCoy). Arians definitely falls into the latter category, as the Cardinals needed an offensively gifted coach to fix a unit that isn’t gifted whatsoever, and they stumbled into the extremely rare opportunity to hire a man who could be 2012′s coach of the year.

The appeal of Arians is obvious. So obvious, in fact, that we can kind of break it down like a mathematical equation. I haven’t actually completed one of these since grade five, so wish me luck.

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Chain Links: Mike Wallace could be very rich, very soon

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Links, The Silliest Season on Jan 17, 2013

Fast guys. Everyone wants one, everyone wants to be one, and we may be about to enter an offseason when the finely-tuned athletic machine is more in demand than ever. We can in part thank Chip Kelly for that, as he’s surely about to assemble even more pieces for his new Eagles offense which suit his up-tempo style. And we can thank Robert Griffin III, Colin Kaepernick, and Russell Wilson too, all young, mobile quarterbacks who need the proper tools around to complement their skillsets.

There will maybe, likely be one such really fast guy on the open market this March. His name is Mike Wallace, and he plays wide receiver.

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