the "From The Legal Pad" series will be a somewhat organized collection of initial reactions. Warning: This is not meant for people with long attention spans.
1. Pleasantly Surprised and Surprisingly Pleased with the competition level. 6 games decided by 6 points or less on Sunday/Thursday really brought some interesting spice into the day. While some of the close games could have been expected (Bears-Packers), others seemed to be a bit more surprising (49ers-Cardinals).
2. COTP Endorsements Showed Up - I must say it is pretty rewarding to see my boy Flacco and the NFC North both showing up on Sunday. Even the Lions were able to make things appear interesting. Although he never found the end zone, Ochocinco Loco still had 89 yards on 5 catches and they would be singing a different tune in Cincinnati if it weren't for the backyard game of "500" that led to a Broncos victory.
Seriously, I think I saw that happen playing pickup football at Lacy Elementary
3. Who the HELL is Adam Schefter? - Okay this guy actually has a pretty impressive story, but still appears to be 75% as douche-y as I thought. He graduated from Northwestern School of Journalism (tags: snob, douche), covered the Broncos for the Denver Post for 15 years where he "began a relationship with many Broncos athletes and coaches" (tags: reach-arounds, tummysticks) and began a reputation for always getting accurate
In all seriousness, Schefter does even squeeze a little respect out of this snarky rant because of a survey done by USA Today in January 2009. According to the survey (and Wikipedia) Adam Schefter edged ESPN's Chris Mortensen for best NFL Insider. This occurred even though Schefter's information (on NFL Network) reaches less than half of the households that the Worldwide Eater devours. After taking down the big dog in his own game, ESPN gobbled him up (suprise, suprise) and now Mort and Schef do insider gigs together. Fireworks might fly between these two folks, and the COTP are anxiously awaiting with baited breath.
I wouldn't let him hold MY kid like this - but I still kinda respect him for now.
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