Collusion in 'Big Easy' Super Bowl Selection?

To appease the Establishment for preventing Barak Hussein Obama's successor into the White House, some suspect that Roger Goodell, a former employer of Robert Mueller (RB Ray Rice matter etc) agreed to send the Super Bowl to the Big Easy in 2019.

George W. Bush, who hired Mueller as FBI Director, had been criticized for his slow response to Hurricane Karina and some also say the Ebolla Crises both of which along with the BP oil spill hurt the Big Easy.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was the go between who shuttled between the Trump and Obama camps. Christie, also a former US Attorney, was a colleague of Mueller and also a confidant of Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys.

The architect for this deal is the little known former FBI Director who came into the political scene when Goodell tapped the retired law enforcement chief to solve the mystery of the Ray Rice matter. Mueller concluded that it is more likely than not that Ray Rice was the cause of his wife's concussion in the AC hotel.  

Atlantic City, the location of the Ray incident, is also where the current POTUS helped make a name in the real estate as owner of the Taj Mahal.

"I know Mueller is disappointed to be winding down his investigation of me, however, we hope to sooth his ego by making him part of this NFL deal,”  Trump said.  “If you want to know the truth, the selection of the Super Bowl site is more important than the investigation of Ray Rice,” Trump added.

Its worth noting that Trump sued the NFL and in 1986 was awarded $1.00 in fines from the NFL.  Since these fines were involved an antitrust matter, they were automatically tripled and therefore Trump’s USFL received a $3.00 check.

*This is a work of satire tho some facts happen to be true.

You can read the Report of Robert Mueller III to the NFL here.

Playoff Picture is Reason for Optimism...

By Kevin Ptashinski

In an otherwise underwhelming year in the NFL , the playoffs have given me something about which to get excited. A few points to underscore my enthusiasm: 1. The Buffalo Bills are making their first postseason appearance of the century... and the millennium for that matter. 2.  Jacksonville & Tennessee are in the playoffs for the first time since 2007 & 2008, respectively. 3. Four fifths of the old NFC West- circa the late 1990s- have all qualified. 4. Kansas City has demonstrated that it's not how you muck up the middle third of the season after a 5-0 start: it's how you finish. 5.  After a week where record-breaking bitter cold temperatures iced over much of the country, 3 of the 4 wildcard games will be played in warm weather stadiums. That is, unless you count Jacksonville, which this week felt more like East Rutherford USUALLY DOES at this time of year. 6.  His Dallas Cowboys having been eliminated from postseason qualification, we will not have see any shots of Jerry Jones's mug on camera for the entire playoffs. 7.  All the remaining teams teams can breathe a sigh of relief that, for the first time in 9 years, Aaron Rodgers will not be there to dash their hopes of reaching the promised land with his magical quarterbacking escapades. 8.  Mike Tomlin may get yet another chance to prove that Bill Bellichick is a better coach.

(For those who read/liked my previous post about the NFL playoffs I would like to add an addendum:)

9. The Rams are in the playoffs for the first time in THIRTEEN years and after having one of the worst offenses in the league last year, they are actually fun to watch!

Does Eli Have a Rendezvous with Destiny?

Great things come in three.

There were three Godfather movies.  Most likely, there will be a World War III.  In mathematics, measuring geometric shapes with three sides is called Trigonometry.

In children’s literature, there were the Three Little Pigs and all great literature has three parts; a beginning, middle and end.

The Shamrock, a symbol of Ireland, is also known as the three leaf clover and is a symbol of fortune.  In the Muslim religion, a man may divorce his wife by saying so three times. 

In Christianity, there is a Holy Trinity and there were also Three Wise Men.  In Judaism, three symbolizes harmony.  Eli turned 36 on January three. 

We need to play Greenbay (Eli’s third post season match-up with them) in Sunday's Wildcard game like it is all on the line.  In life, nothing is guaranteed and Eli may never play in the post season again.  But, three rings is forever.  It allows us to enter The Conversation. (We all know which one.)

Eli gets some short thrift because he is not “charismatic,” and doesn't pal around with sports journalists.  In fact, sometimes, Eli seems like an introvert. 

But, whenever there is a temptation to get down on Eli, there is also a reminder about what makes him a desirable player…reliability. 

Contrast that with former CowGirls Cornerback Adam Jones who was arrested this week (January 3) for head butting police, poking bar patrons in the eye and then spitting on nurses.  You can’t argue that life is never dull around players like the “Pacman.”

People say Eli is boring and in fact, boring can be good. As for the NYPD, let’s leave that as a nickname for our corner backs.

Go Big Blue!

Giants Continue Pattern of Self-Inflicted Wounds...

We all started out this season with high hopes.  Sure JPP had his had blown off on July 4^th, but there was still a lot to feel positive about.

Not that we needed to be told this, however but it quickly became clear that the NY Giants have fallen out of favor with the football gods. (Eeeeeeeeg’s example here.)

Looking back, one can’t help feeling like throwing up, and at the same time like they had been hit by a car.

Now, as we all know, DT Jay Bromley has reenacted the entire season in a single night of exceptional poor and possibly criminal behavior this past weekend.

I went to Web MD to see what lasting effects the 26 year old woman who met Bromley –once a crack baby--at a hotel room might feel and  found, 

“…some victims find that emotional scars never go away.” [emphasis added]

Web MD had it exactly right.  We all have scars that might never go away.  This year the NFC East title was in our grasp--wrapped up with a pretty bow--and we shot ourselves in the leg.

How can we ever trust the NY Giants again? When will the self inflicted wounds come to an end?

http://nypost.com/2016/01/30/giants-defensive-tackle-jay-bromley-accused-of-rape/

Big Blue Coup D’Etat?

This past Monday, Eli Manning told ESPN that he thought that Preston Parker was doing fine and that he would keep throwing to the butter fingered WR.

However, that is going to be difficult as the Giants dropped Parker this Tuesday

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This has led some to wonder if Manning has been deposed in a similar fashion to the 1991 Coup against Mikhail Gorbachev.  Gorbachev had been at his vacation home in the Crimea.

The Soviet Coast Guard stayed loyal to the Premier buying him some extra time    However, the Coup organizers tried to arrest Boris Yeltsin, the President of Russia who was near Moscow at the time.  

Yeltsin asked his security detail to take him to the government building (“the White House”) right away.   When he arrived, he climbed a tank and read a message stating that the actions of the coup leaders were illegal.  Barricades were set up to prevent a military assault

T he KGB ordered the elite Alpha brigade to begin an assault.  For the first time in history, however, the unit took a vote and declined the mission.

Tanks, moved into Moscow.  Normal TV was dropped and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake played on every channel.

Courtesy of CNN.

Gorbachev’s personal detail loaded live ammunition and began to prepare to defend the Crimea residence. People drank Borscht.

Then, Russian citizens blocked tanks and armored cars around Moscow and began a general strike.  A political ally flew Gorbachev back to Moscow.  But, he returned to a changed Russia.

Who is calling the shots  back at MetLife ?  Coughlin?  Mara? Goodell?