to sign a season hold out

and already there's bad news

Flowery Branch I beginnning to think it me. I show up and things go to Hades in a handbasket. I make my first pilgrimage of 2009 to (deep voice here) the Russell Atlanta Falcons Training Camp and I greeted by the news that Harry Douglas, who like my dad went to University of Louisville, is out for the season with a torn ACL.

You don ever want a guy to get hurt the first week of camp, but you especially don want it to be a guy who plays a position at which a Pro Bowler has gone missing. Roddy White, as you know, is holding out, and Douglas was seen as viable alternative should White get really ticked and decide to hold out into September. Now Brian Finneran, who has been here since Dan Reeves was coaching, suddenly becomes a key man.

And that, as you know, is the way it goes for Joe Btfsplk Bradley, who has become the world worst jinx. And to think: The original Joe Btfsplk, drawn by the great Al Capp, was only a cartoon. As best I can discern, I real. (Though sometimes that open to debate.)

Bear with me as I mosey out to practice and see if the Falcons still have a team left. And if I happen to meet Mr. Russell, I say hello for you.

Update: Having watched a bit but only a bit of practice I can reliably inform you that the Falcons expect to have some news regarding their wide receiver position within the next couple of hours. (And no, it doesn involve Roddy White. It involves some free agents.)

Update No. 2: Talked to Tony Gonzalez. My first question: many points did you have against Villanova? (Gonzalez was pressed into service on the Cal Bears basketball team in 1997 and was a key man in the upset of Villanova in Round 2.)

Gonzalez said. (Not that bigtime athletes ever remember their stats or anything.) Thomas had eight. We were guarding each other. then, for the first time in my life, repeated a cheer. What can I say? The Cal cheerleaders kept chanting it at the end that Saturday in WinstonSalem, and obviously it left an impression. So here goes:

know it! www.footballbearsstore.com You tell the story! You tell the whole damn world Gonzalez finished it for me: is Bear territory! now you up to date on this key development from a dozen years ago.

Mark believe Doughlas was hurt yesterday and before you arrived. So cheer up. Anyway, the Falcons winning this year goes against Falcon tradition and history. Has a Falcon team ever had a winning season after having a winning season the previous year? They better get White in soon and sign another Jon Bostic Limited Jersey receiver who can play as well. But I think this will still be the year the Falcons break http://www.footballbearsstore.com/29_michael_bush_jersey_authentic_black_limited_cheap.html from their bad tradition and history even a Super Bowl appearance. Roddy will also play this year. His leverage is still nothing. He wants 4 year/40mm w/ 25 mm guaranteed can take 5 year 45mm with 20mm guaranteed. Otherwise, he can play for $2mm this year (or not at all am sure other teams will love to sign a season hold out) and likely the same next since their is not uncapped year and he would cost someone a first round pick, and then wait until 2011 season to test the open market. he has the wrong agent trying to pull off the grand hustle.

You don typically see tight ends and slot receivers on the field at the field at the same. With Tony G on the team now, his playing time would be split anyway. With Thomas Brown healthy now, he will likely split time returning kicks. Nobody forced him to murder those dogs, and nobody forced him to lie repeatedly when confronted about it. It called taking responsibility for one actions. Vick has served his time and deserves to play in the NFL again, but you can take that nonsense and shove it up your selfrighteous butt.

Ray Lewis slithered his Jon Bostic Jersey way out of a murder charge and pled guilty to obstructing justice; Jamal Lewis pled guilty to a felony charge of arranging a massive cocaine deal.