He's got a lot of work to do, but just from watching the highlights I've learned some things:
- When Tampa Bay wears those old uniforms, it's like they want to lose spectacularly. The gay pirate may as well be a white flag.
- Newton sounds like he could be a QB in Tecmo Super Bowl with the voice.
- One day he'll probably get super injured, but those flying dives toward the end zone are fun to watch.
- His arm strength is better than I realized from watching him in college. Pretty quick release, too, like on that Legedu Naanee TD.
- He broke the NFL record for QB rushing TDs, and my fantasy season, the bastard.
Own an NFL franchise! - the Green Bay Packers sell stock
- To raise funds for renovations at Lambeau Field, the Packers are offering 250,000 shares of stock. This is the first stock sale since 1997, and just the 5th sale in history. I always thought this was one of the coolest wrinkles in sports, both as a fan and as an MBA:
- It's just cool to say that you are a part owner of your favorite team, and to have a cool piece of fan memorabilia.
- It's a brilliant scheme to raise money by selling something that's virtually worthless. The value of the stock never increases, there are no dividends, there's almost no re-sale value, and you don't receive any benefits, like priority for the next available season tickets. What they do get is access to special shareholder merchandise - for purchase. This didn't stop people from buying shares like crazy at just $250 a pop, plus an arbitrary $25 handling fee, of course.
The Houston Texans sign Jeff Garcia
- I always thought Jeff Garcia was an underrated QB. He kind of had a Doug Flutie style about him. Don't get me wrong, he wasn't half the QB Flutie was (who can compare, really), but he typically managed a nice passer rating for some pretty crappy teams. Now that he's pushing 42, he'll simply serve as a 3rd string option. In other news, his wife is not unattractive.
LGB emerges as suspect in police report
- It wouldn't be a TDZ NFL update without a story on LeGarrette Blount. Instead of breaking would-be tacklers, though, he may be breaking the law. According to the police report, a guy was driving his Toyota pickup with his main squeeze after the Bucs-Lions game a while back, and he clipped the mirror of a Ford Expedition sitting in an apartment parking garage, next to which three men were standing. Not wanting to block traffic, he continued driving, but was later cut off by the three guys driving the monstrously large SUV. The men got out, and one beat the driver while another bashed in his windshield by jumping on it. The third guy was none other than he of the many highlights. Blount faces accusations that he orchestrated the attack.
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