Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Tom Brady probably blames himself for the Patriots loss on Saturday. Peyton Manning probably blames his offensive line (oh - wait - he did blame his offensive line). This is the main difference between the two quarterbacks. Our high school football coach used to put up inspirational or teaching slogans around the lockerroom. One I always remembered was "only losers yell at teammates". I can easily picture Manning yelling at his teammates. Quint was right - Manning's got soft hands, city hands from counting money all his life... If one of the Mariners starting five gets injured - their Plan B for 5th starter is Kevin Appier. The only way that could be worse is if Plan B was Hideo Nomo. This is why the Mariners are interested in trading Jeremy Reed for Bronson Arroyo... Who is more annoying and unfunny? Jimmy Fallon or Rob Schneider?... Today is John Carpenter's 58th birthday and I was going to do a top 5 for for his movies but I came to the conclusion that he only had 4 movies worthy of mention (Halloween, Escape from New York, The Thing and They Live)... Take a look at the commercials that Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have done. Brady's commercials always involve his teammates (the Visa commercial with the O-line and the XM commercial with his recievers and John Madden). Manning's commercials are all about him (cut that meat!). Its a little thing but I think its worth mentioning because football is a team game.... Put me in the camp of people who have not been able to sit through Big Trouble in Little China.