Extra Points #79: NFL Draft Preview

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Scott and special guest host Ben preview the NFL Draft! We go over top prospects for the major fantasy football position players, and even throw in a defensive standout for good measure. Plus we debate the pros and cons of JaMarcus Russell and Brady Quinn, and whether the Raiders would actually take Calvin Johnson over those guys.

And we address listener e-mails: can Ahman Green rebound in Houston? will Dante Stallworth get rejuvinated in New England? And is David Carr making the right move by becoming Jake Delhomme’s backup in Carolina?

As always, please e-mail us with any comments or questions on the draft or fantasy football in general at extrapointspodcast@gmail.com. And join the discussion yourselves at http://extrapoints.forumup.com.

Did Somebody Order a Pizza?

I love the internet, because it allows me to share stuff like this video. ScottyJ and I actually saw this live as we were relaxing and drying off after returning from watching the start of the Boston Marathon, and it completely does not surprise me that it ended up on YouTube within a day.

To set the stage, a fly ball hit to the stands in foul territory along the 3rd base line resulted in a jump ball between an Angels player and a Red Sox fan, who spilled his beer on the player in the process. What follows is just way too absurd to be believed.

This really makes no sense because the fan potentially prevented a Red Sox out, so there’s really no reason for that kind of a reaction from another Sox fan, unless maybe he was so distraught by the waste of half a cup of perfectly good beer that he completely lost his mind. In any event, the man in the Patriots jacket was ejected, the beer spiller’s girlfriend was able to clean the mess off of him, and we all have this video to entertain us. All’s well that ends well, I always say.

A Charter For Irritation

FIOS can’t get here soon enough so I can drop Charter Cable like a bad habit.

It was bad enough that they dropped NFL Network one day, randomly, and never got it back. (Granted, that’s not entirely their fault because NFL Network’s terms were borderline unreasonable, but there are still plenty of cable companies who carry NFL Network with no issue, and Charter isn’t one of them.) It got worse when it took a freaking week to get my HD working after it was installed because the rep who set it up forgot to enable the HD service on my account and none of the five CSRs who I called were able to see that and turn it on. But now, just a couple of weeks after jacking up our rates, they’re dropping Versus, a week before the NHL playoffs, mind you, which is pretty much the only way I can see Devils games without paying highway robbery prices for Center Ice or attempting to watch the grainy replays on Google Video a week later.

I don’t even have anything witty to say. I’m just generally annoyed that Charter can continually increase what I pay while reducing the service I get, for no discernable reason.

Extra Points #78: Free Agency, Part II

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This week, we analyze the rest of the major free agency moves, including Jake Plummer’s final middle finger to the Broncos, Jeff Garcia finds a new home with the Bucs, what Matt Schaub’s trade to Houston means for Mike Vick and the newest Falcon, Joe Horn, the Patriots start their receiving corps from scratch, the Broncos lure Daniel Graham and Brandon Stokley, the Rams get Drew Bennett and Randy McMichael, Kevin Curtis finally gets his day in Philly, and what to expect out of Ashley Lelie in San Francisco.

Links:
Mrs. B’s Patriot World

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My Own Personal March Madness

CBS is on my list. And it’s not a list you generally want to be on.

After a long session last night of recording Wicked Good Podcast #50 (hooray!), Maureen and I decided to watch the newest episode of The Amazing Race before turning in for the night. Now, I know darned well that the NCAA tournament is going on; I’ve filled out my bracket based on which mascot/logo I like better, because I know zero about college sports in general, and college basketball in particular. I’m a big sports fan, sure, but if they stopped playing college basketball tomorrow, I’d never know the difference.

What does March Madness have to do with The Amazing Race, you may ask? Well, CBS broadcasts the games, and the games apparently ran late. Since CBS has zero slack built into their Sunday schedule, The Amazing Race came on 45 minutes late. Which means, since TiVo wasn’t informed, we got to see 45 minutes of 60 Minutes and the first 15 minutes of The Amazing Race. I think Maureen was able to back up and catch the ending to at least see who won; I had completely given up on watching the episode at this point.

Honestly, I know CBS probably doesn’t care much about DVR viewers because we don’t watch all of their commercials, but isn’t there some way to change the schedule around so that this doesn’t happen? Like, don’t show one of your shows that night and then have a post game show scheduled to run until 8; that’s what Fox does when it has the late football game or NASCAR or whatever. Then, at the most, it runs maybe five minutes late.

And yeah, I know I can tell TiVo to run late, but I really shouldn’t have to waste an extra hour on my TiVo because CBS can’t get their schedule right. I’m sure this has to annoy non-Tivo viewers too, doesn’t it? I mean, there’s got to be someone who unexpectedly has to choose between the second half of Amazing Race and Family Guy or Desperate Housewives, isn’t there? You’d figure that CBS would lose at least a percentage of those viewers.

I just figure there’s got to be a solution to this problem that CBS could come up with. I tolerated this during football season because I follow all the games and know when CBS is likely to run late. But I shouldn’t have to have my Tivo account for every random sporting event that CBS may decide to run, even if it’s something major like March Madness. They’re the ones who want me to watch their programming (especially now that Nielsen’s working on including DVR numbers in their ratings); they shouldn’t make it harder for me to see what I want to see.

Extra Points #77: Free Agency 2007, Part I

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This week, we analyze the major running back moves of free agency: Thomas Jones jets over to New York, the (Tatum) Bell tolls for Detroit, Ahman Green goes south, who the heck is Domanick Williams?, Travis Henry is the lucky running back to head to the Broncos, the Raiders fill a need with Dominic Rhodes and Justin Griffith, and Jamal Lewis signs with the Browns, which sends Willis McGahee to the Ravens and Reuben Droughns to the Giants.

Links:
Deadspin

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Tecmo Bowl!

So Tecmo Bowl’s out for the Wii Virtual Console today, and I can’t wait. I honestly haven’t played very much Tecmo Bowl at all, given that I wasn’t really into football as much during my NES days as I am now (though I did spend a fair amount of time with Joe Montana Football for the Game Gear). It’s one of those games that lots of people completely swoon over, so I’m really excited to check it out essentially for the first time, knowing what I know now. If only I didn’t have two podcasts to edit tonight so I’d have time to spend with it…

Eli Manning = Wayne Palmer

So I love TV, and I love football. And when two worlds collide, I’m doubly happy. (Unless, of course, said collision features Peyton Manning.)

But since I started watching 24 this season, this detailed comparison of President Wayne Palmer to Giants QB Eli Manning really tickled me. The additional comparison of Agent Curtis to Plaxico Burress is just the icing on the cake…