Thursday, March 04, 2010

Free Agency and a Nasty Punch

Tonight at midnight an uncapped session of NFL free agency will commence. It will be exciting to the big numbers that are thrown around and which teams will be spending the big dollars. As a Pats fans it will be interesting to see how the Patriots attack this MArket. They could lose a starting corner, tight end, offensive lineman, and defensive end so all those position should be addressed in the upcoming days as well as the draft in April. With big names like Julius Peppers, LaDanian Tomlinson, and Brandon MArshall out there teams can improve instantly. For the Pats a pass rusher and saftey or corner are essential. The secondary MArket isn't very deep but there could be enough to improve a very mediocre Pats secondary. Look for the Bears to scoop up Peppers as in the hours closely after midnight.

In a Big 12 battle last night Baylor Women's Basketball FreshMAn Brittany Griner cold-cocked Texas Tech's Jordan Barncastle. This was an ugly moment. Benches cleared and coaches were reduced to barriers as they separated players from the two teams. Now the debate will commence on how she should be punished. In my opinion the only way Brittany will truly learn from this is to take away something she will care about, at least 1 NCAA tournament game. The Big 12 Tournament just isn't as important to a team that has locked up a tournament bid. Being 6'8 she has come across a new brand of physicality in the women's college game. Having said that what she did was inexcusable. She should be punished severely. I think the only way for Griner to feel the MAgnitude of what she did is her losing an NCAA tournament game if not more then one. I am not saying this is what the University or Big 12 should decide I think this decision should come straight from the Baylor coach.

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