Saints Finally Agree To A Deal With Drew Brees

Well it's about damn time. With as disastrous as the offseason has been for the Saints, you'd think they would've just paid Drew Brees a long time ago. Obviously that wasn't the case. Anyway, the deal is for $100 million over 5 years with an NFL record $60 million guaranteed. Well deserved.

(Side note: Alright Bears, it's about time for y'all to go ahead and pay Matt Forte now.)

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Sean Payton Suspended For The Season

Sean Payton suspended for a year and Gregg Williams suspended indefinitely over this bounty foolishness. I cannot fucking believe it. If I'm Roger Goodell, I probably sit out next year's Super Bowl in New Orleans.

I'm stunned and I really don't know what else to say, but Drew Brees and his agent have the Saints by the balls and they better pay that man whatever he wants to stick around long term.

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2011 NFL Awards Handed Out

Maybe I'm tripping, but I don't recall the NFL ever giving out their awards in one plop on Super Bowl Eve like this before. Oh well, enjoy:

1) Aaron Rodgers Wins MVP In A Landslide
Votes for Aaron Rodgers: 48
Votes for Drew Brees: 2

Damn.

2) Drew Brees Wins Offsensive Player Of The Year

Aaron Rodgers bust Drew Brees' ass in the MVP voting, but Brees flipped it on him in the O.P.O.T.Y., winning 43-7. I'm totally fine with both of these first 2 awards.

3) Terrell Suggs Wins Defensive Player Of The Year
With 21 votes, T-Sizzle of Ball So Hard University beats out Jared Allen and his 14 votes (and 22 sacks) for D.P.O.T.Y. (which sadly could double as an acronym for an AVN Award for double penetration). I'm not mad at that, but I am mad that DeMarcus Ware didn't get a single vote. I guess 19.5 sacks just doesn't get you as far as it once did.

4) Cam Newton & Von Miller Win Rookie Of The Year Awards
Surprise! Cilla Cam Newton beats out Andy Dalton 47-3 and Von Miller beats out Aldon Smith 39-11. There's really nothing else to say because nobody should be surprised by these results at all.

5) Jim Harbaugh Wins Coach Of The Year
I'm starting to figure out why the NFL decided to give out all these awards at once because not of them are really even close. Harbaugh got 45 votes and Mike McCarthy and John Fox split the remaining 5.

6) Matt Stafford Wins Comeback Player Of The Year
With 21 votes Matt Stafford takes this one home, and rightfully so for him just staying healthy a full season. I am a little surprised Alex Smith didn't get more than 7 votes though.

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Brees Breaks Marino's Passing Record

Dan Marino set the record back in 1984 and now Drew Brees is the new passing yardage king (though he probably should've broken it 3 years ago). Through 15 games, Brees already has 5,087 yards, with a chance to pad those numbers in Week 17 against Carolina's weak defense with the #2 seed in the NFC on the line. Congrats to him.

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Upset Saturday

So, who had the Seahawks tossing up the Saints and Mark Sanchez leading a game winning drive against the Colts?? Nobody?? Oh, ok.

I don't even know what to say, I'm completely stunned by today's results. Both of last year's Super Bowl teams out of the playoffs on the first day. Insanity! Matt Hasselbeck outplayed Drew Brees! Mark Sanchez beat Peyton Manning! Birds fell from the sky! Fish died! The world is coming to an end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But you can't blame those games squarely on Drew Brees and Peyton Manning, they didn't get much help from their coaches. Sean Payton finally outsmarted himself. How do you go for it on 4th down on your own 38, but don't go for it on 4th and 2 inside the Seahawks' 3?? Then they're the awful play call on the 2-point conversion where they tried to rush straight up the middle with...DeShawn Wynn! DeShawn Wynn?!?! The guy hadn't gotten a carry all game, but you put the ball in his hand at that critical moment?? C'mon Sean.

Oh, and don't even get me started on that sad sack Julius Jones. Yeah, he rushed for 2 TDs, so that makes his stat line look nice, but if you actually watched the game, you would've saw he was awful. He turned the ball over twice! Once on a fumble, and the other by just sucking and tripping over his own man on 4th and inches.

Then there's the defense. Roman Harper got burned more times than a bitch smoking crack with Rick James. That whole secondary had Matt Hasselbeck out there looking like...well, Matt Hasselbeck, just circa '05.

But you gotta give the Seahawks credit, it a certain point, you could really see who wanted it more (like N.O.'s poor attempts at tackling on that 67-yard run by Marshawn Lynch). They didn't just luck into a victory, they went out and took.

Now, the Colts. What in the fuck was Jim Caldwell out there doing?? He started the game by burning a timeout on a challenge that was clear as day he wasn't going to win. And speaking of timeouts, what in the fuck was he thinking when he called that one with 29 seconds left in the game?? I know you're opponent was Mark Sanchez and not Tom Brady, but why stop the clock and give him extra time to prepare when you don't have to?? Next play: 18 yard pass to Braylon Edwards. Game over.

What was Caldwell's fantasy there?? Did he think the Colts were gonna get the ball back and lead a touchdown drive after the game was over?? The Jets only had one timeout, all they were gonna do was run the ball and try to get into better field position for a Nick Folk field goal. But instead of having their shaky kicker attempt one from 50-plus, Caldwell made it possibly for a chip shot 32-yarder.

What a bad day for Jim Caldwell to finally show us he was indeed alive. Just let Peyton coach the damn team. Although Caldwell's poor use of timeouts allowed Jason Whitlock to call him Jim "Chris Webber" Caldwell (or C-Well), in reference to Chris Webber's infamous timeout misuse in the 1993 National Championship game. That shit had me rollin'!

But with that said, I'm happy for Rex Ryan. Everyone in the media talks shit about him because he's confident in himself and his team, but let's not forgot that he is 3-1 in the playoffs as a head coach.

It is a shame Rex had to shit on Tom Brady the other day and now his Jets don't stand a chance against the Pats next Sunday. Damn.

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Drew Brees On Madden 11 Cover

August 10th is the date of Madden NFL 11's release and now we know Drew Brees is going to be on the cover. This is great news seeing the Cowboys have the Saints on schedule for Thanksgiving Day. That's week 12, so hopefully the Madden Curse has kicked in by then.

Peep the cover after the jump.

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The Winners & Losers Of Super Bowl XLIV

First off, congratulations to the New Orleans Saints. You won your first Super Bowl, but don't forget who 's better than you. (Week 15 highlights anyone??)

Anyway, I wanted to try something new, and I really liked the "winners/losers" thing Bill Simmons did in a column a few weeks back, so I stole it. Welp, here it is, the winners and losers of Super Bowl XLIV!

Winners: The Boost Mobile shuffle; the little black kid from the Doritos commercial; Joseph Addai; auto-tune, David Letterman, Oprah, and Jay Leno; casual Fridays; men without pants; Brett Favre in 2020, Warren Sapp jokes; little people (KISS commercial, Troy Polamalu commercial); Nickelodeon (they were showing "Malcolm In The Middle" during halftime and gave me something to watch); onside kicks; Sean Payton's balls; Garrett Hartly; eTrade babies; Tracy Porter; the Saints; the city of New Orleans.

Losers: People who came to Miami for Super Bowl weekend, but didn't have tickets to the game; Queen Latifah's singing performance; Emmitt Smith's coin toss; all Doritos commercial NOT starring that little black kid; Cars.com (Shouldn't Timothy Richman's infinite knowledge afford him whatever car he wants??); Kim Kardashian camera shots; the Super Bowl halftime show; the referee trying to explain why the 2-point conversion was good; Charles Barkley's rap skills; GoDaddy.com; anyone who only watched to see the commercials; Peyton Manning's legacy; Reggie Wayne; Haiti; running plays on 3rd down with about a minute left in the game when down 14; the Gatorade shower; the Miami Dolphins (they picked Dante Colpepper over Drew Brees a few years back); giving up on 16-0; resting starters; the Colts.

Have any to add?? Leave them in the comments!

(Side note: Special thanks to Adam Carolla for practically forcing me to pick the Saints.)

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Random News Shit

1) Burris rejected in bid to claim Senate seat
If you just listened to this video instead of watching it and removed works like "senate" you'd think Burris was slave lol. I had the video minimized as I was getting the rest of this post in order and all of a sudden I'm hearing Shuster talk about Burris not being allowed a seat because he needs to get his walking papers signed lol. Am I the only 1 who thinks knows Blagojevich did this on purpose?? lol.

2) Boy, 4, shoots babysitter for stepping on his foot
Hil-arius!! That kid is a G! I could make a million jokes about this, but AP had the funniest line with the last sentence in the report: "The child has not been charged." The kid is 4, of couse he wasn't charged lol.

3) Boy, 6, misses bus so he tries driving to school
Besides the question, 'How did the kid get the keys and drive off unnoticed?' Why is a 6 year-old child walking to a bus stop on his own while his mom's at home sleep??? I'm assuming this kid's mom is an able bodied woman because she has a car outside, but why is a 6 year-old walking outside alone to do anything?? I wouldn't care if the bus stop was right in from of my damn house, I'm not leaving my first grader outside unsupervised while I'm asleep inside. Hell, how does this kid even get to the bus stop late?? He probably has to get himself ready in the morning because his lazy piece of shit parent is still in bed.

4) Brees voted AP Offensive Player of the Year
No surpise here.

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FiyahMuZik.com's Year-End NFL Awards

MVP: Peyton Manning, IND
Who had the Colts finishing the season 12-4 after starting out 3-4?? Oh yeah, nobody! The big difference was clearly an unhealthy Peyton Manning vs. a healthy Peyton Manning. Give the man his 3rd MVP please.

Runner Up: Adrian Peterson, MIN

Offensive Player Of The Year: Drew Brees, N.O.

This was easy, he become only the 2nd player in history to throw for over 5,000 yards.

Runner Up: Kurt Warner, ARI

Defensive Player Of The Year: DeMarcus Ware, DAL
He didn't get enough sacks to beat Strahan's single season record, but 20 sacks in a season is still a remarkable feat. Add 6 forced fumbles to that and you've got your defensive MVP.

Runner Up: James Harrison, PIT

Rookie Of The Year: Matt Ryan, ATL
Yeah he had Michael Turner to take some of the heat off, but he still had an exceptional rookie campaign. He threw for 3440 yards, and 16 touchdowns which is outstanding for a rookie.

Runner Up: Matt Forte, CHI

Coach Of The Year: Tony Sparono, MIA
Even though the Dolphins had a cupcake schedule, going from 1-15 to 11-5 is nothing to sneeze at. Plus, you can add in how much less explosive Dallas' offensive was without him and you can't make an argument for anyone else.

Runner Up: Jeff Fisher, TEN

Comeback Player Of The Year: Antonio Bryant, TAM
I was gonna give Antonio Runner Up, but once I saw how little consideration he got in the actual voting that Chad Pennington won, I knew I had to give it to him. Put it like this: Antonio Bryant is the ONLY player who's stats are +100% better than they were in 2007. You wanna know how that's possible?? Because in 2007 he wasn't even in the league! He went from not even being in the league to 1,248 receiving.

Runner Up: Joey Porter, MIA

Biggest Surprise: Miami Dolphins
No one had the Dolphins going 11-5 and being in the playoffs after 2007. Fuck you, you're a lying piece of shit if you say you did.

Runner Up: Atlanta Falcons

Biggest Disappointment: Jacksonville Jaguars
So much promise, so little result.

Runner Up: New York Jets

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Drew Brees Leads Fan Pro Bowl Voting

I'm just sitting here watching the Saints/Bears game on NFL.com so I figured I post this. Brees recieved 951,246 fan votes before voting closed on Tuesday. The coaches and players have yet to finish voting, but its pretty clear who will be starting for the NFC in Hawaii lol.

Just in case you were wondering, here are the top 5 vote getters:

1) Drew Brees, NO (951,246 votes)
2) Brett Favre, NYJ (880,833 votes)
3) Eli Manning, NYG (821,852 votes)
4) Clinton Portis, WAS (767,817 votes)
5) Kurt Warner, ARI (673,710 votes)

That's right, no Cowboys :-(. Welp we'll know who made the team at 4pm on Dec. 16th when the teams are announced. Just a wild shot in the dark but I don't think Dallas will send 13 players again this year lol. Matter of fact, from Matt Mosley's NFC Pro Bowl breakdown, it looks like only 3 Cowboys (Marion Barber, DeMarcus Ware, and T.O.) will make it unless the coaches and players show us a lot of love...which I doubt lol.

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FiyahMuZik's Midseason Awards

MVP: Clinton Portis, WAS
My first thought for mid-season MVP was Drew Brees because of his astromical numbers, but his Saints are just 4-4. Granted, 2 of those losses can be put squarely on the leg of Martin Gramatica who blew 2 games for them (week 3 at Denver and week 5 against Minnesota).

Anyway, I landed on Clinton Portis because after 9 games in the NFC East he's already on pace for a career year. Even after only rushing for 51 yard Monday night against the Steelers, he's still 172 yards ahead #2 (and that's after #2, Adrian Peterson, rushed for 139 yards). And speaking of that game Monday, you see how ineffective the Redskins are when Portis isn't running well?? They wouldn't have 6 wins this season with Portis so he's my mid-season MVP.

Runner Up: Drew Brees, N.O.

Offensive Player Of The Year: Drew Brees, N.O.
It was out of either he or Kurt Warner, but I gotta give it to Brees because Warner is playing in a cupcake division. After 8 games Brees has 2,563 passing yards and 15 TDs while completing 69.1% of his passes. Don't forget that this is all without his #1 receiver Marques Colston for a majority of the season.

Runner Up: Kurt Warner, ARI

Defensive Player Of The Year: Albert Haynesworth, TEN
The Titans are 8-0 with Kerry Collins at QB. Need I say more?? Albert Haynesworth is fuckin' beast in the middle and usually takes out 2 O linemen at once. He's unblockable and my pick for mid-season defensive player of the year.

Runner Up: Joey Porter, MIA

Rookie Of The Year: Matt Ryan
This man has Atlanta like "Michael Vick who??" Right now. Its crazy! He's definitely playing at a level we rarely see out of rookies, especially at the quarterback position. I can name plenty of teams that could use 208 yards a game and just 5 INTs out of their QB.

Runner Up: Chris Johnson, TEN

Coach Of The Year: Jeff Fisher, TEN
Again, they're 8-0 with Kerry Collins at QB! Enough said.

Biggest Surprise: Miami Dolphins
After going 1-15 last year (and BARELY getting the one win they did get), nobody thought after 8 games the Dolphins would have 4 wins and/or a realistic shot at making the playoffs. I guess Bill Parcells does make that big of a difference.

Runner Up: Atlanta Falcons

Biggest Disappointment: Jacksonville Jaguars
I would've went with the Colts, but losing to the winless Bengals was the final straw. I know they have a depleted O-line, but come on! You guys won 11 games last year.

Runner Up: Indianapolis Colts

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