Does it seems like this season has more horrible teams than normal? Titans, Chiefs, Buccaneers, Rams all winless. The Raiders, Browns, and Bills have one win each (Raiders beat the winless Chiefs). Washington has two losses to previously winless teams, Panthers and Lions. The Browns beat the Bills by completing only 2 passes last weekend. Does that make the Browns look horrible or the Bills more?

You get the idea. It’s tough to say which is the worst team in the league because there are so many. Antonio Pierce of the New York Giants doesn’t like to knock teams BUT had this to say about the Oakland Raiders this past Sunday.

“But right now, they’re struggling.  We’re playing that game the other day and, honestly, it felt like a scrimmage, like a practice.  It felt like we were going against our offense [in a controlled setting] as far as the tempo.

“There was no vibe of trying or effort from the Raiders at all from a defensive standpoint against their offense.  We’re getting three-and-outs.  You don’t hear nobody [saying], ‘Hey, let’s go!’ trying to pick the guys up, rallying them, getting guys fired up.  There was nothing.  It was quiet.  A guy gets sacked or somebody gets beat, they just get up.  It’s not like there’s yelling or no kind of [emotion] about the way they were playing.

“It was shocking to be out there in that game and get that kind of feeling.”

That sums up the Raiders. We read the game day summaries and see the stats but the Raiders sound so much worse when described by Pierce. It’s a very dysfunctional franchise. I don’t see any player wanting or respecting a coach who beat the shit out of another coach. He’s more messed up than half the players.

Then there’s the face of the franchise, JaMarcus Russell, who Al Davis compared to John Elway when he drafted him. I could write a thousand words about how bad he is and give you a bunch of stats to back it up, but I don’t think I need to prove my point. We all know how fat and horrific he is.

If the quarterback, the leader of the offense, doesn’t seem to work hard or care, it’s going to spread like the flu to his teammates.

It’s a messed up team and no matter how bad they are, they’re still picking up paychecks that we would only dream of seeing. Somehow life doesn’t seem fair.

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I like Rodney Harrison on Sunday Night Football cause he’ll say whatever is on his mind. I can say whatever I want on here but I’m a few million short in listeners. They were talking about Terrell Owen’s press conference with the short answers, funny sunglasses and matching shirt. Rodney called him a “clown”. He probably wanted to use another word but clown was just fine.

Terrell wrote what he thought on Twitter. Who knows if Rodney really used steroids or not but maybe that’s the only thing Terrell could come up with. I think “your momma” jokes might have been good here too.

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The news yesterday that really got me shaking my head was the comment Michael Vick made in an interview that will air on Sunday on CBS.

“This is not the exact scenario I thought would play out,” Vick told CBS. “I thought I’d be playing with a team and actually starting.”

He’s allowed to play this weekend and he’ll get snaps according to the Eagles but he’s not going to start, which I believe comes as no surprise to anyone in the league or following football, except Michael Vick.

Let’s review. He was in prison for 20 months. I don’t think there was a prison football league going on. He didn’t have a full training camp. He comes to a team that has given a chance just to even play football and get back to a normal life and make a lot of money.

So why does he seem so surprised? I’m not a GM or NFL head coach but I would think being away from the game for 2 years and expecting to start at the toughest position in football right away is just too soon. He’s got to get the shackles off his legs before he can start running again.

He did say the right things this week leading up to the game:

“It’s very exciting to have the opportunity to go out there and just play football,” Vick said. “Regardless of my role, regardless of what I’m going to be doing this week, just to suit up and be able to go out and play in a game when it counts. If I just had to suit up and go out and help out (Kevin) Kolb with the looks, that’s fine by me.

“I’ve been watching football from afar the last two years. and this is a dream-come-true season to me. In my eyes, I’ve already won a Super Bowl. … The way I feel, I’m just ecstatic.”

So you’ve got honest Mike in the first statement and thankful Mike in the latter statement. Which one seems right?

If Vick has truly learned anything, it’s that the league goes on without him or anyone else in the NFL. New players come in and replace you when you leave. He’s been gone for a long time but expected to pick up where things left off? Maybe the Eagles could start him on special teams, then he could say he started.

Instead he should appreciate the second chance, watch, get back into NFL shape, and then maybe get his chance to start with the Eagles or some other team in the future.

Or he might just be a gimmick in the Eagles offense.

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