GOOD MOVES

Washington telling Bruce Smith to take a hike.

Smith doesn’t belong in the NFL, never mind starting in the NFL. He's washed up and should have hung up his cleats a couple years ago.

Buffalo’s firing of Kevin Gilbride as OC.

As I’ve said before, Kevin doesn’t have it anymore and hasn’t for several years. He won’t change his philosophy, so he needs to ride into the sunset or . . . .

NJ Giant’s Hiring Gilbride as QB coach.

Or he needs to take a position more in line with his ability. This hiring fits both Gilbride and the Giants perfectly.

Denver Passing Up on Garner.

The whole ‘04 FA RB market is underwhelming. Nothing but a bunch of aging backs who were never especially good. Garner, Staley and Dillion, the “cream of the crop”, are all yawners past their primes. So I’m more than happy to see Denver pass on Garner and not make a run at Staley. Now my fingers are crossed that they let Dillion go to whoever wants him even if that’s Oakland.

Yes, yes, Dillion had some great GAMES (especially against Denver), but how many great SEASONS has he had?

Steelers cutting Zereoue

They already have one RB not worth a damn in Bettis (and I said last year that even if Bettis is washed up, Zereoue isn’t fit to sniff his jock). They don’t need two. Any GM who signs Zereoue is either desperate or stupid.

STUPID MOVES

Colts Overpaying Manning

What good is it to retain the best player in the league, if doing so prevents you from maintaining the remainder of the team in a manner that will allow to you contend? And what kind of a selfish jerk is Manning to knowingly cripple his team like this? Would he, his family or even his freaking grandkids have starved if he was "only" making 8 or 9 million per year?

Eagles over-paying Jevon Kearse.

Kearse, though a remarkable physical talent, is too fragile to play out an entire season. It doesn’t make sense to pay Kearse superstar money when he won’t even be on the field for all 16 games. If he was still worth a damn, the Titans would have bent over backwards to keep him.

The Giants firing of Jim Fassal:

A fine coach who accomplished more than he should have been expected to with a lot of questionable talent. He shouldn’t have been fired, he should have been canonized.

Dolphins Demoting Dave Wanstadt from Coach / GM to Coach:

Unlike that old fraud, Don Shula, Wanstadt isn’t single handedly restricting the success of the Dolphins. Unlike Shula, Wanny has made good personnel move after good move. He just hasn’t gotten some of the breaks that say, Dick Vermeil has gotten. Football is a game of luck as much as a game of guts and talent and the consistent success that Wanstadt has brought to the Dolphins’ organization should be rewarded, not punished. In addition to this, any coach hated by that simpleton Dan Hampton has got to be a damn fine coach and a stellar human being.