Tampa Bay Sports Blog

The playoff games yesterday were outstanding. I found myself just completely drawn to both games and could barely move while watching them, which was bad because I was at work. Oh well, my job is safe. There wasn’t much else on so I decided to watch a little of the Phoenix/Edmonton hockey game and I learned something real quick. If it’s not the Lightning, I don’t really want to watch it. I used to love watching hockey of any kind, but I just couldn’t do it yesterday. I will watch Ovechkin, Crosby and even Jarome Iginla, but that’s pretty much it. Anyway, here’s what I thought of the two playoff games.

Though I’m not a fan of either team, my hatred of Philly led me to root for the Cardinals. After watching the game I really don’t think that either one of those teams stood a chance against the Ravens or the Steelers. Warner still looks as scared as a man can possibly look on the football field when anyone gets a shot at him. I can’t wait to see the look on his face when the Steelers get a hold of him. It’s not going to be pretty. The Arizona defense looks to be good enough and Larry Fitzgerald is just a freak. Fitzgerald is playing like a man amongst boys and it should be fun to watch what he does against the Steelers.

The Ravens/Steelers game was sick. I really mean sick. The hitting that went on in that game hurt me just watching it. I jumped out of my chair and had a sick feeling when I saw that hit on Willis McGahee from Ryan Clark and I can only hope that Willis recovers from that. That was one of those hits that kills guys careers and it still makes me ill when I just even think about it, much less see it. I must send out my best wishes to McGahee and his family after that one. There was a ton of hitting in that game and it looks like the Steelers are on their way to another Super Bowl win. I’m rooting for them too because of Mike Tomlin. He looks like an outstanding guy to play for and it would be pretty cool for him to come home to Tampa and win a Super Bowl here. That’s about it for now, I’m looking forward to the Cavs/Lakers game tonight and I’m not sure if I want to even try to watch the Bolts invite Brad Richards back to town. That one could be ugly. I know I’ll end up watching it though and I can only hope that if the Stars win, it’s Brad doing the damage.

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I’ve got a lot on my mind right now within the sports world and in trying to kick off the new year with more posts I just wanted to comment on a few things I thought about over the weekend.

• The playoff games I watched this weekend were pretty good for the most part. The Ravens showed everyone who the real Chad Pennington was and Ed Reed proved that he is the sickest defensive ballhawk we’ve seen since Deion Sanders and you could even make an argument that he might be better.

• Tony Dungy may have coached his last game with the Colts and I would find it pretty sad if it was his last game ever coached. I do get the feeling that he wants a little time away from the game and if anyone deserves it, it’s Tony Dungy. I would like to think though that Tony would jump back into the coaching ranks after a few years of sitting home with the family. He’s only 53 and he would still be fairly young by coaching standards if he jumped back in five years from now. I hope it’s not over for Tony Dungy.

• The Patriots are supposedly going to put the franchise tag on Matt Cassel and that’s a very smart move (not shocking from the Pats). I will say though that I don’t see a better fit for Cassel than with the Vikings. That game would’ve been different had the Vikings had a real QB. I don’t know how many picks the Vikings have, but if the Patriots are confident enough in Tom Brady coming back healthy that they do shop Cassel, Minnesota should be first in line to snatch him up. Imagine the Vikes pulling that off and signing a good WR, say Antonio Bryant, and that team would be set up for a nice run at the Super Bowl next year. I could also see the Vikings looking at Jeff Garcia as a starter or backup this offseason.

• The Celtics and Cavs both lost yesterday which further proves that the Magic belong in the discussion with them, even though the Magic lost also.

That’s all for now, more later on.

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