Needless to say, the NFL free agent scene heated up over the weekend, including here in Houston. I'll touch on the Rockets too, but there's a lot of ground to cover NFL wise.
Where to start...I think I'll start with the Dallas Cowboys. As most have heard today, the Cowboys chose to put the franchise tag on Dez Bryant, leaving DeMarco Murray to test the free agent waters. Reportedly, the list of suitors includes the Seahawks, Cardinals, Jaguars, Colts.
I think it's important to note that it seems the Cowboys think Dez Bryant is more valuable than DeMarco Murray. Keep in mind that Murray is being courted by some good teams, but he had a great offensive line in Dallas. I'd be interested to see what happens if and when he goes elsewhere. It doesn't look like the Cowboys are going to be able to land the newly reinstated Adrian Peterson if Murray is signed by another teams so it will be interesting to see what the Cowboys do.
In Detroit, it looks like the Lions are willing to let former Husker Ndamukong Suh walk. Will that be a mistake the Lions regret...we'll have to wait and see. The list of suitors is long for #93, and no doubt his price will be high. One of the teams most talked about in his courtship seems to be the Oakland Raiders. I wouldn't even know how to comprehend a Raiders team with #93...I can see twitter figuratively crashing if that happens.
Another year, another quarterback mistake by Cleveland, arguably the most inept organization in football today. Next man up...Josh McCown, who couldn't even hack it with his former coach in Chicago and Tampa Bay. And the Browns decided to give him a three year contract and 14 million dollars. Cleveland is a quarterback's graveyard, and I think this situation will be no different.
In Houston, the news coming out of NRG Park is that Andre Johnson wants to be traded or cut. It appears the Texans will be willing to comply with his request. I'm not surprised about this; Schaub wasn't a great QB while here, but #80 developed a rapport with him and he hasn't been the same since Schaub left town. According to reports that have come out, O'Brien told him when he got the job that #80 would have a reduced role and Johnson wants to be able to show his talents.
The one good thing this will do is that when Johnson leaves, the Texans will be about $22 mil under the salary cap. But with Johnson leaving, they absolutely HAVE to go get another receiver to go alongside Hopkins. Already, the rumors are flying that the Texans may be looking at Welker.
One college football note before I go to some basketball; as much as I dislike the SEC, good on Slive for being proactive and wanting to shoot this whole freshmen being ineligible proposal down. As a Husker alum there are a lot of things I like about the Big 10, but Jim Delany is off his rocker, and he is the main forerunner of this idea. I'm almost convinced that Delany wants to take the Big 10 back to the stone age sometimes.
Now for some basketball, and believe it or not I'll touch on the Rockets then go to college. The only way I can pretty much accurately describe yesterday's Rockets/Cavs game was that it was downright crazy. You had scrums like you might see at a rugby match or a playoff hockey game, Harden kicking Lebron in a certain area which shall not be named, Harden and Lebron going at it in an epic battle. And in the end, Lebron bricks two at the free throw line which could have given the Cavs the win, and the Rockets escaped.
In addition, Harden got a one game suspension for his kick to a certain area on Lebron's body, while Lebron got nothing for the stuff he instigated. I've got no problem with the Harden suspension, but Lebron should definitely have been hit with a one gamer too.
On college ball, Kentucky continues to roll, but I still think it would be better for them to lose a game prior to the NCAAs. Georgia tomorrow looks like their last real test prior to the SEC Tournament. If you want to look at one team who can beat them, it might well be Arizona in a Final 4 setting. That Utah team they beat Saturday is a tough, nasty team and Arizona won in their building.
Lastly, Iowa State with an amazing comeback from 21 points down tonight. What a collapse by Oklahoma, and what a comeback for ISU. That one was definitely a season-saver for the Cyclones; losses at KSU and at home to OU within the span of 48 hours would have been awfully difficult to overcome. Maybe this will be a turning point for ISU.
Until next time....
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