Opening Salvo (Remix)
Jan 3, 2008 2008 Draft, Barbaro is dead, Charles Spencer, Dunta Robinson, Free Agency, Injury bug, Nnamdi Asomugha
Two follow-up notes to the post below:
1. I realize that I am being uncharacteristically optimistic when it comes to Dunta. It is entirely plausible that he doesn’t step on the field at all in 2008. I am just buying into the idea that his rehab is going well and assuming that he has the type of personality that lends itself to a more rapid recovery (i.e. “fuck the naysayers, this is the style I bring” vs. “oh, man, I don’t deserve this; why’d this happen to me?”) You’ll note, however, that I am not so sold on my own beliefs that I don’t also think we should go after Asomugha.
2. Until Steph mentioned it, I was completely unaware that Charles Spencer is a big ol’ fatty now. Probably not the best thing for a rehabbed leg. I’m leaning more toward assuming he’ll be a guard in 2008.
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January 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I remember a few months ago it was reported that Spencer was not getting enough to eat and had added 5-gallon buckets of lard to his diet. But then, lo and behold, a few days ago Zierlein left a response in his comments section that he had heard Spencer had actually dropped weight and was working hard. Doesn’t sound like the Spencer we know and love. However, I might be unnecessarily getting my hopes up since dropping some weight from 400 bills still leaves lots of ass to work off.
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January 3rd, 2008 at 8:37 pm
He may be working hard but the word I got was that he was by far the fattest member of the Texans, which is no surprise because he probably was the fluffiest before he got hurt. Back when the Oline was getting fined for being over weight targets, he was one of the few guys who didn’t make weight. Which is probably why he was one of the few effective guys on the line in the beginning of 2006–because he didn’t drop weight too quickly and had enough energy to perform.
Recent word I got was that he is really fluffy still.
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January 3rd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
“he didn’t drop weight too quickly and had enough energy to perform.”
For this very reason I keep resisting my wife’s efforts to put me on a diet.
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January 4th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Attaboy buck! Stay the course!!
USA! USA! USA!