Saturday, September 1st, 2007 by Adam Wagner
A Weird Day in the NFL . . .
The NFL saw some odd stories come out yesterday, with most of them having minimal effect on the Steelers. The one that did, however, was the story that Charlie Frye will be the starting QB for Cleveland opening day. Frye is the best of an untrustworthy bunch for Cleveland, as he has only put two scoring drives together this preseason and is only winning the job because Derek Anderson sucks more than he does. Honestly, if a quarterback throws eight interceptions to four touchdown passes he is not good. And the Browns are apparently realizing this now . . . It’s all fine and dandy for them, however, as Prince Brady will arrive in mideseason, giving the city of Cleveland hope that they have not experienced since Joey Belle.
The Houston Texans made their cuts today, letting loose veteran wideout Keenan McCardell who simply can not hang on to a job right now. More interestingly, however, they cut Darius Walker (the ex-Notre Dame RB) and Jared Zabransky (the Boise State hero). Apparently they don’t want touchdown Jesus or the luck of the blue field.
And in Patriot-land, mainstay safety Rodney Harrison will receive a four game suspension for using HGH. Harrison wants fans to know that he “didn’t use steroids.” No, Rodney, you just tried to accomplish the same ends by a different means, therefore cheating the system.
By 5 p.m. tomorrow, we will all know who this year’s Pittsburgh Steelers will be. And the biggest question is probably Verron Haynes: will he stay or will he go? In my humble opinion, just cut him loose. Gary Russell and Carey Davis have shown a little bit too much and Haynes has become the Chidi Iwuoma of running backs, always willing to come back to Pittsburgh.
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