One of my favorite things about the NFL season is betting. I think the same can be said for a lot of football fans world-wide. The advice I offer is strictly optional, never make a bet you don’t feel comfortable with or you will just grow to resent me.

My Parlay Card (TEASER) Week 7:

Packers: -3
Colts: -8
Falcons: +10

And my EASY MONEY PICK OF THE WEEK IS:
Falcons: +4 (hell I even took them to win straight up)

Good luck this week, Win some $$$

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The Rooney’s are the family who owns the Steelers and Art Rooney II is the president. He announced that they are currently seeking investors to buy out his father’s (Dan Rooney), brother’s shares of the franchise that would separate the family’s gaming interest and satisfy the NFL’s rules regarding ownership equity.

They go on to say that all potential investors must first be approved by the NFL, and appear before the NFL’s financial committee next week. They are not saying who the potential investors could be but said “One of the names is very recognizable.”

If the name is in fact very recognizable, it leads me to wonder. Is having a big celebrity face on a franchise a good thing? Does, for example, having Mark Cuban around help or hurt? Thoughts?

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Days after letting Houshmandzadeh leave to go to Seattle, The Bengals have made their move to fill the gap, and that gap filler is Laveranues Coles.

“The Bengals were very aggressive right from the start in talking to us,” Coles said, in a statement released by the team. “And when a team makes you feel really wanted, that’s a factor you’re not going to ignore. They said, ‘Let’s get this worked out,’ and we did.”

ESPN reported that the deal with Cincinnati was worth $28 million, another indication of how badly the Bengals wanted him. Coles also visited Buffalo last week.

“Clearly, Laveranues gives our passing game another proven weapon,” coach Marvin Lewis said. “He’s been durable and reliable, with high production in catches, yards, yards-per-catch and touchdowns. He’s also a passionate player, a guy who will bring a very positive chemistry to our locker room.

I think that after all the shit I talked, the Bengals have finally made a move to improve their team. I think Coles is a nice fit here and can really help out their offense by providing a nice trio of WR’s with Coles, Johnson and Henry. I am sure Ocho Cinco is happier then ever that he now has someone to take some of the attention off his aging self.

So I leave you with this. Who would you rather have, Whosyourmomma or Coles?

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According to media reports on Monday, Whosyourmomma and Seattle have agreed to a 5 year, $40 million deal.

What does this mean for fantasy owners? Well in my opinion, NOT GOOD! T.J had over 200 catches in the last 2 seasons with the Bengals, but Seattles top receiver, Bobby Engram, had only 47 catches last year. I know he can’t catch, but still… With no true deep threat in Seattle, it is still to be seen how T.J will fair when he is focused on as the #1 WR. Is Palmer a better QB then Hasselbeck? I think that is up in the air for debate, but the ways the defenses will approach T.J is the real issue.

On another note, WHAT IS CINCINATTI DOING?!  Holy shit, they franchise their kicker, and get rid of their top WR? They now have no running game, and their best WR is a aging Chad Johnson, with not much left in the tank. Good luck this year if you don’t have major plans for free agency…

Then there is Seattle, Whosyourmomma said going to a contending team is VERY important to him, and if you play a franchise in madden, then you know what they say is always true! Even when I win back to back to back rings in madden and hit up the free agency and offer less money to a player who says the most important thing is a good team, they never accept! I guess Madden is true in real life too because Houshmanzadeh definitely did not find himself a contending team in seattle. Let me explain… 4-12 last year, no running game, no o-line, no defense and their top reciever last year sucked. The ONE bright spot, if you can call it that, is Hasselbeck who is not THAT great, even if he “does want the ball and is gonna score.”

Good luck in 2009 T.J, you will need it.

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