The NFL or The Biggest Loser?

Albert Haynesworth says, "We gotta do what?"

 For four and a half months we've been sitting around watching the paint dry on the NFL lockout. Billionaires vs. Millionaires hashing out their differences before coming to an agreement that they both could live with. Finally on Monday the NFL players voted on a final deal just days after the owners approved a tentative agreement, and the sides finally managed to put an end to the lockout, the longest work stoppage in league history.
"This is a long time coming, and football's back," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said, "and that's the great news for everybody."

"Football is back", says Goodell or is it? Now I know that the lockout is over and the teams will begin reporting to facilities, going through physicals, signing rookies and free agents etc. But is the game that we all know and love back? Not even close!

As a result of the lock out the teams have missed critical mini-camps and O.T.A.'s(Off-season Training Activities) that are mandatory for a teams success. Therefore, we will see a terrible product on the field come August and September. Keep in mind that 25% of the league has new coaches. Those teams include Dallas, Minnesota, Denver, San Francisco, Carolina, Cleveland, Oakland and Tennessee.

The fact that they haven't been able to meet as a team has completely destroyed any chances of these teams even competing this year. By not being able to meet they haven't been able to implement a play book on either side of the ball or put any type of structure in place etc. Those teams that have rookie quarterbacks like Carolina(Cam Newton) are definitely up a creek without a paddle or a boat.

You can’t expect for those teams to be able to compete with veteran squads that have everything in place. There's just no way. Teams like the Steelers, Packers, Saints, Colts, Patriots will run crazy this year because they essentially have a head start. They all have veteran quarterbacks and systems already in place. You may as well just pencil them into the playoffs now as the favorites.

Those teams are pretty much ready to play. Well...not exactly. How many knuckle heads are going to show up to camp out of shape? A lot! Now I know that it's the NFL and everybody is supposed to be professional but what does that really mean? We saw Albert Haynesworth who was the highest paid defensive lineman in the league show up a year ago way out of shape and there wasn't even a lockout. My God, there will be all kinds of train wrecks this year.



"New coach? Forget about it!"

 Boys are going to show up looking like they‘ve been living at Shoney's during the lock out. I mean, half of training camp will be wasted on trying to get guys into shape. Watch what I'm saying bruh! Also during the pre-season games we'll see guys going down like there's a sniper in the stands just picking boys off. Look out for more pulled muscles and hamstrings than ever before. Remember when Darrell Revis held out of the entire per-season last year then reported to camp only for Randy Moss to make him look bad during his first game back just days later because he wasn't in game shape and he pulled a hamstring?

Well get your popcorn ready because you'll see a lot of that. Just like the guy at Men's Wearhouse always says, "I guarantee it." The product will be garbage for at least 6 to 8 weeks. So if you're looking for some real football don't turn on your TV until mid October or watch college football and if your team has a new coach, “forget about it!”


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Jay Graves
Twitter: @jaygravesreport
Information from the Associated Press was used in this article.