Favre Trade

DTC admires this trade, a win-win strategy for both teams. Nashville sends Brett Favre and their 20th round pick to Wausau in return for the Bombers 4th round pick and QB Kevin Kolb.   Wausau approach is based on the expectation that the only two prospects at starting QBs, Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco, will not be available at the 7th spot. Most likely, Ryan will go to NCT and Flacco to MTP. This fills the Blue Bombers' major need for this season in hopes that a good future starter can be drafted.   Nashville gets a developmental QB in Kolb whom the Philadelphia Eagles picked up in the 2nd round in 2007, the 36th pick overall. In addition, the 4th round pick provides  opportunity to pick up more future talent.

37.5% Rule

Once again humans confuse Colossus. Three of the seven YES votes cast so far for the 800 passing attempt limit rule were teams that would've been forced to cut down on QBs this season if it had been in effect. The New England Generals have Jay "Whinny Bear" Cutler (616), Gus "Freakin' Old" Frerotte (301) and Shaun "Gold Nugget" Hill (288) totaling 1,205 attempts. The Knoxville Smokies have Kyle Orton (465 atts) and Jeff Garcia (376) for 841 attempts. The Fresno Outlaws have Donovan McNabb (571 atts), JaMarcus Russell (368 atts) and Seneca Wallace (242 atts), A total of 1,181 passing attempts. If these teams feel this way, Colossus asks them to cut down to less than 800 attempts on their own. It's like rich people feeling guilty about their wealth and supporting high personal income tax rates. Why don't they just give all their money away during times of low taxation instead of wanting everyone else to be forced by law to cough up cash? So, the league looks forward to Jay Cutler, Shaun Hill, Kyle Orton and Donovan McNabb being available for the draft even if the proposal doesn't pass. And if it does pass, they should do it this year even if the rule doesn't go into effect until next season.

AIG and TTFBA

Several proposals have been offered In the spirit of the US Congress going after the bonuses of AIG executives: legislation targeting an individual or small group.  In that spirit I have renamed each of the them. The Wausau Winning Attitude Act This law would reward coaches playing games head-to-head even if their seasons were losing causes. Named after one team that exemplified the approach that all coaches should use: Play your games regardless of your talent.  The Donelson Dumpster Dive Act It's possible that the dumpster diving talent mining manueveur has gone on for many seasons but the Warriors whomping 4 player free agent grab on March 1st raised a red flag throughout the league. Should've done a player here, a couple there - maybe no one would've noticed. The acquisition near the time the beta ratings came out - coincidence? Not. The DonTilSaP Act This legislation targets teams loaded with talent via a salary cap. This season the bullseye is on Donelson, Tillman and San Pedro. The goal is to create a utopian football league where all teams go 8-8 and no one gets any boo-boos. Granted, Donelson's Super Bowl run this year will be tainted with family trades and beta rating free agent harvesting, but other teams have been built legitimately and shouldn't be punished. (Full disclosure: DTC once supported a salary cap but that was in an age when one-sided trades cracked parity. Owner attrition and trade review has improved things. In most cases. Not mentioning any names.) The 37.5% Act This is the proposal on limiting 800 attempts at QB. The 37.5% refers to the percentage of teams that would've been affected by this rule this season: DAK, FRE, GLM, KNX, NAS, NE, SP, TIL and DVD all have over 800 passing attempts. That's 9 teams. Next year, it could be DAL if Brady's knee works. Aaron Rodgers was a Gladiator draft pick and has been protected every year until finally! he bore fruit. You will have to pry one of those QBs from Colossus' cold dead hands (metallic claws?).