Tuesday, January 1, 2008

I think Fred Taylor should just shut up.

The news today was all about the Jacksonville Jaguars' Fred Taylor complaining about field conditions at Heinz Field.

"That field is terrible," Taylor said in a conference call with Pittsburgh reporters. "That's a lawsuit pending. That's ridiculous."

Mind you that is the same field that two weeks ago he put up 147 Yards and a touchdown. But Taylor wasn't done there:

"I prefer grass, but these cold-weather teams, late in the season, they allow high schools to play on their field and they allow colleges to play on their field," said Taylor, ninth in the league with 1,202 yards rushing. "It just goes completely bad. So I think a million-dollar investment won't hurt their pockets."

Oh, I'm sure the Steelers management will get right on that. Hey, Fred, if it bothers you that much, why don't you pony up the dough and make a donation for a field replacement?

Yeah, I'm no fan of Mr. Taylor. Mostly after years of drafting him for my fantasy football teams and him spending most of the year on the DL. Most recently, I was irked when on the St. Louis game after Willie Parker broke his leg, Bryant Gumbel and Chris Collinsworth were doing backflips in glee because it meant Taylor would go to the Pro Bowl. Yeah, I'm sure Willie felt just as happy for him, when he wasn't in excruciating pain.

Okay, it wasn't his fault that Gumbel and Collinsworth were nitwits. But I don't find his having a good year this year all that inspirational. !. He was healthy. 2. Maurice Jones-Drew wasn't. If those two things were different, he would be in shlub territory where he belongs.

My prediction? The field will be in perfect shape and Taylor will blow out his knee by turning wrong on it.



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