The Situation Of Info-Saturation

(Until a Buccaneer punches a pregnant woman or some other such ridiculous behavior, we're going to get fed mostly stories about that wide receiver everyone is talking about for the next few days. I'll see what else I can scrounge up.)

New on my list of "People Who I Will Make Eat A Bug When I Get Rich Enough" are "Tuffy" and "Matthew T. Sussman" (yeah, like that's a real name) over at Blogcritics Magazine who have teamed up to predict that Calvin Johnson will be a bust if the Buccaneers select him, but will be a superstar if he goes to the Raiders. I was scared for a minute that maybe they do have some special clairvoyance that allows them to see not only into the future, but into multiple timelines where every quantum action spawns infinite possibilities and yet for some reason they choose to use this awesome power not to cure all disease and end poverty but to prognosticate the career of a Georgia Tech wide receiver. But then I read where they predicted that washed-up, strong-armed quarterback Drew Bledsoe was going to unretire and go not to Oakland where they have made a legacy of pursuing exactly those kinds of players, but to Tampa Bay. Then I knew it was all bullshit.

(What? You don't have a list of people that you will make eat bugs if you win the lottery? Ok, maybe it's just me. Don't make it weird.)

Speaking of Johnson (and when aren't we?), it looks like Denver has gotten into the mix to move into Detroit's #2 slot to get him.

the Broncos offered picks in the first, second and third rounds, plus their first-round pick in 2008, for the Lions' No. 2 selection, a trade contingent on the Oakland Raiders not taking Johnson with their No. 1 choice.

The article never cites "a league source" or any euphemism for "unsubstantiated rumor"; they state is as fact. Jay Cutler to Johnson would be a pretty sweet combination for the Broncos, and since neither they nor the Lions are in the NFC South, I don't care if they make the trade or not. The only thing that would concern me is if Gruce was so enamored with Johnson that they felt they had to top the Broncos' offer, at which time Joel Glazer should just put an end to the whole damn thing and make the pick himself. "With the fourth pick of the draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Cristiano Ronaldo."