This is a really interesting article on what may one day be the end of football. I've thought for a while now, if football were to ever end, it would be due to the thought that it's simply too dangerous. Not that I'd agree with it if it were to ever happen, I certainly would not. Still, I found the take compelling and rather depressing to think about, a world without football. Let's hope that it's a very long way off (if ever).

I thought about saving this for Chow (2/13) but it couldn't wait. These are too awesome.

A century ago two Ohio powers, Canton and Massillon, battled for supremacy of professional football. Back then the game was a cross between a three-ring circus and trench warfare, and the players were team-switching mercenaries. The championship series might even have been fixed

In case anyone wants to bang their head against the wall a few times. The trade down here is one of the worst I have ever seen to move down 10 spots from the top of the draft -- it makes Mangini's trade down from 5 to 17 look like a fleecing of the Jets. At these prices, we can trade our 22 pick to the Colts for their 1st overall!

Right on schedule

10."Did we win?"
9."What matters most is we had fun"
8."We should have Tebowed"
7."When's game two?"
6."President Bush is on the phone"
5."We still get paid, right?"
4."On the bright side, we still get to shower together"
3."Why is Bill Belichick naked?"
2."Who cares that we lost -- I'm married to a supermodel" (Tom Brady only)
1."Well, at least we don't have to go on Letterman"

"[Stafford] received 21 votes, six more than Cleveland linebacker D'Qwell Jackson. San Francisco quarterback Alex Smith finished third, followed by Carolina receiver Steve Smith, Denver defensive end Elvis Dumervil, New England defensive end Andre Carter and Giants quarterback Eli Manning."

"I hate to talk about myself like that, but if I had to straight up tell a head coach or an owner why they should take me, it's because I'm the best in everything I've done," Griffin said. "I'm the most accurate. I have the strongest arm. I may not be the tallest. I may not be the heaviest. But I'm the best quarterback in the nation, and if they pass on me, then I understand. But I'm going to go out and be the best quarterback for somebody else."

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/don_banks/02/03/robert-griffin/index.html#ixzz1lRev8ft3

Rick Chandler gives us major props.

I'm generally for more nights where I have the option to view live NFL games, but what do you guys think?