"The Impossible, Inevitable Redemption of Micahel Vick" by Will Leitch - GQ.com

Don't have a lot of time to post but wanted to get this up. It's an interview with/profile of Mike Vick in the newest GQ. He says a bunch of controversial stuff and quotes from this interview will be everywhere by tonight. Haven't given it a good gander yet though. Anyway, you heard it here first.

http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201109/michael-vick-gq-september-2011-interview

"The Eli Experiment" by Michael Lewis - NYTimes.com

Fuckin' Eli. Listen I'm a Giants fan and I want to root for him but he makes it damn hard sometimes. Like if your from Boston and you want to gloat over Tom Brady and his overrated wife that actually looks like a trannie go right ahead. I'll tell you 12 times out of 10 that Eli beat Brady head to head and in sports that makes you better. Also that Boston is basically Queens North and your accent makes you sound 400 SAT points dumber.

That being said Eli is out of his cot-damn mind with these "I'm in the same class as Tom Brady" quotes. Motherfucker, I saw your stats side by side with Brady's today on TV and I laughed out loud. You're not that. You know it. I know it. Everybody knows it.

My guess is he said it because that was his best guess at what a big macho leader quarterback should say. But he is not a big macho leader quarterback. He's Eli. Pretty good pro QB. Beat Tom Brady in the Super Bowl. Surprisinigly clutch on occasion. And hates playing football. That's all there is to it.

This Michael Lewis article from the Times in 2004 is a great look into Eli's strange psyche when he just came out of school. A must read for Giants fans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/magazine/19MANNING.html?_r=1&=&pagewanted=print&%23038;position=

"Why I'm Not Watching the NFL Draft" by Hampton Stevens - Theatlantic.com

I honestly couldn't resist the irony of posting this article as I'm watching the NFL draft. Cam Newton, mark Poopreads' words on this date, will be a bust. Might make a great tight end someday, special athleticism, but he will never grasp an NFL system well enough to play QB. Ever.

I like the Von Miller pick. Anyone undersized going that high has to have a motor that will serve him well in the pros. But those hugs went on just a tad too long didn't they? You hug your family, you maybe cry a little, but you don't go up and hug Roger Goodell for 20 seconds while crying. Bad look. Then again, I could see Ray Lewis doing that.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/04/why-im-not-watching-the-nfl-draft/237962/

"Inside the NFL" by Michael Rosenberg - SI.com

Ryan Mallet is a cocky college kid who drinks beer and likes to smoke pot. He's also 6'7", has a rocket arm, and is has a body that is the platonic ideal of a big-time pocket passer. Would you draft him?

Cocky's not bad for a quarterback right? John Elway ring a bell? How about Joe Namath? And what about JaMarcus Russell? Scratch that last one.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/michael_rosenberg/04/26/ryan.mallett/index.html?eref=sihp