What Are You Thinking?

To San Diego Charges OL Marcus McNeill, for agreeing to sign with the Chargers for a one year, $630,000 tender last week. If you can recall, the Chargers offered McNeill and WR Vincent Jackson over $3 million tenders each because the Chargers were unsure of the upcoming uncapped season. Both of them decided they were worth long-term deals, so both of them held out of all offseason activities until they got a long-term deal. The Chargers stayed firm in their stance, refusing to offer any of them long-term deals with the uncertainty of next season and beyond.

C'Mon Man. Are you serious? $630,000 over $3 million? He must've been very desperate because that is a significantly less amount of money. Even worse, he will only make $407,000 because he won't be paid for the other three games he'll miss because the Chargers got a roster exemption. That means he'll have to miss the first six games of the season. Can you say dummy move? Jackson has stayed firm in his stance, knowing he'll get a long term deal with another team. That is exactly what McNeill should've done. I guess he needed the money now.

To referee Carl Cheffers, who was the lead official of last Sunday's game between the Cowboys and Texans. During the early stages of the fourth quarter, with the Cowboys up 17-6, a punt was returned by the Cowboys and there were multiple penalties on the play. After converging with the officiating team, Cheffers announced the penalties, but as it turned out, he was confused himself. After attempting to explain it the first time, he took a personal timeout to talk with the officiating team again.

C'Mon Man. As a referee, you need to know, or at least look like you know what you're doing out there. He clearly needed a moment chewing over a Twix because that was the only thing that was going to save him. Even worse, he explained the penalties the second time and still seemed confused. At the end, he forgot which team had possession, stuttering before stating that the Cowboys had possession. This is just another embarrassing moment for the referees, but to his credit, it didn't impact the game at all. I'll cut Cheffers some slack, because there was a lot going on in that play. To see the video, http://youbeenblinded.com/referee-carl-cheffers-struggling-at-cowboys-texans-game/9340

To ESPN, for actually going out to Florida to cover the training camp for the Miami Heat. As if they haven't gotten enough coverage, the people over there at Bristol decides it was worth the watch to go down to cover their training camp. I wonder who's idea that was, because I'm certainly not interested in watching coverage of their training camp, and neither is a lot of other people. Also, the Heat decided to hold part of their training camp at an Air Force base. I wonder who's idea that was, because they're just trying to look like the good guys when there's nothing to prove.

C'Mon Man. Who even knew the NBA had training camps? It's well noted that the NFL has training camps, most times in sweltering heat. Spring training in baseball is known to a lot of people. Training camp for basketball? I don't think a lot of people knew it existed, but they know now. No one is interested in training camps or preseason basketball. We're all waiting for October 26th, when the Heat play the Celtics in the first regular season game of the season. However, as of now, we can keep Lebron, Wade, and Bosh out of the spotlight till then.