Well, before I go into my thoughts about last Friday night's game between New England and Green Bay, and the three cuts made on Tuesday, I have something that I wanted to get off of my chest, and it has to do with those who choose their names in professional sports.

Now for some of you out there who are oblivious to this, the sports world is similar to the Hollywood world when it comes to a person's name. If you have a boring name then your agent can't market you. For example, there are guys who change their name once they head off to college or after they hire an agent. What I want to know is how do you know when to keep your name or change it, because lately it seems there are sports celebs out there labeling themselves with monikers that would make them worthy of a porn career.

Case and point: I went out to dinner Saturday night, and the place we ate at had the Women's LPGA tour on ESPN2, and teeing off was female golfer Paula Creamer...

Now I don't have to get into any type of explanation here, but isn't this name worthy of a DVD that comes shipped to your house in a plain brown box? Does anyone else find this name chuckle worthy or do I just have a one-track mind?

Here's another example, and I've mentioned this before about Patriots Pro Bowl defensive lineman Richard Seymour. Richard could just reverse his name to Seymour Richard, and this guy could probably top DVD sales in gay porn with a name like that alone.

How about Cletidus Hunt defensive tackle for Green Bay, and could there be anymore? How about QB Brian Griese or B.J. Lovett in San Diego? DE Willie Whitehead for the Saints is another good one.

Oh well, enough of the dirty talk lets go on to something else.

The Denver Broncos waived Maurice Clarett Tuesday after not performing for the past three weeks due to a groin injury. Gee, and to think how much of taxpayers federal dollars was wasted for this guy to get into the NFL.

This past Monday, I was watching the MTV VMA's on my TIVO, and there were some things that were just worth mentioning out here...

1. Who the hell told Diddy (formerly P Diddy/Puff Daddy/Sean Puffy Combs) he was funny? Stick to making music brother, and, hopefully, you will release that hybrid Biggie stuff backed by that live orchestra. It proved that rap can be a force with any type of backing.

2. Why wasn't Black Eyed Peas nominated for anything? The "Monkey Business" album was just as big last year, and they didn't get nominated or perform... I want my Fergie!

3. If Shakira's hip thrusts and belly dancing could be bottled up and sold to men as a penile performance enhancer there would be no more such thing as Viagra. I actually had to wipe the drool from the corner of my mouth when her performance was finished.

4. Why the hell would 50 Cent sign rapper Mase to his G-Unit clique? Talk about losing all of your street cred with the swoop of a pen.

5. Alicia Keys to me is like sitting down for dessert... A bowl of warm apple crisp topped with cookie dough ice cream, whipped topping, nuts and just a slight covering of hot fudge... YUMMY!

6. God Bless Eva Longoria! If you didn't see the bathing suit she wore... Kill yourself.

7. What scientist actually went out and reanimated MC Hammer from the dead for that performance? Actually if Hammer's lucky maybe 50 will sign him to G-Unit also.

Last Friday night the New England Patriots first squad showed the NFL (barring injuries) that, once again, they will be productive, successful and a threat to repeat again this year. There is also a good chance they may do it behind the success of their first round pick G Logan Mankins out of Fresno State. If Mankins can continue to do the things he does alongside RT Tom Ashworth for RB's Corey Dillon, Kevin Faulk and Patrick Pass, he could be getting a lot of Rolexes and free dinners. This guy scares me the way he punishes his opponents, and the only thing that's scarier is that I believe Corey will have a 100-plus yard game this year.

Corey has been playing like a man possessed. Since the first week of training camp I've been telling people that our run defense was either very bad or Dillon was just that good. After three preseason games I am a firm believer that Dillon is just that good this year. I'm even going to take it another step further and predict that he will have a 100 plus yard game this year. I'm not talking 102 or 110 yards I'm talking 125, maybe 150 yards in a game.

Another bright spot for the Pats is their pass defense, which seems to have picked up where it left off last year. CB Asante Samuel could make people really forget about number 24 if he keeps making great picks, and it's not just Asante either. As the Pats head into this last tuner match-up they are leading the league this preseason for interceptions which means the defensive backfield has very good field awareness, and are always near the ball. The interior defense did struggle with newcomers LB's Monty Beisel, Chad Brown, but it's nothing to worry about because these guys will pick up more with the more reps they get being the veterans that they are.

QB Tom Brady was rusty in his first outing, and bounced back against Green Bay to show he is clearly the man for the job and possibly one of the most underrated QB's in the NFL. Brady will lead a QB corps followed by Doug Flutie, and "My Favorite" Matt Cassell, while Rohan Davey cleans out his locker after being released Tuesday. I'm sure this came as no surprise since he hasn't really made an impact since coming here. Davey has an arm, but if he can't make good decisions and get his footwork right he might as well choose another career.

Also cut Tuesday was my last year's camp favorite, S Dexter Reid who had speed and aggression. Something he lacked this year, too bad it cost him his spot where they are just loaded with talent. The last guy to get the axe was RB Cedric Cobbs who was tainted by injuries in previous seasons and was hoping to make the team. Unfortunately, with the performance of RB Kory Chapman and FB Kyle Eckel there is just no room for him.

So with those cuts, that leaves the Pats to make eight cuts by 4 pm Thursday heading into the final cut after this week's game against the Giants.

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