Ten Things I Think I Think

	Drew Brees dislocated his non-throwing elbow in the Pro Bowl, but fortunately for him (and the Saints) it won't require surgery. AP
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1. I think the sound of a heart sinking on Saturday evening was that of Sean Payton, upon seeing Drew Brees walk off the field at Aloha Stadium holding his arm -- for the second straight year. But the news was good for Payton, and Brees, apparently. Brees will not need surgery on his dislocated non-throwing elbow and he should be fine by the time any serious throwing must commence in late April or May. Last year he was concerned about when he would be able to play again. This year, from what I hear, all he's concerned about is missing a flight in California with the Blue Angels this week and possibly some golf over the next month.

2. I think if I were Eagles owner Jeff Lurie, I would call Andy Reid on the phone and say: "Coach, you take all the time you need to straighten things out at home. You need six months, fine. You need a year, fine. You call us and tell us when you're ready to come back.'' I'll bet you $100 that Jeff Lurie has already said something close to those exact words to Reid, whose two oldest sons have been charged with gun, drugs and traffic violations. (Note: The Eagles announced Reid will take a leave of absence late Monday morning.)

3. I think you can have the Chargers next year, all you Vegas players. Too much mayhem there for me right now.

4. I think the Ravens are not wealthy enough to fit Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and Adalius Thomas under the cap. Someone's going to get very lucky out there in free agency if that's the case, because Thomas is not only the most versatile defensive player in football, but he's also a great teammate and unselfish leader.

5. I think if Bobby Petrino is planning to give Mike Vick the same kind of freedom Peyton Manning has at the line of scrimmage, the coach better be sure that Vick has the nose-to-the-playbook grindstone this winter and spring. If Vick studies the way Petrino demands, then I think it's a good strategy by the rookie coach. Challenge the franchise quarterback, and if he comes through, you're all winners. If he doesn't, then you know you might have to go in a different direction in 2008.

6. I think if you didn't catch the NFL Films highlights of the Super Bowl, you've got to see one thing that was so, so telling. In the fourth quarter, with the Bears trailing by five, and needing a clutch drive to take over the game, a mike caught Thomas Jones imploring Rex Grossman, "C'mon Rex! Make a play!'' And on the next play, Grossman throw badly off his back foot, and his duck was intercepted by Kelvin Hayden and returned for the touchdown that sealed the Chicago defeat. Amazing, dramatic catch by NFL Films.

7. I think for any of you -- us -- feeling the least bit of pity for Rush Limbaugh after his silly remarks about black quarterbacks and the media, we can all now rest easy. The guy's a race-aholic. He injects race where it has no business being injected. The latest, you've probably heard, but here it is, from Limbaugh's radio show last Monday:

"And before we go to the break here, folks, I've got to get something off my chest. You know, the game was the game. And the game was what it was. But I - I can't handle any more press criticism of Rex Grossman. They're writing his name W-R-E-C-K-S. They're just ... worst quarterback ever to play in the Super Bowl. And it's been like this since the Green Bay game -- actually since the Arizona game, a little crescendo of it in the Green Bay game, the last game of the season for the Bears. And it's just unrelenting! It's just -- they're focusing on this guy like they don't focus on anybody!

"And I tell you, I know what it is. The media, the sports media, has got social concerns that they are first and foremost interested in, and they're dumping on this guy -- Rex Grossman -- for one reason, folks, and that's because he is a white quarterback.''

Rush, we're dumping on him because, in a five-point game in the fourth quarter, with the Bears in possession of the ball and still with a very good chance to win, he threw two ridiculous passes in the biggest game of his life. Two interceptions. Buried his own team. Had it been McNabb or Brees or Leftwich or Kitna or Daisuke Matsuzaka, we'd have buried them too.