MMQB (cont.)

Quote of the Week I

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"Jason Peters is the best left tackle in football.''
-- Philadelphia coach Andy Reid, after dealing first, fourth- and sixth-round picks to Buffalo for the Pro Bowl tackle.

Not last year he wasn't.

Quote of the Week II

"John Madden is the best sports broadcaster -- not just the best football broadcaster -- of all time.''
-- NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, after Madden retired last week.

Quote of the Week III

"Chad Johnson called me today. Crying. He wonders why everyone can get traded but him.''
-- Former Johnson teammate T.J. Houshmandzadeh, now with Seattle, on NFL Network Friday night.

Quote of the Week IV

"Players in this draft have sent up more red flares from players than Gilligan and Skipper ever did.''
-- Bengals.com columnist Geoff Hobson, on the sketchy nature of players, some due to injury, some to substance abuse, some due to personality issues.

Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me

Virginia tackle Eugene Monroe has a 60-year-old brother.

Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me II

Including 2009, here are the regular-season dates of the meetings between New England and Indianapolis since 2005:

Nov. 7, 2005.

Nov. 5, 2006.

Nov. 4, 2007.

Nov. 2, 2008.

Nov. 15, 2009.

November is the autumn month that television ratings are most valued to the major networks. So as long as Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are active, and as long as there's a Brady-Manning game on the schedule, the league's going to match them in November.

Stat of the Week

This isn't gospel, but it may give you an idea if your team is going to be very active on the trade front this weekend. It's a chart of the number of draft-weekend trades the teams have made in the last five years, and the moral of the story is pretty simple: Don't expect Cincinnati and Arizona to be very fluid.

Team Traded Up Traded Down Total Trades Dallas 6 12 18 Green Bay 5 12 17 Philadelphia 7 7 14 Jacksonville 7 6 13 Cleveland 9 3 12 Detroit 9 3 12 Minnesota 6 5 11 Baltimore 6 5 11 New England 3 8 11 San Fran. 4 5 9 New Orleans 4 5 9 N.Y. Jets 5 4 9 Oakland 6 1 7 St. Louis 5 2 7 Indianapolis 3 3 6 Miami 3 3 6 Atlanta 4 2 6 Washington 2 4 6 Tampa Bay 1 5 6 Carolina 3 2 5 Pittsburgh 3 2 5 Seattle 3 2 5 Houston 1 4 5 Tennessee 1 4 5 Denver 3 1 4 N.Y. Giants 3 1 4 San Diego 2 2 4 Kansas City 1 3 4 Buffalo 3 0 3 Chicago 0 3 3 Arizona 1 0 1 Cincinnati 0 1 1

Enjoyable/Aggravating Travel Note of the Week

It's the new green me.

It's not like I'm going to be surrendering my car now than I'm a city guy, but being without it is increasingly enjoyable. Check out this 28-hour experience that began Thursday morning:

Walk 10 minutes to the Back Bay train station to catch a train to New York.

Take the train to New York.

Take a cab to visit buddy Jack Bowers in the hospital after surgery.

Take a cab to SI in midtown Manhattan for an afternoon of meetings.

Take the subway to Queens for Mets-Padres.

Take the subway to Manhattan after the game.

Walk to Penn Station.

Take the train back to Boston.

Walk the 10 minutes home.

Not an unpleasant trip on any of the legs. You people in cities have been hiding how great it is to get along without a car.