On towards the lockout

It was not a glorious year of predictions for The Brown Log, which ended the season 8-9. I must admit that the Packers win was one game I was thrilled to be wrong about.

On our plate, post Super Bowl is the pending player lockout. An important meeting between owners and players was recently cancelled and this is just one more not so subtle clue of what's coming. The NFL owners intend to play hardball.

I believe the NFL's anti-trust exemption is wrong but it will likely never be overturned by Congress. That's a shame. The free market works.

I find it amusing that owners refuse to open their books to the players. Considering the fact that the basis of the lockout is the owners crying poverty, one would think transparency a good thing. If owners have something to hide it logically would be a factor that hurts their own negotiation. The only fact that could hurt owners would be if secondary sources of revenue are huge profit centers.

Onto the lockout!

BL Predicts: Super Bowl XLV

As much as I hate the Steelers, Its hard to ignore the fact that the Steelers are a far better team than Green Bay. Even more surprising is that many pundits have gotten caught up in the fact that the Packers are hot but those same pundits neglect the fact that the NFC simply cannot compare to the AFC.

Bottom line: The Packers are a wild card team on a bit of a roll while the Steelers are a talent laden team and the class of the AFC.

BL Predicts:


Steelers 24
Packers 14

Interview with Colt

Interesting interview with Colt McCoy in which he reveals that he played hurt during the entire 2010 season. That's certainly a surprise

also interesting is the following McCoy quote:

"I'm just excited about getting up there and learning our system," he said. "I need to get up there before the lockout 'cause once the lockout comes we can't talk."

what i find most interesting is "once the lockout comes". it shows that players believe the lockout is a certainty. Will we have a 2011 season?