Thoughts on Pujols, ManRam, Gumbel and other things

Part 2 of the Picks is on the way...
I watched the Bengals beat the Ravens last night and was to put it mildly underwhelmed by the broadcasting acumen of Bryant Gumbel. I'm not a real big Cris Collinsworth fan, but he is a decent and capable color analyst. But Bryant Gumbel was in a a fog and it wasn't due to the constant rain at Paul Brown Stadium. I personally thought that the NFL Network's broadcast wasn't all that. Maybe High def is really all that, but I wasn't at all impressed with NFL Networks broadcast.
ManRam wants out of Boston...for the umpteenth time. I like ManRam, he's a great player but I think he is coddled waaaay to much.
I detest the Cardinals, but I'm a big Albert Pujols fan. That said, I was annoyed to hear his ungracious blast at Ryan Howard after he was awarded the MVP. I was surprised to see Howard win it, I thought Pujols should have won it. But to say that a non-playoff player should not win the MVP is weak. The Cards were less than dominant until they got to the playoffs, and thought Pujols had amonster season Howard had better number and was keeping the Philberts in the playoff hunt until the last week. Pujols may have been hurt becuase he was out for a while and the Cards kept winning. In any case, there was no reason for Pujols to make those comments.
Michael Strahan is trying his damndest to push the blame on others after his rant about Plaxico Burress on the radio Monday blew up in his face. Instead of owning up to his comments, he tried to crackback on the media for trying to "divide the team" I gotta flash for you Mike. The G-Men are imploding and its not the medias fault. When you make a comment about a teammate, on New York Radio no less, do you think it would not get blown up? Then to rant at the media when they ask you about it and give you a chance to clairfy it, you blow up about it.

One Liners
Scott Skiles and Ben Wallace need to grow up. We're talking about a headband guys.
Ohio State basketball...enjoy your brief stay at number 1, it'll be over soon.
I'm not sold on the Pokes making a deep run the playoffs, but Romo is the man in big D.
Some teams are changing their unis just for the sake of changing and its stupid.
Shanny is pushing the panic button, going with Jay Cutler and it'll blow up in his face.
LT is the man, period.