Daily Double - Slow Weekend Edition

I could spend this morning discussing and dissecting Ohio State and Wisconsin, but what good would it do? Everyone knows that one of those two teams will make the Final Four and lose to Florida or Oregon. The other team won’t make it out of the first weekend. I mean, their athletes just aren’t as talented as other leagues because the admissions standards at Big Ten schools are so high.

1. Can we just settle on Calvin Johnson as the best player available in the draft? Is it even a question? First, JaMarcus Russell shows up bulging at the seams. Then Johnson runs a legit sub-4.4 in the 40 yesterday. Let’s look at the tangibles, sub-4.4 forty yard time, 6 foot 4 inches, 45 inch vertical, 235 lbs, great hands, and good football IQ. There aren't really many important intangibles for a wideout, but the big one for Johnson is that he played with Reggie Ball and still managed to catch 43 touchdowns and 4,129 yards for his career. Imagine what he could do with an actual quarterback.



As for Russell, yeah we know he has that killer arm, but no one want’s their quarterback to be tippin’ the scales at close to 260 lbs. That is Hefty Lefty territory right there. Add to that Russell's penchant for struggling against good defenses and you have the makings of a draft day bust.



2. Sports Illustrated has a gallery of sports-related tattoos up on their site. I’m not a tat guy. Personally they just aren’t for me and I think they look horrendous (small caveat for military tattoos, nothin' like an Airborne or Force Recon tattoo). However, if you are going to get one, do us all a favor and make it creative, don’t just take a picture out of a magazine and put that on your back.
   
   My favorite of the bunch? I like this guy.

If this doesn't scream Raiders fan, I don't know what does, just look at the belt. Also, does it surprise anyone that Raiders fans dominate this small sampling of fan tattoos?