Veteran QB McNabb may get contract extension from new team

While he was traded away by his former team Philadelphia Eagles, veteran quarterback Donovan McNabb received much better treatment from his new team Washington Redskins. At age 34, he is now facing a big chance to receive contract extension from the Redskins. Now he may have changed him mind from putting on a Vikings jersey after the 2010 season to retire as a Redskin.

"We really haven’t started (talks)," Redskins GM Bruce Allen told Comcast SportsNet. "Donovan is so excited about this new opportunity—the team has embraced him, our fans clearly have embraced him. We’ll have plenty of time to get something done with him. We see him as part of our future. We would not have made the trade unless we see it that way, and he knows it.”

Unlike the high-profile 41-year-old quarterback wearing No.4 Brett Favre jersey, McNabb may not be able to play as well as he used to play when he was younger. What’s good with McNabb was that he has been calm with the changes and knows well that his value dropped as he grew old. If a contract extension is offered by the Redskins, he will just do his best to help the team, just to show his gratitude for being treated still as a key role.

Panthers WR Steve Smith will be ready for season opener

The Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith is still taking care of his injured arm, but it seemed that the recovering progress has been going on pretty well and it was reported that the receiver would be fine by the time of the final preseason game. So we may expect the young receiver to appear for the team’s season opener in early September.

Smith broke his arm last month in a flag football game and needed surgery. The injury typically requires two months of recovery time. It’s been one month and the regular season is less than two months away, so Smith could still have time to work out in preparation for playing in regular-season games. It is highly expected now that he would meet with another receiver named Steve Smith of the New York Giants on Sept. 12 for the season opener between the two teams.

Recently seen in a Brett Favre jersey, the Giants Steve Smith joked to reporters that he hoped nothing could prevent them to meet each other this time. For the past two seasons, something always happened to keep the two Steve Smiths away from meeting each other on field.

Falcons CB Robinson is confident in team’s success

The Atlanta Falcons cornerback Dunta Robinson recently made his own prediction on his team’s future in 2010 season, and he sound very confident with the improvements already made by the team. As a six year veteran who used to play with the Houston Texans, Robinson thought that his new team is just a much better one than it was before and confidence is important in its success.

"It's all about confidence," he told PFW earlier this offseason. "When you step out on the field, you have to think that no one on the other side of the ball can beat you. You have to feel like you're the best player on the field. That's the kind of confidence you have to play with. That's what I come to practice with, and that's what I line up on Sundays with. It's not something that I'm trying to bring (to the Falcons). I think it's just in me. (And) I think the players are buying into it."

The Falcons ranked 28th following the 2009 season in term of pass defense and they have a high expectation on Robinson after signing him to a six-year contract that is worth $57 million. By so far, the Falcons have been considered to only team to prevent New Orleans Saints from making another NFC appearance, but if the Minnesota Vikings starting quarterback wears back his No.4 Brett Favre jersey for another season, the Falcons is unlikely to have any chance of showing for the Super Bowl XLV game.

These net-surfing habits make you annoying

If you want to know many people online and make friends with most of them, there are quite a few things you should know not to do. If you are already doing them, stop; and if you are not, are you sure you are not? Have a check with this list.

First of all, do not use DIY acronyms. Veteran net-surfers may like to use abbreviations to save time for typing. WTF refers to What The Fuck, IMHO means In My Humble Opinion, Thx means Thanks and RTFM stands for Read The Fucking Manual. However, the acronyms were created long ago and have been familiar to most net users. It’s not good to create your own acronyms and refuse to explain them. BFJ may refers clearly Brett Favre jersey to you and it’s nothing to anyone else as they have no clue to guess what the three letters stand for.

Then, do not write in caps and they look like you are shouting at the readers. Getting used to read in low-case letters, all caps will make people upset while reading your message and they would consider you totally impolite and impatient, so they will all leave your page at once.

Other bad habits include correcting everyone's grammar and spelling and point out their typos during a discussion or message exchanges, offering compressed files, uploading text files with Bible passages about sin or guilt and give them names like "SexyHousewivesI and talking about unrelated topics in a discussion all the time.

Steelers OT Colon is likely to miss season

The Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Willie Colon suffered a foot injury during Monday work outs, and many people’s guess was right, the injury was diagnosed to be a torn Achilles tendon and requires a surgery, which is scheduled to be had on Wednesday.

On the same day of Colon having the surgery, another Steelers offensive tackle, rookie Chris Scott is also going to undergo a surgery on his foot. By so far it still remains unsure what Scott’s playing status is going to be in his rookie season, but it’s almost sure that Colon will not be able to play on field with his teammates. The Steelers’ recent announcement only claimed what happened to the two players and did not tell what they are going to two with the two injuries.

Scott got injured almost shortly after he signed a brand new three-year contract that paid him $140,000 as signing bonus. If he had to skip the season for recovery from the surgery, the Steelers will have to look for offensive tackles from outside the team. As the first team to beat the Minnesota Vikings with the quarterback in No.4 Brett Favre jersey last season, the Steelers are holding great hope for another winning season.

Donovan McNabb wished young Eagles to handle criticism well

Although being traded to the Washington Redskins after playing for the Philadelphia Eagles for 11 seasons, quarterback Donovan McNabb still has an attachment to the Philadelphia city. He is now working for a different team but still sent some good wishes to his former teammates.

While holding a charity work for 320 Philadelphia kids, McNabb was asked by some reporters about his opinions on his former team, Eagles. McNabb, the former long-time starting quarterback of the Eagles, said that he hoped young Eagles should learn how to handle with criticism. He said that a leading role always draws criticism for team’s bad performance and his being trade will cause the critics to change their target to successor leader or starters at other positions. Starting quarterbacks are always the targets, but starting receivers could also face boos. So Eagles new starters like Kevin Kolb and DeSean Jackson should get ready to deal with embarrassing moments for failing to win.

Actually, McNabb did not name any of his former teammates; instead he took quarterbacks for other teams as examples. He especially pointed out that a starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings is most likely to draw the most criticisms, but fortunately they have a starting quarterback in No. 4 Brett Favre jersey and the 40-year old quarterback does not care much what others think or talk about him, so criticism seldom affects him, but for young Eagles players, they have been used to get credits and let McNabb deal with the problem. Now McNabb is no long there, they may have to face the criticism themselves.

Jets QB Sanchez is ready for new season

The New York Jets starting quarterback Mark Sanchez finally convinced others that he was able to return before training camp and would not miss any part of the regular season, which is about three months away. He has been fully recovered from the knee surgery and took full part in team workouts for the first time on Tuesday.

Sanchez injured his left knee during the 2009 season and had a surgery in February to repair the patella-stabilizing ligament. A lot of people worried that he could miss the whole offseason and could hardly return in time for the 2010 season, but the fact was the quarterback returned earlier than expected. Even though the team is not rushing him back, Sanchez still wants to return as soon as possible to prepare for the regular-season games, especially the rematches with the quarterback wearing No. 4 Brett Favre jersey. Sanchez needs to win a game over Favre to prove that he is a better starting quarterback then the 40-year-old man, who played with the Jets for only one season but still left much pressure on his successor.

He could hardly prove, as Favre has not made his decision on playing status for 2010 season yet. Even if he returns, at age 41, Favre is not expected to have a better season than last year and people won’t be surprised if he is beaten by Sanchez, who is much younger and smarter in moving.

Brett Favre will need heavy protection in 2010 season

As the Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre has had a surgery on his left ankle, his playing status is highly expected to be active in the 2010 season, and his return will mean that the team will have to make full preparation to protect the 40-year-old starter from further injuries, which will end Favre’s career immediately if not successfully avoided.

Favre played the leading role for the Vikings well last season, but his aging body was also a leading target to opponent teams. His ankle injury was just suffered during the NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints when some Saints defensive players saw the void in quarterback-protection and gave Favre several heavy blows. Although they received punishment after the game, the game lost was lost, and the quarterback in Brett Favre jersey was so frustrated with the loss that he showed intention not to play again in 2010 season.

Fortunately, Favre did not really mean to retire when he was still able to lead a team to playoffs. Having the surgery done just indicated he is having serious consideration of career resume. But what he needs the Vikings to promise are more than money or the starting job, but also a heavy protection that will prevent opponents from reaching him easily to give more attacks.

Favre talked with Childress but did not tell decision

For those who need to know the quarterback’s decision as soon as possible so they can decide what kind of Brett Favre jersey to produce and sell or to buy and collect, they may have to wait for some more time. Although the Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress says he has been in contact with Favre, even he still has no idea whether or when Favre could be back.

For both sides, they still have time to wait as the Vikings just signed back restricted free agent quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, who fell from starting quarterback to backup last season because of Favre’s sudden change in mind to put on Vikings jersey. For this season, Jackson’s expectation is limited in the backup, but his existence within the team just help prevent the team from worrying about quarterback problems whether Favre is back or not.

According to Childress, he had a conversation with the 40-year-old grandfather on Monday, and claimed he was only told that Favre was enjoying his family life while what he told Favre included the Vikings being scheduled to open the season in New Orleans against the Saints and weather in Minnesota being sunny and warm. It’s a bit hard to believe that Favre said nothing about at least his visit back to Minnesota after being told all of such things, but for fans, they may just keep hope alive that Favre could be thinking about return soon with the new motivations.