I'll start with what is forefront in my mind, and that is the Seattle trade for Percy Harvin.
I really, really like this move.
But it also scares the shit out of me.
Harvin is acting like a diva, and an undeserving one at that. Yes, he is good, but not good enough to be acting the way he has been in Minnesota the last few years. He's a game changer, a legitimate deep threat, and an explosive kick returner, but all of those things are also true of Devin Hester, and yes, even good ol' Dante Hall. I really hope he was just unhappy in Minnesota and that all he needed was a change of scenery to liven up his attitude.
Harvin also has a history of migraines. This is what scares me the most. Terrell Davis was forced to retire early because of migraine problems, and he was in the middle of a stellar, possibly hall of fame career. If Harvin can avoid further migraine problems, then obviously this is a moot point, but right now that is what scares me the most.
I'm a hair concerned that Seattle may have given up too much to get him too. Their first round pick (25) and seventh round pick I think is a fair price, but the additional unspecified middle round pick in 2014 I think was too much. Given the track record that John Schneider has with these middle round picks, like some schmoe named Russell Wilson, I worry that losing that particular pick will hurt more then anything else.
When I first heard of this move, I was wondering to myself how Seattle was going to use Leon Washington in the return game with Harvin. Were we going to see dual packages with both on kick offs, maybe some trick stuff on punts? But then I thought about Washington's role on the team beyond kick returns.
...and there wasn't really one. So I wasn't shocked when Seattle released him. It bummed me out, because I like him a lot and he has added a dynamic level to this team as a whole that we simply haven't had in ages. The constant threat of any kick becoming 6 points was great. Yes, we still have that with Harvin, but Leon Washington is the reason that Seattle has one of the best special team units in football over the last few years.
I was also curious as to how this would affect the rest of free agency. Harvin was clearly disgruntled and wanted out of Minnesota, and the entire league knew this. He's a very very good WR, maybe not a true #1 option, but he could easily go damn near anywhere and be at worst their #2. So with Harvin off of the table for teams who wanted a WR, what did we see? We saw San Francisco trade for Anquan Boldin, giving a mere 6th rounder in this year's draft for him. Damn. I don't know how much of a steal that is, but given how reliable he is, both physically and catching the ball, he will greatly improve San Fran's pass game. Mike Wallace signed immediatly in free agency with the Dolphins, and Wes Welker is out there to see what he is worth. If nothing else, this Harvin deal has made free agency very very interesting to follow.
And this last thing is just... confusing.
As many people now know, Dennis Rodman has made a very public plea to Barack Obama to call Kim Jong Un to, of all things, talk about basketball.
This hurt my brain. A lot.
Why Dennis Rodman is being a mouthpiece for North Korea is beyond me, but the most important question that I realized has yet to be asked is simply this:
What the hell is Dennis Rodman doing in North Korea?
Seriously, did he get a wild hair up his ass and think to himself "Huh, I need a vacation. Let's go to North Korea."
The part that kills me the most, is how highly he speaks of Kim Jong Un. In the interviews he has given about his trip, whenever the reporters mention oh, say, North Korea's lovely history of oppression that is being perpetuated by Un, Rodman would say something along the lines of "Well, I don't approve of that. But I like him."
Seriously?
Shit man, I'm sure Hitler was a fun guy as long as you ignored the whole Holocaust thing. Castro too was probably a great guy to share a cigar with when he wasn't shooting people in the head. His logic is just... I mean, I know it's Dennis Rodman, he's the guy that thought marrying himself was a good idea, and I'm sure his brain operates a little differently, but damn man, where's the common sense?
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