If anyone out there has been paying attention to the Antonio Brown saga, you know that he wants out of Pittsburgh (Can you blame him?). On one hand, he's one of the most talented and electrifying wide receivers as of late, and can make the big plays when need be. The again, he's also a head case that has the attention span of a squirrel and gets bored rather quickly.
All that aside, I firmly believe (and am not just saying this because I'm a 49ers fan) that he'll end up in San Francisco. The great Jerry Rice himself has even made overtures to help bring Brown to Frisco. It would be a win-win for both parties. Brown gets his change of scenery, and the Niners get a star wideout. Get this done. Now.
Johnny Manziel and the AAF? Really? Barely out of his CFL contract, Manziel was apparently in talks to play for the AAF. No one seems to know (or care) which team he might play for, and there seems to be a rather large disparity in money. The AAF pays it's players no more than $80,000 for the season, and Manziel wants somewhere in the neighbourhood of between $200,000 and $300,000. The AAF simply won't pay him that, because there would be an immediate mutiny and revolt.
Trestman finds a new home. Former CFL head coach and three-time Grey Cup winner Marc Trestman has apparently been hired as the head coach and GM of the Tampa Bay team in next year's relaunch of the XFL. This is big news from the Trestman standpoint, as I thought he'd get another gig in the CFL, or find work as a coordinator in the NFL.
Either way, it will be short-lived. The XFL flopped after one season the last time, and it will do so again. We now have a February football fix in the AAF, and it's taking some time to catch on. Adding another league at the same time will just divide audiences, and accomplish little. My chips are all in with the AAF, period.
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