Random Sports Thoughts 3/27/06

• If there are no one-seeds that make the final four but you do you have a two, a three, a four, and an eleven-seed in the finals, didn't the selection committee just not seed them very well?
• Joey Harrington, the failed Detroit Lions QB, is asking for $4.5 million to be Trent Green's backup with the Chiefs. A former first round pick, Harrington has struggled mightily and the Lions are done with him. Yet his agent wants the same money in a new contract that Harrington was going to earn in his old one. Personally, I'd like to see Harrington join the Chiefs because I think he could be our QB for the future. But so far, he's shown nothing that demands big money.
• We may not want to expect much from the Chiefs' defense again this year. Kansas City isn't doing a thing on the Free Agent market and now Coach Herm Edwards says he is ready and willing to play and even start rookies this year. Uh… coach, did you just commit to starting players you haven't even met yet? In my estimation, the Chiefs lack of free agent acquisitions (and Ron "I've-never-heard-of-me-either" Edwards doesn't count) shows that they may be in the rebuilding mode and that means two things: First, we may not be winning a lot games in the near future. Second, players considering retirement may as well do so.
• Only eight more days until voters give the Chiefs and Royals an unseemly amount of money to do embarrasingly little in a poorly conceived plan for an overly hyped cause. Save our stadiums – puh-leeze! Hundreds of millions for a makeover is criminal and these teams aren't leaving. If you're in Jackson County, vote NO!
• Your Kansas City Brigade Arena Football Team is now 1-8 and 0-5 in its division. Yikes! And they're getting a new stadium too (but that's different).