And the True Auteur Has Returned

So yes, we came back this week, and yes the great D. Spell has shepherded you through the beginning of this week. But we all know what you have been waiting for, my return to the blogosphere. I had a pretty good break sleeping and going to the bathroom, as Spell so eloquently put it, is a pretty huge time suck, but I am anxious to get this show back on the road.

A lot of Gotham sports events have occured during my absence, and I would write about all of them, but I want to look ahead not behind, forward not backward, so the only event I would like to write about is Jared Lorenzen's release from the New York Giants football team.

As I wrote last month, it did not look good for Jared Lorenzen's return to the Giants for this upcoming season and two days ago my worst fears were confirmed, as Lorenzen was released from the Giants. It was merely one line on the ESPNews fancy new-and-improved bottom ticker, it was not on the front page of ESPN.com, it was certainly not to be found anywhere on sportsline.com or si.com and it was a mere three sentences in the New York Times. Just like that Jared Lorenzen's career as chubby quarterback poster boy was over. So I would like to use my return post as an opportunity to remember Lorenzen's career and hope that David Carr and Anthony Wright both suffer the karmic consequences for depriving us of Mr. Lorenzen.

Anyway I am glad to be back and I will be back posting on a regular basis for the foreseeable future.

-Mose

Does This Spell the End for Quarterback Tubby?

The best part about The Giants the past few years has not been the Eli Manning saga, or Jeremy Shockey's appearances at random nightclubs around New York, nor was it the Super Bowl victory over the team I despise the most in the NFL. No, the most enjoyable thing about The Giants is watching fatty, and by all accounts all-around good guy, Jared Lorenzen move his massive bulk around the sidelines. And after the free agent period and the NFL Draft this past month I worry that Lorenzen's time in a Giants uniform might be numbered. The Giants signed David Carr this off-season, the oft-injured, oft-terrible quarterback from the Texans and more recently the Panthers still has a decent arm and can be a serviceable backup. Then in the draft the Giants selected Andre' Woodson, the big, athletic quarterback from Lorenzen's alma mater Kentucky. With veteran Anthony Wright already on the roster, that doesn't seem to leave any room left for my favorite Giant. In his two years with the Giants, Lorenzen has only thrown eight passes and he has as many rushing yards as he does passing completions. Maybe the Giants can keep him as a backup fullback? Or even if they gave him a clipboard and asked him to stand behind the rest of the team on the sidelines so that Fox can continue to pan over to him doing the fatman shuffle throughout the day. Whatever the case, I hope the Giants hold on to Lorenzen, and if not he will be sorely missed.

-Mose