NFL Offseason Thread: March 3, 2011. A date which will live in infamy.

[Conrad]

Should've been twelfth mang

K-ROLD

True. What NFL player has caused an earthquake? Seattle fans obviously deserved it more.

[Headspace]

Plus, what fanbase has created an earthquake while rooting for a team like the Seahawks?

[Valisk]

Rodgers, Hillis, Peterson, Vick.

Brees was on last year's cover. Back to back would be lame.

[Mizango]

Rodgers, Hillis, Peterson, Vick.

Brees was on last year's cover. Back to back would be lame.

Big time.

[Headspace]

Big time.

Why? It fits the content of the game.

[Mizango]

Why? It fits the content of the game.

Oh you.

[Melena]

I want Vick to win just so I can sit back and watch the PETA rage. It's already started once they found out people voted him into the top 16 and was demanding EA to remove him.

[LiquidFriend]

Madden cover voting is down to the top 8. The matchups are:

ARod vs. Danny Woodhead
Jamaal Charles vs. HILLIS
Breesus vs. AD
Vick vs. Patrick Willis

Think I have to take Rodgers, HILLIS, Brees, and Vick in the final four.

Hillis is a pro favorite of CasteFootball, but Jamaal is too beast for him to overcome. How can you not vote for a bad ass that has two first names?!?

[archibaldcrane]

Madden cover voting is down to the top 8. The matchups are:

ARod vs. Danny Woodhead
Jamaal Charles vs. HILLIS
Breesus vs. AD
Vick vs. Patrick Willis

Think I have to take Rodgers, HILLIS, Brees, and Vick in the final four.

Shit, so Rodgers is gonna make the cover? Lame.

Except he's immune to curses, so it'll be fine.

[tyven]

Owners renigged on deal, want 1 billion extra munnies to split amoungst themselves- the players said "fuck no". Owners said gtfo and effectively "locked out" the players from games, team facilities etc. Greedy motherfuckers being greedy.

Further proof that Jerrah Jones and Cyborg Al are terrible for the NFL as a whole.

shockingly enough niggas like jerry and danny boy and maybe even al dont even want that 1 bil. its the owners from small market teams doing all this damage cuz they cant make no loot.

[Mizango]

shockingly enough niggas like jerry and danny boy and maybe even al dont even want that 1 bil. its the owners from small market teams doing all this damage cuz they cant make no loot.

Good point. Sounds a lot like my Royals team QQ

[Moss]

shockingly enough niggas like jerry and danny boy and maybe even al dont even want that 1 bil. its the owners from small market teams doing all this damage cuz they cant make no loot.

All Jerrah wants is Dez Bryant's love.

[Mizango]

Ok, just for today I love the fuck out of Marty.B

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl...r_espn_6296430

Anyone that calls out their bitch ass QB is ok in my book.

[Valisk]

Can you post the article? Blocked at work.

Or give a tl;dr version.

[Devolver]

Can you post the article? Blocked at work.

Spoiler: show

At least one member of the Dallas Cowboys hopes three-time Pro Bowl quarterback Tony Romo has to earn the right to retain his starting job.

The Cowboys went 1-5 when Romo started last season. They won four of nine games started by 38-year-old backup Jon Kitna after Romo suffered a broken collarbone, including a stretch of three wins in four games immediately after head coach Wade Phillips was fired and replaced by offensive coordinator Jason Garrett.

"I loved playing with Kitna," tight end Martellus Bennett said during a Tuesday appearance on ESPN 103.3's Ben & Skin Show. "Kitna is one of my favorite people to play with. Just being out there on the field with that guy just makes you play even harder. He made some things happen in limited time, so I think if he got a longer chance, he'd be able to do more.

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"I hope there's a chance for a quarterback competition this year. Every position, I think we need to put more competition into it."

Bennett, who has 68 catches for 702 yards and four touchdowns in three seasons since the Cowboys drafted him out of Texas A&M with a second-round pick, added that he thought Romo was "awesome."

Bennett isn't the first Dallas offensive player to suggest that Kitna could compete with Romo if given the chance. On the night Romo was injured, receiver Roy Williams declared that Kitna "is just as good," a point Williams reiterated on a few occasions.

However, Dallas' decision-makers have no plans for a quarterback competition. Owner/general manager Jerry Jones has made it very clear that he's committed to Romo, who has three seasons remaining on a six-year, $67.4 million contract, as the Cowboys' franchise quarterback for the foreseeable future.

Romo has a 39-22 record as the Cowboys' starter during the regular season, having thrown for 16,650 yards and 118 touchdowns and setting franchise records for yards and touchdown passes in a season. Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers, San Diego's Philip Rivers and Hall of Famer Steve Young are the only quarterbacks with better career passer ratings than Romo's 95.5.

Kitna embraces his role as Romo's backup. Kitna, a former starter for the Seahawks, Bengals and Lions, threw for 2,365 yards and 16 touchdowns with a passer rating of 88.9 last season.

"[Romo] understands that my role here is to support him and to serve him the best way that I can," Kitna said during the season. "There's no awkwardness at all. He understands that, and more importantly, I understand that. That's my job."

[Chun Liroy]

Marty B said he hopes there's a QB competition.

[Dimmauk]

Im shocked a TE would love QB that specializes in TE checkdowns. The cowboys really are full of dummies.

[Chun Liroy]

You are bad at trolling. The media is full of retards, retard.

[tyven]

haha oh god i forgot how fucking terrible the cowboys were last year looooooooooooooooool

[tyven]

The Cowboys went 1-5 when Romo started last season. They won four of nine games started by 38-year-old backup Jon Kitna

made me lol so hard