On the topic of Super Teams

Still got my mind on sports. The Nnamdi Asomugha singing by the Eagles got me thinking a lot about what looks good on paper and what works in reality.

Of course, the whole LeBron "I'm bringing my talents to South Beach" thing from last year is still looming in the minds of all sports fans. The ripple effect has been huge. It seems like every owner or general manager of every team in every sport thinks he'll be able to sign a bunch of great players for cheaper because they'll all want to play together to win rings.

I suppose in basketball, they're right. Just look at everything New York did last year. They went from nothing to a team with at least two pretty big names and the salary cap space (assuming it doesn't change drastically under whatever new CBA gets done) to sign at least a third. The Heat with their big three went to the NBA finals a year after getting demolished in the first round of the post-season. To everyone that said the "experiment" was a failure, I say grow up. They'll be right back in it next year and you better believe LeBron is gonna dig deep and fix his shaky 4th quarter confidence.

Back to football: There was talks Asomugha was going to the Jets. That would have meant the two best corners in the league would have shared the backfield, which I imagine would have made the already formidable Jets the favorites to win the AFC. It didn't happen (thankfully, as I would not want my Steelers to run into a Jets team with that backfield) but now he's with the Eagles with the very talented Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. The Eagles are looking absolutely loaded this year. That's a super dangerous backfield, and if they resign DeSean Jackson with a contract the kid deserves (he's absolutely beast-mode), it's looking like an offense as potent as you can get.

I don't know how I feel about this. Obviously it's a win for the general manager of Philly. Fans of the Eagles are probably rejoicing as they well should. This doesn't equal the LeBron thing by any measure, but it's in the discussion because it's loading a lot of talent in a place where they wouldn't make as much as they probably deserve.

I suppose this is another reason I love football, though. You can't just sign 3 super guys and suddenly go from a barely viable team to reaching the finals. It takes so many pieces, and a team can go from terrible to awesome in just a few years. I think the Lions are proof of that. Literally the only team to go 0-fer in a season (I don't count the first year Tampa Bay Buccs as they were an expansion team in a weird era of football), some people have them as favorites to win that division this year. I do. As crazy as it sounds, I think they're gonna be +.500 for the first time since I can't even remember.