MeyerBros

what? guilty pleasures? no, i feel no guilt for being addicted to the indianapolis colts and american football. ok, i’ll come right out and say it — i’m really pumped for the Hall of Fame Game (Oakland vs. Philadelphia) next weekend, and even more the nationally televised preseason opener (Indianapolis at St. Louis) on august 10.

for those of you who follow american football (mainly carl, i suppose), i think the colts are going to be a big contender again this year. Edge was a great player, but Addai has speed and the ability to make big plays, and i think he’ll be impressive. i suppose it depends somewhat on his intelligence and how quickly he can pick up the crazy audible and offensive game-plan system that the colts use (according to Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz, it’s “more complicated that the federal tax code”).

in short, i think dominic rhodes and joseph addai can carry the ball, block and receive as well as edge could, at least by the end of the season and into the playoffs, which is (i hope) when it will really matter.

in other (similar) news, wide receiver reggie wayne showed up to training camp wearing former teammate edge’s new arizona cardinals jersey.

and now, changing sports, floyd landis has been (unofficially) accused of doping in his amazing stage 17 win of the tour de france. his first test was positive for having an abnormally high level of testosterone, and we’re still awaiting the backup sample to see if it shows the same thing. landis claims he has naturally high testosterone levels, which is possible but unlikely. hmm, we’ll see what happens…

—your local sports geek

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