Let it rock.

Time for a little sports blog.

First off, Superbowl yesterday. Amazing game! I was really hoping for a Cardinal's win, because they were the underdog and I think Larry Fitzgerald is one of the first wide receivers who doesn't come across as a thug. That said however, this game was amazing regardless. It was definitely on the same level of last years Superbowl XLII. But honestly, congratulations to the Steelers, that defence never stopped and was really amazing this year.

Being a Lions fan, I can finally start the healing process as the team enters this years draft with a plethora of picks and most importantly no Matt Millen. Every Lions fan has their own thoughts as to what should happen in the off-season. I've read suggestions that the Lions should use the #1 overall pick on Matt Stafford who is the quarterback from Georgia. I don't agree with this at all. The reason I don't agree with this, is because the QB position in my mind isn't the one the Lions need to focus on. Also, let's not forget that Drew Stanton was drafted two years ago in the second round. So he's not a first round QB, but if the Lions don't create an offensive line in front of the QB then they aren't really fixing anything. If the Lions are so dead set on getting a QB this year, then I have some suggestions. First off, see what happens with the Patriots and their QB issues. Tom Brady has recently said that he would be ready to come back for next season providing there are no further set backs in his recovery. At the same time though the Patriots found out just how good their second string QB, Matt Cassell, is this season while filling in for the injured Brady. Cassell is to become a free agent this year, so it could mean an exit from New England for him, if so the Lions should find out what it might cost. What I expect to see happen though is New England will attach their franchise player tag to Cassell in order to keep him atleast one more season so that they can see exactly how Brady comes back from his injury. This leads me to scenario #2 which is quite a bit more controversial. Providing the NFL allows it, Michael Vick is set to be released from prison this offseason. I know I'm not making any fans with PETA here, but I think if the stars align right, Vick would be a worthy NFL signing based on what he can bring to the struggling club. If the Lions don't create some sort of offensive line, a QB like Vick can at the very least buy himself a bit extra time as he was one of the best scramblers in his prime. Now don't go thinking for a second that I condone what Vick did to land himself in prison, I don't. But at the same time, I do believe in second chances and not letting him play in the NFL isn't going to make anything better at all. He was punished already and served his time, to punish him further isn't for PETA to decide.

Anyways, that's my take on the Lions.

Continuing on my controversial war path today, I'd like to talk about the recent Michael Phelps news about surrounding him smoking pot. In a nutshell my thoughts really are "so what?". I get that he's a role model to alot of young kids who aspire to achieve the level of success that he's had and that it's not something that they need to see, and I myself don't think they need to see that. At the same time though, I look at it as "Wow, Phelps really is human". Now this isn't the first time Phelps has been in the negative spot light. Let's not forgot what happened in the months following the 2004 Summer Olympics when Phelps was arrested under suspcion of driving intoxicated. It almost seems as if this recent story is creating more outrage than that story from '04. I guess this is possibly because of what he accomplished at the Beijing Games, but I don't think it should. I suppose that what it comes down to is what everyone's opinion on marijuana is really is. I don't want to come out and say that I am in favor of a drug because then it sounds like I am an advocate for everything from marijuana to meth to heroin. But I don't consider marijuana to be any more harmful than alcohol and definitely not as bad as the common nicotine filled cigarettes. In fact, if I could legalize marijuana, I would. It's a bold step for sure, but when I run through the pro's and cons, the pro's seem to win everytime. Now do I think it should just be a big free-for all party, no I don't at all. I think you should implement rules around it, the same way alcohol is goverened.

As a quick tangent, because I know the question might be burning in some of my readers (both pulbic and anonymous), yes I have tried marijuana in my past. No I didn't all of a sudden add "man" to the end of each sentence. No I didn't all of a sudden start to fail all of my classes or drop out of school, in fact I entered University and started pulling off A's in most of my classes. No I didn't sit in front of the TV and all of a sudden become a blob on the couch. No I didn't shut my friends and family out of my life. No I didn't become addicted. No it didn't act as a gateway drug which would propell me into the really hard stuff. In fact if anything, I really found out that there was a lot of hype and fabricated facts about it.

Anyways, back to Mr. Phelps, the only thing that was wrong in my mind is that this picture ever got out. Phelps is 23 years old, and news flash, I'm pretty sure this isn't either the first or last time that he experiments. Worse things could and are happening in the world.

I'll leave my sports stories at that for now. I wanted to discuss my struggling habs, but it would just give me a heartache.

Happy Monday.