Charles Barkley Has Something To Say

"I was mad at the players, to be honest with you," Barkley said Tuesday on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "I think it was inappropriate and wrong to question a guy's heart. Now reporters, they're going to do what they want to. They're entitled to their opinion. But as players, I don't think it's appropriate to question another guy's heart.

"That crosses the line, because you don't know. If you go back and start looking at all the stuff that's been said, and clearly one of the more vocal critics was Maurice Jones-Drew, and then you find out he missed the last two games with a bad knee. And he was really the first guy who crucified Jay. You have to be careful, because in the two most important games of the year, he sat out with a bad knee. And then it really makes him look like an idiot now."

I agree with Charles 100%. I think the talk about Jay Cutler's heart or lack of should be talked about from the media, fans and former players, but for current players to sell out their peers is kind of bullshit. And the biggest puss move for the players like Maurice Jones-Drew and others have are "the taken out of context" excuse. Jones-Drew said, " "Hey I think the urban meyer rule is effect right now... When the going gets tough........QUIT." I would have had much more respect for Jones-Drew if he stood by his comments.

I'm not a big fan of athletes tweeting, and especially tweeting negative things because they are in the safety of their own homes. If I were a coach I would ban it completely.

Maurice Jones-Drew Gets Extension

"Running back Maurice Jones-Drew and the Jacksonville Jaguars agreed to terms Wednesday on a four-year contract extension. Jones-Drew, a second-round draft pick out of UCLA in 2006, was expected to sign the new deal before an afternoon news conference. Financial details of the extension were not immediately available, but Jones-Drew said earlier this year that his agent planned to use Steven Jackson's six-year, $49.3 million deal with St. Louis as a baseline for negotiations (Sportsline)."

It is hard to say if this is a good deal for the jaguars without seeing how much it will affect their cap, but either way they had to keep this guy around. He was their 2nd leading receiver with 565 yards, and even though his stats slipped last year he has 6,003 all-purpose yards and 40 touchdowns in three seasons. The reason his totals went down last year was because his offensive line is terrible, which I also think is the reason Garrard was not himself. Anyways, he will be a very solid all around back for the Jags for years to come.

**UPDATE**

"According to a source, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Jones-Drew have agreed on a deal worth more than $8.2 million a year (ESPN)."

I take back most of what I said. That seems like way too much to me.