This Will End Well

Being an NFL rookie can be a daunting task. That is why it's important to have strong leadership from veterans who have been there before. Guys like Adam "PacMan" Jones. Yes, it seems that Pacman Jones has decided to take Young under his wing and show him the ropes.

No word on when Pacman will give Young a tour of the Nashville PD holding facilities.

Young, according to some dude on the radio today, will be hosting a party with Jones and LenDale White. That's a group you want your franchise quarterback to hang out with. Young is reportedly close to signing a $50M deal with the Titans and White will likely make a good chunk of change, too. You would think somebody on the management team would want to separate Jones from all of the rookies.

Unless, of course, they are going for some sort of "scared straight" type of deal.

Things have gone downhill for Young following his victory in the Rose Bowl. From criticism for his limp-wristed throwing motion, hiring Major Dad as his agent, the wonderlic test and the media-whoring reality television series, things haven�t been so rosy for Young who looks to be come the second coming of Jeff George.

And really, you know that contract is bound to surpass Ricky Williams for most ill-fated rookie contract in NFL history. You could see those negotiations going the same way Kramer's negotiation went with that coffee company on Seinfeld.

Floyd Reese: "Vince, we are ready to offer you five�"
Vince Young: "I�ll take it!"
Floyd Reese: "Five� hundred thousand over five years."

Not that it would matter. If Young couldn�t afford a car, Jones would easily teach him how to steal one.

Gutte times

What a bizarre, bizarre day at the tour. HBO announced that "The Sopranos" won't premiere in January, after all; the new "Monday Night Football" crew showed up, sans Tony Kornheiser (and am I the only one hoping each telecast opens with a filmed vignette where Joe and Mike find a way to dope up Tony, B.A. Baracus-style, so he'll get on a plane?); I spent 20 minutes verbally fencing with FX president John Landgraf on The Incident from "Rescue Me" (and, whatever problems I had with the episode, it pisses me off to no end that I provided fodder for the L. Brent Bozells of this world); spent an hour talking to David Simon and Ed Burns about the genius of "The Wire"; and then got sucked into the orbit of Mr. Steve Guttenberg.

I don't know if you know this, but The Gutte is nuts. Nuts. Don't believe me? Go read Fienberg's masterful account of his interview with The Gutte last summer. Then go to the official tour blog to read my own account of Gutte 2: His First Assignment. Then come back here and spend a long time looking at the above photo while pondering the meaning of "fondler."

Bonds Going to Jail?

The indictment for Barry Bonds is looming and, to be honest, it is leaving a hollow feeling. Kind of like when they found Saddam Hussein. Sure it�s nice the a-hole (Bonds in this case) is being brought to justice and everything, but the damage has been done. It's like a decade too late. And unlike Saddam, there is visual evidence of Barry�s weapons of mass destruction. You don�t need a UN search committee to see that.

Still, the whole thing seems kind of underwhelming. Like nobody even cares anymore. And an America ambivalent about Bonds impending incarceration (like it will happen) is an America we don�t really want to know.

Bonds needs to draw the ire of America again and there is really only one answer�he needs to release a sex tape. Just look what it did for her and him. They are mega stars now.