Our Poor Stable

Traning Camp, day 1 and both our #1 and #2 running backs go down with injury. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5438332. And now we're turning to our home grown lard-eater to solve our problems? Something is wrong. Its as though our poor stable of running backs has been cursed. I've wondered about this before in a prior post and called for a public execution of the training staff: http://fletchword.blogspot.com/2008/12/we-dont-deserve-to-win.html. Alas, I have a new theory.

A Death Eater has jinxed the job of Tailback.

Like You-Know-Who jinxing the Defense against the Dark Arts job, our tailbacks have been cursed. But when did this all start? Didn't we used to have the best rushing attack in the leauge? Auto 1,000 yard rushers? When did it all change? I can tell you. The brutal trade of Clinton Portis for Champ Bailey in March 2004. Shannahan believed he was invincible at running back and could plug anyone in there. But this isn't the universe getting even or bad Karma, the real reason our tailbacks are constantly injured is becuase Clinton Portis is a Death Eater who felt shunned by the organization and jinxed the job. Here is a hereto unreleased photo of Clinton at a night club in D.C.

It all fits!! This is why Bowlen inexplicably fired Shanahan!! He knew about the curse and hoped that by firing Shanahan and hiring some arrogant 33 year-old doomed to failure that he could break the spell. But Clinton is more powerful than that. As if a man who wears fluffy fur coats to football games could undo the powerful spell of a Death Eater. I believe the real power of the jinx lies with Bailey. Our poor stable will be cursed until we get rid of Champ who was the reason for Clinton's dismissal. I love the guy, but we sold our soul for him and the Death Eaters have made us pay. I'll be glad to get our stable back when his contract expires at the end of this season.