As you may have known, Miami Dolphins DE Jason Taylor was married to LB Zach Taylor’s very hot sister (that’s not her pictured). I remember a couple of years ago, there was an absolutely glowing article in ESPN Magazine about how much Taylor and Thomas love each other, about how Taylor was the only guy Thomas would’ve trusted to marry his sister, etc. It was straight off of the Lifetime channel. Touching, really.

Not so much, as it turns out. Katina Taylor has filed for divorce. I don’t know why, of course, nor should I. But, the concern from a football standpoint is that that it will affect the relationship between Taylor and Thomas in the locker room. Jason Taylor says it won’t, because they’re both professionals, they just want to do their job, they respect each other, blah blah blah… but it’s the man’s sister, and you did something, somewhere along the line, to make her cry. Huge, testosterone-filled, football-playing, linebackers tend to not react well to that sort of thing. And there are kids involved, too.

I don’t believe for a second that Uncle Zach isn’t fuming. In about Week 7 when Jason Taylor goes on the DL with a mysterious injury that no one saw occur, it’s probably going to be because Uncle Zach shanked him in the shower and beat him unconscious with with one of the seven blenders they got as wedding presents.

Because he believes this Packers team is the most talented group that they’ve had in Green Bay… well, ever.

“I really feel like this is, as far as talent is concerned, the most talented team that I’ve been a part of as a whole,” Favre said Monday morning.

As delusional as it might seem, I kind of admire Favre’s decision to come out and say this. If he comes out and throws 29 interceptions again, it’ll be impossible to point the finger elsewhere, because he’s already gone on record as saying that the talent is in place around. It leaves him no excuses It’s a ballsy thing for Favre to say.

And if you’ve got the talent and ability, you just need to add the leadership and cohesion, and again, that’s on Favre. He’s the quarterback, the leader, the icon, he’s everything in Green Bay… and if it doesn’t come together, if the team is not successful, there’s nowhere else to point the finger. It’s all on Favre.

As to the question of whether or not he’s right… well… I have my doubts. Certainly, Brett Favre is in a far better position to judge than me. But there’s almost no depth at WR, and last year’s offensive line was as impenetrable as Paris Hilton’s vagina. I don’t know if I should compliment Favre’s optimism, or suggest that he get tested for some kind of dementia.

There’s big news coming out of Steelers training camp. Linebacker Clark Haggans has a healthy and functioning gastrointestinal tract. He displayed its functionality, and, upon leaving the newly Haggans-christened porta-john, was greeted by hearty applause from the Steelers faithful.

Clark Haggans knew it was a crazy day when he emerged from the portable toilet next to the practice field at St. Vincent College and the crowd erupted in a thunderous ovation.

“It’s almost a football career highlight,” said Haggans, an outside linebacker for the Steelers.

Just think what they would have done if they saw him jacking off in the dorms the night before. They’d have all risen to their feet and started chanting, “BEAT IT, CLARK! BEAT IT, CLARK!” And they’d have erected a statue for him in front of Heinz Field. A statue of Clark Haggans masturbating.

The above quote is from a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article (courtesy of BenMaller.com) about fan reaction to the first day of Steelers training camp. Shame that Peter King didn’t cover this one in his latest MMQB. Steelers fans, if nothing else, are enthusiastic. And half of the people applauding–unless he was wearing his own jersey at the time–probably didn’t even know who he was. “Hey, I think that big black guy just took a shit. YES! THAT’S AWESOME!”

Brian Finneran was not the Falcons best wide receiver, and certainly not the most talented. But when things would get uncomfortable for Michael Vick, when he felt like he was in trouble, when he felt like he was in a pinch, he would go to… well, he’d go to the doctor at the STD clinic. But when he was in a pinch of the football field, he went to Brian Finneran. Finneran manged his knee in a non-contract drill yesterday, and is out for the year.

First, best of luck to Brian Finneran, because that’s a nasty injury. He tore his ACL, dislocated his kneecap, and messed up some cartilage in his right knee. Just a complete freak accident, no one near him at the time. He plants, he cuts, his knee explodes. Ouch. Sorry man.

So that leaves the Falcons with Roddy White (young, talented, and unproven guy #1) and Michael Jenkins (young, talented, and unproven guy #2) as their top receivers. At the third spot, which is important, because Atlanta plays with three receivers fairly often, it’s evidently going to be Jerome Pathon. The free-agent wire isn’t completely bare; Ricky Proehl’s out there, Johnnie Morton’s out there, Kevin Johnson’s out there… I don’t know if any of them are a clear upgrade over Jerome Pathon, though.