What about Bob?

There was some talk in Philly that Jerome McDougle had done enough to stick, despite his history of injury and ineffectiveness of the years. In fact, he was one of the team's most consistent linemen during camp.

But McDougle was released on the final cutdown, and the Giants signed him in about 30 seconds to serve as a valuable backup to ends Justin Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka. Sure takes some of the sting out of the Osi Umenyiora injury.

So, why didn't McDougle make it in Philly? Because the Eagles invested heavily in free agent defensive end Chris Clemons, who earned a $4 million signing bonus. Clemons was hurt for much of camp, and didn't do too much when healthy.

But because of the large signing bonus, the Iggles opted to keep him over McDougle.

I realize we're a football blog here, but I'd like to take just a moment to wish our fellow Americans along the Gulf Coast a safe journey as they prepare for Hurricane Gustav.

Our thoughts and our prayers are with you.

Now that Chad Johnson has changed his last name to "Ocho Cinco," it got me thinking about my own name change. The blog name, that is.

Not that there's anything wrong with "What About Bob," since that is my name and since Bill Murray did a heck of a job in the movie with that name. But I dunno. There's a bit of a dweeb factor in there, too.

I mean, it's football. There has to be some catchy name out there to latch onto, no? La Monica, who gave us "What About Bob" in the first place, suggested "Fourth and Glauber," although my personal preference is "First and Glauber." (If you've reached fourth down, you've essentially failed the first three, no?)

Anyway, we're in the midst of a web re-design, so any suggestions will be considered. The Internet folks need to know by Tuesday, so I505, Sandy, Craig, Black N Gold, BBiB!, Tony A., or even Rock & Boland, or whoever else is out there with nothing else to do, I could use your help.

Prediction: Hookslide will come up with something ... possibly unprintable, but catchy nonetheless.

It's that time, people. The regular season is nearly upon us, and so is the Beat Bob Glauber NFL picks contest.

Sign up here, and join in on the fun. Simply pick the games, and at the end, we'll see who wins. There are goodies like a 42" high definition TV and more.

That's an adage I first heard from legendary New York Times columnist Dave Anderson, my idol growing up in this business.

Anderson used it when he was a beat reporter covering the Jets, whose quarterback was a fellow named Joe Namath.

Now that Brett Lorenzo Favre is the Jets' quarterback, the adage applies just as much. So take a look at Boland's fine piece from today's newspaper on Favre talking about any number of things, including his bitter divorce from the Packers.

Regardless of what Favre does on the field, the man is a quote machine. Please, do not stop talking, sir.

At least not with the Giants.

The rookie quarterback out of Kentucky didn't survive the final cuts, due in part to an absolutely abysmal performance in Thursday's preseason finale against the Patriots. After two fumbled snaps, Woodson was actually replaced by starter David Carr, who is now the only backup on the roster.

It's possible the Giants go into the regular season with two quarterbacks on the roster, which is becoming somewhat of a trend in the NFL. But it's also possible they scour the wires in hopes of a decent backup coming along.

... no one.

At least not yet.

With 8 days to go before the regular season opener, Ken Whisenhunt still hasn't decided whether it will be Kurt Warner or Matt Leinart.

Sheesh.

UPDATE: Apparently, Whisenhunt read our post and saw our reaction to his delaying the announcement of a starter. It's Warner.

Nothing we haven't known before, but Chad Johnson has made it official: He is no longer Chad Johnson. He is now Chad Ocho Cinco.

Really.

Like, legally.

As in, he changed his last name to Ocho Cinco so he can have the moniker placed on the back of his jersey.

Is there some sort of contest we can run with this? I dunno. An over-under on when Johnson draws his first penalty for excessive celebration? A prediction on when he flips out in the locker room? A prediction on when head coach Marvin Lewis' head explodes?

The Chargers' All Pro linebacker has two torn knee ligaments, and has been advised by four different doctors to undergo surgery rather than risk a career-threatening injury by playing on it. Merriman has decided to play, because he believes the Chargers have a realistic chance to go to the Super Bowl.

I'll be weighing in on this for Sunday's newspaper, but I'm curious to see if there are any thoughts one way or the other out there.

Charlie Chilkoot, you're up.

How's this for being different.

Quarterback Daunte Culpepper, the former Vikings star who is now out of football after being spurned by several teams, believes there's so much confusion and misrepresentation about what he's looking for that he wrote an explanation of his situation in an open letter to Profootballtalk.com

I can't recall a player ever doing something like that, but Culpepper has always been one of the more independently minded guys to come through the NFL. He's also one of the few players who is not represented by an agent, something that has probably hurt him in his quest to find a team willing to sign him.

In any event, here's the text of his missive. Sounds like DC wants to sign up with someone soon. Like, now.

Memo to Daunte: Get an agent. Like, now.

... when he found out he had been fully reinstated to the NFL by commissioner Roger Goodell?

He was at a local Hooters in Dallas eating a chicken sandwich.

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