Yeah Brady hasn't played, which shows that if he ever gets hurt the Pats are in some serious trouble.  Goes to show you how ridiculous it was for people to call him a "system quarterback" a couple years back.  The backup QB's have been terrible.  I'll give them a little bit of a pass though as the offensive line (they've missed a few starters as well) has been equally as bad.  It's tough to look good when you've got no protection.  So sure, they've looked bad but haven't had close to their "A" team on the field.  I don't like that excuse though.  You're only as good as your backups, you need extreme depth in the NFL.  That's why the Pats have been good for so many years.  They've been able to withstand injuries.  Guys go down, other guys step right in and they don't miss a beat.  If the guys who've looked so bad in the first 2 games don't improve, I will cringe when the first injury occurs during the regular seson.  The O-line is my biggest worry.  They played awful in the Super Bowl and have picked up right where they left off in the pre-season.  That's where it all starts, they need to improve their play there.

Someone posted over at HTGTH that Staind was on the Howard Stern Show today (I have it taped but haven't gotten to that part yet), and they talked about exclusive retail releases.  Apparently, a retailer like Wal-Mart will buy a million copies for example and that counts towards record sales regardless of whether they're ever sold from the store or not.  If that's the case the sales would be off the charts initially.  I don't see how that would work though, because what would happen when they are sold at the store?  Do they count as double sales?  You sell one, you're actually selling 2?  One to Wal-Mart, one to the customer?  Maybe when I listen to Staind explain it I'll understand it better.

That's basically the point I'm trying to make.  I think some of the songs will chart very well on the rock charts, but not so much on the overall top 40 pop chart.  That just doesn't happen these days.  If GNR can crack that list consistently then they will have changed the landscape of music AGAIN!

Oh I HOPE GNR can outdo 3 Doors Down.  It looks like it'll be tough for "Shackler's Revenge" to crack the top 20 though, just going by the recent history of NO hard rock tracks being able to do that.  A ballad, yes, that would be possible.  I thought "The Blues" had that crossover potential, but that was 8 years ago.  I don't know if it could still hold up today.  The time may have passed.  I still think it's a solid song though.  Song 2 probably has a little too much going on in it for it to be a big hit.  CITR may have "it" but that supposedly is not in the plans for CD, then again what do we know?

By that rationale they may need a bass player and a lead guitar playe....... AHEM!  Does anyone know where we can find a viable bass and lead guitar player?

I kid, I kid.