It’s unknown whether the courts will accept this compromise to the restraining order, or if TNA will view the compromise as a breaking of the organization’s agreement with Pacman.

Man, I just wanted to see our bread and butter wrestle. Just one time. Is that too much to ask? Apparently so… Stay tuned for details, but for now it looks like Pacman’s wrestling career is over before it even started.

• “Report: Titans, Jones agree to wrestling curbs” - ESPN

(”Do you understand the words that are comin’ out of my mouth?”)

Nope. But quarterbacks definitely understand the snot bubbles coming out of their noses, even if they don’t understand the trash talk being emitted from the mouths of the dudes that just sacked them.

As a kid I had this Kansas City Chiefs “Rush Hour” poster featuring Derrick Thomas and Neil Smith. I’m not gonna lie — that shit was badass. In fact, it’s so badass that I preserved it and gave it to my brother as a gift. Actually, I might be able to get a pic of it here shortly, but I wasn’t deft enough to think if it beforehand.

Anyway, instead of boring you to death with nonsense about Rat Daddy/Hackner’s latest flop (25% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, folks, that’s not Premonition bad, but it’s bad), I give you my list of the greatest pass rushers of all time. Oh yeah, don’t go see Rush Hour 3! Actually, I’m curious to see if this sequel can top Beverly Hills Cop III for most ridiculously unnecessary sequel of all time, so go see it and drop me a line afterwards letting me know just how putrid the flick was.

• Bob Lily
  

Mr. Cowboy was the Dallas Cowboys first ever draft pick, and the first player to be inducted into the franchise’s “Ring of Honor”. Lily also is a first-ballot HOFer and a member of the NFL’s All-Time Team. The Sporting News named him “the greatest defensive tackle in NFL history”, a claim which is difficult to dispute. Despite playing inside, he possessed uncanny pass-rushing skills for a big man. In fact, his nearly 30-yard sack of Phins QB Bob Griese is one of the most memorable plays in both NFL and Super Bowl history. Some call Lily the greatest D-lineman ever to play the game, so he definitely belongs among this elite company.

• Bruce Smith

No way the NFL’s all-time sack leader doesn’t make this list. Smith, for my money, is the greatest defensive end I ever saw play. The offensive coordinator when I played at Emporia State — Kevin Keefe, a former V-Tech O-lineman — once told all of us players that Bruce Smith ran the fastest shuttle drill of anybody on the entire Hokies team. Yes, that includes DBs, RBs and receivers. He was just a mountain of a man who was impossible to block. His ridiculous wingspan paired with his size, speed and strength allowed him to manhandle any blocker he faced. Damn, do I miss watching this dude play.

• Chris Doleman
  

Doleman damn near missed making this list, but I just couldn’t leave him off. I remember the great Mark May once saying that if there is one guy who should be in the Hall who isn’t, that it was Doleman. That’s enough of an endorsement for me. Not to mention that he’s fourth on the all-time sack list with 150 career sacks. Also, in 1989 Doleman led the NFL with 21 sacks. He belongs on this list.

• Deacon Jones
  

Jones — a first-ballot HOFer and member of the NFL’s All-Time Team — was a bad, bad man. To this day, he’s still considered by many as the greatest defensive end of all time. Sports Illustrated even went as far as to name him its “defensive end of the century.” He was simply unstoppable. Besides, how could I leave the guy who coined the term “sack” off of this list? I couldn’t, especially considering that he unofficially (sacks weren’t officially tracked until 1982) racked up 180.5 sacks during his career. This lean, mean, tough S.O.B. revolutionized his position and paved the way for the modern-day sackmasters.

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• The Tennessee Titans are trying to ruin my life by attempting to have the courts prohibit Pacman Jones from wrestlin’, citing that his participation would be a breach of contract. C’mon, let The Namesake wrestle! Don’t make me start a petition up in here (like it woudl do any good, but still). - SI.com

• Bears FB Obafemi Ayanbadejo (can’t we shorten that somehow?) has been suspended by the NFL for four games for violating the league’s substance policy. Apparently, the banned substance was an anti-estrogen drug and he was unaware that the drug was banned. Anti-estrogen? Was he afraid of getting bitch tits from all of those other steroids he was taking? I mean, dude doesn’t look like he’s not taking steroids. - The Feed

• How does Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel pick his starting QB? Eat Big Macs until he’s full, and pick the starter according to whose number he’s closer to? No. In that case, I’m pretty sure that Charlie Frye (No. 9) would beat out Derek Anderson (No. 3). Hell, if he did that big Orpheus Roye (No. 99) might get the call. What he actually does is flip a coin. - Epic Carnival

• Mike Alstott is calling it a career. Here’s a nice, short little retrospective of The A-Train’s career, written by a Bucs fan. - Football Outsiders

• TE Chris Mizell — aspiring pro football player, blogger extraordinaire and ex-Ivy League star — has an awesome non-corporate blog out — Christopher Robert Myself. If you like candidness, football and hip-hop, then you’ll really dig his stuff. - The Blog of Hilarity

• A well-written San Diego Chokers, um, I mean Chargers preview. While they certainly have the talent to win the AFC West and go to the Super Bowl, all bets are off with Norv Turner taking the shots. Just my humble opinion. - Epic Carnival

• Back-up Bengals RB Kenny Irons is done for the season after tearing his ACL. That’s bad news for the rookie, but this paired with Chris Perry still on the PUP makes Rudi Johnson a pretty attractive fantasy option. - The Fanhouse

• I’ve heard from a couple of sources now that Detroit Lions rookie WR Calvin Johnson looked great last night. Should we just give him the Offensive ROY trophy now?

• The other highlight from last night’s preseason action, was Ocho Cinco getting decapitated and letting Carson Palmer have it afterwards. Is it just me, or is almost anything more entertaining when Chad Johnson is involved. Check out the YouTube footage…

Friday Flicks will drop later tonight!

Looks like I’m going to have to go up to Buffalo Effin’ Wild Wings or Hooters or somewhere like that on Sunday to watch the TNA pay-per-view show Hard Justice. You know what, though, to see Pacman Jones wrestle for the first time it might just be worth it. The Namesake is so damn athletic that dude will probably be like a bigger Rey Mysterio bouncin’ around. Plus, who knows what he’s going to do. Deep down I think that both his notoriety and unpredictability are overblown, but it’s still fun to pretend that he’ll wig out and get all gangsta Minxxx style. Enjoy this YouTube preview, which TNA fed us as Pacman’s “debut” tonight on iMPACT! instead of an actual live-in-the-flesh appearance….