No Soup For You, Minnesota: Donovan McNabb to be Released by Vikings

ESPN's Adam Scheftler is reporting that Donovan McNabb's reign in Minnesota is soon to be over, with the Vikings planning to release the veteran quarterback by the end of the day.

McNabb started in five games for the Vikings this year where his biggest impact to the team was promoting Vikings punter Chris Kluwe's band "Tripping Icarus" during a post-game press conference.

Happy Trails McNabb. May many songs of glory be sung about your Vikings tenure. And may they all be sung by the band "Tripping Icarus."

Fear the Bears? Or Fear the Beard?

Kyle Orton is currently listed third on the Kansas City Chief's QB depth chart. This will afford drunken Bears fans the opportunity of throwing old number eighteen replica jerseys at him as soon as the first Hanie incompletion hits the Kentucky bluegrass of Soldier Field. Hanie's uneven quarterback performance has many Chicago faithful looking wistfully back at a time where the man behind center was more consistently a winner and more consistently sporting a beard on his neck.

Don't Look Gift Bears in the Mouth

After the 2008 season, the Bears traded away Kyle Orton and a wheelbarrow full of hot steaming draft pics to acquire Jay Cutler, making it the largest acquisition for the Bears at the time since Staley the Bear was drafted in the first round in 2003. Since then the Bears have had success, but has Jay Cutler?

Two Different Roads to 6-3.

The donnybrook that was liberally called a football game between the Bears and Lions last afternoon left both teams at 6-3. Both teams are tied in the NFC North and if the playoffs started today both teams would be in the wildcard spots. Then why is there such a bad taste in my mouth?

Steinbeck's "The Pearl" Was About Kino's Fantasy Team

Jay Cutler had a good game the last time the Bears and Lions met. He is going to have to repeat that performance if Chicago wants to beat the Lions this week. Given the Bears' compliment of receivers, this could be a tall order. Roy Williams this season has been playing like a dog in a Bears jersey chasing a frisbee and Devin Hester has been unreliable as well. Additionally, Johnny Knox is believed to have died in the rancor pit below Mike Martz's house so that just leaves one guy.

Cutler Finally Cracks the Top Five in Something Unrelated to Sacks or Interceptions

Earlier this week, Tom Van Riper of Forbes.com released results of a Nielson E-Poll that put Jay Cutler in the top five "Most Disliked Players" in the NFL. This poll puts Cutler in the illustrious company of Michael Vick (dog-fighting), Ben Roethlisberger (alleged bathroom rapist), Plaxico Burress (wears sweatpants to the club) and Albert Haynesworth (the first walrus to play in the NFL).

There are a lot of people who aren't a fan of Cutler, I understand that , but I think it's a little unfair to put him in the same conversation with the players mentioned above (maybe they are getting mixed up after google image searching him). After the jump, here are some NFL personalities I believe should have made the list and bumped Cutler out of the top five. I'm not going to limit it to just players, because, well, why the hell should I.

J.T. O'Sullivan Lives - Episode 1

A new podcast is born today.  We discuss all the hippest happenings in the NFC North.  Why do we hate Jay Cutler?  Is Aaron Rodgers close to surpassing a certain former Packer QB in the hearts and minds of Packer Backers everywhere?  Are the Lions actually playing in the most important game of the week?
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Just press play and let our mellifluous blabberings envelop you.