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Clinton Portis was fined $20,000 by the NFL this season for not wearing the same color socks as his team while Sean Taylor lost just $17,000 for spitting in Michael Pittman’s face. As the Washington Post’s Michael Wilbon points out, the NFL is a joke.

Maybe the Texans need massive work on their offensive line. Maybe two weeks ago the whole world was talking about how they are going to draft the second coming of Barry Sanders. Or maybe they should draft Vince Young? (registration required) I don’t think so.

Jason Whitlock wrote a strange a column for today’s Kansas City Star. He calls for Herm Edwards to be an “adventurous lover” and also compares him to Tupac. Read it yourself, it’s weird.