Morning YouTubeness: Stiff Arms Rule

It's pretty rare in the NFL when a defender gets the worse end of a run play. But when you introduce the stiff arm, it evens up the playing field a bit as can be seen by the video below.

I'm a huge fan of using the "arm" in Madden, and it's even better when used in a real game. The Hawaii versus USC screen pass about a minute in could be one of the better stiff arm's I've seen...ever. There's a difference between using one to gain an extra yard or two, and completely leveling a would be tackler with your arm.

Enjoy.

John Madden's Yellow Ding-Dong

Huge high-five to The Big Lead for bringing this to my attention.

For the record, if I was ever handed a telestrator on national television, I would do this every time. Seriously, every one.

Make Check Payable To...

A few posts ago, I mentioned the release of Madden 2008 that is right around the corner. If you're big into this kind of stuff, you may have heard of another football video game, All-Pro Football 2008. This game is supposed to rival the Madden series, with only one catch: No current NFL players.

But one guy who is featured in this new game is the running back-turned-author, O.J. Simpson. Check it out here if you don't believe me. Fittingly so, he's on a team named "The Assassins," whose mascot is a knife-wiedling maniac on top of a scoreboard.

Of course, there was quite the uproar given Orenthal's recent history with the league and the state of California.

But fear not! It's now being reported that all money that Mr. Simpson receives will go directly to Mr. Ron Goldman - as a part of thirty-eight million dollar civil suit that dates back about 13 years ago. At this rate, O.J. should be good to go by the time All-Pro Football 2530 is released.

Moral of the story, kids: Don't kill your wife and get sued for $38 mill.

It's That Time Again

While this is the premier post for "Inches," I'm feeling pretty lazy on this Monday afternoon. So, you know what? You get a video.



The release of Madden 2008 is actually more important than the Hall of Fame Game to most fans, so instead of talking about Bill Cowher, Jerome Bettis and Joe Horn, we'll just go with Maddden.

What? They're not on those teams anymore? Oh...then just watch the video and ignore that last part. Queue the NFL Films music...