Dumbass of the Week

There's just no other way to say it. I try to keep the language G-rated, I try to adhere to some form of standard, but sometimes it is just not possible. When somebody does something so irrational, so illogical, and so stupid, there is only one word for that person; dumbass.

I have considered doing this on a weekly basis, but I always thought it would be difficult to find someone to fit the bill week after week. And besides, once you get past T.O. and Randy Moss, how many real dumbasses are out there?

But, apparently, there is no shortage of dumbasses in the NFL. So here I go with my first 'Dumbass of the Week' award. And the winner, er, loser, er dumbass is:

Samir Suleiman, Director of Football Administration for the St Louis Rams. He will be reprimanded for leaving a threatening phone message with a reporter. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch:

In an Aug. 28 column in the Post-Dispatch, Miklasz wrote that Rams executives owed the head coach - no matter whom he was - their support instead of back-stabbing him.

Apparently in response to that column, Suleiman left a message on Miklasz's voice mail stating, in part, "tell your source that I'm not a back-stabber, I'm a (expletive) throat slasher, and he'll know the difference before it's all said and done."

I can't think of too many things that would qualify as being more stupid than leaving a threatening phone message on the phone of a reporter. But, I'm sure someone out there is willing to prove me wrong.