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Hey, Chris Henry failed another drug test. Big shocker there.

According to this article in the Washington Post, in the 2006 Calendar Year, the Bungles lead the league with 10 arrests.

Interestingly enough, of the 16 teams sited in the article as having a player arrested (half the NFL), 7 of them were playoff teams.

After the Bungals, the Chargers, Bears, Titans and Jaguars rounded out the top 5 teams in arrests.

Shawne Merriman lead the league in steroid use, making the Chargers the most badass team in the league.

Except for the fact that they wear these.

So what's the moral of the story? Teams with 1 arrest in the article finished last year with a combined record of 144-112 (as opposed to 112-144 posted by those that were not arrested). Statistically your team had more chance of being successful with at least 1 arrest as it did if your team had none. A team that was in the top 5 in the league in arrests (Bears) made the Super Bowl, and a team with no arrests (Colts) won the Super Bowl. Half of the teams in the Championship games had arrests (Bears, Pats) and half did not (Colts, Saints).

The conclusion? Having a player arrested won't improve your team or do anything for discipline, but it isn't the end of the world either. Arrests have obviously not played a large factor in the overall success of teams across the league.

The Tomlin Factor

Regardless of whether or not you were happy about the Steelers hiring Mike Tomlin, you've gotta love this guy's attitude. Great quote from him in regards to the A-Fan situation.

"This is a lesson for us as a football team. Adversity is part of it. Distractions are part of it. ... The standard of expectation is not going to change regardless of what's going on."

Well said coach.

By the way, picking up Kevan Barlow was a great addition. While I thought Verron Haynes was a great role player for the team as a 3rd down back and on special teams, he's still rehabing from his injury last season and his status is uncertain. Good job locking up a solid veteran back.

By the way, Barlow will wear #22, hopefully he'll last longer than the last person who wore that number.

2 months to training camp. 14 minicamps/team meetings to go.

Sign A-Fan.

FOX Sports doesn't give Pittsburgh props, what else is new

Not that anyone really cares about the NBA, but Golden State upset Dallas, bringing out the endless debate about what was the greatest upset of all time...again.

Over the past few years this debate has popped up when Bucknell beating #3 Kansas in the NCAA Tournament, George Mason reaching the semi-finals...or, you know, the #6-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers beating the #3 seed Cincy Bungles, #1 seeded Indianapolis Colts, #2 seeded Denver Broncos, and the #1 seeded Seattle Seahawks to win Super Bowl XL. But what do all of these have in common?

None of them made it onto this list.

This isn't to say that I disagree with some of the list (Team USA at #1 definitely makes sense). However, there was a little too much weight placed on recent events. Sorry Golden State, your upset of Dallas isn't one of the "greatest ever."

What really irked me was that the Steelers' run didn't even get props on the "Honorable mention" list. I guess winning 3 road games to get to the Super Bowl, including one over Indy wasn't enough of an upset.

Here's some numbers:
3 #8 seeds have beaten a #1 seed in the NBA Playoffs. Only 1 has reached the Finals (New York Knicks, 1999).
I don't know any historical numbers for the NHL, but in the last 11 years (10 playoff season because of the strike), a #8 seed has upset a #1 seed 5 times.
And in the NFL, no #6-seed had ever made it to the Super Bowl, let along won it.

If I were to make my own list, I certainly wouldn't put the Steelers improbable Super Bowl run as the greatest upset of all time, but I'd certainly give it an honorable mention that would place it in the top 25.