I guess during the slow months of the summer, the only thing you can do as a sports writer is make stuff up. Heck, I do it every day. But I don't usually do something this stupid.

Orlando Sentinel writer Shannon J. Owens decided that the reason why former MVP Shaun Alexander has been unemployed for the last two months is because he's too fervently Christian. What the hell?

Maybe if playing football was his only goal, some GMs wouldn't have called Alexander, 30, washed up.

Excuse me? You mean the guy that's averaged three and a half yards a carry the last two years - and who turns 31 before the season starts - isn't actually washed up? Because that last sentence I wrote sure makes him sound washed up.

Alexander said his critics, at times, have drawn wrong conclusions about his relationship with football because of his faith.

"Because I so don't carry football around everywhere I am, it kind of throws people off. They're never really sure," Alexander said. "I've never made football my identity, and that's where God has graced me."

This is ridiculous. I realize the NFL is filled with guys like Pacman Jones, Tank Johnson, and various other shady characters, but if Alexander thinks he's the only holy roller in the league, he's badly mistaken.

Here are his stats from the past two years.

2006: 10 games, 896 yards, 3.6 yards per carry, 5 fumbles.
2007: 13 games, 716 yards, 3.5 yards per carry, 4 touchdowns.

This has nothing to do with Alexander's faith, and instead everything to do with him sucking. Period.

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