Vic: I just think somebody needs to stand up for our hard-working Polish-American population. Why not more consonants? Vowels, vowels, vowels; I’m tired of vowels. I want some consonants, too.

Vic: At about the time our couches began to take the shape of us.

Vic: Are you sure it’s not eighto fiveo?

Vic: He's in his final year.

Vic: I’m a changed man.

Vic: Hair style means nothing to me. It may be the only thing on this earth about which I don’t have an opinion. I’m sorry, but I don’t care what the league does as far as ruling on the length of players’ hair.

Vic: I guess because no one asked my opinion when they were creating the poll question. Ryan’s name should be one of the six. Jeff Otah’s name has no business in that poll, which is why it’s probably in there. What we really need is a poll that asks: Do you think jaguars.com should stop having a poll?

Vic: That kind of news has to wait until OTA practices begin in May. Please be patient.

Vic: This is a stats-crazy generation of sports fans. The problem is that meaningful statistical comparisons of players from different eras can’t be made. We’ve reached a point of such emphasis on offensive production that Jim Brown’s stats are starting to look ordinary. Relative to his era of football, Brown’s rushing totals are the equivalent to a running back from today’s game having rushed for 30,000 yards in his career. I implore you not to compare players statistically. When you do that, you lose an appreciation for their true value. The 1960’s game just didn’t produce the kind of offense today’s game does. It was a brutally physical game and players were judged by their stature, not their stats. Hornung was a big-game player. He was a guy who could do it all and he was the player around whom Vince Lombardi built the Packers’ first few title runs. Hornung was the first pick of the 1957 NFL draft, was a three-time All-Pro and was the NFL’s MVP in 1961, but he never rushed for more than 681 yards in a season. What does that tell you? It says the standard has changed. Stop with the stats. They don’t apply.

Vic: It’s not that way. Sports is as important to people in Jacksonville as it is to people in Pittsburgh. The difference is that Pittsburgh has three major league teams and has acquired a habit of attending sporting events that goes back over a hundred years. Add up all of the baseball games the Pirates play, the hockey games the Penguins play, the football games the Steelers play and the football and basketball games Pitt plays and what you’ll see is that there aren’t many days in the year when one or more of those teams isn’t playing a game. That kind of constant exposure to sporting events creates a strong habit of watching sports. It becomes part of everyday life. That’s the difference between the two towns. It’s not about interest, it’s about exposure. No major league sports team has ever left Pittsburgh. Why? Because watching sports is part of the fabric of life there.

Vic: A $5,000 signing bonus is standard for undrafted free agents.

Vic: There will be a minor change to the stripes on the white pants, to match up better with the black letters on the jerseys.

Vic: I could give you a lot of great trades, but the one that sticks with me is what the Dolphins didn’t do. They didn’t trade up to draft Dan Marino and he fell right to them at pick number 27. It’s even more amazing today that something like that could happen. Look at how many teams blew it. Now imagine what the Dolphins would’ve been like in the 1980’s and ’90’s without Marino. Marino’s fall down the 1983 draft board may be the most stunning news story of all the drafts I’ve covered. That’s when I realized even the best personnel guys make mistakes.

Vic: They’re not on the list because they’re not on the field at the same time. Csonka and Kiick were. Harris and Bleier were. Hornung and Taylor were. Mack and Byner were. Dunn and Alstott were. That’s why I said that to qualify for this distinction you had to play in a system that used two guys in the same backfield as runners, instead of the currently popular system that employs a running back and a blocking back.

Vic: Hornung and Lions defensive tackle Alex Karas were suspended in 1963 for betting on NFL games and for associating with undesirable people.

Vic: No.