Fortunately for the New Orleans Saints, the beginning of free agency was more important to the majority of us fans of loser teams, so a lot of us checked out on that whole “paying players to hurt opponents” things. Still, some Saints players are deeply hurt that the NFL and its fans would accuse them of playing dirty and intentionally trying to end the careers of players like Kurt Warner and Brett Favre.

Take Saints DB Jabari Greer, for instance, who was so insulted by these bounty accusations and looming punishments that he opened his heart and offered us a poem on his New Orleans Times-Picayune blog, Out of Bounds.

Oh, but first I’m going to show you his disclaimer so you don’t get lost in a whirlwind of emotions…

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I enjoy SportsCenter's highlights, but I've always been disappointed in its decided lack of poetry slams.  So thank you, Stuart Scott, for raising sports commentary up to an artistic plane.  This clip practically moved me to tears, so gorgeous was his imagery, so flow-y was his flow, so… adequate were his rhymes.

One thing's for certain: this should finally bring poetry slams into the national limelight they so richly deserve, instead of wallowing in the shadows while hacks like Taylor Mali do things like "perform" and "make points artfully."  All you poets who think you're doing it right: all I have to say to you is "BOO-YA!"

[Mr. Irrelevant]