I tend to be an emotional football fan. It doesn’t take much for a guy to get on my bad side, and once he does it can be very hard for him to get off of it – I can really hold a grudge. Here are five guys who don’t fit my definition of the ideal NFL player, coach, or owner:

1. Eli Manning – Manning is unquestionably at the top of this list. He was doomed from the start – his brother has driven me crazy ever since he was getting too much love in Tennessee. Manning was a very average college quarterback who wouldn’t have been anywhere near the first round, never mind the first pick, if his last name had been Smith. But then he pulled that ridiculous stunt – saying he was too good to play in San Diego. I’d have lost all respect for any player in that case – even a Michigan man, though no Michigan man would ever be that totally classless. He’s been mostly mediocre as a pro, he gets too much credit for the Giants’ Super Bowl win, and now he is the highest paid, and therefore the most overpaid , player in the NFL. The guy is a bad joke, and I can’t even stand to look at him. Karma s clearly out to get me – my favorite receiver, Mario Manningham, is stuck on the Giants, so I don’t know how to cheer every time I see them play.

2. Marvin Lewis – I talked about Lewis a couple of days ago, but that won’t stop me from doing it again. He has wasted the talent of one of the top quarterbacks in the league. He has seen more of his colleagues arrested under his watch than Al Capone ever did. He has taken a team that was finally on the rise and run it right back into the ground again. He shows no creativity with this team, and he’s as predictable as any coach in the league as a result. Whenever he is interviewed he is a lock to say something incredibly stupid. The guy is a menace, and he should have been out of the head coaching game years ago. I can only assume that he has pictures of someone in the team’s upper management in a very compromising position – other wise he would be long gone.

3. Brady Quinn – Quinn was a solid college quarterback in a good system, but he was talked about like he was the second coming. Undeserved. When he dropped in the draft it was treating like a travesty for the ages. He hasn’t been truly world class at anything in his chances in the NFL except for one thing – whining. He may or may not turn into a great player, but it doesn’t really matter in my mind – the ship has already sailed on that for me. I don’t like his attitude, and I don’t like guys who are treated like royalty before they have actually accomplished anything.

4. Eric Mangini – I’m already on the Browns, so I might as well stay there. I can’t precisely put my finger on what it is about Mangini that bugs me so much. Maybe it’s that he acts like a total lunatic. After getting deservedly fired in New York he was able, for some totally incomprehensible reason, to land on his feet right away ahead of other more talented coaches. Once he settled into Cleveland he wasted no time – he acted like he was swinging a torch in a kleenex factory. He slashed and burned the front office, the roster and the general strategy of the team. That’s obviously not a bad thing, but it is when a guy doesn’t seem to have a plan for his actions. He’d acting as the head warden in an asylum, and no one has seemed to notice that he’s wearing the same outfit as the inmates. The Jets were a mess under him, and so will the Browns be.

5. Daniel Snyder – I generally like flamboyant, rich owners who are happy to throw their cash around. I think Mark Cuban is great. George Steinbrenner in his prime was the most entertaining part of his sport. The same goes for Al Davis before he became a walking punch line. Jerry Jones has his faults, but he’s generally likable . Snyder is different, though. He regularly throws huge piles of money around, but he never seems to learn from his mistakes. He is always at the front of the line to overpay for free agents, and he does it without seemingly having a clear plan. His coaching decisions have been as random and as ineffective. It’s hard to truly believe that the Redskins will ever win with Snyder poking his nose into decisions, and it’s a shame to see a proud, historic franchise like this continuallyspinning its wheels.