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Posted Tuesday December 02, 2008, About: Police: Hospital did not report Plaxico shooting
From what I understand of Pierce, he is a leader and a "stand-up guy". I'll think he'll "man up" and accept responsibility for his actions. That does put him light years ahead of Plax who thinks he's just bein' cool.
Posted Tuesday December 02, 2008, About: Police: Hospital did not report Plaxico shooting
I understand what you're saying and technically you're right. But that is a still a s**tty situation to find yourself in. Everything you're taught as an athlete in a team sport like football is about sacrificing yourself for the good of the team i.e. your teammates. It's easy to say "walk away" to someone who takes the responsibilities of being a good teammate and team leader, but I think it's much harder to actually do. I feel for Pierce although in hindsight, he's probably kicking himself for not following your advice.
Posted Tuesday December 02, 2008, About: Police: Hospital did not report Plaxico shooting
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out; whether Plax bribed someone to keep quiet or if they "looked the other way" to protect a celebrity. Either way, they're going to get hurt for helping him. And regrettably, so is Antonio Pierce, for trying to be a good teammate and help him out. I don't care what happens to Plax. He's made his choices repeatedly without remorse. But the "collateral damage" in this case is troubling.
Posted Monday December 01, 2008, About: Browns QB Anderson heard jeers after injury
They don't love in Philly. They just defer the hate!
Posted Friday November 28, 2008, About: Falcons to lock up more free agents
Amen. I thought that mess would take 3-5 years to clean up and Dimitroff & Smith did it in one. I hadn't seen Ryan play so I wasn't openly skeptical although I think it's generally unwise to expect ANY rookie QB to be a savior. And it IS good to see Blank's faith rewarded for a change plus the poor fans down there need something to cheer about.
Posted Friday November 28, 2008, About: Packers want more from Grant
I see several problems with the Pack:

1) Grant suffers from Sean Alexander / Larry Johnson syndrome. He looks like a world-beater when the line opens big holes for him as they did last year. This year, Grant is an ordinary, brittle back (as 50year said) playing behind an ordinary line. Thompson will regret giving him that big contract.

2) The offensive line is aging and needs some new blood.

3) The defensive line is pitiful other than Aaron Kampman. They can't stop the run or rush the passer.

4) The injuries on defense (Barnett, Bigby, Harris and Woodson) make them vulnerable. Brees was picking them apart with ordinary receivers. Granted, Brees is an excellent QB, but he did much more than Rodgers with much less in the way of supporting talent.

5) Rodgers IS, in many ways, still a rookie with respect to game experience. He had Jennings wide open on a deep slant and under-threw him on what should have been an easy TD. I'm NOT saying the Pack would be unbeaten with Favre or any such nonsense. But I DO say he would have made better use of the talent around him, much as Drew Brees did. IMHO
Posted Wednesday November 26, 2008, About: Empty seats for OU-OSU Bedlam?
An excellent PR move. Nothing like **** off the faithful for the sake of a few extra season tickets. Of course, this is no different than the NFL's policy of forcing season ticket holders to buy tickets for the pre-season games at regular season game prices. What's next? Personal seat license fees like the NFL??
Posted Tuesday November 25, 2008, About: Dallas, Detroit, KC may chase Cowher
Cowher, like Chuck Noll before him, played in Cleveland and it didn't prevent them from going to Pittsburgh. I still think the other most viable possibility is Carolina; close to his home, working for a solid NFL man in Jerry Richardson, himself a former player.

Dallas? No way! The job's been promised to Garrett and JJ never makes a mistake. Besides, the 'Boys need a disciplinarian, had one in Parcells and ran him out of town for Wade Phillips. No way Cowher tolerates T.O. or PacMan.

Philly? No way! Cowher loved Pittsburgh and nothing could be more opposite of Pittsburgh than Philly with its merciless fans. They eat their own!!

K.C.? Cowher can do better than that. Besides, Peterson may not survive as GM after this year.

Detroit? Not while the Ford's are running the Lions. Ford couldn't find his a** with both hands.

Vikings? Interesting possibility, but no connection there and it's not like he's desperate.

Chargers? the_joj was right. Cowher's too much like Schottenheimer for A.J. Smith's tastes.

da' Bears? Might be an interesting match if Angelo / Smith get the gate. But Singletary would be the most logical choice for Bears' coach.

Raiders? No way!! With the cryptkeeper in charger, the most dysfunctional team in the league!!

Nope, I think it's Carolina or Cleveland....or just wait it out for another year and enjoy that cush studio gig!!

Ahhhh!! CHOICES! CHOICES!
Posted Saturday November 22, 2008, About: T.O. stands by Cowboys criticism
T.O.'s thinking is basically flawed. He assumes that a team can't win a Super Bowl unless T.O. is the star. In fact, T.O.'s never won a Super Bowl. Only the teams WITHOUT him have won. Ouch!! Sorry, T.O. Someone had to say it.
Posted Saturday November 22, 2008, About: Goodell: NFL fears economic squeeze
You're right! But Roger's view from the mountaintop isn't all that pretty either. The corporate sponsors are getting spooked and they were the primary reason for the need for new city- financed stadiums, to attract the corporate "fat cats".

If a town like Detroit can't support a team because the auto makers are hurting, what does the NFL do? Move the Lions to another city? WHERE?? And if Detroit can't support them and the NFL can't move them, what then? CONTRACTION, like baseball threatened a few years ago in Minnesota? That got MLB threats from the Twin Cities and the state of Minnesota. Goodell certainly doesn't want anyone challenging their exemption from Anti-Trust laws!!

But wait, there's hope!! Maybe "W" can arrange a buyout for the NFL? A billion or two ought to be enough. Just a drop in the bucket compared to what Wall Street got. One tenth of what we spend every month in Iraq. The taxpayers won't even miss it. Chump change!!!

Outgoing presidents always pardon a few deserving criminals before leaving office. Maybe Roger will be one of "W"'s?? He's already "pardoned" Wall Street!!
Posted Saturday November 22, 2008, About: T.O. stands by Cowboys criticism
T.O.'s criticism of his QB's and coaches is always the same: "They don't get me the ball enough!!" If a defense knows that a certain player is going to be the centerpiece of an offense, they'll create a scheme to stop that player. That's an obvious response and that's obviously what other teams' defenses have done to stop T.O. The only real solution to that is to spread the ball around MORE and force defenses to cover Whitten and Barber. That'll take the heat OFF of T.O. and get him more "quality" touches. The "Randy Ratio" didn't work in Minnesota and it retarded Daunte Culpepper's development as a QB in the process. It set Culpepper back two years, in my opinion.

T.O. hurts himself in his future relationship with the Cowboys by calling out Jarrett like this also. He is putting the thought in J.J.'s mind that it's T.O. or Jarrett. Choose between them because they can't co-exist. If that happens, J.J. may choose his coach rather than T.O. just as the Niners and Eagles did. If T.O. wants out of Dallas, he's taking those first important steps toward the door. IMHO
Posted Thursday November 20, 2008, About: Romo takes homeless man to movie
CBS or Fox did a story on Sam Wyche years ago when he was coaching the Bengals about how he would visit the homeless in the morning before they played a home game. He knew them by their first names and treated them as friends. When the media asked him why he did it, he said it reminded him that his problems and challenges were really small by comparison. There are some really good guys in the NFL. Regrettably, they just don't get the press that the jerks do. Sad!
Posted Thursday November 20, 2008, About: Jag wants to 'duke it out' with Vikings coach
That's cold!! But it's a DRY cold.
Posted Thursday November 20, 2008, About: Favre not committing to 2009
I won't be surprised. I'll be friggin' ASTONISHED. I've never bought into the Favre to the Vikings scenario. To do what? Handoff to Adrian Peterson?? Throw to Bernard Berrian? This year should have shown the world that the Vikes are a lot more than a QB away from the title. And what are they going to trade to the Jets to get Favre? All those draft picks they already gave away to get Jared Allen?? You know, the second coming of Herschel Walker?? The sack king!! BS!
I'm sorry, I haven't had my coffee yet. I'll be better later.
Posted Thursday November 20, 2008, About: Favre not committing to 2009
Thank you!
Posted Wednesday November 19, 2008, About: No talks between Warner, Cardinals
The Bidwell family: Always a Class Act!!
Posted Monday November 17, 2008, About: Why Titans must re-sign Collins
For Fran Tarkenton and Archie Manning, "scrambling" wasn't a tactic for advancing the ball but rather for staying alive behind their porous offensive lines in the '60's. Roger Staubach had the benefit of playing behind very skilled Offensive lines but given his medical history of post-concussion syndrome, I don't think he's much of an advocate of scrambling QB's.
Ironically, Archie manning taught both Peyton and Eli to be active "in the pocket' while reading the coverage and having a quick release. Maybe most importantly, Eli and particularly Peyton are film-room rats are study constantly and are very coachable....no small part of the formula.
Warren Moon had the benefit of maturing in the CFL with a more wide-open style of play and larger fields which influenced his play a lot.
Posted Monday November 17, 2008, About: Why Titans must re-sign Collins
As a photographer covering Iowa State games as well as others, I've shot games when ISU played against Texas (Colt McCoy), Oklahoma (Sam Bradford), Texas Tech (Graham Harrell) and Missouri (Chase Daniel). All pocket passers protected by huge offensive lines and throwing to fast receivers. The current formula for success. It'll be interesting to see how they fare as pros compared to Tim Tebow, how high Tim Tebow is drafted by comparison, and also how much they'll let him run. Florida hasn't exactly been a cradle for great pro QB's such as Steve Spurrier and Danny Wuerffel. Be interesting to see.
Posted Monday November 17, 2008, About: Why Titans must re-sign Collins
All true. There seems to be several factors that are key in avoiding sacks and picks. Good field vision, ability to read through the progressions quickly and not stare down the primary receiver, quick feet for short distances within the pocket, a quick release like Dan Marino. You would think that poor line play and receivers not getting open would be blamed more for picks and sacks, but you keep hearing about slow feet and poor decision making by the QB being the culprit.

Ironically, the championship QB's who came the closest to embodying the running QB were Steve Young and John Elway (early in his career anyway) and they were both white. Somehow that's not discussed. Wonder why? But even in their cases, it was run by necessity, not by design. Until a running QB steps up and leads a team to a championship, I'll remain a skeptic.

But you make a valid criticism, 50year. many players are drafted high because of their "upside". The assumption is always that they are coachable and "we" have the right people to coach them. Often that's a BAD assumption. As we've discussed before, neither Leaf, Young nor Vick (and probably not Leinart either) seem coachable, whether for attitude, commitment or intelligence. The Manning's and Brady are. IMHO
Posted Monday November 17, 2008, About: Why Titans must re-sign Collins
Thanks for the support. Unfortunately, your concerns are well-founded. That's regrettable because I wasn't being racist. Questionable personnel decisions / philosophies are common and this, like the others, have nothing to do with race. But many, on both sides, insist on making it racial. Sad commentary on our times and legacy. It'd be nice to see us get beyond this but I'm not holding my breath.
Posted Monday November 17, 2008, About: Fassel tells Al Davis he's available
Not true. But the cryptkeeper DOES look like a young Al Davis. An illegitimate son perhaps????
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