What do you mean "the most realistic?" Are you trying to tell me that the story of Rocky Balboa was a lie? This changes so much about my life.
On a sidenote, Butkus was really Sylvester Stallone's dog. Some sources state that when Stallone was writing Rocky, he was flat broke; he sold Butkus for $25. After he established investors in the movie, he used $10,000 to buy the dog back.
Absolutely. Otherwise, as you said it, the answer is easily no. Knowing AD's production to this point and Luck's and RGIII's 2012 production, would the Colts or Redskins take AD over the QBs.
It's definitely debatable. I think the Colts take AD, hands down. The Redskins are a little tougher to call because they got good production out of Morris.
Easily? AD has clearly shown that he can put a team on his shoulders even with an incompetent QB. In the Colts case, they could have had the best of both worlds by keeping Peyton Manning and still allowing AD to shoulder the load.
Logged on and saw that there were 13 new comments on this throwdown. Realized (Un) was just having a conversation with himself. Still leaving satisfied...
It finally let me post it. Apparently, the character count was over by just a bit even though it was telling me it was under 1200. I had to take out a bit of the paragraph spacing to get it to post.
For whatever reason, the site isn't allowing me to post my final argument in the designated box. I'm going to submit it here.
Denver didn't allow a single QB to throw for 300 yards in the regular season. Only 1 threw for 3 or more TDs. Flacco threw for 331 yards and 3 TDs.
Also in the regular season, Baltimore's longest allowed kickoff return was 42 yards. Their longest allowed punt return was 64 yards. They didn't allow a single return for a TD. Holliday took a kickoff back 104 yards for a TD and a punt 90 yards for a TD.
Flacco and Holliday didn't "take advantage of huge opportunities." They created their own.
Peyton Manning threw 11 INTs in the regular season, less than 1 per game. Only one defender picked him off twice in the same game. Corey Graham took his first INT back for 6. His 2nd INT? That one set up Justin Tucker's game winning FG...
Admittedly, Justin Tucker is the most questionable player on my list, but let's be honest... He belongs on this list more than Hernandez (85 yards, 0 TDs? COME ON!). Tucker is a rookie that made > 90% of his FGs in the regular season. When called on to send the Ravens to the AFC Championship, he was absolutely clutch.
Without Holliday, the Broncos never get to OT. Without Flacco, Graham, and Tucker, the Ravens are watching the AFC Championship from home.
This changes so much about my life.
On a sidenote, Butkus was really Sylvester Stallone's dog. Some sources state that when Stallone was writing Rocky, he was flat broke; he sold Butkus for $25. After he established investors in the movie, he used $10,000 to buy the dog back.
What did Gregg Valentino use more of: Anabolic Steroids or Synthol?
It's definitely debatable. I think the Colts take AD, hands down. The Redskins are a little tougher to call because they got good production out of Morris.
Although, that brings up a good throwdown topic. "Would the Colts or Redskins have taken AD over Andrew Luck and RGIII?"
Quarterback A - Regular Season: 17,633 Yards; 102 TDs; 56 INTs
Quarterback A - Postseason: 2672 Yards; 19 TDs; 8 INTs
Quarterback B - Regular Season: 18,029 Yards; 123 TDs; 66 INTs
Quarterback B - Postseason: 3,,217 Yards; 20 TDs; 9 INTs
Quarterback A is Joe Flacco in his 5 seasons in the NFL.
Quarterback B is Tom Brady's first 5 seasons as a starting QB and his first 5 postseason appearances.
Joe Flacco has never thrown more than 12 INTs in a season. Tom Brady threw 14 in 2002, a year in which the Patriots missed the playoffs.
Oh, and I just stumbled across this little nugget. A must read:
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8856794/the-all-teo-mailbag
"I know it was you, Yoda. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!"
Denver didn't allow a single QB to throw for 300 yards in the regular season. Only 1 threw for 3 or more TDs. Flacco threw for 331 yards and 3 TDs.
Also in the regular season, Baltimore's longest allowed kickoff return was 42 yards. Their longest allowed punt return was 64 yards. They didn't allow a single return for a TD. Holliday took a kickoff back 104 yards for a TD and a punt 90 yards for a TD.
Flacco and Holliday didn't "take advantage of huge opportunities." They created their own.
Peyton Manning threw 11 INTs in the regular season, less than 1 per game. Only one defender picked him off twice in the same game. Corey Graham took his first INT back for 6. His 2nd INT? That one set up Justin Tucker's game winning FG...
Admittedly, Justin Tucker is the most questionable player on my list, but let's be honest... He belongs on this list more than Hernandez (85 yards, 0 TDs? COME ON!). Tucker is a rookie that made > 90% of his FGs in the regular season. When called on to send the Ravens to the AFC Championship, he was absolutely clutch.
Without Holliday, the Broncos never get to OT. Without Flacco, Graham, and Tucker, the Ravens are watching the AFC Championship from home.