Random thoughts (Or RAGE AGAINST THE MEDIA)
by Nideak on Dec 22, 2008 2:13 PM EST
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PrintA) The Colts can't run the ball!!!! one one one one!!! This is what you're going to hear for the next 2 weeks. The Colts can't run the ball. Neither can the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team that you're gonna hear 'has as good a shot as anyone to win the super bowl!' Let's be honest here. The Steelers have a worst offensive line than the Colts. They have a worst running situation than the Colts (though it is similar, if I was the steelers I'd be starting Mewelde Moore over Parker, much like I think Rhodes is playing better than Addai right now) and, 90 seconds in the game, down by 5, you can pick Roethlisberger or Manning, who ya go? Thats what it comes down to, these teams are basically the same on offense, until you look at the person under center.
Other play off teams that can't run:
1) Arizona
2) San Diego (if they beat Denver)
3) Baltimore and Atlanta average good yards per game, but they also lead the league in attempts. To put it in perspective, if the Colts averaged their rushing average (3.4 yards per attempt) and ran the ball the same number of times Balt has, the Colts would be 9th in the league in rushing. This is over simplifying things, I know, but don't be surprised when Michael Turner can't even finish the season next year.
4) Miami... I know, I know, they looked good earlier in the year, but run blitz the wild cat and they get nothing. All of their rushing yards yesterday came from end arounds, not their running backs.
There are some other borderline teams that struggle with the run.
B) I don't think Peyton Manning is going to win his 3rd MVP. I'm not saying he shouldn't, he should and its not close. But the more I read media types who vote on this thing, the more I see them giving caveats after Mannings name. They seem to be desperately seeking someone, anyone to take the award from him.
C) The Pitt - Tenn game yesterday didn't show how good Tennessee was (but they are pretty good), it showed had bad Pitt is. The same thing the Colts did to Ben the Titans did. He can't play against a team with a good front 4 and zone coverage in the back. He gets confused by the zones, holds the ball too long, and gets sacked. Most of his great plays come from man coverage where he's able to avoid the pressure and then exploit a one on one matchup down the field. I was hoping things would work out differently, but it seems like the best bet (in my mind) for the AFCCG will be Colts - Titans, where the Titans will try to do something they did in 1999 - go 3-0 vs a divisional opponent to go to the Super Bowl.
D) Patriots fans are on drugs.
First, I bring you this paranoid piece of perfection: http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=41301
Then this one... read the whole thing, pay attention to the comments about Manning!: http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=41292
F) This one is for shake specifically: Dude, the FO people are douchebags. They never talk about the Colts, so what do they do when they get a thursday night game? Talk about the Patriots! And I don't know who Ben Riley is, but he's a nozzle extraordinaire. He's been saying all year, "The Colts suck, they won't win 10 games, they won't make the playoffs, blah blah blah". Now that they have 11 wins and are in the playoffs? Ignores the Colts and acts like he never said any of that shit. No matter what I've said about Dungy in the past, I want him to win the SB this year more than ever and give the rest of the country a big horseshoe shaped shit burger.
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PS -
I don’t know if anyone cares, but I’m not going to do an officiating / Defense post on the Jaguar game. Mainly because there are was no defense or officiating that took place in favor of the Colts for most of the game. :)
Must be full of crack. - The water, that is.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 22, 2008 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not going to lie, Cassel has impressed me a lot. I figured he would just nose-dive into oblivion but he’s done a good job keeping that team afloat.
Its very matchup specific...
Look at his game against the Steelers 3 weeks ago.
No… thats not what I ways saying…. geeze you’re defensive sometimes :P
I just mean against the better teams out there, Cassel has looked every bit the backup he is. Granted, he’s done more with the Patriots than I think Sorgi could with the Colts, but I definitely think that the receivers (Welker in particular) make Cassel look good.
Counter
Or Maybe it’s BB and the team? And maybe Brady on another team wouldn’t be an MVP? I think what’s happened this year makes the case as strong or stronger that Brady = right place right time. Manning came in after 1-15, Brady replaced Bledsoe and they were a playoff contender. BB was known for his confusing defenses, Colts were known for sucking.
The last time I bowed to the upper hand or cared what a Pats fan said was probably about halftime in the 2006 AFC Championships. I don’t pay attention to haters. I’ll always have my bias, but if Sorgi came in and went 10-5 and had the stats Cassel did, I’d rethink my view on Manning. I would still think he was one of the best ever, but I’m 100% sure that Peyton Manning is WAY (I’m not sure how to emphasize WAY more than that) more important to his team than Matt Cassell.
Prediction : Cassel goes to another team next year who ridiculously overpays him. Puts up a QB rating of 60 for two years. Gets released. Works someplace where he has a horrible accident and has both his arms ampuated. Goes back to the Patriots after Brady retires and puts up the same numbers Brady averaged the majority of his career. Media touts Cassel as best QB ever
Everyone hates on the Colts because there’s no story there. There’s no spygate, there’s no controversy, there’s no loudmouths. It’s a team that shows up, wins, hands the ball back to the official after they score, and goes home. I just don’t want these people to say in 20 years that they saw Manning play and how awesome he was. I promise you Unitas had the same people hating on him when he played. All it means is that I get to watch potentially one of the greatest QBs of all time and appreciate it.
Jordan went through the same thing for years until nobody could argue against him. People were pleading for someone to come out that was at his level. And I bet alot of people wished they had stopped hating because witnessing history and greatness happens once every 50 years if you’re extremely lucky. Even if I wasn’t a huge fan since I was 12, I’d still understand what Manning means to football.
In summary, they can hate all they want. The media can try to ignore him. But Peyton Manning is already one of the best QBs of all time and we might be missing the greatest ever LIVE IN PERSON. Their loss if they want to ignore it.
Gotta agree with ya
I don’t think Cassel is going to be successful somewhere else. Not only is he playing in a good system and coached well, he’s also playing with a receiving corps that Tom Brady threw 50 TD’s to last year.
I don’t enjoy playing hypotheticals to be honest. I have no idea if Cassel would do good on another team. That’s something we’ll find out down the road if he is given a starting job. All I’m saying is, given the circumstances and the fact that he was considered the Patriots version of Jim Sorgi, he didn’t do too bad.
You're right
You’re right, I rescind my argument. I actually think that if the AFC South pulled both the AFC West AND NFC West Sorgi would probably be 10-5. Funny thing is, Brady put up two 4k seasons and Cassel has a chance to put one up this year.
Question : According to Pats fans Tom Brady is better than Manning. So since Cassel is putting up stats this year that are above the majority of Brady’s career, we should just trade Manning to them so he can backup Brady. THEN we’d strike fear into the hearts of our opponents. Why’re we wasting our time with this Manning dude?
By the way, I have a couple interesting nuggets for you. This one is from boston.com themselves. It was from boston.com by the way.
“Of the Patriots’ 3,369 passing yards this season, 1,845 have come after the initial catch. That percentage (54.8) easily leads the NFL.”
Here’s a writeup for what YAC means in an analytical sort of way. Only read it if you’re into stats and stuff, it’s interesting in it’s own sort of way but not for most.
http://www.advancednflstats.com/2007/08/who-gets-credit-for-yac-follow-up.html
Saying that stat is true to form today, but I know Manning has never been close to a NE QB in YAC. And I’m sorry, but that’s your receivers and your game planning. That’s what I mean by system. Argue it if you want, but you’re wrong.
And let me check…Oh look at that, I’m shocked. NE has #1 Welker (689) and #4 Faulk (464) in YAC.
Cassel is tied for the lead with one stat though “Sacked while Passing” with good ‘ol Big Ben. I’d tell you where Manning was on the list but apparently he wasn’t in the top 20. I have a good writeup going basically showing Manning’s low sacks aren’t because of the line but field awareness and recognizing defenses.
thats always been my argument
Everyone always says ‘well Brady is so great!’… Yea, he’s great for having RBs, TEs and WRs that make so many YACs.. This was before he had Moss and Welker, too. Manning has never had weapons that CONSISTENTLY (there will always been one or two big plays a year from one of em) make open field plays. In contrast, the whole patriots offense in the early 2000s was a 2 yard dump off that their players turned into a serious gain.
Also, I think Wes Welker has gone a long way towards making NE QBs look really, really good.
It'd go a little something like...
Imagine the big round table where all the writers make their cases for MVP. I’ll refer to 5 sportswriters and we’ll call them Commonsense, Douche (phoenetically pronounced Doosh hey, French style), Asswipe (sounds like Aus weep hey; I stole this from the Nick Cage SNL skit) John Madden (I know he’s not a writer but roll with it) and Peter King.
Commonsense : “Ok, it’s been a long season, I’d like you all to make your cases for MVP. I’ll start with you Peter. What do you think?”
Peter King : “Peyton Manning is an alien!”
Commonsense : “Are you just going to spew forth some more drivel to try to draw attention away from your fading journalism skills and lack of any comprehension of logical reasoning by just putting something down that’s shocking again?”
Peter King : “Don’t hate me because I make 6 figures and get my journalistic ideas from a spider monkey called Sammy. I got him for a bargain from a dealer in Chinatown, I think he’s starting to reach puber…”
Commonsense : “Alright, well I’m going to put you down for Isaac Bruce. The last time you had a good idea was about the time he was a rookie so at least that’s KIND of your idea.”
Douche : “Ok, I know about all the "numbers” and “stats” and “footage, but come on, seriously, has anyone SEEN Eli hand off?! It’s a thing of beauty! I’ll bet you a million bucks if you put ANYONE back there it’d make highlights!”
Commonsense : “You do realize that his stats were never good and he had a 6’5 extremely fast receiver right? And after the receiver was run out of town they’ve really only had success one game after losing two in a row?”
Douche : “I don’t care what your silly analysis shows, even if the guy gets tackled for a loss the handoff was AWESOME!”
Asswipe : “Hey dude, you just took my argument for Matt Ryan. I can’t even believe you can argue how great of a draft pick that was. By the way, I also think if Ryan isn’t discussion then that skateboard with a stick and a rubberband with a ball attatched to it should definitely get some consideration. Anyway, just pretend I said the exact same thing as him but put in the name "Matt Ryan”."
Commonsense : “Really? Seriously? Atlanta goes and gets one of the most sought after running backs in the league because he showed so much potential as a BACKUP and your argument is Matt Ryan? Michael Turner has nothing to do with the success of Atlanta?”
Asswipe : “Well I flipped a coin between Ryan and Peterson.”
Commonsense : “Ok, you know he’s fumbled 8 times? If anyone that threw 25 TDs 24 ints they wouldn’t be in the conversation? Especially when some of those fumbles are the root cause for losing games? And he’s running behind one of the best lines in the NFL? In fact, Chester Taylor had 1500 rush/rec yards when he started in 2006? And they still use Chester Taylor on 3rd down because Peterson can’t block worth anything?”
Asswipe : “Ok, well can I switch to Romo?”
Commonsense : “….I’ll put you down for Peterson. At least he actually IS good. And by the way, someone wake up Madden, he’s drooling again.”
Madden : “WHAT?! JAKE PLUMMER! Have you seen that guy BOOTLEG? Alright, this is what happens on a bootleg. You see, it totally unbalances a defense, by the way, if I could go back to coaching I’d call it 110% of the time, anyway you see the guy..”
Commonsense : “John…John….JOHN! You explain the bootleg 6 different times per game. You do the EXACT same diagram on the screen every single time. And Plummer has been out of the league for a little while now. John? Crap, someone get the defibrillator, Madden just choked on the neck of the turducken again.”
Random Pats Fan : “I’ve got one! Matt Cassel! Wait, no, Wes Welker! Wait, no Moss! (shuffles around for something in his pockets for a second). Ok wait, I’ve got the entire NE roster right here. I’ll read out all the names. When I get to someone that can even be remotely in the conversation stop me. Because I really don’t know football at all. I’m just going to name them all and then call everyone else a homo. Because there’s like 10 MVPs on this team this year. Seriously. Ok, here I go…”
Commonsense : “Hold on a second, do you know what MVP stands for?”
Random Pats Fan : " How DARE you! HOW DARE YOU?!"
Commonsense : “Wait, what? Why’re you getting all defensive?”
Random Pats Fan : “Every year you pick us to go to win the superbowl! EVERY YEAR! And every year you talk up Tom Brady like he invented football! And now he goes down and we might go 11-5! I have a LIST! There’s 53 guys that are all MVPs on it! But noooo, you guys are actually all trying to make SENSE!”
Writers in unison : “You know, he brings up a good…”
Tony Dungy busts through the door with a minigun and lays waste to everyone but Commonsense. “ENOUGH! WHY ARE YOU ALL MORONS?!”
Commonsense : “I couldn’t agree with you more Tony. Thanks for that.”
End Scene
Great!
(That was a great handoff for the 2 pointer sunday night, I must say! LOL)
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 23, 2008 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Read the thread...
“Then this one… read the whole thing, pay attention to the comments about Manning!: ”http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=41292" target="_blank">http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=41292"
3 pages … and the guy who started the thread deriding Manning as an MVP candidate is a JETS supporter, not a Pats fan…..he says he is just “feeling the love” for Cassel. So, painting NE fans as the villains in this piece is a little far fetched, a few even defend Manning for MVP. Every team has their homers, yours included.
go away
DarrylStingley (Patriots fan): Don’t tell me Peyton Manning is. The guy got two wins through the help of the Supreme Being, and has played for a team that has had many fewer injuries than the Pats.
Ihateeverything (Patriots fan): I’m so tired of hearing about Manning for MVP
MichiganDave (Patriots fan): I know it sure as hell isn’t Manning, he was horrendous and cost his squad big time in the early season. His candidacy and the media pushing for him to win is both puzzling and sickening.
Pats-Blue (Patriots Fan): I don’t get the Manning MVP talk.
TommysGirl (Patriots Fan): but Peyton does not deserve it this year. Not even a little bit. JMO
There is not one jets fan, the guy who started the thread is sporting a jets avatar. why? WHY? Well, lack of common sense man, it would be because the Patriots need the Jets to win for them to win the division.
So next time you get an itch to tell me I don’t know why I’m talkin about, maybe you should just get some gold bond medicative powder, instead. There are only fans of two teams posting in that thread: Patriots fans and Colts fans. ANd my point was they are completely dismissive of Peyton Manning but think Matt Cassel is a perfectly wonderful choice. Manning is sickening? Doesn’t deserve it even a little bit? Woah. With that kind of fan base, you’d think they might be a little crazy, maybe they’d even complain that the league was trying to screw them by putting a game a 4:15… oh, wait. Morons.
Beat me to it
I was basically making the same post.
And by the way, you’re right, every team has their homers. But in this situation, we’re right. Now when you come back and see a thread saying Marvin Harrison is Comeback Player of the Year and Pollack is Rookie of the Year (The line’s only given up 12 sacks ARGHARGHARHGH!) you’ll have a case. But you don’t.
But I’m sure glad those patriot fans were sticking up for him. Way to go WisColtFan7! Wait a second….
by monstersbox on Dec 23, 2008 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
you're right
….nobody defends Manning, the world is against the Colts. Unfortunately for you guys, i won’t go away, you amuse me too much.
BTW, thanks King for the common sense approach to Cassel.
No one has said
Cassel deserves no consideration, no one has said it would be sickening, no one has disparaged Cassel here. I think most of us have said he exceeded expectations and outperformed what Sorgi would have done in the same circumstances.
Typical Patriots fans, you people really do think you’re the center of the universe.
And more to the point, no ‘oops, i was wrong, there are no jets fans in the thread’?
Show me
Something that supports your claims and I’ll accept it. It’s not my fault you came in and put forth an argument with no forethought and evidence. The ONE dude that defended Manning was a Colts fan. Not, as you would say “a few even defend Manning for MVP”. You know where I don’t go for well thought out arguments against the Colts? Patriot sites. If I was going to try to make an intelligent argument against the ludicricocricay (I couldn’t think up a better word to describe the argument FOR Cassel so I made one up) I’d definitely make sure to think up something other than going onto their site and saying “You guys are homers.”
And for your other comment….We wouldn’t be having this thread if your slickly veiled sarcasm “….nobody defends Manning, the world is against the Colts” was true.
FO audibles
I agree with your point about FO. Normally I love reading their stuff but their conversation during the Thursday night game was despicable. It was during what was actually a good game, one of the finest you’ll see from a QB, and they’re talking about the Patriots. Fantastic.
The thing about audibles is that it's whatever they sent each other during whatever games they watched
they don’t promise to discuss every game.
Shonn Greene for Heisman
Doak Walker award winner
144 yards per game
6.2 yards per carry
08 TDs per game > 06 GPA
by shake n bake on Dec 23, 2008 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
yea
I think we’re all smart enough to get that (it even says it on the page when you open them)… the point would be douchebag riley couldn’t 1) save it for the seahawks game (his team, apparently) 2) save it for the patriots game 3) not constantly say ‘peyton manningly is annoyingly in the mvp discussion’, or ‘the colts suck and they won’t win 2 more games’ (back when the colts remaining schedule was: Cle, Cin, Det, Jag, Tenn)
Furthermore, I’ve been reading audibles for 2 or 3 years, I don’t remember a single time when they spent more than 50% of the game talking about a different game and the only thing they ended up saying about the Colts was: They can’t run (just checked the pitts audibles, not one mention about it, just checked the dallas-balt audibles, they had a TON of stuff on that one, and it was on NFL network, too, so no excuses about not being able to see it) and saturday can’t get push. So they mention one thing the whole world knows and then mention one thing which is an out and out lie. Of course, it came from Will Carrol, who generally comes across as clueless to me. Everytime someone gets injured in Indianapolis, “ZOMG TURF INJURY”… Will, the guy got shot. “YEA, BUT THE BULLET WOULDNT HAVE PIERCED HIS SKIN IF HE WASNT ON TURF”… Read his stuff, no one else ever gets hurt because of turf, even though most fields have fieldturf™ now.
you'd be surprised
every week someone bitches about their game not being covered.
Shonn Greene for Heisman
Doak Walker award winner
144 yards per game
6.2 yards per carry
08 TDs per game > 06 GPA
by shake n bake on Dec 23, 2008 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
in the comments
Shonn Greene for Heisman
Doak Walker award winner
144 yards per game
6.2 yards per carry
08 TDs per game > 06 GPA
by shake n bake on Dec 23, 2008 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
yes
I’m not bitching about the Colts game not being covered. I’m bitching that instead of covering it/not covering it we got talk about the Patriots. Thats what I’m bitching about. When they had the Colts v Bengals and Colts v Lions and didn’t even write something up, I didn’t say anything. If you want to talk about the Patriots wait… for the Patriots game?
Like, Audibles is for what they are writing to each other while watching the game. Well if he’s watching inside the nlf, he’s clearly not watching the game. No need to say anything.
FO coverage in Audibles
Nideak, I agree wholeheartedly—if they’re not gonna comment on the actual game at hand, email eachother, but just don’t publish the random crap spewing from their keyboards and don’t post ANYTHING for the game, rather than talk about OTHER teams in that space.
Maybe they did it so Colt and jag fans won;t complain in the comments (which is a weekly occurrance, for Jags fans, I assume)
And I am shocked that so many comments went by without one person applauding the term “nozzle extraordinaire.” Truly inspired.
I wonder if I cna use it in front of my kids without them picking up on it. 3 boys, aged 8,6, and 4. Hmmm, I better skip it before their teachers start e-mailing me about that term.
Bobman
OneMore
I feel that what Cassel has done is remarkable, considering he had to replace a sure HOF QB. But he is no MVP, compared to Peyton Manning. I am sure could not have pulled off what Manning did, which is start the season limping on one leg, have no running game for the whole year, play with a decimated o-line, an inconsistent defense/special teams, and multiple injuries over the course of the season.
Cassell to be the NFL's next giant FA signing
Cassell has done a super job with an injury-riddled team, well-coached and against a relatively easy schedule. The icing on the gravy, as it were, is that he will either leave NE for megabucks (where he willinvariably falter) or force the Pats to cough up a huge furballof money to keep him, especially if they think Brady won’t be 100% until Oct or November….. Either way, it’s good news for the rest of the AFC.
I am actually dancing in my chair at the thought. I am not happy that he got injured, but the only thing better in terms of timing would be if Brady got hurt in late October, pushing his recovery 2 months back and FORCING the Pats to secure a starter-quality backup, like Cassell. Who, if I have not yet mentioned it, will be pretty expensive.
Bobman
Cassell Has Been Amazing
And if there was a “Best Backup Award” he would get my vote hands down. However, the Pats fans on that board are morons for not saying Manning is at least deserving of consideration. He’s got the stats now (close to 4K yards, 30 TDs), he’s brought his team back from adversity. They’re just hatin’ over there.
http://naptownsfinest.com
SWEET!
This impressed me:
The Colts’ win over the Jaguars capped off Manning’s sprint to the finish line. Since Week Nine, he has completed 71.4 percent of his passes with a TD-to-interception ratio of 16-3. To put that in context, in the second half of last season, MVP Tom Brady had a lower completion percentage (64.3) and a TD-INT ratio of 20-6.
Also, I notice that Kurt Warner is down with the Honorable Mentions…hm.
thanks for the link!
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 23, 2008 6:28 PM EST up reply actions
still don't know how Drew Brees is mentioned..
You can’t be MVP of the league when your team is DEAD LAST.
Offensive Player of the year? I guess, though I hate it, because Sean Payton is clearly just breaking the record without any regard for score, wins, or losses. I wouldn’t be surprised, given the fact that the whole free world knows that Brees is going for the record, if his stat line wasn’t something like
60 of 92 for 403 yards, 0TDs, 7 INTs.
Given that I’m playing against Brees in more than one FFB League, I hope thats the case.:)
Woohooo
I’ll let this one explain itself. Peter King mailbag.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/12/23/mailbag/index.html
Or if you don’t like links.
"THIS IS A GOOD, AND UNDERRATED, POINT. From Blaise Laveay, of Kelowna, British Columbia: "Peter, I just heard that the Jets/Dolphins game has been moved to 4:15 on Sunday. While I applaud the NFL’s idea to have some interesting games on throughout the day, I believe this is a huge travesty!! If the Patriots win the early game, the Jets will have no chance at winning the division. Are we really to believe that if push comes to shove late in that game that the Jets are going to do everything in their power to win… and hand their hated rivals the division crown? This is a poor move by a league that usually thinks things through better than this.’’
Excellent, excellent point. I agree. The league should have the Patriots and Dolphins and Jets playing at the same time Sunday. I understand the desire to maximize the East Coast ratings Sunday for CBS, but it creates a competitive disadvantage for the Patriots to be sure. It’s absolutely unfair because if the Patriots and the Ravens both win at 1, the Jets take the field knowing they have absolutely nothing to play for."
yesssssssssssss
because the fact that they are making a few million per year, the fact that they are playing for their jobs, and the fact that if this was about anyone other than the Patriots, Peter King would be saying, ‘NFL Players don’t quit’ is totally meaningless.
Don't even have to do research
Saying Mangini is going to throw the game is not only assanine but it’s also giving way too much credit to him to gameplan and call a game correctly.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=2138&leagueId=226695
That’s the only link you need. Seriously, everytime Thomas Jones is handed the ball 20 or more times they WIN. Disregard the Oakland one because he had 9 carries in OT. And by the way, when they lost the game in OT they just decided to start passing again. They almost lost the NE game because after leading 27-10 by halftime Mangini had a genius plan to, you guess it, start passing! Weee! People came to see Favre! The gunslinger’s gunna get ‘em! I mean I know we totally redesigned the team with Pennington in mind and redesigned the whole team to be a rush team and Thomas Jones is having an amazing year but people came to see Favre! WEEE! I put it together awhile ago and it’s too late for me to go through it now, but in that game I’m pretty sure he had 6 carries after halftime. Oh yeah, great coaching. And the only game where it wasn’t within “If I’m not an idiot I’d probably rush with Jones or Washington because they’re by far our best players” score, Jones kept them in the game with two huge runs. And I don’t know, I’m pretty sure it was SNOWING in Seattle. Generally when it snows people RUSH.
Yeah, that’s right Peter, the after the Jets beat the Titans they decided that Miami was going to be in the position they’re in by the end of the season. So in Castle Brilliant Mangini sat in the corner wrapped in a black cloak rocking to a fro in a rocking chair seething and mumbling to himself “I’ll get you BB, I’m going to LOSE so you don’t get in! I’m a genius! Muahahahahah!”
When your fans are thinking up conspiracy theories because they’re thinking “WTF!? The JETS?! How could we lose the division to the JETS or DOLPHINS?! That doesn’t make any sense! Damn you MANGINI! You outsmarted us!”
If only I could be born again as a fat man going into an industry that makes a mockery of people that spend YEARS trying to be sportswriters.
This is my last post about Peter King. I’ve already given him too much credit.
the funny thing about Thomas Jones
There was an article on ESPN AFter they lost to the raiders, I believe, where all the non-Brett Favre jets were BEGGING the coaching staff to run the ball more. After that game they started running the ball more and ran off what, 4 straight wins or something? Including beating the Titans on the road. Then, after that, its like they forgot and just started going with Brett again.
The other thing is, after Thomas Jones, Leon Washington is a dynamic dynamic player (if you say it twice it means even more, imo). They are taking the ball out of their two best players hands and its cost them the playoffs. Yes, the coaching has sucked and brett has sucked and when both suck on sunday it will have nothing to do with the fact that the Patriots won.
Jets playing to win
It’s not so much the players playing to win, but the coaches who could, justifiably, say “Let’s see what our 6th round rookie can do here at MLB or CB…” They lose the game but give youngsters a chance to start and play their hearts out." or “3rd and inches? Let’s put just six guys on the D line because they just might try a pass.” Depends how much Mangini hates the Pats organization, if at all.
Bobman
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- Cruz: Manningham’s Super catch wasn’t drawn up that way
- Whitney Houston performed the greatest national anthem in sports history (video)
- Justin Tuck visits New York City cop who survived gunshot wound to head
- The Giants won the ‘Brain Bowl,’ too
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