Bill Simmons has seen the light on another Colt
Excerpt from a Simmons chat 18 months ago.
Kevin W. (Boise, Idaho): Bill, your most premature, incorrect statement of the 2006 NFL season has to have been when you said (in Week 3 no less) that the biggest blunder of the draft was when the Colts didn't trade up to draft Maroney. A few picks later they got the guy they wanted all along in Addai. Both are excellent young runners but Addai clearly fits the Colts offense better as a more accomplished blocker and better receiver. And he had a better rookie season. Any regrets for making this comment so early?
Bill Simmons: No regrets at all. I don't think Addai is that good -- seems like a 3rd down back to me. I don't watch the Colts and think, "My God, how are we gonna stop Joseph Addai!" Watch what he does against Baltimore this week -- if he gets to 50 yards, I'll be surprised.
Today on his podcast, Simmons said this
(Discussing whether the Pats would/should have drafted Matt Forte if they hadn't been docked their first rounder for spygate)
Aaron Schatz: No, I think they hopefully learned their lesson with Maroney. This is not a team that builds it's team around a stud runningback, don't take them that early in the draft. With how they were going to use Maroney taking him with a first round pick didn't make any sense.
Bill Simmons: Did they learn the lesson or did they just screw up the pick?
Schatz: I don't know
Simmons: Would you rather have Joseph Addai? ... I think I would
Schatz: Yes!
That's 2 down 51 to go.
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Every time a pundit learns
an angel gets its wings.
by ctnyc on Sep 24, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
now if we can just get peter king and ask vic to admit their unlimited idiotness we could have the perfect roundtable of fools. we three kings of idiots are. sharing rifts they babble so far.
by kinnickcolt on Sep 25, 2008 4:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
after reading simmons for years (i usually skip the podcasts) it really is nice to hear this sort of stuff from him. I generally enjoy the writing but it just gets to hard to deal with his homer-ism since it affects his view of the colts so strongly. this is nice to hear
by psvirsky on Sep 25, 2008 7:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Welcome to reality yah fackin douchebag.
We Colts fans did not pay $720 million dollars in public funds to build a brand new stadium that will get opened on Sunday Night Football by Jim Friggin Sorgi.
by KingRichard on Sep 25, 2008 5:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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