Luke Links: Tony Dungy body slams Jay Cutler
by Brad Wells on Jun 4, 2009 11:25 AM EDT
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PrintIt is early June; nearly three months to the start of training camps. Already, big media columnists are bored, and when big media columnists get bored, they are writing truly stupid articles:
- Resident Fox Sports moron Alex Marvez thinks the Colts had one of the worst off-seasons for any team in the league. Really, Alex? Really? Our team doesn't get to win the coveted Daniel Snyder Off-Season Championship trophy, complete with discount coupons to TGI Friday's and a basket of hand lotion? My favorite part is when this idiot uses Peyton's remarks about the Mudd and Moore coaching issue as a knock on Jim Caldwell. The picture in the link is not Marvez, but it might as well be.
- Rodney Harrison is a known cheater and widely regarded as one of the true scum bags in the NFL. He's now retired, leaving one less turd to roam the defensive backfield in New England. So, what does a known cheater and scum wad do post-football? GET HIRED BY NBC, of course! And already, less than 48 hours on the job, Rodney is taking shots at Peyton Manning. Looks like I'll be avoiding Football Night in America again this year. Between Chris Collinsworth and this roided up idiot, a black hole of douchebaggery may open a portal in time at Rockefeller Center and suck us all into the JJ Abrams Star Trek universe.
- The other analyst on NBC is Tony Dungy, and while Dungy will likely prove a fine commentator, his presence is not enough to cancel out Roid Rage Rodney and his silly pal, Chris Bunglesworth. But, like Rodney, Coach Dungy is stirring up the pot. This time, instead of making stupid comments about Peyton Manning (as Rodney did), Dungy takes aim at Jay Cutler. Bears fans are, of course, annoyed.
- Pierre Garcon is impressing at OTAs.
- Kelvin Hayden talks about how the Colts secondary is one of the best in football.
- Gary Brackett seems to very much like new defensive coordinator Larry Coyer. As I have often noted, very rarely did anyone ever say anything positive about Ron Meeks. Kind of tells you something.
- Every year we go into an off-season and the general consensus from everyone is "This is the year the Colts will fold, blah, blah, blah, blah, I am a moron, blah, blah, blah...", etc. It's like a broken record looping and looping a bunch of mindless gibberish that's only purpose is to rot your brain cells. Fortunately, NFL.com's Vic Carucci has swung in for the rescue:
My first conclusion is that there is no reason for Colts fans to panic.
My second conclusion is that the fuss over longtime Colts offensive coordinator Tom Moore and offensive line coach Howard Mudd retiring earlier this month because of a change in the league's pension plan is likely to prove to be much ado about nothing.
- Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio continues to reset the standard of what is truly dumb. Insulting the best player on your defensive line, a man who has been (arguably) one of the biggest reasons Jack still has a job... yep, that's pretty friggin dumb, Jack. Jags fans respond.
- Pete Prisco says the Colts have the best formula to win the Super Bowl in 2009. The formula Pete uses is one he has concocted himself. Basically, if you have a QB, LT, DE, and CB who can do great things, you are a-okay.
- Don Banks calls the New England Patriots the "Team of the Decade" because they won three Super Bowls. Don conveniently leaves out that the team cheated their way to those three Super Bowls. Not only did they cheat, they were arrogant enough to think they wouldn't get caught. The year they were caught saw some provide the biggest choke job in Super Bowl history. Again, when big media writers get bored, they write dumb articles. This is a DUMB article by Don Banks.
- In general, "Team of the Decade" arguments or discussions are dumb. Why? Because people only look at rings, forgetting there were hundreds of other games played. For example, most media morons call the Dallas Cowboys "The Team if the 90s," even though for five of those ten years, the Cowboys were a completely irrelevant team. The Cowboys missed the playoffs entirely in four of the ten seasons from 1990-1999. From 1992-1995, they were a dominant football team. Four seasons. Four. From 1996-1999, the Cowboys were utter garbage while another team, the Denver Broncos, were the dominant team. So, knowing these facts, it makes no damn sense to call Dallas "The Team of the 90s." When you are "The Team of the Decade," then it stands to reason that you should dominant for a decade. Not four years. If there is no dominant team for the decade, then the decade has no dominant team. And guess what? There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Mini-Camp starts tomorrow folks. Anyone going to the practice at Franklin College?
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BBS
do you know if there are tickets left?
None of my buds are going……maybe if a group of Stampede Blue-ers are going ill meet up.
On June 6, 2009, Franklin College will host an Indianapolis Colts full-squad mini-camp practice. The event will be approximately from 2:45 to 4:45 p.m. at Stewart "Red" Faught Stadium on the college’s campus. A limited public autograph session will take place prior to the practice. Gates will open at 12:30 p.m. Cost of admission will be $10 per person.
The only former player in the media I like is Strahan.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
I'll give you Dilfer..
I can’t stand Steve Young…he’s a Peyton hater.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Jun 4, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I really like Warren Sapp
though maybe more for his facial expressions than his analysis
How can you not love a team that does this?
Sapp is funny.
Does anyone remember when he was the NFL Channel’s correspondent for Media Day when the Colts were in the SB? He was hysterical! Trying to get Peyton’s attention, jumping up and down, yelling “Peyton. Peyton.” Was some good stuff.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Jun 4, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Howie Long
But generally he just does commercials with Teri Hatcher now. Can’t really blame him for that. I like Marshall too.
And technically Dungy’s a former player in the media now…
Jim Sorgi runs a 4.6 40. That's all I've got to say about that.
I actually think he might be pretty good.
I haven’t heard that. Thanks for the info.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Jun 4, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Jags may have a scooge for a head coach
But at least they’ll have SPARKLY helmets this year!
by the_iowa_hawkeye on Jun 4, 2009 1:23 PM EDT reply actions
Beware the Bedazzlers!
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Jun 4, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmmmm, sparkly
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I think their goal this year is to hypnotize opposing teams....
Uh, yeah, I guess that could work.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Jun 4, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm blinded by the light
But no amount of sparkles are gonna get them into the playoffs. Too much inner turmoil going on with them. They’re like a bunch of teenagers rebelling against their father (Del Rio).
"I throw, you catch, it's not that hard."
Where are the Jags going?
Are they trying out for the new Detroit or the new Oakland?
by the_iowa_hawkeye on Jun 4, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd say Detroit
Because they’re just as boring as the Lions.
"I throw, you catch, it's not that hard."
I loved this post.
Great post, look forward to comprehensive reports on camp. Loved the links too.
Perhaps I missed this twist with the whole Mudd and Moore thing
But it appears that those dasterdly scoundrels in Corprate might have had less to do with the departures as some may have earlier thought. From the linked Vic Carucci article:
“Moore and Mudd did not retire because of opt-out implications. They retired in order to be assured of collecting hefty lump-sum pension payments that, because of the ills of the economy, they were in jeopardy of not receiving if they remained employed.”
In other words – that lump sum value was dropping like a rock and if they didn’t retire now it would be worth significantly less. Interesting take.
by the_iowa_hawkeye on Jun 4, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
The sad part
is that it probably already dropped about as far as it’s going to. Well, let’s all hope…
How can you not love a team that does this?
Just watched your link to YouTube
That’s classic. And that’s why I love football. You never know what’s gonna happen next on a football field.
"I throw, you catch, it's not that hard."
they would have been in jeopardy of not getting the lump sum
because of teams they worked for in the past opting out of the league pension plan, which is because of the economic ills.
At least that’s the way I’ve heard it explained.
Change these hundreds for me cashier, Cuz I ain't made it yet, but I'm better off than last year
And what it look like hun', I ain't never made it rain but it look like fun
-Drake, Still Drake
That's what I heard as well
It really had nothing to do with the Colts inner workings. It was their past teams pension plans that came back to bite them in the ass.
"I throw, you catch, it's not that hard."
Im not sure what is more moronic….the jags and their…you are so lucky to be living in crapsonville writeup of buying tickets or del rios throw the players under the bus rant…AGAIN.
I thought things were going to be FRESH JACK? sounds much like last year if you ask me. ummmm jack Im not so sure about the freshness anymore. didnt you do this to your other leader mike peterson…kicking him off the team, “hes done” jack proclaimed and then a game and a half later MP played every quarter of the remainder of the year
and the titan who came on and couldnt understand why nobody would pay 400$ to see the special city of crapsonville with those sparkly bedazzling helments. well yesterday my car along with 50 other cars got broken into and trashed. yes why would anybody want to pass up 400$ worth of jack del rios special leadership of bedazzling instead of say…paying for damage of everyday life here. MORON. obviously, the titan has never visited crapsonville in his entire life. and this little white trash hee haw doings was done in the nice part of jax. maybe this is what jack means when he says his players putting in extra time away from the field??
getting back to jack. its going to be very sad when jack gets axed because they truely dont have a clue about this head coach and lack of anything that says leadership. we were talking about this yesterday and we brought up dungy. we all said…can you image tony dungy doing this. throwing his top players under the bus for his coverup of cowardness?? tony telling us how dwight is a sissy and when he played…that truely was scumbagish
You wanna know what rodney failed to mention
was all that bitching and moaning Brady did when the Pats got rid of Deion Branch.
Ill reiterate this: In Rodney’s first interview as an analyst, he failed big time.
Every article Don Banks writes is a dumb article.
I’d still agree that the Pats win that title, but it’s a stupid title, meaningless, and the damn decade isn’t over yet. It’s 2001-10 anyway. That guy is perhaps the biggest moron of the many morons who write at the major news outlets. Bigger than King because at least King has some decent value once in a while. Probably not as bad as Wojciechowski though.
I think we’ll always disagree on Collinsworth. He can be a bit sanctimonious sometimes but I think it’s often perceived as worse than it is because of his evil looking beak face. But he is an excellent color commentator for the games and an upgrade over Madden. He won’t be in the studio, meaning NBC is playing to his strengths. Of course, now we get to see Harrison taking potshots at the Colts all season. Wonderful.
I hate Simmons but he’s right to mock the networks for their race to cram as many people into the NFL studios as possible. Collinsworth and Bettis could’ve left without being replaced and the show would’ve been fine. (It’d be even better if they would ditch that prick Olberman.)
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