Thoughts of the Week: Super Bowl and Clyde

by JesusNinja13 on Feb 8, 2011 5:04 PM EST

Well football is over ~~forever~~ until the new CBA is hashed out. I don't really care what happens with the CBA, as long as football continues similarly to how it has in the last 10 years. I don't know all the intricacies of the financial dealings, and I don't pretend to, but I hope that they can get this thing hashed out quick. I'd much rather talk football than dollars and cents. Anyway, on to thoughts...

1. The Super Bowl was great. Well, good. It can't be great unless the Colts win. Or the Patriots lose. But the Steelers, and specifically Ben Roethlisberger (I hate him. He is a terrible person. That is all I care to say at the moment), failing also is fun to watch. Not to mention I actually like Aaron Rodgers. It was nice to see Big Ben prove to everybody that he's not a great quarterback, especially considering the injuries the Packers were playing with. That being said, the Packers brought lotsa pressure throughout the game, at least that's what I noticed during the game.

(Side note: Entertainment fail. Aguilera botches the National Anthem. BEP sucked. Although, I like some of BEP's stuff, such as Where is the Love. But Fergie ruined everything by opening her mouth and sounding like a man. And grinding on Slash. That was weird.)

Also, if you hate the Steelers and/or Ben Roethlisberger, you should read this. It will make you happy for at least 10 minutes. Or your money back.

2. There was a lot of talk this year about playcalling that didn't make a whole lot of sense. A lot of blame was put on Clyde Christiansen. My question is: Is he actually to blame? If so, I hope he's better next year, because there was some very aggravating calls this year. Thoughts?

Oh and since we're talking about the Super Bowl, I have this little nugget for you all.

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A lot of the guys on Packers IR wern’t big time contributers, a lot of back ups, but they still had their core guys, that we lost like Sanders, Bullitt, Clark, ect. They still had the Woodsons, Collins, great WRs, Raji, ect. Their pro bowlers made up for backups, while ours were gone. Anyway, good read and recd.

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by Candlebox on Feb 8, 2011 9:35 PM EST reply actions

That's what I hate when everyone talks about their injuries

Sure, Driver and Woodson got hurt in the Super Bowl, but out of their 17 players on IR, other than Finley and Grant, can anyone name at least three?

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by dmstorm22 on Feb 9, 2011 1:37 PM EST up reply actions

nice link.

that link to the haters prayer was well worth the price. i got many lulz

by muncie_in_this on Feb 9, 2011 10:55 AM EST reply actions

Why wasn't Tom Moore calling the offensive plays?

I know Tom Moore is a great offensive coordinator. This year I think he was the senior offensive assistant. I don’t want Manning to have all of the responsibilities like audibling out of every bad playcall and running the practices laid on him because of the offensive coordinator. If Clyde Christiensen can’t do that then we need to get Tom Moore back RIGHT NOW!!!

by RamblinWreck7 on Feb 9, 2011 3:49 PM EST reply actions

Agreed

There was definitely a noticeable difference in play calling this season.
Where were the signature comebacks to Wayne? A significant increase in swing/bubble passes. Seemingly fewer shots down field.

I’ve gotta believe this is due to limitations in skill personnel this and possibly OLine deficiencies as well. As great as Peyton was this year it didn’t seem like quite the well-oiled machine we’re used to. At times it seemed like he was just grasping at straws. The swing pass would pop up 3-4 times over the course of game seemingly because other routes just weren’t there. The play calling seemed “hopeful” rather than purposeful. Hoping to catch lighting in a bottle with Reggie or PG breaking a tackle and making something happen. How much of that can be placed on Coach Christensen? We really don’t know.

by radtad on Feb 9, 2011 10:43 PM EST reply actions

I think youre on to something here.

We all hate to keep harping on the injury thing but it has mucked things up this year. Its made it harder to get a feel for things and so on. Injuries to recievers affects our offense more than other positions and more than other teams.

We lost Collie and Clark(our 2 most important players on O after the GOAT, IMO). Addai for what 8 games? White caught 5 tds for godsake. We dressed a 324 lb guard at TE. Garcon missed a couple, Hart Brown Brody. I think Reggie was only significant skill position that didn’t miss a game.

Pretty amazing Peyton hit over 30tds and set the record for completions. If either Bullitt or Sanders doesn`t get hurt, I think the season is completely different and PM is the MVP.

So on the 18th day God created the Quarter Back, and his name is Peyton Manning. And thank the Lord he plays for the Polianapolis Colts.

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by NoCuddleOffense on Feb 9, 2011 11:26 PM EST up reply actions