As I reflect back on my years of sports watching, I am amazed at how the conversations we have now are more centered around organizational talk & x's and o's instead of the players themselves & their actions on the field. When you look at a football game now, there is a lot more emphasis put on play calling and officiating than the actual game itself. Sports talk radio has become a forum for disgruntled fans to voice their displeasure over their favorite teams performance. An avenue to call out the coaching staff's for failing to win games & for calling plays that they disagree with. I remember having conversations about sports when I was growing up with my boy Greg & they centered around my team being better than his, not how conservative my team played or how my head coach is not a disciplinarian. Where did all of the happy go lucky sports talk go? I think fans started to believe they were experts at breaking down games when Madden hit the shelves & ESPN and HBO started doing segment shows breaking down the film of NFL games. Now every Tom, Eddie Long (I mean Dick) & Harry believes they are qualified to call plays & blasts their organizations failures. If you don't want people criticizing play calling...don't expose them to that shit by allowing them to watch shows like Hard Knocks. Football is a 365 day 24-7 operation now & it is more popular than ever. When a Jaguars/Titans game gets higher ratings than a Yankees/Rangers playoff game, that should tell you how popular the sport is. I believe that some fans are knowledgeable & know a great deal about football, myself included. But for those of you that don't....just remember that intelligence wasn't handed out to everyone at birth. You are still entitled to your opinion even if you are a buffoon, because at the end of the day there would be no talk radio without you. FANS ARE JUST THAT FANATIC. THEY ARE ENTITLED TO RIDE THEIR EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER UP & DOWN AS MUCH AS THEY LIKE, BOO OR CHEER WHOEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. To all you so called talk show radio hosts who never played a down in the NFL, WHY DON'T YOU TRY HAVING A THREE OR FOUR HOUR SHOW IN WHICH ONLY YOUR VOICE IS HEARD. My bad then you would start to look like the buffoon when you would run out of shit to talk about.....
Point made, now on to THE LOWDOWN.
WHAT I LEARNED IN WEEK #6:
* Any moves that the NFL makes in regards to protecting players is nothing but a positive. Unless you have stood in the pocket & been on the receiving end of 46 blitz by the Jets or have run a skinny post over the middle & been met by Ray Lewis...then guess what? Your motherfucking opinion doesn't count, so shut the fuck up. All this talk about making it easy for offenses to score is bullshit. Players are bigger, stronger & faster now a days. The damage they inflict on each other is criminal. NFL do something about the senseless acts of violence that exist in the game today before one of your players ends up taking a permanent dirt nap on National TV.
* I don't blame Cameron for the Ravens loss on Sunday. I blame Harbaugh & his choice for D-Coordinator Greg Madison. Rushing 3 & dropping back 8 on Brady is like asking Eddie Long to be a guidance counselor at an all boys school. Only bad shit can happen. Hey Brad Piff, still don't miss Rex?
* When it comes to drawing up plays, Mike Martz is a genius. But when it comes to making end game adjustments, he is about as successful as Jerry Jones is at picking coaches. How many more hits is Jay Cutler going to take before he says fuck this shit? Mike Martz isn't out there taking hits, so he keeps dropping back Cutler like he is playing a game of Madden. It is all right to throw the football, but don't do so at the sake of your QB'S health & mental toughness. Just ask Kyle Bowler & David Carr.
* Don't look now but the Jets are on a roll! Sanchez & LT are leading the way much to the dismay of Ravens fans, Charger fans & every media member who criticized Rex for the swagger he displays in running his team. LT said that he would run through a brick wall for Rex. But when asked about Norv Turner, he said if he was on fire he wouldn't even piss on him. Dammmmmmm!!!!
* If it wasn't for bad luck McNabb wouldn't have any luck at all. He basically played his whole career in Philly without offensive weapons until they acquired T.O. Once this occured, ALL HE DID WAS TAKE HIS TEAM TO THE SUPER BOWL. Then Andy Reid goes out & drafts some nice young talent on offense & trades Donovan the next year. Now he is in Washington, a team with no weapons & he is winning ugly one again. Watch what happens two years from now. The Skins will draft some young talent or sign some free agents. Then McNabb will be gone again in favor of another hot shot QB. Just imagine how different his career could have turned out if he was surrounded by talent on offense & he wasn't forced to win games all by himself.
* T-Sizzle (Terrell Suggs) recently told Bart Scott to shut the fuck up & play ball. He was referencing the fact that the Jets hadn't beaten them, therefore hadn't earned the right to talk shit. Well Tom Brady said the other day on his radio show, "The Ravens talk a lot of shit for a team that has beaten them one time in the last 9 years." I have only one thing to say....the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Where do you think Bart Scott got that shit from? Ray Lewis said and I quote...
The Bills are going to be in trouble next Sunday!
I guess they are going to be the sacrificial lamb. There is nothing wrong with trash talk. As a matter of fact that's what a Rex Ryan led defense does. I just think that somewhere along the lines the Ravens defense had loss their passion/identity & just realized it is up there in New York with their former coach.
* It looks like Pete Carroll isn't that bad of a coach after all. He is rebuilding the Seahawks & suprisingly they have played hard this year. His skeptics predicted his colossal failure. Now they are starting to eat their words. Just remember that at the end of the day everyone should be given a fair shot before being labeled. Contrary to popular belief, every ex USC player will not have a job with him.
* Blame ESPN & the Miami Hurricanes for the lack of fundamentals & the emphasis on big plays/ big hits in the NFL. Fundamental tackling & textbook play doesn't get you drafted into the 1st round or a highlights on ESPN. The next time a player is rewarded for arm tackling & wrapping up a player will be the 1st time. Ed Reed jumps routes & gambles his ass off. Ray Lewis has made a living out of knocking the shit out of players (ask Chad Johnson) & being rewarded for it. If I was a Defensive player in college I would try my best to play like Ed or Ray. Now don't get me wrong, these players are HOF players. But even you have to admit that a lot of what they do is not textbook or fundamentally sound. So when you see Dunta Johnson lay out DeSean Jackson like he did on Sunday, ask him where he got that shit from & whats going to keep him from doing it again. Get rid of segments liked Jacked up & stop highlighting bone crushing hits. Then just maybe this league will return to one where football is played like the sport it is supposed to be. Not a game of who is the baddest motherfucker on the block.
* If the league was concerned with injuries and the well being of the players, then why in the hell are they going to 18 games? Cash rules everything around me.
* Contrary to popular belief, I don't believe that Norv Turner is the problem in San Diego. I think the real problem is that the players have made up in their mind that management doesn't really care about anyone other than Rivers & it has caused their play on the field to suffer. They let Turner go to Atlanta, let LT go to the Jets along with Cromartie and they refuse to make up their mind on Vincent Jackson. I almost forgot, Lights Out could soon be seen playing for the Ravens. At the end of the day, players have to look out for themselves & the Chargers are making it easy for them to do so. Who wants to play for an organization that doesn't take care of their talent or at least show a commitment to winning?
* I hate to say it , but the Giants are starting to look like a true contender in the NFC. They have always had a true pass rush & running game, but I think their Achilles heel is still THE BOOK OF Eli Manning . Even though he has a Super Bowl ring, I have as much faith in him as I do in Wade Phillips becoming a disciplinarian. Time will tell, but I don't see it ending pretty for the Giants.
* Can someone tell me what the Falcons do well, because I still haven't figured them out? The media loves them, but they look like an average team to me.
UNECESSARY ROUGHNESS:
Bill Cowher or John Gruden better be coaching my Boys next year or Wade Phillips must really have pictures of Jerry Jones modeling girls underwear for Jason Garrett. Why else would he hang onto Wade this long? You are wasting the prime years of Newman, Ware, Whitten, and Barber. The window is going to close in a couple of years & they need an offensive line now. The offense ranks third in yds & the defense ranks 4th. Romo has the 4th highest QB rating & his touchdown to int ratio is one less than Brees (tied with Aaron Rodgers). I'm tired of this team inventing ways to lose. It's been 4 years of this shit. Garretts said Romo played well and executed the plays that were called. Yeah & I guess HOMEBOYS FROM OUTER SPACE should still be on the air also. What fucking game was he watching? After throwing three picks Romo should have his ass kicked not kissed. No wonder these motherfuckers do what they want, because when they fuck up there is no fear of being called out. Fuck up like that in front of Bill Cowher. You will have your face masked grabbed & a whole lot of spit coming at you while you are being cursed out for costing the team the game. When asked to comment, Wade Phillips said a loss is a loss & they are all the same. Fucking loser. I'm sick of this shit. Get rid of the whole fucking team & start over goddammit.
HIGH FIVE:
1) JETS 5-1 Confidence & belief grows by the week.
2) Steelers 4-1 Watch out Ben is back & they didnt skip a beat.
3) PATS 4-1 Winning without Moss is just what they do.
4) Ravens 4-2 Tough loss. Yes Ray, the Bills should be in trouble.
5) Saints 4-2 Still in the running.
BUFFOON OF THE WEEK:
My buffoon of the week is a man you all adore, love & revear. In your eyes he is the greatest of all time & he can do know wrong. He has never been out played, never loss a game in his life & he is the perfect athlete with no flaws on or off the court. He has convinced ya'll dumb mutherfuckers that Byron Russell was the reason why he returned to the league after he was retired & that his last second shot against Utah in the finals was planned. The man that I chose as buffoon of the week is MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN.
How dare you say that Kobe Bean Bryant may be in the top 10 shooting guards of all time list. Not the top 10 all time players, not the top 2 shooting guards, but maybe the top 10 shooting guards list?! Are you fucking serious?! Did Barkley put you up to this shit, because we know he is a Kobe hater. I attributed this comment to old age or probably fear. Because I know you recall those encounters when your Bulls played young Kobe & the Lakers. Where 1 on 1 Kobe bust your ass. Yes, I'm talking head up. Kobe went at you hard from the time he was a rookie until the time you walked away. REMEBER WHEN YOU WERE A WIZARD AND HE HUNG SO MANY BUCKETS ON YOU THAT PHIL HAD TO CALL HIM OFF? Besides maybe yourself, name me one shooting guard thats better. Joe Dumars, Reggie Miller, Clyde Drexler, D-Wade, Jerry West, Oscar Robertson? No.....Can't do it.
In a personal conversation Kobe told me he was going to stick around in the NBA long enough so that he can play your son. That way he can bust his ass on the court like he did you. He is going to make young Jordan pay for your sins since all your old ass can do now is run mouth. Go back & look at footage old man.....ball don't lie. You can call out John Starks, Craig Ehlo, Jerry Stackhouse, Byron Russell & the rests of those bums you put a hurtin' to. But for disrespecting the greatest player in the game right now you are buffoon of the week. I guess 5 rings & 7 finals appearences don't mean shit nowadays. KB dropped 81 in a game....not practice. He dropped 62 in a game (in three quartes, he set out the 4th quarter) & he gets treated like he is Harold Miner?!
Man, I'm done.
I'm out like MJ's memory & playing career.
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