As bad as I wish he could, RGlll can not do it all by himself...
The Giants looked formidable last night against the fig Newton...
The Giants looked formidable last night against the fig Newton...
Yes, the Steelers lost in yet another upset today.
With the amount of injuries so far, its a wonder any of the teams are going to have their starting line up intact by mid season...
My skins are showing their weakness -- defense. The first play of the game proved the Skins can not defend against the big pass play. It's what beat them last week and what beat them this week.
Still too early to say this is going to be another long season for Skins fans, but RGlll is giving us something to root for...
Joe Flacco is turning into something special. Heck, pretty much everyone on the Ravens offense is. Dennis Pitta, Torrey Smith, and it even seems like things are finally clicking for Jacoby Jones.
Flacco has outplayed Brady every single time they've played. It's good to see Flacco actually get the win this time, especially after he threw a perfect touchdown pass to go to the Super Bowl last year but was let down by his team.
Flacco was wretched in that game. His passes were all to wide open receivers - nothing was threaded into a tight spot. There were at least three separate throws that were directly at the Patriots' secondary. Luckily the Pats have garbage defensive backs. The Ravens have an excellent team, but Flacco was far from special.
Tough to say which team deserved the win. The game was so over-officiated that it was just a relief to get it over with. And fitting that it was decided with a highly questionable (and reviewable) field goal. So it goes.
Maybe wretched is too strong a word, but you could put nearly any QB in the league in that game and they would have done just as well. Zero pass pressure, receivers that completely burned their coverage, and DB's that couldn't hold on to balls thrown directly at them will make any QB look good. There's been a groundswell of support for Flacco this season and I just don't see why. I get that the Ravens are a tremendously talented team and are likely to win a ton of games this year, but Flacco is the smallest contributor to that success, so far as I can tell.
Plus I can't shake the notion that he's nearly as whiny as Jay Cutler. How much more can we listen to him talk about how the media is out to get him and they never give him a chance? Reminds me of Roberto Luongo.
But more importantly, how stunningly ironic is it that the team that gets screwed the hardest by the owners vs. officials standoff is the one team without an owner? Green Bay got royally hosed last night. I hate complaining about referees in general (in any sport), but this season has been off-the-charts horrible. The problem is that nobody's going to stop watching or stop buying tickets, so what reason is there to bring the actual, competent refs back? Just because your crack dealer starts selling you lower grade stuff (I honestly have no idea if there is high or low grade crack but bear with me) are you going to suddenly quit? The NFL knows that it has the audience trapped. It's going to take a lot more than some bad calls to convince them to fix the problem.
But more importantly, how stunningly ironic is it that the team that gets screwed the hardest by the owners vs. officials standoff is the one team without an owner? Green Bay got royally hosed last night. I hate complaining about referees in general (in any sport), but this season has been off-the-charts horrible. The problem is that nobody's going to stop watching or stop buying tickets, so what reason is there to bring the actual, competent refs back? Just because your crack dealer starts selling you lower grade stuff (I honestly have no idea if there is high or low grade crack but bear with me) are you going to suddenly quit? The NFL knows that it has the audience trapped. It's going to take a lot more than some bad calls to convince them to fix the problem.
No. You have an axe to grind with Flacco, nothing more nothing less.
The NFL would be the big, premier league, sure, but having other competitive leagues would help make sure the NFL stayed sharp, he said.
While I like the idea, I don't think it would work here. There have been opportunities for alternate leagues, like the XFL, NFL Europe, and even arena league. But nothing even comes close to threatening the NFL as far as talent and entertainment. Too bad, really. A little healthy competition might be nice.