Bill Simmons on the Cards

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You might not believe in the '08 Cardinals because they recently got trounced by Favre and the Jets 56-35 in the most dominant performance by a washed-up superstar since Magic Johnson won the All-Star MVP the year everyone was afraid to guard him. And I don't blame you. As far as franchises go, the Cardinals are the Clippers of football, and actually, that might be an insult to the Clippers. But did you know the 2002 Titans started out 1-4, endured a humiliating 52-25 thrashing at Oakland in Week 4, then ripped off an 11-1 streak before losing in the AFC Championship Game? We can't dismiss the Cards when they play in a brutally bad division -- they're headed for a No. 3 seed at worst -- and they feature a sneaky number of playmakers on both sides of the ball. If only Anquan Boldin wasn't still out with a face.

(And remember, in the past 13 months, we've seen an 18-0 team lose the Super Bowl; Kansas win the NCAA hoops title; a WNBA star blow out her ACL during a bench-clearing WNBA brawl; Michigan lose to Toledo and Appalachian State at home; Federer lose Wimbledon to a Spanish clay court specialist; A-Rod and Madonna become a hot tabloid rumor; Michael Phelps win eight gold medals; Tiger win the U.S. Open with a torn ACL; CBS dump Billy Packer; the Red Sox pay Manny Ramirez to play for someone else and everyone in Boston being fine with this; the U.S. hoops team nearly blow the Gold Medal game to a team that started Marc Gasol and a 17-year-old point guard; the Tampa Bay Rays come within a game of the World Series; and an improbable throwback Celtics-Lakers Finals. You're really telling me Arizona making a Super Bowl is far-fetched at this point? I just want to know when Cuba Gooding Jr. gets involved as the team's token bandwagon celebrity. You know it will happen soon.)

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/nflpicks/081017

 

[D-Dogg]

to Bill Simmons.

Stay off our bandwagon, jerk.

 

[azsportsfan01]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Simmons
You might not believe in the '08 Cardinals because they recently got trounced by Favre and the Jets 56-35 in the most dominant performance by a washed-up superstar since Magic Johnson won the All-Star MVP the year everyone was afraid to guard him. And I don't blame you. As far as franchises go, the Cardinals are the Clippers of football, and actually, that might be an insult to the Clippers. But did you know the 2002 Titans started out 1-4, endured a humiliating 52-25 thrashing at Oakland in Week 4, then ripped off an 11-1 streak before losing in the AFC Championship Game? We can't dismiss the Cards when they play in a brutally bad division -- they're headed for a No. 3 seed at worst -- and they feature a sneaky number of playmakers on both sides of the ball. If only Anquan Boldin wasn't still out with a face.

(And remember, in the past 13 months, we've seen an 18-0 team lose the Super Bowl; Kansas win the NCAA hoops title; a WNBA star blow out her ACL during a bench-clearing WNBA brawl; Michigan lose to Toledo and Appalachian State at home; Federer lose Wimbledon to a Spanish clay court specialist; A-Rod and Madonna become a hot tabloid rumor; Michael Phelps win eight gold medals; Tiger win the U.S. Open with a torn ACL; CBS dump Billy Packer; the Red Sox pay Manny Ramirez to play for someone else and everyone in Boston being fine with this; the U.S. hoops team nearly blow the Gold Medal game to a team that started Marc Gasol and a 17-year-old point guard; the Tampa Bay Rays come within a game of the World Series; and an improbable throwback Celtics-Lakers Finals. You're really telling me Arizona making a Super Bowl is far-fetched at this point? I just want to know when Cuba Gooding Jr. gets involved as the team's token bandwagon celebrity. You know it will happen soon.)

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...flpicks/081017
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So apparently the Rays have already lost the next two games. Good to know I don't even need to watch. I don't pay attention to anything Simmons says unless it is about basketball and even then I don't read it all.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

'out with a face' is kinda funny.

 

[bratwurst]

For all the crap we endure as Cards fans, some of us have extremely thin skin.

The Sports Guy is a pretty humorous writer, and he writes with a very different flair than almost any other person out there in the sports world. I think he's a fun read.

 

[Gambit]

Never liked Simmons. But welcome to the Bandwagon, even if it is while make excusing and trying to rationalize it.

 

[TheHopToad]

So apparently the Rays have already lost the next two games. Good to know I don't even need to watch.

I didn't read it that way. The Rays are a game away from (going to) the World Series. I don't think he meant winning it.

I don't believe Simmons is personally on the Cards' bandwagon, but when a team beats the Mighty Dallas Cowboys, America's Team, the way the Cards did last week, they're gonna get the press and the stories and comparisons, and some bandwagoners as well. We should go ahead and embrace it because it's the starting point we need to shake that perennial loser tag.

The Cards are indeed the Clippers of the NFL, until we prove otherwise. So far, this year is a good start.

 

[D-Dogg]

For all the crap we endure as Cards fans, some of us have extremely thin skin.

The Sports Guy is a pretty humorous writer, and he writes with a very different flair than almost any other person out there in the sports world. I think he's a fun read.

Naw, not a thin skin. I just hate all things Boston...especially Boston homer freaks like Simmons. I don't want his Botown blood on the Cardinals bandwagon.

 

[azsportsfan01]

I didn't read it that way. The Rays are a game away from (going to) the World Series. I don't think he meant winning it.

I don't believe Simmons is personally on the Cards' bandwagon, but when a team beats the Mighty Dallas Cowboys, America's Team, the way the Cards did last week, they're gonna get the press and the stories and comparisons, and some bandwagoners as well. We should go ahead and embrace it because it's the starting point we need to shake that perennial loser tag.

The Cards are indeed the Clippers of the NFL, until we prove otherwise. So far, this year is a good start.

If he meant it like that, then he left off a word. He should have put "The Rays have come within one game..." It is really just sematics, but it always annoys me when people do this (especially knowing he is a Sox fan).

 

[Spielman]

The Sports Guy is a pretty humorous writer, and he writes with a very different flair than almost any other person out there in the sports world. I think he's a fun read.

I would have agreed several years ago, but when the Patriots were dominant and the Red Sox won the Series he got annoying. At this point, he's pretty much insufferable in my book.