LoyaltyisaCurse
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Don't Count On ...
... anyone but the following seven teams winning the Super Bowl. Twelve teams are going to make the playoffs, but there won't be 12 teams with a shot of winning the Super Bowl. Some teams will have the records, but not necessarily the goods.
It's like the hippie vegan girl who enters the local beauty pageant ... you can tell her that everyone's beautiful in their own way, but I'm sorry, when it goes to the judges, the girl with the hairy armpits just doesn't have a chance.
It's not necessarily the best teams that'll be on the short list of teams that can win it all, either. What I'm looking for is 1) hairy armpits. And 2) a team that has one dominant unit that can catch fire and just steamroll teams. To me, that's the key.
You can't have any areas that are pitiful weaknesses, but more important is that one unstoppable unit to lean on. You've got to have that one area that a team either can't defend, or has to give up a lot of things in other areas in order to defend. The Giants pass rush. The Colts passing game. That sort of thing....
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3. Arizona Cardinals. What the Cardinals have is an unstoppable passing attack with two receivers who no one can cover in Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan "Toughest Man Alive" Boldin. Throw in Steve Breaston, throw in Jerheme Urban ... and, oh yeah, throw in a quarterback having a brilliant year who's probably the leader in the clubhouse for MVP right now, and who also has a Super Bowl MVP trophy on his mantle.
The defense? Not great, but maybe not as bad as you think. They give up fewer than 90 rushing yards per game, which is pretty good, and 210 passing yards per game, which doesn't kill you. Granted, these stats might be skewed a little from playing Seattle, San Fran and St. Louis twice, but they are what they are.
Warner, those receivers and Ken Whisenhunt's creativity can score enough points on any given day to beat anyone...
... a great deal of sympathy for Edgerrin James. News leaked this week that Edgerrin James wants out of Arizona, despite the fact that the Cardinals are having a better season than the Cardinals ever have any right to expect.
Come on, Edge. There's something special happening in the desert, and it's called "not being a miserable failure of a franchise." A loser is becoming a non-loser. A franchise is experiencing personal growth. A butterfly is getting its wings. An awkward girl is blossoming into womanhood, and Disney's making a heartwarming movie about her.
Be a part of it. Or, at the very least, don't be the guy who tries to ruin it. It's like Tanner Boyle deciding to quit the Bears just as they start to turn things around en route to another shot at the Yankees.
I know you want to play, Edge, and I know you're sad because Tim Hightower took your job, but that doesn't mean you aren't a part of this. You were a part of getting the ship turned around. You lent a little legitimacy to your franchise. Don't give up now.
It may not shock you to learn that Drew Rosenhaus is a part of this, too. He's James' agent. Leave it to Rosenhaus to take one of the truly cool stories in sports and attempt to pee his filthy agent urine all over it.
And if you want to leave because you want to go be a starter somewhere else, there's something you really should consider, Edge, and I mean this with all due respect ... You lost your job to Tim Hightower. If you're not beating out Hightower, exactly who are you beating out?
So you can stay in Arizona, be a part of something really cool, or you can go somewhere and be Shaun Alexander. Seems like an easy call to me.
Don't Count On ...
... anyone but the following seven teams winning the Super Bowl. Twelve teams are going to make the playoffs, but there won't be 12 teams with a shot of winning the Super Bowl. Some teams will have the records, but not necessarily the goods.
It's like the hippie vegan girl who enters the local beauty pageant ... you can tell her that everyone's beautiful in their own way, but I'm sorry, when it goes to the judges, the girl with the hairy armpits just doesn't have a chance.
It's not necessarily the best teams that'll be on the short list of teams that can win it all, either. What I'm looking for is 1) hairy armpits. And 2) a team that has one dominant unit that can catch fire and just steamroll teams. To me, that's the key.
You can't have any areas that are pitiful weaknesses, but more important is that one unstoppable unit to lean on. You've got to have that one area that a team either can't defend, or has to give up a lot of things in other areas in order to defend. The Giants pass rush. The Colts passing game. That sort of thing....
...
3. Arizona Cardinals. What the Cardinals have is an unstoppable passing attack with two receivers who no one can cover in Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan "Toughest Man Alive" Boldin. Throw in Steve Breaston, throw in Jerheme Urban ... and, oh yeah, throw in a quarterback having a brilliant year who's probably the leader in the clubhouse for MVP right now, and who also has a Super Bowl MVP trophy on his mantle.
The defense? Not great, but maybe not as bad as you think. They give up fewer than 90 rushing yards per game, which is pretty good, and 210 passing yards per game, which doesn't kill you. Granted, these stats might be skewed a little from playing Seattle, San Fran and St. Louis twice, but they are what they are.
Warner, those receivers and Ken Whisenhunt's creativity can score enough points on any given day to beat anyone...
... a great deal of sympathy for Edgerrin James. News leaked this week that Edgerrin James wants out of Arizona, despite the fact that the Cardinals are having a better season than the Cardinals ever have any right to expect.
Come on, Edge. There's something special happening in the desert, and it's called "not being a miserable failure of a franchise." A loser is becoming a non-loser. A franchise is experiencing personal growth. A butterfly is getting its wings. An awkward girl is blossoming into womanhood, and Disney's making a heartwarming movie about her.
Be a part of it. Or, at the very least, don't be the guy who tries to ruin it. It's like Tanner Boyle deciding to quit the Bears just as they start to turn things around en route to another shot at the Yankees.
I know you want to play, Edge, and I know you're sad because Tim Hightower took your job, but that doesn't mean you aren't a part of this. You were a part of getting the ship turned around. You lent a little legitimacy to your franchise. Don't give up now.
It may not shock you to learn that Drew Rosenhaus is a part of this, too. He's James' agent. Leave it to Rosenhaus to take one of the truly cool stories in sports and attempt to pee his filthy agent urine all over it.
And if you want to leave because you want to go be a starter somewhere else, there's something you really should consider, Edge, and I mean this with all due respect ... You lost your job to Tim Hightower. If you're not beating out Hightower, exactly who are you beating out?
So you can stay in Arizona, be a part of something really cool, or you can go somewhere and be Shaun Alexander. Seems like an easy call to me.
