1. Game review by Gary Jones
2. Editorial by Jim Skane
2. Editorial by Jim Skane
JeffGollin said:Let's put this in full perspective.
Suppose the Cardinals made a miraculous turnaround and actually got into a Super Bowl. Think your life would change all that much?
Probably not. You'll still have a mortgage to pay. You'll still be worried about the twinge in your back. You'll still get excited about your kid's soccer exploits.
About the only thing that would change would be "normal" coverage of the Cardinals in the media - in a manner similar to other cities with successful teams - including overhyping of the players to a degree that would make hard core football purists gag.
And you'd watch more than a usual share of games where the Cardinals won and the usual high fives around the water cooler the next morning.
But you'd still hold your breath when your best RB, receiver or DE limped off the field. And if we won by 3-points, we'd be talking about "winning ugly" and "how come we didn't bury those guys."
Everything's relative. I maintain that whether we feel happy or sad about the Cardinals - whether they win or lose - is more a function of how well or dismal our own lives are playing out.
I say this the day after my bb Cardinals lost (and don't look like they'll get past the Astros) and my NJ Devils look no better than a .350 hockey club.
Life goes on. Pull for your team. Follow every roster move and draft pick. Get excited when Fitz or Q comes down with a patented sick grab or Bertrand devours a QB. Groan when the ball's stripped out of our QB's hand. Be happy when we win. Be sad when we lose.
But I think we'd all be well-advised not to invest every single waking hour on the Cardinals or any other team. (Remember the NJ Devils - Dog meat once; then champs; now on the way to Alpo Land once again).
In the words of every football coach (great or awful) - "One game at a time." Nothing more. Nothing else.
And, oh yeah; take some time to enjoy a spectacular sunrise or sunset.
JeffGollin said:Let's put this in full perspective.
Suppose the Cardinals made a miraculous turnaround and actually got into a Super Bowl. Think your life would change all that much?
Probably not. You'll still have a mortgage to pay. You'll still be worried about the twinge in your back. You'll still get excited about your kid's soccer exploits.
About the only thing that would change would be "normal" coverage of the Cardinals in the media - in a manner similar to other cities with successful teams - including overhyping of the players to a degree that would make hard core football purists gag.
And you'd watch more than a usual share of games where the Cardinals won and the usual high fives around the water cooler the next morning.
But you'd still hold your breath when your best RB, receiver or DE limped off the field. And if we won by 3-points, we'd be talking about "winning ugly" and "how come we didn't bury those guys."
Everything's relative. I maintain that whether we feel happy or sad about the Cardinals - whether they win or lose - is more a function of how well or dismal our own lives are playing out.
I say this the day after my bb Cardinals lost (and don't look like they'll get past the Astros) and my NJ Devils look no better than a .350 hockey club.
Life goes on. Pull for your team. Follow every roster move and draft pick. Get excited when Fitz or Q comes down with a patented sick grab or Bertrand devours a QB. Groan when the ball's stripped out of our QB's hand. Be happy when we win. Be sad when we lose.
But I think we'd all be well-advised not to invest every single waking hour on the Cardinals or any other team. (Remember the NJ Devils - Dog meat once; then champs; now on the way to Alpo Land once again).
In the words of every football coach (great or awful) - "One game at a time." Nothing more. Nothing else.
And, oh yeah; take some time to enjoy a spectacular sunrise or sunset.
vince56 said:This message is for Gary Jones:
Hey bud, I love your analysis and I really appreciate what you bring to the table here. You do a ton of work that you don't have to do.
I do have one request, though. When discussing the O-line, you talk about pass blocks and run blocks the player missed on. My question is that while that's good info, could you also maybe describe some of the push or lack-thereof that said player is getting.
For example, on a running play, every O-lineman may hit their block and sustain it, but if they're only stalemating or getting pushed backwards, it's not really an effective block. It's only effective if they hit, drive, push their man out of the play and then sustain -- keeping their man out of the play.
I'm not questioning your analysis at all, it just sounds like you might have the time for that kind of detail, and that's stuff I'd love to know.
Thanks.
Snakester said:In pass pro they are not supposed to drive their man forward as I'm sure you already know.
The biggest problem that I see with our line right now is they don't stay on their man long enough.
JeffGollin said:Let's put this in full perspective.
Suppose the Cardinals made a miraculous turnaround and actually got into a Super Bowl. Think your life would change all that much?
Probably not.
Redheart said:If this was a marriage, most would have seen a divorce-lawyer years ago.
vince56 said:Most have, the seats are empty. Those that remain take your analogy/metaphor one step further... we're the unlucky, codependent, beat-up housewife that keeps saying "But he said he'd change and I believe him!"