Mitch
Crawled Through 5 FB Fields
1. I think the Cardinals should try to add an extra coach---an offensive tackle coach. Russ Grimm was one of the very best and dominant guards to ever buckle a chinstrap. And when you think about it---he has gotten whatever guards he's had to play well. I never thought Reggie Wells, for example, could be a good guard---but under Grimm he was. Lutui was, regardless of his weight---as were Colledge and Hadnot this past year. But---in the 5 years that Grimm has been the OL coach---the tackle play has fallen measurably short of the guard play---hence let's get a tackle guru in here to finally get these tackles playing more fundamentally sound---especially if the team is going to draft Jonathan Martin or Mike Adams at #13.
2. I can't help but think that Patriots' fans today are feeling what we Cardinal fans felt three years ago---having the game decided on uncanny passes in the final two minutes....and having the clock become the enemy.
3. That said, I cannot recall ever watching a game where 3 12 men on the field or huddle penalties were called---the last of which was the most strategic and egregious---I mean how can it be that a defense can play 12 on the field, take 9 seconds off the clock with less than 20 seconds left in the game and only be penalized 5 yards? But---if YOU were TC---why wouldn't you? The rules permit it.
4. Smart things win ballgames---the smartest thing anyone did on the game was Eli Manning rushing his offense back to the l.o.s to snap the ball after the Manningham miracle (really---the fact that the Pats still had double coverage on him when Hicks and Cruz were decoys to the right with Manning initially looking that way, and Manning turning left and delivering a 30 yard pass to the backside sideline into the tightest of windows---in some ways as improbable the David Tyree velcro miracle off of a miracle escape from pressure and that could/should well have been a sure in the grasp call)---because it cost the Patriots a timeout that still could have won them the Super Bowl.
5. That said, how come 90 million viewers, who saw the replay of Manningham's catch to know immediately that it was a catch had to endure a 10 minute replay hiatus---and the repeat of the same stupid Bud Light commercials---to finally get the game going again. Please Roger Goodell---sure you want to make the advertising money---but THIS HAS TO STOP---preserve the integrity of the game and ensure the flow of the game.
6. My own personal feeling---I do not see why football games or any American sporting event should be regarded as moments to self-aggrandize the American military or the American flag. It's nauseating. Football game are not war games---and they do not represent patriotism, nor should the propagandize patriotism.
I think of Pat Tillman---his patriotism wasn't inspired by football games---just the opposite really---what inspired Pat Tillman's extraordinary patriotism was the instinct he felt to fight for his country in the wake of 9/11.
Football coaches wear hats with army stripes and those inappropriate (in this context), out of place military adornments---listen coaches---if you really want to wear the stripes, do what Pat Tillman did---say fu to football and join the real army.
The truth is about pro football---virtually no one in his right mind would play the game without the millions the current pros are being paid for it.
Pat Tillman said fu to the millions of dollars.
Out of respect for Pat Tillman---and for all the men and women who actually risk their lives for our country---STOP selling the NFL coaches and players as Sunday warriors---they are Sunday entrepreneurs.
2. I can't help but think that Patriots' fans today are feeling what we Cardinal fans felt three years ago---having the game decided on uncanny passes in the final two minutes....and having the clock become the enemy.
3. That said, I cannot recall ever watching a game where 3 12 men on the field or huddle penalties were called---the last of which was the most strategic and egregious---I mean how can it be that a defense can play 12 on the field, take 9 seconds off the clock with less than 20 seconds left in the game and only be penalized 5 yards? But---if YOU were TC---why wouldn't you? The rules permit it.
4. Smart things win ballgames---the smartest thing anyone did on the game was Eli Manning rushing his offense back to the l.o.s to snap the ball after the Manningham miracle (really---the fact that the Pats still had double coverage on him when Hicks and Cruz were decoys to the right with Manning initially looking that way, and Manning turning left and delivering a 30 yard pass to the backside sideline into the tightest of windows---in some ways as improbable the David Tyree velcro miracle off of a miracle escape from pressure and that could/should well have been a sure in the grasp call)---because it cost the Patriots a timeout that still could have won them the Super Bowl.
5. That said, how come 90 million viewers, who saw the replay of Manningham's catch to know immediately that it was a catch had to endure a 10 minute replay hiatus---and the repeat of the same stupid Bud Light commercials---to finally get the game going again. Please Roger Goodell---sure you want to make the advertising money---but THIS HAS TO STOP---preserve the integrity of the game and ensure the flow of the game.
6. My own personal feeling---I do not see why football games or any American sporting event should be regarded as moments to self-aggrandize the American military or the American flag. It's nauseating. Football game are not war games---and they do not represent patriotism, nor should the propagandize patriotism.
I think of Pat Tillman---his patriotism wasn't inspired by football games---just the opposite really---what inspired Pat Tillman's extraordinary patriotism was the instinct he felt to fight for his country in the wake of 9/11.
Football coaches wear hats with army stripes and those inappropriate (in this context), out of place military adornments---listen coaches---if you really want to wear the stripes, do what Pat Tillman did---say fu to football and join the real army.
The truth is about pro football---virtually no one in his right mind would play the game without the millions the current pros are being paid for it.
Pat Tillman said fu to the millions of dollars.
Out of respect for Pat Tillman---and for all the men and women who actually risk their lives for our country---STOP selling the NFL coaches and players as Sunday warriors---they are Sunday entrepreneurs.
