Money Talks...BS Runs The Marathon.
dangling from the side of a bridge is let go. The Pats in this case and in all cases until Belichick retires or whatever, are money. Everyone else can go ahead and run the marathon. People hate the Patriots for various
reasons and me as a Jets fan, I hate em' twice a year by obligation. But other than that, I like em' and always have because of their uniforms. From the Patriot on the helmet in the three point stance [second best throwback behind SD's powder blues with the yellow bolt] to the 90s one with the head on the shoulder pads, I've always been a quiet Patriot mark. But what I saw on Sunday, was arguably hands down one of the worst Brady performances ever. It was Tomlinson's best and in spite of what everyone's said, putting this on Marty and the like...it belongs somewhere else...for now. How's about the leg of the kicker who so totally schtoinked the game tying kick, Nick Fading Faster Than Paris's Music Career? Now, I'll be the first to admit, Marty challenging the damn
fumble that was ranks right up there with Bush telling the world that 20,000 more troops in Iraq will procure victory in phase 3439705 of the War on Drugs, err Terrorism [same difference]. You know it's wrong, they know it's wrong, but they don't wanna admit that it's wrong. All told if you're a Chargers fan, here's why you can be optimistic about next year.
A) Rivers didn't implode. Your kicker did.
B) You've got a sound offensive nucleus in place, ditto on the defensive side. But special teams is well...special. Short, yellow school bus type of
special.
That's all. But...there are a few points of contention here I need to touch on. There's a quote I remember from Training Day which sums up my thought
on the whole Patriots postgame deal and it goes a little something like this...
"It's no fun when the rabbit's got the gun."
Newsflash LDT, when Kaeding schtoinked that kick, your team effectively
gave the Patriots a fully loaded AK-47 to turn out the lights for this year.
Don't be mad at the dance, be mad at the loss. Fact is, you're showing more in defeat after the gun sounded than you did during the game when
you essentially proved why you were [rather disputedly] the MVP/OPTY. Nobody's going to remember you for your in-game actions. They're gonna
remember you for the Bitching That Didn't End. Face it, you've got no problem when Merriman does it after a sack and basically looks like he's having a rhythmatic epileptic seizure in a circle, so why do you have a problem with it now? Think the QBs who have to see Merriman do this on a weekly basis aren't thinking the same thing you're thinking? We've seen this 17 times this year, 17 and not ONCE has a QB who's been on the receiving end of it said a peep. Not a word, not even a syllable about
this. But the SECOND a team decides to jump on your logo after sacking your team's season, they're classless and they get it from their coach. I'll
put it to you like this LDT. When you win 3 Super Bowls in the span of 5 years, you can do that. When you've got a 12-1 record at the helm and your playoff failures aren't referred to as The Drive, The Fumble, The Misses In KC [1995, the previously mentioned failure with Montana at QB], Wide Right and Short And To The Right [Sunday's debacle]...maybe you're not in a good place to call a coach on where his team takes their cues from. Notice how nobody from New England's bothered to respond to your "critique"? Well, aside from the fact that they've got another game to prepare for while you've got Winter vacation to get ready for...
it's because they don't have to. All they have to do is stick their Super Bowl rings and their ears while whistling 'la-la-la-la' all the way to Indy.
So congratulations for earning your way into playoff infamy, alongside Peyton Manning whose incessant whining after the 2003 playoffs all but instituted what has all but been called The Peyton Rule. No touching a receiver after five yards. And how utterly ironic that these two teams meet for the AFC Title in the RCA Dome. Oh and congrats on also earning your way onto the mantle of the Pats, for being the 4th MVP they
have sent home early. See ya next year LDT, try not to drown in the pool
of piss and vinegar between now and then won't ya?
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