Random Musings
- Let's talk football shall we? We're coming down the homestretch and while there look to be two favorites in each conference, I'm a bit more skeptical than that. See, the Titans are that tradtional 'we can't quite explain why we're this good right now, but we are and we're riding it until we're exposed in the playoffs' roll that at least one team hits every season. Let me tell you straight up folks, the Titans will not win the AFC the way they have most of this year. How's that you ask? Think teams aren't gonna start stacking 8 or 9 guys in the box to shut down LenDale Johnson (my name for Chris and LenDale's little two step deal)? Think teams won't force Kerry Collins to beat them in the air? So what about the Giants you ask? Well, like I stated in my letter to Cheddar Plax, it's next to impossible to win a Super Bowl without a #1 receiver. Let alone repeat for that matter. I won't deny the Giants have been very, VERY impressive this season. They've used everything under the sun to keep them motivated and hungry, especially following that loss to the Clowns in October which I thought was the precursor to their usual post-bye week slump. But at some point, it does run out I think. If Eli can find a way to repeat without his #1 option at receiver, this has to put him ahead of his brother in spite of less than gaudy numbers. Until someone takes it from them, the Giants are your team to beat. Period and unlike most years in which the reigning champ has some kind of letdown or the like, these cats are playing like they really are the team to beat. Which, if the Monday night game in October showed us, short of them not showing up at all or beating themselves will not be easy. (Oh and by the by, I'm not quite ringing the alarm after Sunday's loss to the Eagles. Not at all. On the other hand, the Jets losing to the 69ers has me very, VERY concerned.)
I don't know who your MVP is at the moment. I just don't. I'm not the guy who's going all ga-ga over some numbers, because what really counts in my book is putting up numbers while your team's racking up wins. I know that should the Falcons make the playoffs, which looks to be all but an eventuality at this point, Matt Ryan's your Rookie of the Year. To take a cast of nobodies and have this team hitting a 180 while speeding towards a possible division crown, is flat out impressive. (Add on top of that, his alma mater's playing for another conference title in his absence, is even more impressive.) MVPwise, I dunno. I'd have made a really good case for Kurt Warner, but then the Cards started remembering who they used to be and started losing again. So he's out, even though the Cards can sleepwalk to the West crown. Adrian Peterson is out of his mind right now. If the Vikes don't lose again this year and A-Pete's running like a steamroller with a hemi engine, I say Adrian wins it. He's running like he'll kill whomever's in front of him for this shit and needless to say, they'd best have body bags ordered by the bushel. Unfortunately for A-Pete, I don't see the Vikes making much noise in the playoffs. Their defense isn't THAT dominating to get away with a non-existent passing attack through the playoffs. Oh yeah, there's one other football topic I MUST touch on.
- Romeo Must Go. Romeo Crennel, coach of the Cleveland Clowns. The saddest football team this side of the Detroit Lions and Oakland Raiders, if you can believe that. Fuck, if you ask me, they're sadder than BOTH of those beleaguered franchises. Remember, this is the same team that hired Chris Palmer as its first head coach and had Tim Couch as its first franchise QB. This is the team that overvalued the likes of Courtney Brown and Gerard Warren in the NFL Draft, while totally undervaluing the likes of Kelly Holcomb. Oh, did I forget to mention that this team gives out extensions like condoms at a free clinic? Who in their right mind can justify giving Romeo an extension after just ONE GOOD YEAR in three? Well, I guess games like he called Sunday would be the reason he got that extension. What am I talking about? In what I'm sure had Rich rolling on the floor laughing hysterically, the Clowns started Ken Dorsey. Best remembered as the QB who led the way for Miami's 2001 National Title campaign. Now, this guy hasn't thrown a pass in three years prior to this past Sunday. The average coach, isn't trying to have the third stringer throwing more than 20 times (minimum) or 30 (maximum) in this game against the Titans. But that's the average coach, not repugnantly below average Romeo Crennel. Wanna know how many times Dorsey threw the ball Sunday?
43 times for a QB rating of...49.6. Yes, Ken Dorsey threw the ball 43 times in a regulation NFL game. To illustrate just how ass backwards this was strategically speaking, Chris Johnson touched the ball as many times as SIX CLOWN PLAYERS did by themselves. It should go without saying he had more yards on the ground (136-35) than the Clowns did as a team. So if any of you are puzzled as to why Clown fans are coming to games with Cowher Power signs, this is it in a nutshell. Having had to watch this fiasco called a football team for the past 8 years, I can tell you firsthand, there's only one thing that seperates them from the Lions right now. A playoff berth in 2002. That's IT. The Clowns are no worse than the Lions to me and sadly for Cleveland fans, it keeps finding unique ways to speed backwards than move forward. Reports are starting to circulate that the Clowns are interested in bringing Martyball back to Da Pound. Uhm, if they are serious about that, I'd look into an upgrade at RB because y'all saw what Martyball did to the legs of LT 21 in San Diego. The only coach I can see bringing the Browns back to respectability is The Chin aka Bill Cowher. What saddens me most about Crennel's mental ineptitude is that he's off of the same coaching tree that gave us The Hoodie. I guess Crennel can now be called, The Dummy.
Fun. Moving along...
- A few days ago, I read the Sports Guy say that there were six title contenders in the NBA right now. Six. Now, me personally, I don't really like handicapping contenders so early in the season. Aside from last year's NBA finalists, the Celts and Lakers, none are ready until they show me that what we're seeing now is what we'll see in April and beyond. Do I think Cleveland's going to do the unthinkable and actually win its division? Nope. I fully expect Detroit to pull it together as they always do and catch Cleveland in the standings, ensuring that the Cavs could conceivably get the Green Machine in the second round. Oh and since I'm sure most of you are dying to know, what are my thoughts on LBJ's impending free agency? Here's my thoughts...
Ask me on July 1st, 2010. Seriously folks, what the fuck? I mean, it's like damn near all with LBJ included, are ready to just flip the calendar forward to July 2010 and let the auction begin. While I'm sure a ton of teams will have freed up cap space by that time to make LeBron an offer, only a handful actually have a chance of pulling him. Money will not be as big an issue as most believe, especially if LeBron's still ringless by the Summer of 2010. It's about going to a team that's going to put him in the best position to join Magic, Jordan, Bird, Pippen and others as the only men to win both an NBA title and Olympic gold. Oh and why are folks overlooking D-Wade as a free agent? I mean, did he not lead the Heat to a title just three seasons ago? Is he not a Finals MVP? Why isn't Flash getting the same billing that LeBron (just a really good player who has Olympic gold, but no Finals bling like Wade) is? Note, that's rhetorical, it doesn't need to be answered.
Just remember, this is my opinion, I might be right. :-)
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