Critical Analysis of RG3 by a former Redskin

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/11/19/chris-cooley-rgiii-was-so-bad-i-cant-assess-the-rest-of-the-redskins-offense/

Chris Cooley gives detailed reasons why Robert has regressed. The article adds photographic evidence.

It’s not pretty but it is honest and fair.

BTFL Weekly Commentary – Week 8 – WE’RE HALFWAY HOME

Welcome to Week 8 of Weekly Commentary…There was a lull there between weeks but I needed to will my squad back to .500. Now that I’m there after a few nailbiters, I’m ready to type some product…..I never said it’d be consistent, folks. Never once promised such a thing. But we’re both glad something’s up…me writing and you reading…So let’s hold hands and tiptoe through the bullets, shall we?

 

• I didn’t forget about Joseph Randle. Please understand that I could never forget about that buffoon.

Randle was arrested for stealing Polo underwear and cologne. Would you like to know what the name of the cologne was?

oh, the irony

THEN the arrest video leaks and he finds a way to throw a couple of teammates under the bus, mentioning how they’re still free even though they did some stuff too…http://deadspin.com/cowboys-rb-joseph-randle-cracked-jokes-in-jail-asked-f-1652772787

And then he fumbled the ball on Monday Night? If only he held onto the ball with as strong a grip as he held onto that tester cologne and 2pack of underwear…oh well!

• I love how the media tries to praise the new coach when an old coach gets a pink slip via interoffice mail. Jim Harbaugh’s riding the Singletary wave, Trestman’s ridden the Lovie Smith wave for a season and change and Jim Caldwell is currently hanging ten for the Detroit Lions riding Jim Schwartz’s roster from last year. There have been some improvements for this team (especially their record!) but as we saw in London, this team makes it hard for itself. A team with this kind of swarming defense is dancing perilously close to the edge. I’m trying not to lose my head about these Lions because they’re succeeding despite a lot of fumbles, foibles and tomfoolery (AND I own Megatron in a few leagues so I NEED the production) but giving all praise to Jim Caldwell for “righting the ship” and “turning this around” is media spin. This is the talk that gets fans’ hopes up for future seasons and when he faces some true adversity, ol’ Stoneface McGee won’t be able to make it work and next thing we know, he’ll be an analyst on some fifth rate sports show…

 

• LOL @ the New York Jets display versus Buffalo, on offense of course. Rex and the gang can’t put a functional passing offense on the field for consecutive weeks. No matter how good Geno looked versus the Packers way back when and versus the Patriots that Thursday night, he just doesn’t look like he’s got what it takes to lead New York to the playoffs…hell…he can’t lead them to a winning record. And now with Percy Harvin in the fold, the Jets know how the Seahawks felt those first few weeks of the season. Forcing the issue to your speedy new playmaker isn’t going to help offensive continuity. Decker, Ivory, Amaro and Kerley should be the main focus with Percy sprinkled in as a decoy early to throw teams off but NOPE. Marty Evening-wheg just HAS to make Percy the focal point while New York continues to look like fecal matter. Is there a chance they win another game this season? Their fans sure hope so…

 

• If I see another person blow their ACL while celebrating a sack….Lamarr Houston, what are you doing? What’s the point of doing a sack celebration when your team’s getting washed like a townhouse in the suburbs? C’mon now. At least Stephen Tulloch got Aaron Rodgers in the 1st half…SMH

• Colt McCoy is lord and host. King of Kings. His rightful place is on the golden throne, decreeing that we’re not worthy of looking him directly in the eye…..wait…Aren’t we supposed to give oral congress to every backup QB to RG3 when they succeed? No? Oh….

 

• Jerry Jones has a pair on him. Swooping down to the field like a vulture and flapping his leathery wings around, he basically forced Jason Garrett’s hand in putting Tony Romo back into the game. Romo wasn’t healthy after his back injury (DUH!) and lacked zip on his throws upon his return. But he shouldn’t have been in the game to begin with. If Dallas trusted the “process”, they’d hike the ball and hand off to Murray and pass only when they needed to. That’s been the motto so far this season and once the lights are brightest, you revert back to old Cowboy football. SMART. I’m not guaranteeing victory if Brandon Weeden stayed in and just handed the ball off but putting Romo back in endangered him to more danger from the Redskin blitzers and could put him out for MUCH longer. Jerry couldn’t see the forest. He just wanted to chop down that one tree SO BAD…

• J.J. Watt chastising Zach Mettenberger for taking selfies prior to the game reeks of that “get off my lawn and pull up your pants, youngster” guy…I”d give him the sack celebration but the postgame commentary left a sour taste in my mouth…like a swig of hydrogen peroxide.

• Well, well, well…the teardown of the Seahawks doesn’t seem to be working so well, does it? What have I heard the past few weeks? Percy Harvin is cuffing up his teammates and it got swept under the rug, Russell Wilson’s too close to the front office, isn’t “black” enough, and needs to curb his endorsements going forward. ANYONE who has a catch against Richard Sherman is described with Smithsonian detail. Every turnover is a potential backbreaker and every yard any team gains is ONE YARD TOO MANY.

OH NOES, SEATTLE IS IN TROUBLE!

Hold on, brethren

Stop it, cinco. The Seahawks will be fine going forward, barring injury.  I think that’s the only thing that could derail this season for them. Injury. The sabotage that’s coming from outside reeks of jealousy and envy. The Seahawks may have a likable figure as the “face” of the franchise (Russell Wilson) but Seattle’s a bunch of heels to everyone else. No one likes Pete Carroll. Marshawn isn’t a teddybear. Sherman’s mouthy ways don’t rub people the right way. The Seahawk style of play (physical, heavy on intimidation on both sides of the ball) is one people don’t always embrace. So anything that looks like a loose thread gets pulled with the force of an Olympic strongman. Leave them alone, media. Because you might be only fueling them for the 2nd half of the season.

• Please get LaDainian off of my night time football analysis shows. PLEASE. If you won’t do it for me, NFL Network, do it for the children! Yeah he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to running the ball but his “insight” on why certain teams are successful make me cringe. I heard him give props to Heath Miller for the Steelers success this season. HEATH MILLER.

take me now. I’m ready to go

 

• Last but not least…I’m excited by all of this rookie production @ the WR position this season.  Kelvin Benjamin, Benjamin Cooks, Martavis Bryant, Donte Moncrief, Mike Evans are just the tip of the iceberg so far…That’s a testament to these players being athletic marvels with rare measurables (speed, catch radius, etc) who are on teams where stats are piling up like junk mail by the front door.

But I’m a little wary for the veteran wide receivers going forward and their salaries going forward. Why?

Let’s look @ running backs for a second. What happened to the value of the veteran running back? Outside of a few outliers, the running back position is expected to be immediately successful VERY early on… and what does that provide an organization? CHEAP LABOR. I hate to look at players that way but trust me, these 32 teams have called them worse…Anyhoo…back to the point…So these teams get cheap labor and veteran running backs, who were once key pieces to any offense are now seen as expendable pieces.  And what do expendable pieces get paid? Yeah, you guessed it. Not much. Excuses are made: they don’t speed to the edge, no more burst, can’t pick up the blitz anymore, can’t move the pile, they’re injury prone, etc…and that stops the money from rolling in.

So a league that relies so much on a key position has managed to take the money out of the position. Interesting.

So I worry about wide receivers going forward. Let a couple big name WR’s get paid and then flop while the rookies coming into the league start showing out early. Watch the narrative change. Watch how teams don’t need a clear cut number one receiver anymore because they’ve got 3-4 guys who can do it all…So guys expecting to get paid like Calvin Johnson are going to get paid like Stevie Johnson. And the excuses will start rolling in for them too: can’t get off press, too slow, unreliable hands, always injured, can’t run routes, no speed, not as effective as his younger counterparts…

I don’t claim to know it all like Clarissa nor do I believe this is a conspiracy to keep the QB position swimming in money like Scrooge McDuck..All I ask is that you keep an eye out. That’s all I ask…If I’m right, you know where you read it first.

 

All right all. It’s been real but I must go and make the most of the day ahead of me.

And like the Lakers season (YES, ALREADY!)

Boozer is starting? LOL

I AM DONE.

The Commish

 

 

NFL Weekly Commentary – Week 5

Another week, another slew of NFL games that deserve commentary for stuff on and off the field….Let’s dive right in, shall we?

• These Thursday Night games have to go. Week 1 was interesting for a half but since then? Blowouts. Nothing but blowouts. These matchups aren’t competitive! And I know these look cool on paper, being divisional matchups and all but once one team gets up two touchdowns, there are no adjustments made or not enough made..I say they abolish the Thursday night games and go back to how it used to be…Give us our games on Sunday and Monday from Week 1 till Thanksgiving….and then play Thursday games from Thanksgiving on. I don’t need 12 weeks of subpar weeknight football and I don’t want to worry about volatile fantasy football results either …If I wanted to see terrible team sports on weeknight,  the Knicks season is forthcoming….

 

• Should the Niners have kept Alex Smith? Short answer? No. Longer answer? Kaepernick may get a little squirrelly with the ball sometime but Alex Smith couldn’t beat the Packers like Colin did in the playoffs. Smith versus the Seahawk defense? No thank you. Alex looks good with top flight talent around him but if it’s all on his shoulders to move the ball down the field, he’s not capable of getting the job done…Media types? Stop the madness. Just Alex Smith has one good game on national TV, you want to crown him as lord and host?

 

• Charlotte Lucas of Lucas Oil rants about minorities on her Facebook page…SMH…http://www.theindychannel.com/news/call-6-investigators/charlotte-lucas-facebook-rant-about-minorities-raises-eyebrows

 

• I watched that Patriot blitzkrieg of the Bengals and I came away more upset at Marvin Lewis’s team. Yes, Belichick had his guys come out with intensity and New England got up quick on Cincinnati but Marvin Lewis HAS to be better prepared for that. He has to know…that to be taken seriously as a contender in the league…to be considered favorites in the AFC North…they had to put the Patriots back on the mat. They had the talent on both sides of the ball and Hue Jackson had some calls at the ready for the Pats and their vaunted secondary. They were running the ball at a decent clip as well but when they had some spots to take shots, the gun backfired…the clip fell out…or their aim was faulty. And I can’t help but keep the blame finger pointed @ Marvin. Personnel (Gresham, ugh…) and gameplan (why no aggressive gameplan from the start on defense?) are two things he’s in charge of and he let Bill Belichick’s team Electric Slide up and down the field…SMH

 

• The Tennessee Titans have got to be kidding me with that performance versus the Browns. Up 25 and they lost?  I thought all the praise for Ken Whisenhunt in San Diego guaranteed the Titans would turn it around in short order but they keep finding ways to lose. That offense should be better and that defense isn’t doing enough even though they’ve got one of the better defensive minds on staff.  Oh well…what am I upset about anyway? The division was giftwrapped for Andrew Luck from the beginning so expecting any of the other teams (Houston & Jacksonville included) to be any competition was foolish on my part.

 

• The Jets haven’t reached pitiful status yet but they surely put up a Patriots vs Kansas City type of performance versus the Chargers Sunday. There are a few problems for them (lack of talent @ WR and in the secondary, spotty QB play and uninspired play-calling) which affect the few things they can do right (defend the run and running the ball..) As we saw this weekend, Mike Vick will NOT be the savior he was in Philadelphia, so Jets fans better hope things get better for them. I can easily see them losing their next 5 games. EASILY. And firing Rex Ryan will not turn this thing around. They might as well let him ride the year out while scouring the waivers and practice squads for talent.

 

• LOL @ Jim Caldwell’s Lions. How a 3-2 team that has so much going for it can find a way to lose to a Kyle Orton-led Buffalo Bills team is baffling. I know Jim Schwartz laughed his head off @ each missed FG and each injured player limping off the field. We’ll see how Detroit looks going forward…all that talent that’s on paper isn’t on the field like we all thought. Can Caldwell scheme these guys up and get them on the right track?

 

• Seattle was looking forward to Dallas and mailed that 2nd half in versus Washington but can we get some more praise on Russell Wilson’s (Proud owner in the BTFL!) plate? He doesn’t have the stats of the elite passers of our days but he rarely makes bad throws, can do you dirty in and out of the pocket and has put some plays on film this season that are top ten worthy…Every team that needed a QB and passed on him should hang their heads very low like sweet chariots but we have to admit that the combination of Russell, Pete Carroll and Darrell Bevell (the offensive co-ordinator) is a top trio in this league. But keep your eyes to the horizon for Seattle…Marshawn won’t be back because Seattle won’t pay him with Russell deserving a raise. Plus the Seahawks have to let a few other top talents walk in the offseason because they’ve maximized their value with stellar play on the field…Reloading that roster is a concern for next season and beyond. For now, let’s enjoy Russell and what he does for the rest of the season.

 

• …I’m all for NFL stars getting work after their careers are done but I need these former player commentators that go on network TV or the NFL Network to get some INTENSIVE training behind the scenes. Whatever it takes…public speaking, English classes, speech therapy, an emphasis on diction and pronunciation..SOMETHING. It’s almost like the networks are setting these guys up for failure! So you’re saying I’ve got to get my post game commentary/analysis/highlight breakdowns late on Sunday night from LaDainian Tomlinson and Michael Irvin, who are NOTORIOUS for butchering standard English?

I’m almost at a point now when I think back to the days of Emmitt Smith and wonder was he really that bad? (Spoiler: He was..)

• Jacksonville is getting more pub for its pool and its mascot than the product on the field…smh. Blake Bortles and Gus Bradley are a start but they need more and more talent on that roster to be relevant. Byron Leftwich must be rolling over in his grave…

 

And like the Oregon Ducks chances at winning the National Championship, I’m done…

The Commish

BTFL Breakdown ’13 – Week 5

I know there’s a “format” that is kind of expected but the only thing that can be expected  from here on out is Kate Upton’s bountiful bosom at the bottom of the post, heaving up and down as she whispers breathily….let me stay on task here!!!

Let’s try to do things a little different this week….by throwing a bit of a curveball

Call Kershaw Cool Breeze! Watch fot that Hook!!!

We all know who won or lost their respective games by how much…so let’s go in a different direction a bit…with a little real-world comparison and  a little bit of prognostication going forward…

I don’t know about you but there are times when I feel like my fantasy team sometimes mirrors the trajectory of a real life team.  One could assume I’m merely superstitious, watching WAY too much football, grasping @ straws or letting my imagination get the best of me…

I dunno about all that but I think there is a correlation…

What I also find weird is that we might have a player from the real NFL team that our fake fantasy team resembles!

Don’t believe me?

How about this…Let me put on my Miss Cleo headwrap on

wha gwan bredren? lemme see what tings a-gwan!!!

and look into my crystal ball

Twinkie the Kid: Eli Manning/Brandon Myers

I see Dunkin Donuts ads….I see Alex Rodriguez wiping his tears with 100 dollar bills, while he continues to inject dope into his body at an alarming rate….I see a washed up shortstop who needs to retire with a 2 on his back…I see LaLa Anthony in something skimpy ….yesssssss….then I see her show on VH1….ugggggggggggggghhhh….I see a shrugging QB who got lucky in 2 Super Bowls….It’s ironic that a team like yours has Eli Manning on the roster (for the time being) because your team is just like the New York Giants. Definitely got some talent on the roster, in name and in production, but you keep getting bitten by the turnover bug and some questionable play calls. You’ve also taken 4 teams’ best shots!..Luckily for you, our league is similar to the NFC East…No one’s run away with the league and even though you’ve got a chance slimmer than the width of a Post It note, you still have a chance..

Man With the Moat: Pierre Garcon

I see Adidas ads…Subway ads about eating fresh….I see a redfaced head coach who promotes nepotism…..I see an owner who thinks a racist team name is cool because it’s been around for 80 years when things were TOTALLY DIFFERENT, YOU YUTZ!!!…..I see Clinton Portis in a wig and stupid glasses……Your team feels like a Washington Redskins squad….minus all the racial issues over team name and all…Also chock full of talent and running Pierre Garcon on a variety of patterns…You also have a record not indicative of the talent level of your team but there’s always a chance you could turn it around and turn it around in short order…and that’s all you really want, isn’t it?

LXG: C.J. Spiller

I see a chunky man shrieking @ the top of his lungs….talking about circling some damn wagons….I see good running backs leaving this place year after year….I see wings…lots and lots of wings….I see Brad Smith earning a paycheck and not really playing…..You’re looking the Buffalo Bills right now…and that’s not only due to ownership of CJ Spiller….Issues @ the QB situation could be costly for your team’s overall chance of success…There’s some speed in the backfield and some talent down the seams but the talent on the outside? Not so sure it can beat pressure from your opponent’s secondary…

On 3 Ready Break: Arian Foster

I’m seeing taken benefits because a certain somebody was hungry so he decides to call his coach for some food or he’d be “up to something”…..I see Dwight Howard already looking to leave this city before his contract ends….I see a ghastly baseball team with a greatly named DH on the team capable of hitting 40HR’s with more playing time…..I also see David Carr, franchise QB…LMFAO……..Definitely getting a Houston Texan vibe from this team….a little bit of underachieving….a couple things go your way and you could be 5-0/4-1 but there have been a few bumps in the road for you. No pick-sixes to sink your team like Matt Schaub has done to the real-life HOU squad but these close losses have to sting a little bit…but you’ve got a shot @ getting back in it once every 7 days

18-1: James Jones

I see Antonio Freeman by the side of the road selling cheddar wheels for rent money….Javon Walker @ a homeless shelter…Donald Driver with a syringe and some PEDs….Mark Chmura with a portable hard drive full of that pornography..I see a QB wearing Wrangler Jeans who should retire but didn’t because he’s a sucker who thinks he runs the entire town and now he’s out of town and a new sheriff is in town, tossing the pigskin around better than he EVER did…..A Green Bay Packers vibe…your team is definitely a high scoring unit poised to strike and lay waste to the rest of the league in the matchups go your way. If anyone looks @ your record and thinks lightly of your team, I feel sorry for them…I think there’s only one direction for your team and that’s up…

Absolute Chaos: Jordan Cameron/Willis McGahee

I see Drew Carey….Terry Francona….Albert Belle….Kenny Lofton….Jim Thome….Derek Anderson and Banana Hands Braylon Edwards during his best season ever as a pro…Webster Slaughter….I see a balding young man of great stature and ability leaving this city for Miami…I see another balding man, coming in to stunt a team’s growth offensively with his defense only style of coaching….Don’t leave, Kyrie…..Earnest Byner, is that you in the spiritual plane?….Cleveland Browns…No one thought you were tanking the season with 2 early losses but with 3 wins in a row, you’ve turned your season around and the league has taken notice, especially with you averaging WELL over 200 points the past 3 weeks! You are definitely rolling…

Give Me Some Room: Reggie Bush/Joique Bell

I see Kim Kardashian…Ray J….some Burberry patterns….wait…no….let me look again…I see a Triple Crown Winner and an MVP….I see a bum ass Pistons team….I see Joe Dumars, draped in hookers, laughing @ his photos of his team’s owner in a compromising position, the only thing that’s allowing him to still be a GM of a basketball team……I see Matt Leinart washing this guy’s car for spare change…..No I see a hurdled member of the Bears….Speed on Speed on Speed….Misused in Miami, let go too soon in New Orleans……Detroit Lions, easy….I hit a little bit of a rough patch and lost two in a row in atrocious fashion but I’m out here tryna come up youse guise….Can’t get left behind in all the commotion like a kid in a department store…Got to find my way up the ladder somehow, someway

Mash Out Posse: Marshawn Lynch

I see Skittles…a beastly human being that tramples cornerbacks and wimpy arm tackles….the number 24…..I see the future of quarterbacking…I see an overpaid WR working the slot…I see Curt Warner…and I see Shaun Alexander….I see a horrible, horrible face…I see a smug head coach with salt colored hair and a salty disposition, who isn’t afraid to run up the score on you but then when it happens to him, he cries in the media…….Definitely a Seattle Seahawk feel as here…Definitely getting wins (including a spanking of your esteemed blog author) but somehow under the radar a bit…Also some big names not performing @ the level they did last year, which keeps the scores down a bit but the wins are still coming….

The Other Guys: Brandon Marshall

Hmmm……I’m seeing George Wendt on SNL with sunglasses, drinking beer..I see Bill Wennington, Will Perdue and Luc Longley, swimming in women with their own condominiums…..I see Jim McMahon, with a headband and sunglasses…I see a PG coming back from a knee injury that normally takes a person one year and he took damn near two just to coincide with a promotional campaign from his shoe company and he still won’t be MVP in the league as long as LeBron is in it……I see a tall freakish WR with great ability after the catch and 2TDs versus a suspect NY Giant secondary….I also know you’re a Browns fan but you’ve got more in common with the Chicago Bears…Gunslinging QB, B-Marsh on the outside as your top target and good talent all over the roster…will the lack of depth in the pass game end up being costly down the road? Will you be the real deal or will you be counterfeit?

G.O.M.A.B.: Stephen Gostkowski

Definitely seeing a hoodie, a headset, a scowling face….and a spy camera with Eric Mangini disposing of evidence and ending up on ESPN because he snitched on the Kraft gang…I’m seeing a tatted up young Hispanic male throwing away an opportunity….I see an injury report with the entire team marked as “questionable”….I see a Brazilian woman married to the epitome of hotness wearing Ugg Boots and Under Armour everywhere else…I also see jealousy from every other human being on earth for this man…I also see a castle with a moat…I see Randy Moss being traded because he wanted some money and the Kraft family being too damn cheap to pay him what he deserved……Yep, that’s a New England type of vibe…Clairvoyant like a mother! Not that impressive if you balance the record with the talent on the field. Dealing with injury & underperforming for some real important pieces Least impressive of the 4-1’s and the formerly unbeaten squad faces some tough tests down the road….Can they get it together and pull themselves up by the bootstraps or will he be getting his Felix Baumgartner on going forward?

Whew!

All that time spent in the spiritual realm, all for free?

You should thank me for this…Not everybody is able to get this type of service for FREE, dog….

A quick look @ Week 6

There is the small chance that we could have FIVE teams all @ 4-2, creating a big ole traffic jam @ the top of the standings…All the 4-1 teams have their hands full with some dangerous opponents, both high scoring and looking at some CHOICE (no Tashard) matchups…Me? I need this dub versus LXG so i can keep pace and Twinkie is trying to avoid getting another axe from the Hostess Corporation….so he can stay on the shelves, if you catch my drift…

And with that, we reach the end of another blog post, full of wit, mirth and humorous tidbits. Let’s keep the competition fierce, the waiver wire pickups plentiful and the trade offers fair and equal, unless someone out there offers you a beaut that you just can’t pass up!

Until next week, folks!

Holla @ em, Kate!

it’s a wrap!

BTFL Breakdown ’13: Week 2

I spoke too damn soon, apparently.

Week 1, I say Yahoo’s automated recaps are harder to find.

Week 2, they found some space for on the main league page to put both the matchup breakdowns AND their new-fangled breakdowns of the ENTIRE league!

I can NOT deal with this!

But you know what?  No worries. I’m good.

This’ll be the last mention of the inferior product…

Let’s get back to bidness….what you all clicked that link for…the BREAKDOWNS!

Another high-scoring week on record. I think we all have got to keep expecting big numbers early in the season. These defenses are porous, the passing offenses have the advantage and even with all the injuries, the scores are still high. Toss in the fact that no one is on bye yet and we can expect more of this during Week 3 @ the very least.

There was one close shave this week

between Mash Out and On 3.

On 3 got off to a good start with Jay Cutler and Randall Cobb leading the charge…but had the major misfortune of having both of his flex RBs bow out early in their respective contests. Brandon Meriweather clanged his helmet into Eddie Lacy’s jawbone

and Steven Jackson had a thigh injury, stretching out for a TD on the opening drive….SMH. What a mess.

Mash Out got PPR produce from Julian Edelman, Calvin Johnson and Victor “Penelope” Cruz…but he had a lot of produce on the bench. The Black Unicorn didn’t take too kindly to being benched…

But once again, Sunday Night Football is like the American government for Mash Out….NOTHING BUT BAIL OUTS!

It didn’t come from his one eyebrow having QB…it was Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch carrying the mail to the tune of 33 points, scoring 3 touchdowns @ home with ease.

On 3 had 2 horses still in the stable for Monday night being down less than 30…but the Steelers always find a way to put the clamps on the Bengals, statistically speaking that is.

So Mash Out Posse manages to escape with a 10 point W.

Victory was his.

Another victor Sunday night was G.O.M.A.B., who was trailing Absolute Chaos before Sunday night’s festivities and ended up winning by 13 points due to the crushing performance of that Seattle defense…SF is still in the cold tub, trying to get that beating out of their bodies!

Absolute had the rare bad Drew Brees game against a divisional opponent (even with Jimmy Graham beasting out, AGAIN!), and some subpar integers from Reggie Wayne, Rod Streater, the St. Louis defense and Mike Williams.

If Absolute could have the opportunity, he’d love to get his bench mob involved…

…he might’ve had a shot @ victory! Most of his production was on the pine!

Sometimes that’s how it goes. One week you play everybody and match your optimal lineup, then one week  you set your roster and your entire bench blows up like a mug…

Van Damage gets bestowed another unfortunate award this week…The Continental Breakfast Award

….due to Brent Celek’s lack of scoring.  A zero against The Other Guys was simply no good.  Anquan Boldin almost joined him, thanks to Richard Sherman’s tight coverage, but he managed a single reception for 7 yards.

The Other Guys scored a league high 170 points, led by Aaron Rodgers’ decimation of the Redskin secondary, Brandon Marshall’s continued production from last season and the New England defense clamping down on that pedestrian New York Jet offense last Thursday. What a performance!

welp…..moving forward…

LXG clipped Man with the Moat’s wings in their matchup and it all fell on Tom Brady’s less than stellar Thursday performance.

Started from the bottom with no real veteran presence @ receiver outside of Julian Edelman….

,,,,and kinda stayed at the bottom after that 1st drive.  Drops, weather and poorly run routes, really got to Tom

 

Maybe next week, Tommy. You get a tasty matchup against Tampa Bay….with Revis Island….

and last but not least…my 3 celebratory postings for my W vs. 18-1….I better choose wisely….I have a limited amount of space and so many .gifs to choose from…

got away with not starting Vick…whew

 

stylin on you

 

A quick look @ Week 3’s matchups:

Mash Out Posse versus G.O.M.A.B. should be an INTERESTING matchup….the “unofficial” Santonio Holmes bowl….winner of this one goes to 3-0 on the season…a definite feather in the cap….

Give Me Some Room and The Other Guys also look to avoid blemishes on their records and stay perfect on the young season.

LXG and On 3 look to go above .500 while Van Damage, Man With the Moat, Absolute Chaos and 18-1 look to get off the schneid and get a check in the win column.

And with that, we reach the end of another blog post, full of wit, mirth and humorous tidbits. Let’s keep the competition fierce, the waiver wire pickups plentiful and the trade offers fair and equal, unless someone out there offers you a beaut that you just can’t pass up!

Until next week, folks!

it’s a wrap!

Things the Media Says That Irk Me: RG III Should Be Benched

During the delay of the San Fran/Seattle game, NBC decided to kick it back to the studio with Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison.

Florio can kick rocks too but he’ll probably irk me down the line….today is about the middle three mugs

I cannot stand this trio on television and do my best NOT to watch them because I end up infuriated by a comment they make about an NFL player.

But I was on the phone, trying my best not to pay them any mind during their recap of Week 2’s games.

A few minutes into the package, I hear Dan Patrick ask Dungy and Harrison a question about RGIII…

I’m paraphrasing because I don’t remember the question word for word..

But it was along the lines of “Should the Redskins bench Robert Griffin the Third?”

And Tony Dungy said yes!

Sombrero Cat is confused

I then went online and found a quote, courtesy of Chris Burke from Sports Illustrated:

“I’m not sure Kirk Cousins wouldn’t run this offense better,” NBC’s Tony Dungy said during a weather delay of Sunday night’s 49ers-Seahawks game. Dungy made that comment after pointing out how Griffin has been relegated to staying in the pocket, either by blitzes from opposing defenses or his own physical limitations in coming back from that injury.

Dungy’s colleague, ex-NFL star Rodney Harrison agreed, arguing that a fully healthy Kirk Cousins would be an upgrade over “a 75 percent RGIII.”

Congratulations on stirring up the shit, NBC! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yes, the Redskins are not playing well right now.

They’ve given up 33 and 38 points in consecutive weeks, coughing up over 1000 yards in total offense in the process.

They’ve started slowly in both games, with a combined halftime deficit of 50-7….

And this all falls on Robert Griffin?

As soon as I heard Dungy say that nonsense, I put the person I was talking to on hold and flew into a rage, screaming at the TV like Sam Kinison stepping on a Lego piece with my bare feet.

His comments are beyond ridiculous!

The reason why this team is 0-2 is not solely on Robert’s shoulders. The defensive personnel is not built to handle high powered offensive teams. Their best two players are pass rushing LB’s who can terrorize opposing teams when Washington is up comfortably. The corners are below average, and in DeAngelo Hall’s case, overrated. The safeties? I’d feel safer letting Stevie Wonder give me a lineup in the barber’s chair. London Fletcher can only do so much!

Also at fault is the offensive strategy the team employs. Last season, RG3 had the threat of the run or the pass. Zone-read from the pistol and defenses couldn’t key in on Robert because he had three options once the ball was hiked.  Now all he does is hand off or drop back and pass. Which makes the Redskins hella predictable! And when you become predictable, the defenses can key in on you and take away whatever you’re trying to do.

I’ll admit Robert’s mechanics look rusty. He’s not planting when he throws and his passes lack the touch and precision they had last season. He’s not hitting his guys in stride or hitting that deep ball with ANY consistency.

But he can play the position right now, in his condition.  Watching him with my own two, I’ve seen him move around and he does not look to be hindered that much. What I see is him scraping the rust off from not having a preseason to work on timing, work on precision and work on getting a feel for his team.

 

This bullshit about playing Kirk Cousins is simply that. Bullshit.

I blame NBC for airing this Football Night in America crap and I blame whoever fed Dan Patrick this trash in his earpiece to ask Tony and Rodney…I hate that this is even a talking point that had to make its rounds on national networks, social media and television!

Pictured: NBC honchos @ work behind the scenes

Washington is now gun shy because they took a big public relations hit for playing RG3 @ way less than 100 percent, with a torn LCL, MORE LIGAMENT DAMAGE, and a bulky knee brace on a TERRIBLE FIELD.

Now they want to put him bubble wrap inside of a inflatable ball with a procession of down feathers all around him.

It’s not going to work that way, Shanahan brigade.

The old phrase that the media loves to throw out there is that “When things go well, the QB gets more praise than he deserves and when they don’t, the QB gets more blame than he deserves….”

 It’d be nice if the media wouldn’t go out there and add more instances of that to the archives.

Tell us the story as it is. Explain what the fuck is going on and explain it in such a way that makes sense. Trying to stir up a controversy, trying to make RG3 seem like he’s the problem is NOT THE ANSWER.

I see y’all NBC…..I see y’all

I want one of these ASAP….

RG3’s Knee: My 2 Cents

 

I’ve wrestled with this for a while now. I’ve heard opinions from a few sources that I respect and I’ve factored in my own feelings here…so here goes nothing…

I didn’t see the injury live but I saw it on replay a couple of times and it’s hard to watch from certain angles. Seeing RG3’s knee bending in a way that’s not natural hurts me as a fan of football. You never want to see someone you are a fan of hurt himself on the field like this. You can deal with sprained ankles, a thumb hitting a helmet…something they can shake off, tape up and get back on the field to play with but seeing him pitch forward like he did and not be able to make a move for the ball that he’d just fumbled….just plain hurts. It may not hurt as much as Robert’s knee does but you catch my drift here.

I have beef with two nouns in this Redskin scenario….so let’s do this one by one..

My first beef is with the football player mentality.

That football mentality is all about showing grit, toughness and determination in the face of your opponent and even if you’re hurt, you’ve got to push ahead through no matter what. The idea that it’s such a great thing to go out there at less than 100% percent and gut it out for a victory, at no matter the cost to you personally.

I understand the idea of playing through pain. We’ve all gone out to the basketball court, one time or another, and gotten hurt somehow. Maybe a jammed finger going after a loose ball, a rolled ankle coming down from a layup or a rebound, a scrape falling to the asphalt…you’ve felt the pain that comes with it but you get up, shake it off, and you’re back out there, having fun…

From watching the NFL for as long as I have, I’ve learned that these players are out here playing through more than just sprained ankles and jammed fingers. They’re out there with nerve damage from stingers, concussions, strained ligaments, torn groin muscles, torn biceps/triceps/pectorals, broken fingers and/or hands….it’s crazy out there!

I’ve also learned that the injuries they’re playing with could cost the team wins and themselves a shot at providing for themselves and their loved ones down the road because their bodies end up failing them. The very injury that you’re trying to play through could be the very reason you get released in the offseason…..

Robert Griffin showed toughness to his teammates and the fans by gutting out an LCL injury. However, that need to play hurt cost his team a shot at victory. It could also cost him down the road if his knee injury turns out to be very serious.

The NFL brainwashes its players with a mix of loyalty to team (that doesn’t always reward it) and a determination to play….with an extreme fear of losing one’s job at the drop of a hat. These guys run out onto the field with injuries that would cripple mere mortals just to show their employers…”Hey, guys! I’m putting it all on the line for you!” when they could be replaced in a year’s time by a young draft pick in the 5th round..

(Sounds a LOT like the military….doesn’t it….?)

If there was no money in playing football, playing hurt to earn the respect of your teammates has some appeal. But once you involve dinero, things get dicey because motives become ulterior. Owners have to get money back on their investments. It stops being just about team and more about business, livelihoods and staying employed…..but I digress….

My second beef is with Mike Shanahan.

 

Late in the 1st quarter, when  scrambling to his right and trying to throw a pass across his body to Pierre Garcon , he planted on his right foot and that injured knee buckled a bit. His back hit the grass,  off popped his helmet and he looked to be in some major discomfort. RG3 eventually got up, limped back to the huddle slowly, and proceeded to throw a touchdown pass 2 plays later.

The Redskins were up 14-0 over the Seahawks.

And Shanahan should’ve taken him out.

No one doubts the ability of Robert Griffin III. No one doubts his desire to help the team win. We’ve seen him get his bell rung Week 5 during the Falcons game and come back the following week. After Haloti Ngata bent his knee awkwardly with a diving hit 4 Sundays ago, we all saw Griffin’s toughness, with him hobbling back onto the field to lead the team toward the endzone.

In that game versus the Ravens, Shanahan was forced to take RG3 out of the game when the pain became too much and he turned to Kirk Cousins, who pulled out a win for the Redskins.

That happened on Sunday too but Kirk Cousins couldn’t save them this time.

Maybe he thought lightning could strike twice in the same stadium?

 

I feel Shanahan should have stepped in to save Robert from himself. That football player mentality is strong in him….like the Force. If left to his own devices, RG3 would’ve limped out onto the field, hobbling around like Fred G. Sanford, trying his damnedest to run the offense…..knowing full well he didn’t have speed to run to the outside on designed runs or step into ANY of his throws, which diminished his accuracy for the rest of the game.  Because that’s the only way he knows how to play the game. Going all out till they have to drag you off the field….

Shanahan should’ve done what a referee in boxing does after someone hits the canvas. Look him over, see that he couldn’t do what the team needed him to do and sit him down and thank him for everything he’s given to the Redskins for the season…Sit him down and live to play another game. What’s one game when you might not have him potentially for a season?

This situation reminds me of the NFC championship game between the Bears and the Packers when Jay Cutler didn’t come out and play the 2nd half of the game due to a sprained MCL and he got RIPPED for it.. I mean DESTROYED. Fellow NFL players were calling out his toughness, the media had his cojones in a vice and they were applying major pressure. Lovie Smith and Jay’s fellow Bears stuck up for him big time and eventually that pressure died down and went away…

Looking back on that moment and comparing it to Sunday, I have to give major kudos to the absolute SMARTS of Lovie to buck conventional football thought and take the player out if he’s hurting regardless of situation. Lovie may have known that Cutler was the best shot he had at winning the game but with him not being able to play the way he needed, the best bet was to roll with the backup. Shanahan could definitely learn something from that.

(yes, I am aware that the Bears got steamrolled by the Packers with Caleb Hanie leading the offense…just making a point…)

The idea of being dragged off the field like an exhausted warrior who gave it his all is much better fantasy to visualize when you think back on a player’s career. But that’s all it really is.

A fantasy.

And I’m gone….

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