Sunday, February 5, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Super Bowl Prediction Giants 37 Patriots 24
With the Super Bowl coming up, I can't help but throw my prediction out there with everyone else's. With two east coast teams playing for it all, ratings this year should be very high and commercials will likely underwhelm expectations (I hope I'm wrong on that).
I believed before the NFC and AFC championships that the winner of the NFC would also be the winner of the Super Bowl. I still believe that even though I incorrectly predicted the winner (NFC Prediction, AFC Prediction).
I think Brady will spend a lot of time uncomfortable in the pocket and the Patriots won't score 30 points. The Giants defense will come alive and Victor Cruz will have a huge game.
I believed before the NFC and AFC championships that the winner of the NFC would also be the winner of the Super Bowl. I still believe that even though I incorrectly predicted the winner (NFC Prediction, AFC Prediction).
I think Brady will spend a lot of time uncomfortable in the pocket and the Patriots won't score 30 points. The Giants defense will come alive and Victor Cruz will have a huge game.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Pro Bowl or Flag Football?
Despite being a huge football fan, I've never watched a Pro Bowl. So this year, I was looking forward to watching the best of the NFL. What I had't realized was that I'd be tuning in to watch the highest paid flag football game of my life. What a joke!
The Pro Bowl has a real problem when fans in Hawaii, who never see NFL football at home, are booing because tacklers are being 'gentle' with the running backs. The fans don't want to see that. I couldn't even get myself to the end of the first half.
Anybody else feel like they were watching Dancing with the Stars while watching the lineman?
Stop playing this game. Fans are excited after a great playoffs for the upcoming Super Bowl and we have that excitement completely dampened by by bunch of rich guys playing 7 on 7.
If I were a Pro Bowl defensive back, I wouldn't play. What happened to those guys was ridiculous! 59-41? Come on!
Finally, I really don't see how Matthew Stafford can throw for over 5,000 yards and still not be selected as an alternate. That's fifth all time EVER! What is the NFL's problem with Detroit?
The answer to all of this is simple: Stop playing the Pro Bowl.
The Pro Bowl has a real problem when fans in Hawaii, who never see NFL football at home, are booing because tacklers are being 'gentle' with the running backs. The fans don't want to see that. I couldn't even get myself to the end of the first half.
Anybody else feel like they were watching Dancing with the Stars while watching the lineman?
Stop playing this game. Fans are excited after a great playoffs for the upcoming Super Bowl and we have that excitement completely dampened by by bunch of rich guys playing 7 on 7.
If I were a Pro Bowl defensive back, I wouldn't play. What happened to those guys was ridiculous! 59-41? Come on!
Finally, I really don't see how Matthew Stafford can throw for over 5,000 yards and still not be selected as an alternate. That's fifth all time EVER! What is the NFL's problem with Detroit?
The answer to all of this is simple: Stop playing the Pro Bowl.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Senior Bowl Winners and Losers
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1040942-2012-senior-bowl-results-winners-and-losers-for-the-nfl-draft
Nice quick slide show showing which players improved or hurt their draft status.
Kirk Cousins, from Michigan State University, improved is stock and is projected to be picked somewhere late in the 2nd round or in the 3rd round.
Nice quick slide show showing which players improved or hurt their draft status.
Kirk Cousins, from Michigan State University, improved is stock and is projected to be picked somewhere late in the 2nd round or in the 3rd round.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tigers acquire Fielder: Good move?
I'm a huge Detroit Tigers fan. I hadn't heard much about any huge deals involving the Tigers so I was completely surprised when I heard that Prince Fielder had signed a 9 year $214 million contract.
I was listening to the radio this morning and one person on there was saying that this was a bad deal for Detroit. His reasons were Fielder's weight, the amount and length of the contract, and that the Tigers already have an all-star calibre first baseman.
I completely disagree. Prince Fielder has been a proven run producer and leader and he's been virtually injury free throughout his career. He's one of the top 5 hitters in baseball. Last year he had more RBIs and less strikeouts than Curtis Granderson, Adrian Gonzolez, Ryan Howard, Mark Teixeira, Jose Bautista, and Joel Votto.
When you have a chance to get a guy that good at 27 years old, you take it. Especially when you know he'll be playing for you for the next 9 year, the prime of his career.
I was listening to the radio this morning and one person on there was saying that this was a bad deal for Detroit. His reasons were Fielder's weight, the amount and length of the contract, and that the Tigers already have an all-star calibre first baseman.
I completely disagree. Prince Fielder has been a proven run producer and leader and he's been virtually injury free throughout his career. He's one of the top 5 hitters in baseball. Last year he had more RBIs and less strikeouts than Curtis Granderson, Adrian Gonzolez, Ryan Howard, Mark Teixeira, Jose Bautista, and Joel Votto.
When you have a chance to get a guy that good at 27 years old, you take it. Especially when you know he'll be playing for you for the next 9 year, the prime of his career.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
How great was Joe Paterno?
Was just listening to a video about how Joe Paterno claimed he didn't have the power to do more about Jerry Sandusky. Then I think about his record 409 wins as a head coach and have to wonder how winning a game was more important to a "great coach" and "great school".
In my opinion, the school shouldn't have a football program any longer. Some would say, you can't punish the players they didn't do anything wrong. But again I ask, how much is worth sacrificing to win football games? Because in my opinion, from what I've seen and heard thusfar, Penn State cares most about money.
There's a quote, "Evil prevails when good men do nothing". So maybe JoePa was a good man. And I guess he did more than nothing. I think he was naive about the amount of power he really had.
In my opinion, the school shouldn't have a football program any longer. Some would say, you can't punish the players they didn't do anything wrong. But again I ask, how much is worth sacrificing to win football games? Because in my opinion, from what I've seen and heard thusfar, Penn State cares most about money.
There's a quote, "Evil prevails when good men do nothing". So maybe JoePa was a good man. And I guess he did more than nothing. I think he was naive about the amount of power he really had.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Lions need depth at safety and healthy Delmas
Was just reading an article on the Lions website about Louis Delmas and evaluating the safety position. Delmas went down in the Thanksgiving game against the Green Bay Packers and the secondary wasn't the same for the rest of the year. Amari Spievey was also injured the second half but was able to play through that injury so there's no telling how good he would have been healthy. The safety position works as a tandem anyways: those guys have to work together. It hurts when that guy, Delmas, is also one of the more vocal players.
I thought the Lions secondary looked really good until the Delmas injury. I hadn't realized until reading this article just how thin we were the second half of the year. After Delmas went out, we had two other guys that were brought in also get injured before Chris Harris became the starter. Hopefully the Lions will see one of the top safeties in the draft fall to them for some much needed depth.
http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider/article-1/2011-Position-Breakdown-Safety/5bbdbe7e-39e6-4fb1-837a-61380c470810
I thought the Lions secondary looked really good until the Delmas injury. I hadn't realized until reading this article just how thin we were the second half of the year. After Delmas went out, we had two other guys that were brought in also get injured before Chris Harris became the starter. Hopefully the Lions will see one of the top safeties in the draft fall to them for some much needed depth.
http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider/article-1/2011-Position-Breakdown-Safety/5bbdbe7e-39e6-4fb1-837a-61380c470810
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