What a game. Had to be, otherwise I'd be ranting poetic about the nonsensical bullshit world we live in where ball pressure can get pounded on more than a critical topic such as head injuries and the long term damage they cause in the NFL. (Or some health related issue to that effect.) So what did last night teach us if nothing else???
DEFENSE. STILL WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS. (Especially when you're not handing the ball off to the most physically imposing force to lace up a pair of cleats not named Bo or Earl.)
- Yes, Tom Brady threw the ball 50 times against easily the best secondary in the NFL. Didn't throw at Sherman and well not for the sake of being sensible, but why should he? If I'm having success throwing at other folks, I don't need to show how big my balls are by throwing at THE BEST CORNER IN THE GAME TODAY. That's how you lose games, especially on the biggest stage. (Oops, hi Pete! I'll get to you in a second.) The Pats won a game last night that technically, it had no business winning because after one of the most unexplainable catches you'll ever see...Seattle made an unexplainable call that most Seahawks fans and players will see in their nightmares for all of eternity.
Malcolm Butler, a corner you probably never heard of a day in your life, became Larry Brown 2.0 by jumping a pass that never should've been thrown and sealed the deal with a pick. Showing yet again, that offense may put points on the board and give certain stats crazed junkies an unbelievable high...but at the end of the day, your ability to STOP SOMEBODY is what gets you paid, laid and championship made. (Eh, I tried with that last one.)
Da Hoodie & The Guy That He Replaced
- Da Hoodie remains the most decorated disciple of the Bill Parcells Coaching Tree and for reasons I'll never know, it's not mentioned the way it should be. Da Hoodie oversaw the D for one of the more underrated defensive units in the 80s & 90s (The Big Blue Wrecking Crew with L.T., Harry Carson, Pepper Johnson and other bone crushing folks of that sort) and while he hasn't had half that talent in Foxboro, he has done a pretty damn great job coaching these boys up regardless. This year, much like most others since their last SB run a few years ago...they were left for dead after KC blew their doors off in a Monday Night game back in October. The Pats, didn't roll over and play dead, they circled the wagons and went about business as usual. Another season of double digit wins, media hatred cause they wouldn't cave as they were supposed to and now, a fourth ring putting him alongside former Blitzburgh coach Chuck Noll. Now about That Guy Who He Replaced In New England...
Pete. Carroll. I have to admit, he has major backbone. Not a ton of brains after last night, but it takes a seriously ballsy guy to THROW FROM THE ONE YARD LINE WITH A REPEAT TITLE IN THE FUCKING BAG. All you have to do, is RUN THE BALL. Doesn't matter how you do it, FB Dive, HB [Insert Terminology Of Choice Here], QB Over The Top, Under The Center, Who Gives A Shit. Bottom line, THE BALL HAD NO BUSINESS LEAVING THE GROUND IN ANY FORM OR FASHION UNLESS IT WAS GOING FROM THE WILSON'S HANDS INTO THE BODY OF MARSHAWN LYNCH!!! This loss will sting Pete way more than the USC loss to Texas did. In a way, this may cripple their empire before it truly got going. Games like these, usually do one of two things to you. They either send you upward or they bring you crashing to the ground. The last few teams who have lost heartbreaking games of this sort, haven't bounced back from them since. Atlanta was one play away from reaching the Super Bowl a few years ago. They've gone in the tank and Mike Smith has since been replaced. San Fran came close to bringing home another title in the Bro Bowl a few years ago and well...they haven't been the same since. Jim Harbaugh has since been run back to college thanks to management not liking him.
Seattle now has to deal with a grumpy Lynch who has been poked by the media seemingly all year long and now having to suffer the indignity of not being trusted to get ONE YARD AFTER GETTING FOUR BEFORE THE GAME KILLING INT...how do you return to Seattle after this? To this end I say, watch out for Buffalo in the Beast Mode Sweepstakes. Buffalo shouldn't have dealt him away to begin with and with Rex Ryan who never saw a running play he didn't like, do the math.
Tom Brady. Joe Montana. Terry Bradshaw.
- In the world we live in, more focus has been put on dumbass numbers that ultimately, don't add up to jackshit. You've got guys like Drew Brees, A.A. Ron Rodgers, Phillp Rivers and Andrew Luck that are slurped off way more than the likes of Big Ben, Tom Brady & Eli Manning. Why? Cause those other guys are in offenses where they throw early and often, basically they are what Kenny Smith what label 'looters in a riot'. Wanna know what the likes of Drew & A.A. Ron also have in common? For all their great passing stats...they only have one ring a piece. Same goes for Employee #18 aka Peyton Manning, Eli's Big Brother that is the Greatest Regular Season Quarterback In Recorded Ever. Like, I think he averages about 10 wins a year just by his lonesome yet in the playoffs...he's below average. Like, with this year's punking by the hands of Indianapolis, his record is below .500 for his career.
Terry Bradshaw had the luxury of playing behind, feasibly the greatest defense in NFL history. The Steel Curtain. Dominated the 70s. Know why Bradshaw deserves way more respect than he's given? Because while the Steel Curtain kept teams from scoring in those Super Bowl wins against the Cowboys, Vikes & Rams respectively...Terry Bradshaw was the guy who ensured that offense ran smoothly. Know that deep throw that Lynn Swann caught in the late 70s against the Cowboys? Sure as shit wasn't Mel Blount or Jack Lambert pitching him that rock. It was Terry. Terry Bradshaw's stat line likely wouldn't blow your skirt or shorts up, because HE DIDN'T HAVE TO THROW IT ALL THE DAMN TIME!!! It's called having a balanced offensive attack and having the likes of Franco Harris and Frenchy Fuqua to hand the pill off to. (Yes, I'm well aware I was born in 1980 and I shouldn't know this much about a team that dominated just before I was born. Got a problem with it, take it up with my Dad. He's an avid Steelers fan and probably filled my head with more about them than most any sports related thing I can think of.)
Joe Montana is yet another one, woefully under appreciated for being a cold blooded assassin who unlike his contemporaries Marino & Elway, just got shit done. Hell, even the guy who they passed the torch to in the early 90s, Steve Young...Mister One Hit Wonder in my book, is spoken of far better than Joe Cool. All Joe Cool did was win 4 titles in the 80s, win three Super Bowl MVPs in the process and kill the Bengals (twice), Broncos & Dolphins in the Super Bowl. Oh and that San Fran D during that timeframe, WOEFULLY UNDERRATED. Joe was disrespected by being dealt to Kansas City so that Steve Young could get his turn behind the wheel. Steve got one more title out of a team that was built to win a helluva lot more. Joe went to KC, guided the Chiefs to the AFC Championship Game in 93 and got em' back to the playoffs the year after before retiring in 1994.
Tom Brady is the greatest 6th round pick in NFL history. If not for him crossing paths with the New York Football Giants, Brady would be sitting with his model wife packing a fistful of rings like he was The Mandarin. Tom Brady picked apart the NFL's best secondary with Julian Edelman and Shane Vereen. Tom Brady, who hasn't seen a playmaker on the outside since he had Moss does indeed have Gronk (when healthy), beat the NFL's best secondary with a bunch of NOBODIES. Basically, it was a fleet of 2s & 3s, plus a #1 at TE. It was "Vintage Brady", if I may go Michael Cole for a second. No other QB has done more with less in his CAREER than Brady and yet, he gets little to NO respect for it. Or not as much as the others who have done far less in their careers.
Extra Points
- The Pats will enter next season as the hunted and it feels like Groundhog Day cause now the Spurs of the NFL are back atop the mountain months after San Antonio retook their throne. The AFC isn't quite as tough as the NFC, which I'll get to in a second. But unless the Colts get some running help for Luck, the Texans solve that QB issue and the Bengals stop letting the moment overwhelm them...I'm having a difficult time seeing anyone stop the Pats. If you want a darkhorse to watch out for...keep an eye on the Bills. Rex Ryan is motivated to stop the Pats and stick it to the Jets, he's likely one good running back and a good QB away from doing so. (You can get that in an offseason.)
- Seattle's losing opens things up tremendously in the NFC next season. Sherman's gonna need Tommy John season, which means his next season is a wash. Jeremy Lane is out. So we'll see half of the world's most dangerous 90s R & B group, err, secondary. Sorry, that SI cover threw me a bit. I don't have a frontrunner in the NFC next season. There are certain teams I just can't take seriously, because of their offensive make up and the like. Or the fact that they can't stop anyone (Hi, Gag Bay) or the fact that they're coming off a self inflicted gun shot wound (Hi Seattle).
For the record, Seattle will not go anywhere as long as their braintrust remains intact. Sherman was a 5th rounder. Wilson, 3rd rounder. Most of their key cogs sans Lynch, were taken in the Draft well after you've likely tuned out. That's when you put a team together. If you can hit on all those picks after Round 2, coaching is all you need to keep a team in place doing great things. Seattle LIKELY falls back a smidge next season, but just for next season. Their drafting will keep them in it for years to come. Also of note, when you draft well in Rounds 2-7, missing in Round 1 doesn't cripple you like it does most other teams. As a Giants fan, I'm good knowing Odell Beckham Junior is the new money man opposite of Cruz so Eli has a serious threat to keep secondaries up at night. But before I sign off, my Top 4 of Coaches and QBs in the NFL.
Top 4 QBs
1) Tom Brady. Four Super Bowl Championships in roughly 14 years. No discernible playmaker aside from Gronk this time, won his previous three with a bunch of possession receivers and folks you wouldn't run with in Madden. Three time Super Bowl MVP. Puts him with Joe Cool. Can't refute that. Four game winning drives in four wins. Darth Brady, bitches.
2) Eli Manning. Yeah, I'm aware of the fact that he hasn't been to the playoffs since the 2011 season. But ya know why he's here? Cause when he gets to the playoffs, he WINS. He has been on the road more than he has been at home and I dare say, he's probably better on the road. 2-0 in Lambeau in the postseason. 2-0 against Tom Brady in the Super Bowl. Eli's the one Manning that Brady is scared shitless of. Believe that.
3) Big Ben. His first title was won likely in spite of him when he was young and their ground game carried them big time. That second title, trust and believe, HE WON THAT ONE. Game winning drive, drops a beauty in for Santonio Holmes to snatch for the game winner. Ben had no business going back in to that playoff game this season, but he's definitely one of the best. Ben & Eli are the best of that vaunted 2005 QB Class.
4) Delaware Joe Flacco. Of the 'One Hit Wonders', Joe's got my respect. This guy has ice water in his veins in a legitimate way. The 'Delaware Joe' thing is something of an homage to Hollywood Hogan, only Joe went to school at Delaware University, so there's that too. Joe had a bad throw but like Eli, has been a serious pain in Brady's ass and Joe has shown a major propensity for not being fazed by being on the road for the playoffs.
Top 4 Coaches
1) Bill Belichick. Da Hoodie. Disciple of former Giants head coach Bill Parcells, I won't even bother with that Spygate bullshit. He shook off a bad coaching start in Cleveland, went back to coach alongside Bill with the Jets and then, he took over New England. Won his first title in 2001 cancelling The Greatest Show On Turf and it has been rolling since then. No other coach has done more with less than this guy. Yet it's staggering how many coaches have had so much more and been fired or gone since Bill arrived in 2001.
2) Tom Coughlin. 2-0 in the Super Bowl. He's not done yet and he has managed coaching in the media hotbed of the East Coast better than most in his spot have. Coughlin's definitely my second favorite NYG coach of all time behind The Tuna, one more title puts him over the top. He's not done YET. Drafting Beckham props the window open, now they simply have to retool both lines, especially the defensive line cause without a pass rush...it's moot. (This can be done in an offseason.)
3) Mike Tomlin. Omar Epps lookalike jokes aside, the guy can coach. The Steelers, stay in the hunt and it's because this guy coaches better than most. He has one ring, knows he should've had two and shouldn't finish with one title when it's all said and done. Organization behind him is one of the best in the league.
4) John Harbaugh. As the last remaining Harbaugh, I see him as having the most upside of all the coaches with just one ring on his resume. Pete would've occupied this spot, but he just had to throw from the 1. John Harbaugh would've run the damn thing in. How he managed to keep the Ravens flowing with a patchwork secondary and after the Ray Rice deal, was nothing short of remarkable.
And lastly...
- If EA Sports puts someone from your favorite team on the ballot to be the next Madden cover guy, do what Carolina coach Ron Rivera did...VOTE FOR THE OTHER GUY. I don't believe in curses, but I'm also failing to see the coincidence behind damn near every single Madden cover guy having some mysterious calamity that times itself just right with the year they appear on it. To Sherman's credit, he's the only one of the bunch that made it to the Super Bowl. But the price he paid to get there (Tommy John surgery likely cancels him out for next season) was STEEP. Before him and excluding last year's cover guy Barry Sanders, you'd be very hard pressed to find anyone who hasn't prospered by being on that cover. Calvin Johnson didn't do too bad, was healthy and led the league in receiving. But he didn't make the playoffs the year he did it. Google 'Madden Curse' and you'll see what's befallen all who appear on that cover. It's like Death from Final Destination. It can't be cheated. Won't be beaten. By anyone.
Until next time or I feel compelled to blog about something...PEACE.
DEFENSE. STILL WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS. (Especially when you're not handing the ball off to the most physically imposing force to lace up a pair of cleats not named Bo or Earl.)
- Yes, Tom Brady threw the ball 50 times against easily the best secondary in the NFL. Didn't throw at Sherman and well not for the sake of being sensible, but why should he? If I'm having success throwing at other folks, I don't need to show how big my balls are by throwing at THE BEST CORNER IN THE GAME TODAY. That's how you lose games, especially on the biggest stage. (Oops, hi Pete! I'll get to you in a second.) The Pats won a game last night that technically, it had no business winning because after one of the most unexplainable catches you'll ever see...Seattle made an unexplainable call that most Seahawks fans and players will see in their nightmares for all of eternity.
Malcolm Butler, a corner you probably never heard of a day in your life, became Larry Brown 2.0 by jumping a pass that never should've been thrown and sealed the deal with a pick. Showing yet again, that offense may put points on the board and give certain stats crazed junkies an unbelievable high...but at the end of the day, your ability to STOP SOMEBODY is what gets you paid, laid and championship made. (Eh, I tried with that last one.)
Da Hoodie & The Guy That He Replaced
- Da Hoodie remains the most decorated disciple of the Bill Parcells Coaching Tree and for reasons I'll never know, it's not mentioned the way it should be. Da Hoodie oversaw the D for one of the more underrated defensive units in the 80s & 90s (The Big Blue Wrecking Crew with L.T., Harry Carson, Pepper Johnson and other bone crushing folks of that sort) and while he hasn't had half that talent in Foxboro, he has done a pretty damn great job coaching these boys up regardless. This year, much like most others since their last SB run a few years ago...they were left for dead after KC blew their doors off in a Monday Night game back in October. The Pats, didn't roll over and play dead, they circled the wagons and went about business as usual. Another season of double digit wins, media hatred cause they wouldn't cave as they were supposed to and now, a fourth ring putting him alongside former Blitzburgh coach Chuck Noll. Now about That Guy Who He Replaced In New England...
Pete. Carroll. I have to admit, he has major backbone. Not a ton of brains after last night, but it takes a seriously ballsy guy to THROW FROM THE ONE YARD LINE WITH A REPEAT TITLE IN THE FUCKING BAG. All you have to do, is RUN THE BALL. Doesn't matter how you do it, FB Dive, HB [Insert Terminology Of Choice Here], QB Over The Top, Under The Center, Who Gives A Shit. Bottom line, THE BALL HAD NO BUSINESS LEAVING THE GROUND IN ANY FORM OR FASHION UNLESS IT WAS GOING FROM THE WILSON'S HANDS INTO THE BODY OF MARSHAWN LYNCH!!! This loss will sting Pete way more than the USC loss to Texas did. In a way, this may cripple their empire before it truly got going. Games like these, usually do one of two things to you. They either send you upward or they bring you crashing to the ground. The last few teams who have lost heartbreaking games of this sort, haven't bounced back from them since. Atlanta was one play away from reaching the Super Bowl a few years ago. They've gone in the tank and Mike Smith has since been replaced. San Fran came close to bringing home another title in the Bro Bowl a few years ago and well...they haven't been the same since. Jim Harbaugh has since been run back to college thanks to management not liking him.
Seattle now has to deal with a grumpy Lynch who has been poked by the media seemingly all year long and now having to suffer the indignity of not being trusted to get ONE YARD AFTER GETTING FOUR BEFORE THE GAME KILLING INT...how do you return to Seattle after this? To this end I say, watch out for Buffalo in the Beast Mode Sweepstakes. Buffalo shouldn't have dealt him away to begin with and with Rex Ryan who never saw a running play he didn't like, do the math.
Tom Brady. Joe Montana. Terry Bradshaw.
- In the world we live in, more focus has been put on dumbass numbers that ultimately, don't add up to jackshit. You've got guys like Drew Brees, A.A. Ron Rodgers, Phillp Rivers and Andrew Luck that are slurped off way more than the likes of Big Ben, Tom Brady & Eli Manning. Why? Cause those other guys are in offenses where they throw early and often, basically they are what Kenny Smith what label 'looters in a riot'. Wanna know what the likes of Drew & A.A. Ron also have in common? For all their great passing stats...they only have one ring a piece. Same goes for Employee #18 aka Peyton Manning, Eli's Big Brother that is the Greatest Regular Season Quarterback In Recorded Ever. Like, I think he averages about 10 wins a year just by his lonesome yet in the playoffs...he's below average. Like, with this year's punking by the hands of Indianapolis, his record is below .500 for his career.
Terry Bradshaw had the luxury of playing behind, feasibly the greatest defense in NFL history. The Steel Curtain. Dominated the 70s. Know why Bradshaw deserves way more respect than he's given? Because while the Steel Curtain kept teams from scoring in those Super Bowl wins against the Cowboys, Vikes & Rams respectively...Terry Bradshaw was the guy who ensured that offense ran smoothly. Know that deep throw that Lynn Swann caught in the late 70s against the Cowboys? Sure as shit wasn't Mel Blount or Jack Lambert pitching him that rock. It was Terry. Terry Bradshaw's stat line likely wouldn't blow your skirt or shorts up, because HE DIDN'T HAVE TO THROW IT ALL THE DAMN TIME!!! It's called having a balanced offensive attack and having the likes of Franco Harris and Frenchy Fuqua to hand the pill off to. (Yes, I'm well aware I was born in 1980 and I shouldn't know this much about a team that dominated just before I was born. Got a problem with it, take it up with my Dad. He's an avid Steelers fan and probably filled my head with more about them than most any sports related thing I can think of.)
Joe Montana is yet another one, woefully under appreciated for being a cold blooded assassin who unlike his contemporaries Marino & Elway, just got shit done. Hell, even the guy who they passed the torch to in the early 90s, Steve Young...Mister One Hit Wonder in my book, is spoken of far better than Joe Cool. All Joe Cool did was win 4 titles in the 80s, win three Super Bowl MVPs in the process and kill the Bengals (twice), Broncos & Dolphins in the Super Bowl. Oh and that San Fran D during that timeframe, WOEFULLY UNDERRATED. Joe was disrespected by being dealt to Kansas City so that Steve Young could get his turn behind the wheel. Steve got one more title out of a team that was built to win a helluva lot more. Joe went to KC, guided the Chiefs to the AFC Championship Game in 93 and got em' back to the playoffs the year after before retiring in 1994.
Tom Brady is the greatest 6th round pick in NFL history. If not for him crossing paths with the New York Football Giants, Brady would be sitting with his model wife packing a fistful of rings like he was The Mandarin. Tom Brady picked apart the NFL's best secondary with Julian Edelman and Shane Vereen. Tom Brady, who hasn't seen a playmaker on the outside since he had Moss does indeed have Gronk (when healthy), beat the NFL's best secondary with a bunch of NOBODIES. Basically, it was a fleet of 2s & 3s, plus a #1 at TE. It was "Vintage Brady", if I may go Michael Cole for a second. No other QB has done more with less in his CAREER than Brady and yet, he gets little to NO respect for it. Or not as much as the others who have done far less in their careers.
Extra Points
- The Pats will enter next season as the hunted and it feels like Groundhog Day cause now the Spurs of the NFL are back atop the mountain months after San Antonio retook their throne. The AFC isn't quite as tough as the NFC, which I'll get to in a second. But unless the Colts get some running help for Luck, the Texans solve that QB issue and the Bengals stop letting the moment overwhelm them...I'm having a difficult time seeing anyone stop the Pats. If you want a darkhorse to watch out for...keep an eye on the Bills. Rex Ryan is motivated to stop the Pats and stick it to the Jets, he's likely one good running back and a good QB away from doing so. (You can get that in an offseason.)
- Seattle's losing opens things up tremendously in the NFC next season. Sherman's gonna need Tommy John season, which means his next season is a wash. Jeremy Lane is out. So we'll see half of the world's most dangerous 90s R & B group, err, secondary. Sorry, that SI cover threw me a bit. I don't have a frontrunner in the NFC next season. There are certain teams I just can't take seriously, because of their offensive make up and the like. Or the fact that they can't stop anyone (Hi, Gag Bay) or the fact that they're coming off a self inflicted gun shot wound (Hi Seattle).
For the record, Seattle will not go anywhere as long as their braintrust remains intact. Sherman was a 5th rounder. Wilson, 3rd rounder. Most of their key cogs sans Lynch, were taken in the Draft well after you've likely tuned out. That's when you put a team together. If you can hit on all those picks after Round 2, coaching is all you need to keep a team in place doing great things. Seattle LIKELY falls back a smidge next season, but just for next season. Their drafting will keep them in it for years to come. Also of note, when you draft well in Rounds 2-7, missing in Round 1 doesn't cripple you like it does most other teams. As a Giants fan, I'm good knowing Odell Beckham Junior is the new money man opposite of Cruz so Eli has a serious threat to keep secondaries up at night. But before I sign off, my Top 4 of Coaches and QBs in the NFL.
Top 4 QBs
1) Tom Brady. Four Super Bowl Championships in roughly 14 years. No discernible playmaker aside from Gronk this time, won his previous three with a bunch of possession receivers and folks you wouldn't run with in Madden. Three time Super Bowl MVP. Puts him with Joe Cool. Can't refute that. Four game winning drives in four wins. Darth Brady, bitches.
2) Eli Manning. Yeah, I'm aware of the fact that he hasn't been to the playoffs since the 2011 season. But ya know why he's here? Cause when he gets to the playoffs, he WINS. He has been on the road more than he has been at home and I dare say, he's probably better on the road. 2-0 in Lambeau in the postseason. 2-0 against Tom Brady in the Super Bowl. Eli's the one Manning that Brady is scared shitless of. Believe that.
3) Big Ben. His first title was won likely in spite of him when he was young and their ground game carried them big time. That second title, trust and believe, HE WON THAT ONE. Game winning drive, drops a beauty in for Santonio Holmes to snatch for the game winner. Ben had no business going back in to that playoff game this season, but he's definitely one of the best. Ben & Eli are the best of that vaunted 2005 QB Class.
4) Delaware Joe Flacco. Of the 'One Hit Wonders', Joe's got my respect. This guy has ice water in his veins in a legitimate way. The 'Delaware Joe' thing is something of an homage to Hollywood Hogan, only Joe went to school at Delaware University, so there's that too. Joe had a bad throw but like Eli, has been a serious pain in Brady's ass and Joe has shown a major propensity for not being fazed by being on the road for the playoffs.
Top 4 Coaches
1) Bill Belichick. Da Hoodie. Disciple of former Giants head coach Bill Parcells, I won't even bother with that Spygate bullshit. He shook off a bad coaching start in Cleveland, went back to coach alongside Bill with the Jets and then, he took over New England. Won his first title in 2001 cancelling The Greatest Show On Turf and it has been rolling since then. No other coach has done more with less than this guy. Yet it's staggering how many coaches have had so much more and been fired or gone since Bill arrived in 2001.
2) Tom Coughlin. 2-0 in the Super Bowl. He's not done yet and he has managed coaching in the media hotbed of the East Coast better than most in his spot have. Coughlin's definitely my second favorite NYG coach of all time behind The Tuna, one more title puts him over the top. He's not done YET. Drafting Beckham props the window open, now they simply have to retool both lines, especially the defensive line cause without a pass rush...it's moot. (This can be done in an offseason.)
3) Mike Tomlin. Omar Epps lookalike jokes aside, the guy can coach. The Steelers, stay in the hunt and it's because this guy coaches better than most. He has one ring, knows he should've had two and shouldn't finish with one title when it's all said and done. Organization behind him is one of the best in the league.
4) John Harbaugh. As the last remaining Harbaugh, I see him as having the most upside of all the coaches with just one ring on his resume. Pete would've occupied this spot, but he just had to throw from the 1. John Harbaugh would've run the damn thing in. How he managed to keep the Ravens flowing with a patchwork secondary and after the Ray Rice deal, was nothing short of remarkable.
And lastly...
- If EA Sports puts someone from your favorite team on the ballot to be the next Madden cover guy, do what Carolina coach Ron Rivera did...VOTE FOR THE OTHER GUY. I don't believe in curses, but I'm also failing to see the coincidence behind damn near every single Madden cover guy having some mysterious calamity that times itself just right with the year they appear on it. To Sherman's credit, he's the only one of the bunch that made it to the Super Bowl. But the price he paid to get there (Tommy John surgery likely cancels him out for next season) was STEEP. Before him and excluding last year's cover guy Barry Sanders, you'd be very hard pressed to find anyone who hasn't prospered by being on that cover. Calvin Johnson didn't do too bad, was healthy and led the league in receiving. But he didn't make the playoffs the year he did it. Google 'Madden Curse' and you'll see what's befallen all who appear on that cover. It's like Death from Final Destination. It can't be cheated. Won't be beaten. By anyone.
Until next time or I feel compelled to blog about something...PEACE.
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