tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post1159262949696329862..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Gregg Easterbrook Is Just Repeating TMQ Topics on a Weekly Basis NowBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-55909175479579456782013-09-23T11:48:45.718-04:002013-09-23T11:48:45.718-04:00Anon, I did miss a good point. He is very impresse...Anon, I did miss a good point. He is very impressed with his own ability to be intelligent. He's so smart, he knows how smart he is. <br /><br />I hate it, I mean hate it, when he writes about a specific situation "X play was likely" when he has no reason to say this other than it is an assumption that makes him look good. Other than the undrafted/unwanted thing, I would do away with Gregg creating scenarios to make himself right if I could change anything about TMQ. <br /><br />If you can pass the ball like that, why try to run it? Maybe the Falcons were trying to create running lanes in the second half by passing so well in the first half. Also, they were missing their starting RB, which isn't just a small footnote. <br /><br />Dan, I think Tony Bruno probably started before Gregg did. But of course he probably already thought that Tony Bruno started it first so Gregg wants to give himself credit for being first to give someone else credit. <br /><br />Snarf, I absolutely believe he used forty as a point of reference for the NCAA because it fit his point. I need to do research to prove this, but he has never been above manipulating reality to seem smart, so manipulating and cherry-picking data isn't something he would shy away from either. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-18038243206802543682013-09-22T08:16:36.819-04:002013-09-22T08:16:36.819-04:00I wonder why he uses twenty years as a point of re...I wonder why he uses twenty years as a point of reference for the nfl and forty for the NCAA? Haven't looked at the numbers, but do you think it's possible that a twenty year look-back didnt make Gregg's intended point for the comparison? As an economist, or whatever the heck Gregg considers himself, he should know that's a really worthless way to convey his point, whatever that may be. Snarfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-61520863372804469342013-09-21T15:59:12.781-04:002013-09-21T15:59:12.781-04:00To add on to anon's point about greggggg bragg...To add on to anon's point about greggggg bragging about the redskins, I can just imagine gregggg in the 1960s south meeting Martin Luther king jr and saying your doing a great job rallying the cause but don't forget, I was the one who came up with the idea first.<br /><br />Or him going up to a gay person and saying you know I was the one who first came up with the idea of gay marriage. <br /><br />He doesn't get the whole redskins thing isn't about him, it's about doing whats right. But no he has to let everyone know he is th very first person in the world to have started the cause.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-6517111322487667632013-09-21T14:40:16.123-04:002013-09-21T14:40:16.123-04:00"Forget the West Coast offense and the Steel ..."Forget the West Coast offense and the Steel Curtain defense -- Pacific Northwest football has arrived."<br /><br />Because the pacific northwest isn't on the west coast. This is like saying, forget California, L.A. is the place to be!<br /><br />"Where oh where might the pass go? Maybe up the field!"<br /><br />Or down the field! Or behind the field! Or beside the field! A football field is 53 1/3 yards wide, saying a pass will go "up the field" is about helpful as saying "go west" when telling me how to get from Charlotte to San Francisco. Offenses can throw left or right or to the middle, or short, or...geez it's like real life play calling isn't a Tecmo Super Bowl game but actually a complexity of split-second decisions and numerous possibilities.<br /><br />Gregg's analysis of Longmire is right out of the Simpson's Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie episode. "Focus Group Guy: So you want a realistic down-to-earth show that's completely off the wall and swarming with magic robots? [the kids all chat at once about it being a great idea]"<br /><br />"TMQ gets credit for campaigning against R*dsk*ns on NFL.com itself"<br /><br />Ben, what you wrote was hilarious, but I think you missed out on another comedic point here. <i>He's crediting himself for campaigning against the Redskins name.</i> This is the ultimate in Gregg's I AM SO SMART lifestyle. You have to be one smarmy, self-centered asshole to credit yourself for something you did ten years ago, and something that has had no material affect on anything at that. The Redskins are still called the Redskins! "I deserve a lot of credit for what I did that accomplished nothing. Point, me." What a pompous asshole.<br /><br /><br />"The short version of the success of the Seahawks' defense is good players who hustle, communicate with each other and wrap-up tackle."<br /><br />Is that it? I mean, those things are important, but it's disingenuous to act like football is that simple. Gregg's football lessons appear to be some mixture of Tecmo Super Bowl and pee wee football. "All we've gotta do is correctly guess their play, hustle and wrap-up tackle." I'd like to see Gregg sit in a defensive meeting some time. Sean McDermott would be throwing out of these different terms for coverages and blitzes and Gregg would just say, "The ball is going up the field! Wes Welker is most likely to get the ball! It's 3rd and 7, an imcompletion is likely!" <br /><br />"Hosting Les Mouflons, Atlanta jumped to a seemingly insurmountable 24-3 lead. But the stats showed a weakness -- at intermission, Atlanta had 237 yards passing and 1 yard rushing."<br /><br />This is hilarious. The Falcons had 237 passing yards at halftime, and Gregg thinks that showed weakness. If my team can throw for that many yards and score that many points one half, I don't give a damn what we rush for. And what's with the ultra-specificity, Gregg? Why say 237 when you can just say, a couple hundred and three dozen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com