tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post2182552812648332367..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: MMQB Review: Late Night Football is a Revelation EditionBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-1410185985395922212013-10-09T16:25:45.577-04:002013-10-09T16:25:45.577-04:00Anon, you are ruining the narrative. The intercept...Anon, you are ruining the narrative. The interception happened so the loss was all Romo's fault. I sort of thought something would happen and he would turn the ball over, but it doesn't take away from his performance. It's not like Peyton didn't turn the ball over. <br /><br />The media won't latch on the "Brady is a choker" narrative until the postseason. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-15352144385019041152013-10-09T12:40:29.543-04:002013-10-09T12:40:29.543-04:00Anyone who watched Romo on Sunday and thought he l...Anyone who watched Romo on Sunday and thought he lost the game for the Cowboys should just go ahead and not watch football anymore, and please don't vote in my country either. That was an all-time great performance. 506 yards on 36 attempts is outrageous. All Dallas needed to do was get a couple more stops, and the 4th quarter wouldn't have even mattered.<br /><br />Tom Brady threw an ugly INT at the end of his game on Sunday to seal the win for the Bengals, and frankly he hasn't had much postseason success since the Super Bowl against the Eagles. Where's the choke label for him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-23582424282969504272013-10-09T08:27:10.482-04:002013-10-09T08:27:10.482-04:00Here's a bad example, but an example nonethele...Here's a bad example, but an example nonetheless...<br /><br />Say a pitcher throws 8 innings of shutout ball, but the other pitcher throws 8 innings of shut out ball as well...in the Top of the 9th if the pitcher gives up a leadoff homerun and then gets pulled from the game are the fans going to say "I knew he would give up a HR, same old Pitcher X, always choking?" Of course not, they are going to give him an ovation for a great performance while recognizing he was outperformed by the opposing pitcher. <br /><br />The same thing goes in basketball. If two players have a duel where they are scoring the majority of the points, but at the end of the game one player bounces the ball off his leg, are we going to talk about he choked or how he put up 50+ points in the game and kept his team in the game? Maybe I'm reaching, but it seems like in other sports if a player has an exceptional performance, but is beaten by another player with an exceptional performance it isn't considered choking. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-35105003352377870452013-10-09T08:21:26.841-04:002013-10-09T08:21:26.841-04:00Drekkan, given the fact I live in an area with ver...Drekkan, given the fact I live in an area with very, very, very, very, very annoying Cowboys fans I should hate Tony Romo and never want to defend him in any way. <br /><br />That's why I hate narratives. The thing we remember best tends to be the last thing we remember as well. I really like the point you made about how he was bound to regress a little bit in the game and that's true. <br /><br />Yeah, I figured Romo would throw an interception at some point, especially given how much he was slinging the ball around the field. He couldn't have done more to help keep the Cowboys in the game. Maybe the Dallas defense could have not given up 51 points and it would have helped the Cowboys win. <br /><br />Snarf, DAMMIT! I could have not gotten all high and mighty and just pointed out even Peter doesn't know who Wally Pipp is. Great catch and I am going to punch myself in the face for not pointing out he needs to Google (or Bing) who Pipp is.<br /><br />JB, I used to be more angry about sports having "preferred" teams, but I've sort of come to accept it as reality. Bledsoe was great for a while and threw for a lot of yardage. He had a similar career to Boomer Esiason (according to Pro Football Reference), Jim Kelly, Mark Brunell and Phil Simms. I think Bledsoe gets in, but it doesn't hurt him that he played for the Patriots. <br /><br />Clowney saw what happened to Marcus Lattimore last year. Spurrier ran Lattimore into the ground and then Lattimore got hurt. He could have been a 2nd round pick (maybe a first I am guessing), but he went in the fourth. If I'm Clowney I'm going to make sure I don't get hurt when some lineman tries to cut block or a teammate accidentally steps on my leg during a play. <br /><br />Glan, if it happened in the first quarter the narrative would be that Romo bounced back and recovered from the interception. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-76007022060810482192013-10-09T03:08:46.904-04:002013-10-09T03:08:46.904-04:00Yes!!! I agree that It's furthermore incorrect...Yes!!! I agree that It's furthermore incorrect to insist that just because the interception occurred when it did that it was any worse.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><a href="http://cluwak.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Kopi Luwak</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755018592747896726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-84883388509835940782013-10-08T18:14:37.029-04:002013-10-08T18:14:37.029-04:00I like how you said that Bledsoe should go to the ...I like how you said that Bledsoe should go to the Hall because he is a Patriot. <br /><br />Nice reference to them being one of the league's preferred teams. <br /><br />San Fran used to be the media darling in the 80's and 90's. That's why Fred Dean got in over Randy Gradishar five years ago. The media loves anyone on their 80's and 90's SB teams. <br /><br />As for people like Clowney saving himself for the NFL, I wish that more NFL stars in their last year would save themselves and not play in their team's bowl games. Most of those bowls are useless. <br /><br />Beef O'Brady's Bowl? Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl? What a complete joke. I don't care if they are money makers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-52467907352378812802013-10-08T17:20:37.909-04:002013-10-08T17:20:37.909-04:00Tramaine Brock, CB, San Francisco. Call him Wally ...<b>Tramaine Brock, CB, San Francisco. Call him Wally Pipp—you’ll have to Google (or Bing) that if you need to know what it means. </b><br /><br /><i>Yeah Peter, you are the only one who knows who Wally Pipp is because you are a more knowledgeable fan due to being a Red Sox fan. I'm pretty sure anyone who follows sports or would read MMQB on a regular basis knows who Wally Pipp is. If a person doesn't know who Wally Pipp is then he/she will look it up. It sounds pretentious to be like "If you aren't quite as knowledgeable as I am then go research it." </i><br /><br /><b>Suffice it to say Brock subbed for the injured Nnamdi Asomugha at nickel cornerback Sunday night, and it’s going to be tough for Asomugha to get his job back after the 34-3 beatdown of the Texans Sunday night.</b><br /><br /><i>Quite a fall for Nnamdi Asomugha to go from one of the most coveted free agents of all-time (in Peter's one-time opinion) to losing his job to Tramine Brock just a few years later.</i><br /><br />I think the best part here is that he actually botches the Wally Pipp reference. In this case Nnamdi would actually be Wally Pipp, while Brock would be the Lou Gehrig. Snarfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-30791902316785431592013-10-08T16:09:58.864-04:002013-10-08T16:09:58.864-04:00Except statistically the thought of Romo as a choc...Except statistically the thought of Romo as a chocker isn't backed up by cold hard fact. Take last year - highest 4th quarter QB rating of any qualifying QB in the league. He also led the league in 4th quarter comebacks.<br /><br />Romo has had a couple of very high profile instances of things going wrong. That created a narrative, and so we all have a confirmation bias of whenever something goes right for Romo (the above indicated 4Q comebacks/QBR) we ignore it - but when he makes a mistake it becomes, "Same Old Romo".<br /><br />It's also wrong to insist that just because the interception happened when it did that it was any worse. Consider, would you think it was as bad if the Cowboys defence had gotten a stop on third and 1, and then got the ball back down 3 with a 1:34 left on the clock?<br /><br />Or, consider if it had been reversed. Romo throws an INT when Manning did. Manning drives and gets a FG on that drive. Then, on Manning's last drive he throws the interception. Cowboys go down the field and score the TD, only to not get an onside kick and lose by 3. The end result is exactly the same, but the narrative is different.<br /><br />And that's why "narratives" are balls. I can't count the number of people that have said, "Yeah, I know Romo will copmletely screw us on this drive and throw an INT". Which misses two things:<br /><br />1) Considering what a fantastic day he was having he (and anyone else really) was bound to regress to the mean and make one mistake. The longer he went before making a mistake, the more likely that mistake would occur in the remaming time. I mean, it's theoretically possible to remain perfect, just incredibly unlikely.<br /><br />2) If he hadn't made a mistake, people would simply forget about that fact. Then the next time he threw a 4th quarter interception it would be "same old Romo".<br /><br />Again, it's confirmation bias - just as with so called "psychics", we remember the hits and forget the misses. The only way Romo can EVER now not get that "same old Romo" title is to never throw a 4th quarter interception again. He could go to the Super Bowl this year, win it, and all of next year without an INT, and then in his first one in the 4th quarter... Same old Romo.Drekkannoreply@blogger.com