tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post2992179830096636186..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: MMQB Review: Peter King Was Pretty Bored with Week 1 EditionBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-36842475756216376752013-09-11T14:41:42.120-04:002013-09-11T14:41:42.120-04:00Frank, that's possible. Chud wasn't the wo...Frank, that's possible. Chud wasn't the worst of OC's, but he had his eye on other things and got really cute instead of just trying to move the football. Who knows, maybe Shula will get how to run the offense, but I doubt it. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-31253986903285517152013-09-11T14:34:19.717-04:002013-09-11T14:34:19.717-04:00Ron Rivera reminds me of Lovie Smith except withou...Ron Rivera reminds me of Lovie Smith except without the wins. I wonder if that is why Lovie fired him/let him go. Neither one seems to know how to pick an offensive coordinator to make the most of the talent they have on the team.franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-76506091492606024462013-09-11T08:24:15.952-04:002013-09-11T08:24:15.952-04:00Snarf, keeping Boldin would have absolutely been t...Snarf, keeping Boldin would have absolutely been the smart move. The only reason I harp on this is because the Ravens do regret it, but this is life in the salary cap era. They had to make a choice between a couple of players in order to avoid salary cap hell in the future. Boldin is still a productive receiver and I can see an argument that says the Ravens should have done whatever it took to keep him, but this also could have meant they wouldn't have been able to sign Dumervil and/or Daryl Smith. <br /><br />Plus, Peter admits the Ravens weaknesses against the Broncos wasn't at the WR position. So Boldin would not have helped other than to give Flacco another weapon, but not a weapon at the TE position. <br /><br />Yes, that would be easier just to write "last year's division." It overcomplicates the time span and saying "last year" doesn't sound like it is a very long time ago. <br /><br />Anon, I like the Mike Shula era as much as I anticipated I would like the Mike Shula era. Rivera should have been fired in January and therefore Shula would have been fired too. Fine, Rivera doesn't get fired, but Shula has no business being the Offensive Coordinator. I was in the corner for Hue Jackson, simply because I think he deserves a second chance and could give a fresh look to the offense that Mike Shula is incapable of giving. <br /><br />Rivera's strength as a coach is the players like him and want to play well for him. Also, he admittedly has done a bang-up job building and coaching a defense that was in bad shape when he got to Carolina. Rivera isn't an offensive-minded guy which is why it is important to have a smart, creative offensive guy to oversee the development of Cam Newton. Shula isn't that guy and wasn't ever going to be the guy. I was against the hire then and I won't be changing my mind. <br /><br />The gameplan Sunday in no way played to the offense's strengths, but yet a conservative gameplan was called regardless. Newton had a bad statistical game, but I've been very critical of his decision-making and ability to make the shorter throws where he can't just sling the ball as hard as he wants. On Sunday, he seemed to improve in both areas (at least for one game) and then no down-the-field passes were called in the second half to try and put more points on the board and play to Newton's strengths. Shula has no idea what to do with Newton, unlike Rob Chudzinski who was too busy showing off how smart he was in angling for a head coaching job to care at times. <br /><br />This organization's insistence on incompetent coaching hires (and it goes back to the John Fox era with Jeff Davidson as the OC and how Jerry Richardson played out the string with Fox rather than fire him and move on) and poor management of talent is a slap in the face to the fans. 15 more games though, right? Then they start over again. Sorry, it's not hard to get me going on this issue.<br /><br />Anon, I re-read that and it makes sense now. I figured I was missing something. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-71250254131981149582013-09-10T22:44:06.384-04:002013-09-10T22:44:06.384-04:00I think PK is referring to himself in the case of ...I think PK is referring to himself in the case of the 56-year old man. And he has sucked for all 56 years. Joe DiMaggio's got nothin' on Petey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-37606653215729101242013-09-10T21:38:42.423-04:002013-09-10T21:38:42.423-04:00Ben, how are you liking the Mike Shula era? The l...Ben, how are you liking the Mike Shula era? The last time he was offensive coordinator was from '96-'99 for the Tampa Bay Bucs. Remember how great those offenses were? Who can forget their defense completely shutting down one of the greatest offenses in history in the '99 NFC Championship Game, only to still lose because they couldn't score at all? Whatever strengths Ron Rivera may have as a coach (and by all appearances they are minimal), he undermines himself with lousy game management and this selection of an offensive coordinator. He should be fired before he ruins Cam Newton forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-44301391775564815602013-09-10T15:44:39.757-04:002013-09-10T15:44:39.757-04:0012. St. Louis (1-0). Love the fact that Sam Bradfo...<b>12. St. Louis (1-0). Love the fact that Sam Bradford engineered three scoring drives (okay, one was a two-yarder) that ended in touchdown, field goal and game-winning field goal in the fourth quarter. Also love the fact that the Rams are now 5-1-1 in, arguably, the toughest division in football since the start of the 2012 season.</b><br /><br />Wouldn't just saying "last year's toughest division" be the same thing? Seems like he's trying to make it sound like a longer time span than it is/was, much like when talking about the Olympics and someone says "this group hasn't taken the gold in 8 years!" meaning they won it the Olympics before last.Snarfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-57127029101834792212013-09-10T15:37:40.859-04:002013-09-10T15:37:40.859-04:00We had to know it would be Anquan Boldin that was ...We had to know it would be Anquan Boldin that was Peter's favorite Stat of the Weekend, though it isn't his official "Stat of the Week" of course, because that would be too logical. Boldin had a great performance and he obviously is a really good receiver. Was his great performance due to the poor defense by the Packers, having Kaepernick throwing him the football instead of Flacco, or just a great game? <i>Probably a little bit of everything. I'm just a little tired of the talk about how that the Ravens got rid of Boldin and they are going to regret it. They probably will regret it, but Ozzie Newsome telegraphed that difficult decisions would be made back in February and Boldin was one of the difficult decisions. It's part of the Ravens long-term plan to avoid having cap issues.</i><br /><br />You are 100% correct that Ozzie telegraphed this move. A small part of me thinks that Peter feels dumb for beating the drum of the Ravens letting Joe Flacco walk based on those comments. He may have been trying to stir the pot, but I think he get's shit from people (readers, other writers, NFL types, etc.) about it and may be trying to make it look like keeping Boldin would have been the smart move (not that Flacco/Boldin was a choice, but hopefully you get what I'm saying).Snarfnoreply@blogger.com