tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post4193526720169729340..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: I Feel Like I Have a Concussion After Reading TMQBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-19825937925583094322010-09-24T12:23:13.396-04:002010-09-24T12:23:13.396-04:00Rulebook, that is a perfect example of a time when...Rulebook, that is a perfect example of a time when it is necessary to go for it on fourth down deep in your opponent's territory. Tuberville was really waving the white flag at that point since he had no way of stopping the clock. That's ridiculous and Gregg should be all over that. How did he miss that? <br /><br />I think that describes my overwhelming feeling about Gregg. He criticizes all of these teams and coaches, then makes glaring errors himself.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-38287230395363118662010-09-24T11:02:07.786-04:002010-09-24T11:02:07.786-04:00On opening day, Redskins defensive coordinator Jim...<b>On opening day, Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett called a dozen safety blitzes against Dallas, a high number, and the Skins escaped with a one-point victory on the final snap.</b><br /><br />I can't begin to understand what he was thinking here. The Redskins led the entire game, so to say they escaped with a victory on the final snap is to say that every team that holds a lead escaped with a victory on the final snap. Secondly, they had a 6-point victory. For someone who criticizes every analyst for mis-identifying a blitz, he makes some glaring errors.Thilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439591828137103506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-80546847743204799172010-09-24T10:58:57.373-04:002010-09-24T10:58:57.373-04:00After all the criticisms Easterbrook does about co...After all the criticisms Easterbrook does about coaches making decisions to keep the margin of defeat small, I am shocked (not really) that he didn't address the Texas-Texas Tech game. With less than 2 minutes left in the game, trailing by 10 and holding only 1 timeout, Texas Tech had 4th and long inside their own 10, and Tommy Tuberville opted to punt the ball. While this is a perplexing decision to say the least (essentially waving the white flag at a point where tying/winning the game was a realistic proposition), he proceeded to use his final timeout after Texas ran on 1st down following the punt, as though he were still trying to win. This was the perfect example of a coach trying to hold the margin of defeat down, and Easterbrook totally missed it.Thilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439591828137103506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-14372314163931320562010-09-24T09:33:53.358-04:002010-09-24T09:33:53.358-04:00ivn - cc gave up the cy young last night to felix....ivn - cc gave up the cy young last night to felix. suck on that Joe Morngan! felix with 12 wins!!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776581084879567908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-38166047657510497712010-09-24T08:11:05.592-04:002010-09-24T08:11:05.592-04:00Rich, I think a player should see a team doctor on...Rich, I think a player should see a team doctor on the sidelines after he gets hit and is woozy, but a specialist is a bit much. It's football, sometimes guys get hit and get the wind knocked out of them. Gregg should know this. <br /><br />Neutral observers are a bad idea for the reason you state as well. If a neutral observer watched college basketball practices then he/she would assume that coach abuses his players. It's just a part of coaching and is a culture that people who don't see it everyday don't understand. <br /><br />TMQ keeps thinking that people believe television is real. I think it says more about him than the shows that are unrealistic. <br /><br />I remember quite vividly that Stewart run and I thought if they go for a FG then TMQ will roast them. They went with their biggest back over the strongest part of the OL (the LG/LT) and the Bucs got penetration. Perhaps under the "Cowboys rule" Gregg invented Stewart should have just immediately fallen to the ground so he didn't fumble trying to get more yards. Great play by the Bucs to make him run laterally. <br /><br />There is no excuse for Singletary to punt in that situation. It's taking a risk that doesn't need to be taken. You are also right about Schaub that if he is given all day in the pocket he will find a receiver anyway. You know Gregg would have criticized them if they didn't blitz there. Great catch, nothing they can do except cover Johnson with two guys or pass interfere. <br /><br />I swear to God, I can't figure out how TMQ thinks a civilian could have stopped an armed robbery with three guys with automatic weapons. If I see a bunch of guys with automatic weapons and I am a child, I am turning my head the other way. <br /><br />Ivn, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. Nevermind David Price got out of the jams that Sabathia couldn't get out of pitching at home. It's a more complicated vote than just saying Sabathia has been the best.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-59994052686254962142010-09-23T19:09:06.680-04:002010-09-23T19:09:06.680-04:00Bradley re-entering the game without being examine...<b>Bradley re-entering the game without being examined by a neurologist suggests that Goodell's concussion policy is toothless.</b><br /><br />TMQ honestly wants to pull a player until he can see a specialist? Sprained ankle? Sorry can't go back in until you see a pediatrist. <br /><br />I know concussions are different, but forcing a player to see a specialist is kind of absurd.<br /><br /><b>But team doctors face only their own conscience, not any binding NFL standard, when deciding whether players may re-enter a game.</b><br /><br />This is absolutely false. First, if a team doctor sends in injured players and something bad happens, he gets fired. Second, if something bad happens he probably loses his medical license.<br /><br /><b>Neutral observers at practice would help, too.</b><br /><br />There was talk about doing this during the Texas Tech scandal. A lot of people wanted professors or parents to go watch practice. Like I said then, most people don't know what goes on at practice. Hard hits, cursing, yelling, screaming, suicide drills, etc. are all common place. Could you imagine the shitstorm if a neutral observer went to an AD about how the coach's were psychologically hurting their precious child?<br /><br /><b>The players and spectators are shown cheering, while lead character Eric Taylor, the coach, claps enthusiastically.</b><br /><br />According to ESPN, this only happens in Philadelphia, so this never happened.<br /><br /><b>If you were a kid watching that episode, what was your takeaway? Hit with your head. It's manly. There are no consequences.</b><br /><br />If you watch a fucking tv show and think that they're showing proper technique you already have a little brain damage. Any coach worth his grain of salt would instantly correct that behavior the first time he saw it. <br /><br />It's like watching CSI and thinking you know how the law works.<br /><br /><b>then ran a sloooooo-developing run that was stuffed.</b><br /><br />Ya, those sons of bitches should've kicked a FG! Oh wait, you'd have blasted them for that too. In TMQ's world the only way to avoid criticism is to do succeed at a 4th down conversion.<br /><br /><b>Mike Singletary sent in the punt unit on fourth-and-1 from his 27</b><br /><br />Um... Because if he doesn't make it he gives NO the ball at the 27? He just established that 4th down conversions can fail, so that's a pretty good reason to punt.<br /><br /><b>Washington did not need a sack or turnover, just an incompletion. The Skins blitzed</b><br /><br />Because if you give a good QB and a great WR 4 seconds to stand in the pocket, odds are they'll find a way to make a play. Blitzing is meant to force the QB to make quick decisions. Sometimes this leads to INTs, sometimes to <i>incompletions</i>.<br /><br /><b>a great catch.</b><br /><br />So let me get this straight. It was a great catch, so it wasn't a problem with coverage... What exactly would not blitzing have fucking changed?<br /><br /><b>Pereira said, refusing to commit himself on whether the pass was complete.</b><br /><br />Except he did. Pereira said at least three times that it should be incomplete. He even referenced the Johnson non-catch and <i>explained the rule</i>.<br /><br /><b>The Cowboys won't ever make that mistake again, will they?</b><br /><br />The problem is that they went for extra yards... it's that they didn't secure the ball well enough. Fuck you TMQ.<br /><br /><b>"The Town" offers super-complicated bank robberies that last unrealistically long -- actual robbers want to get out as fast as possible -- and involve other unrealism.</b><br /><br />IT'S A FUCKING MOVIE! I do enjoy how the movie critic basically describes every James Bond movie ever.<br /><br /><b>This isn't going to cause passers-by to do a double-take?"</b><br /><br />"Hey honey, those men over there wearing masks and carrying assault weapons... we should tell them they're committing a crime!"<br /><br />::gunfire::<br /><br />(wife)"Oh if you had just not done a double-take!"FormerPhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837594679660975599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-52225803031294564502010-09-23T16:48:35.451-04:002010-09-23T16:48:35.451-04:00Yeah, I did see them. I read a few of the posts as...Yeah, I did see them. I read a few of the posts as well. They did cover a few articles I had already covered and I enjoyed reading what they wrote. It's a lot of FJMorgan in one day, but I enjoyed it.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-10208991008370695212010-09-23T15:42:46.022-04:002010-09-23T15:42:46.022-04:00did you happen to see the FJM guys on Deadspin yes...did you happen to see the FJM guys on Deadspin yesterday? some good, funny stuff. take a look if you haven't already.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776581084879567908noreply@blogger.com