tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post453027363030912355..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Now That the "Peyton Paradox" Is Shown as Not a Thing, Gregg Reminds Us Again the Read-Option Is DeadBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-77216449795095527932013-11-22T15:43:41.351-05:002013-11-22T15:43:41.351-05:00The Cats held the high-scoring Patriots to 20 poin...<b>The Cats held the high-scoring Patriots to 20 points in a decent defensive performance -- though they did allow them to move 62 yards in 59 seconds at the end. Carolina's linebacker-focused Tampa 2 defense emphasizes discipline, not gimmicks.</b><br /><br /><i>This is hilarious and shows how little football (or possibly Carolina Panthers games) Gregg Easterbrook watches. Carolina doesn't run the Tampa-2 defense predominantly. Jon Gruden mentioned Carolina was running Tampa-2 Monday night during the game, but that's only because Carolina was playing their safeties back at that point in the game. For most of the game the Panthers were loading the box and daring the Patriots receivers to beat them. Carolina also plays a lot of Cover-1 with a deep safety and (like most teams) will run 3-4 and 4-3 principles. The defensive coordinator for Carolina is Sean McDermott, who is a Jim Johnson disciple, and Jim Johnson had an attacking defense that certainly wasn't Tampa-2. But due to the fact Gregg doesn't watch much football, yet he writes about it every week in TMQ, he heard Jon Gruden mention Carolina was running Tampa-2 coverage and like a game of Telephone he tells us that is the defense Carolina runs predominantly.</i><br /><br />Phenomenal work..how does Gregg get a paycheck from ESPN? Seemingly by regurgitating what other ESPN employees say without making the effort to figure out that little thing called context.<br /><br />And, "high scoring Patriots"...guess Gregg didn't bother to figure out that the Pats have not been lighting up the scoreboard this year aside from one game the Steelers' defense mailed in.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16477280386233433416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-29296421336929681352013-11-22T15:31:17.225-05:002013-11-22T15:31:17.225-05:00Murray, I can admit it. It was a bad call. The off...Murray, I can admit it. It was a bad call. The officials initially went against Gregg's Parking Lot Theory of Officiating. Maybe its a real thing, maybe not. I wish the flag had not been picked up. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-71245259542253940152013-11-22T15:29:29.491-05:002013-11-22T15:29:29.491-05:00Snarf, you know FDR's relatives hate that he d...Snarf, you know FDR's relatives hate that he doesn't have a boat named after him. It probably gnaws at them. <br /><br />It's clear that Gerald Ford would have been a highly-paid glory boy if he had not become President. He played at a football factory, how dare he have a big boat named after him. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-2248841012937573732013-11-22T15:29:04.753-05:002013-11-22T15:29:04.753-05:00Ben they were bleeping hosed. Just admit itBen they were bleeping hosed. Just admit itMurraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-11572032866954036922013-11-22T10:16:48.694-05:002013-11-22T10:16:48.694-05:00I thought his line of questioning/criticism regard...I thought his line of questioning/criticism regarding the boats being named after various presidents was odd. I mean, is FDR really lacking things named after him? <br /><br />I think this angst stems more from Gerald Ford being a glory boy at a glory college in the testosterone-driven top of big time college football. Typical me-firstism playing in the College All-Star game for Michigan carries forward with a flashy glory boat, a supercarrier, being named after him.Snarfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-18690048417392832182013-11-22T09:26:38.572-05:002013-11-22T09:26:38.572-05:00Anon, yes it krumbles upon inspection. Using this ...Anon, yes it krumbles upon inspection. Using this line of thought if harm is done taking part in something then the glory of doing that is done. There can always be harm done even doing the most menial of exercises. Sports are dangerous at times and harm will be done, but it's part of the deal. Like you said, they can't live in a bubble. <br /><br />Eric, I looked at the link and was going to click on it, but didn't. Now I wish I had. I've written before that Gregg doesn't read the links he provides in TMQ, because sometimes the link contradicts what he is saying or isn't even related to what he is saying. That's hilarious. It's so terrible to not do any research or provide a link for the wrong state, but it's typical for him. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-31304709767699151222013-11-22T07:37:47.699-05:002013-11-22T07:37:47.699-05:00Gregg got some Jacksonvilles mixed up:
http://kis...Gregg got some Jacksonvilles mixed up:<br /><br />http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2013/11/gregg-easterbrook-thinks-jaguars-based-illinois.htmlEricbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-37121045931927964772013-11-22T00:48:01.745-05:002013-11-22T00:48:01.745-05:00"But broadcasters, writers and fans need a vo..."But broadcasters, writers and fans need a vocabulary in which to face that harm caused by football, and to express that sports glory is meaningless if harm is done."<br /><br />I don't agree with this sentiment at all. This is one of those classic thoughts from Gregg that sounds good on the surface, but crumbles (krumbles?) upon inspection. Sports glory is meaningless if HARM is done? Well, I'm sorry Gregg, but the only way to ensure no harm is done to someone is to have them live in a plastic bubble at all times. Out here in the real world, harm happens. You can get into a car accident driving. You can break a leg skiing. And you can get injured playing football. That does not mean sports glory is meaningless. It's means you're living life, and sometimes bad things happen. I don't mean to trivialize the event that Gregg is talking about, either, but to simply dispute his notion that anything harmful is meaningless. No, it's simply living life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com