... to be terrible. After a huge win against the Steelers, a win in which nobody gave them a chance to sweep the Steelers and Ravens this season sign Larry Johnson. Over the past two years Johnson has been one of the most talked about player in the league; mostly for using homosexual slurs, bad-mouthing their coaches, bad-mouthing other players, and run-ins with the law. After a big sign with Cedric Benson working out so well, and finally winning, and surpassing everyones' expectations (except Chad Ochocinco's). The Bengals already have a big personality in their lockeroom with Ochocinco, hardly any teams can deal with two, but never on the same side of the ball (Terrell Owens and Donovan McNabb, Terrell Owens and Jeff Garcia, Shaq and Kobe, A-Rod and Jeter, ect). I know that Benson sustained an injury in their last game and he is questionable for next week, but Johnson won't be ready for the next week, and if he is, it will be a limited role with no significant impact.
The Bengals gambled on Benson and it worked out great, and after Benson went down against the Steelers, their backup did fine, play with the playoff team that you have put together in the offseason, don't gamble with "questionable" players like Johnson when everything is already going your way.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Belichick steals
It is obvious after watching the Monday night crew that Bill Belichick cannot make a bad call. Sunday night, Belichick decided to go for it on fourth down on their own 30 with two minutes to go in the game. Yes Peyton Manning is one of the best in the league, especially at home, at night, and on game winning drives, and the Patriots were moving the ball at will for most of the game on the Colts. However, if the Pats knew they would go for it on fourth down, why didn't they run it on third? It would have been a surprise, and if nothing else, chewed up more clock (the Colts scored with 12 seconds left in the game). But why not trust your defense? They are 7th in the league in pass defense, and had already forced Manning to throw two picks, the most in a game all season for him.
You also send a message to your defense: We know everyone in this situation would punt the ball, but Manning is really good, and so is our offense, so this is the best choice. Two minutes in the NFL can fly by, and with the Colts only having one timeout left, forcing them to go 80 yards of mistake free football is a chance most teams would have taken.
You also send a message to your defense: We know everyone in this situation would punt the ball, but Manning is really good, and so is our offense, so this is the best choice. Two minutes in the NFL can fly by, and with the Colts only having one timeout left, forcing them to go 80 yards of mistake free football is a chance most teams would have taken.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Honourable Eye Gouger
On October 31st, Brandon Spikes was caught on tape, during a horific attempt to gougeing Georgia's running back during the game. While everyone expected a lengthy suspension from Florida, Coach Meyer decided to suspend Spikes for the first half against Vanderbilt the following week.
Reactions to the suspension made it out to be a joke, and everyone expected the SEC to reign down on Spikes, but before any other suspension was issued, Spikes came out decalring that he would suspend himself for the entire game, to insure he would not be a distraction.
I believe it is very easy to look at this issue, and assume that Coach Meyer tried to cover up his lenient suspension by asking Spikes to come out and suspend himself, plus it would Spikes try and get back a positive image from nation. However, NO ONE saw it from this side, during the entire Vanderbilt game, the commentators only talked about how he took the "high road" and showed how truly bad he felt about the incident, and how he was obviously ready to be back on the field as a "well-respected" player. Are you kidding me?
This is the same player who during the entire Georgia game was taking little late hits, and jumping on piles, and pushing off players when he was getting off the pile, all could have been talked about collectively the next day, however, he was caught gouging a defensless player under a pile; which became the hot topic for the following week. He could have easily been suspended for the rest of the season, or for the remaining SEC games, but instead was only suspended for one half against one of the weakest teams in the SEC. And "couragously" took a full game suspension, and all the sudden became the good guy? Oregon will suspend their heisman hopeful runningback for the entire season for punching a player who was taunting him (even though Blount was recently reinstated), but Florida will only suspend Spikes for a half. The SEC continues to be one of the most conterversial conferences of the 2009 season
Reactions to the suspension made it out to be a joke, and everyone expected the SEC to reign down on Spikes, but before any other suspension was issued, Spikes came out decalring that he would suspend himself for the entire game, to insure he would not be a distraction.
I believe it is very easy to look at this issue, and assume that Coach Meyer tried to cover up his lenient suspension by asking Spikes to come out and suspend himself, plus it would Spikes try and get back a positive image from nation. However, NO ONE saw it from this side, during the entire Vanderbilt game, the commentators only talked about how he took the "high road" and showed how truly bad he felt about the incident, and how he was obviously ready to be back on the field as a "well-respected" player. Are you kidding me?
This is the same player who during the entire Georgia game was taking little late hits, and jumping on piles, and pushing off players when he was getting off the pile, all could have been talked about collectively the next day, however, he was caught gouging a defensless player under a pile; which became the hot topic for the following week. He could have easily been suspended for the rest of the season, or for the remaining SEC games, but instead was only suspended for one half against one of the weakest teams in the SEC. And "couragously" took a full game suspension, and all the sudden became the good guy? Oregon will suspend their heisman hopeful runningback for the entire season for punching a player who was taunting him (even though Blount was recently reinstated), but Florida will only suspend Spikes for a half. The SEC continues to be one of the most conterversial conferences of the 2009 season
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