NFL Football 2009
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NY Jets & Yankee fans ought to find this article amusing: Yankees Joe Girardi teaches Mark Sanchez how to slide.
Heard about that. Kinda wished Steve Young would have taken the same approach and asked someone like LaRussa. Maybe then he could have played longer.
RobertScorpio
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Speaking of which...doesn't this Farve/Rogers ordeal remind you of Young/Montana. And Montana almost got back to the superbowl with the chiefs.
A little bit. Not really sure the attitudes in Green Bay but it seemed like fans there were a bit more open towards Rogers. With Niner fans, it took Young almost his entire career to warm-up to some of those die hard fans (And there is still debate about that).
RobertScorpio
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maybe its an age thing...I tilt toward Montana because, even though I was a Charger fan, and we had Dan Fouts, Joe won..and won big...
Rob
Rob
RobertScorpio
Pariah
Yeah...Steve did win (beating my CHARGERS I must add)...but big Joe got 4. And unless Brady finishes strong, Joe and Bradshall, are still the only QBS with four rings...
Rob
Rob
It helps that they had teams around them. Elway has started 5 superbowls 3 of which (the losses) he was the team.
RobertScorpio
Pariah
Good point..I dont remember the wide-receivers elway had back then, in the late 80s and early 90s, but weren't they called the three amigos?
rob
RobertScorpio
Pariah
Yep..heck,the AFC was so bad, that on SUPERBOWL sunday my family would go to disneyland to avoid the crowds. Alas, so did everyone else!!!
Rob
I'm trying to read about football but fine I keep looking at RobertScorpios avatar for some reason.
I was just at SI.com and reviewing the Peter King pick'em challenge. For the Titans vs Colts match up the fan pick is Colts win by 73%. Which I'm fine with but that means 27% think my Titans will win. Despite their last 5 weeks being a wild ride I didn't think that that many outside middle TN gave them much hope over Indy. The 27% seems scary big to me, means people are paying attention now to the Titans. As people vote that could change of course.
I was just at SI.com and reviewing the Peter King pick'em challenge. For the Titans vs Colts match up the fan pick is Colts win by 73%. Which I'm fine with but that means 27% think my Titans will win. Despite their last 5 weeks being a wild ride I didn't think that that many outside middle TN gave them much hope over Indy. The 27% seems scary big to me, means people are paying attention now to the Titans. As people vote that could change of course.
Well, looking at Indy's schedule, I would say that the Titans are one of two, maybe three, teams that have a shot at knocking them off. Assuming the Titans continue to surge and the colts continue to play how they generally have been, the Titans have a shot. I'm also counting Denver, though that's dependant on which Denver shows up, and potentially the Jets.
Vance Johnson, Ricky Nattile, and Mark Jackson. None of whom are in the hall of fame. Montana and Young were thowing to arguably the best receiver in the history of the game and did so behind one hell of a solid line. It's a team game and even great QBs don't do it without a strong supporting cast.
In 89 Denver's 1000 yard running back had his ribs broken by the Browns in the AFC championship. The niners probably still would have won could he play, but it would have never been the blowout it became.
I had an up close and personal seat when the Titans lost 59-0. I don't buy into them at all.
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Can't say I was buying into them at that point, heck was anyone so those aren't brave statements by any stretch.
The Titans are for sure playing better now for whatever reason(s). Still our corners are as mediocre as they were and I'm still not happy with the pass rush. Other aspects like at Running Back & Quarterback have greatly improved and that may be causing some intangibles of improvement in others play. The Colts will be a strong test. If we beat them it will be three victories against teams over .500 in a row. Now that would cause me to start believing a bit more, not entirely, but more.
Can't say I was buying into them at that point, heck was anyone so those aren't brave statements by any stretch.
The Titans are for sure playing better now for whatever reason(s). Still our corners are as mediocre as they were and I'm still not happy with the pass rush. Other aspects like at Running Back & Quarterback have greatly improved and that may be causing some intangibles of improvement in others play. The Colts will be a strong test. If we beat them it will be three victories against teams over .500 in a row. Now that would cause me to start believing a bit more, not entirely, but more.
Thespeckledkiwi
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