I fell asleep 10 mins into the 1st Q and woke up with 4 mins left in the 4th. What did I miss? The Cardinals started out looking legit the first legs of the season and then poof! I was going for the Rams because they have a much better chance of beating Tom Cheat . . . although those refs . . . bank it.
Doug Cheatie, I mean, Flutie did better than alright, but he was kind of the Wayne Gretzky of the NFL/CFL. Flutie and Gretzky would get murdered today, btw, but you do certainly have a point. EDIT: Autocorrect, and yes, I do know Flutie was taller than Murray.
Gretzky and Flutie played when the NHL and NFL were light-years roughter with less protections for star players.
Gretzky could play in any era and he'd be ok. Absolutely insane vision, skating and stickhandling skills and the officials protected him from a lot of the chippy crap that was prevalent when he played. The Oilers also always had a goon on hand to beat the living crap out of anybody who went near him. Gretzky was also revered across Canada and the guy who ended his career would have had to move out of the country.
The connection between Kingsbury and Murray makes it tough to sort all of this out. Murray looked completely awful, and you have to wonder if he will ever be able to stay on the field given his size, but the narrative that Kingsbury was the ideal coach for him probably has to change. The fact is that Kingsbury has shown no evidence in his entire career (college and pro) that he is anything other than an exceedingly mediocre coach. Every year, when it comes to games down the stretch, he is badly outcoached.
Murray is unlikely to have a long career as a scrambler, even though he is a great one. All it takes is one miscalculation or blindspot hit and he's done. The question is whether he can pull a Russell Wilson and become great from the pocket with only an occasional scramble to get out of trouble.
They also need to load up their offensive line and spend some money/assets to protect him which is what the Seahawks did with Russell Wilson early in his career before they gave up on doing so. They’ve drafted two hybrid linebackers in the first round with top rated tackles on the board. It’s understated how important the offensive line is not only to protect the quarterback, but also for a player of his height to have throwing lanes opened up. He missed several receivers yesterday who were running wide open on crossing routes because he couldn’t see them unless he broke the pocket and then it was too late. Couldn’t agree more. Kingsbury was sub .500 at Texas Tech with only two winning seasons in six years.
You were right about M McCarthy too..sigh. And when Jets had opportunity they passed on MM All that talent and Dallas is still waiting in the wings for a SB entry card...unbelievable Most of the pundits on ESPN were ripping sad ole M Mcarthy for having the Cowboys unprepared for special situations in the Wild Card game as well as all year for that matter
Nice to see Stafford get his first post season win. PLayed pretty damned cleanly. Now that I see him more, I'll say it again, more like Favre than anybody since.
He will have to play less like Favre if they want to make the SB. Like Favre he likes to throw some ill-advised passes at inopportune times. He plays clean the Rams have a shot of winning it all. That pass Favre threw against Philly in OT in the playoffs takes him out of any GOAT conversation and if you ask me does not make a top 10 list.
pretty much implied... but...even BF was able to string games together where he played more clean than not... so its all aboutdoing that in PO time for MS... play a string of good games and THIS team might be able to mitigate some bad plays sprinkled in
this wacky chick (and MD actually) who is a football fan on Twitter had some wack take on Stafford and how he "wasn't a dog" and was "satisfied w/ losing" she was basically tryna say cos Pencil Man came from the CheatingTree he could install "winning attitude" but that Stafford was see above... Patricia was a redhot flaming prick w/ no cred who tryda play tough guy and failed spectacularly... MS has always been an above avg guy\ on a shit team... is he ELITE? not sure. he's defo above avg and SOMETIMES ELITE. we'll see more later this PO's and in the next 2-3 years
That was bad as well but I was talking about the 2004 NFC Divisional playoffs against the Eagles 2;08 mark
Stafford’s issue has always been that when the internal clock goes off in his head in the pocket, his tendency is to just let it rip way down field rather than finding the check down. I’m sure some of this comes from being so successful early in his career on finding Calvin Johnson and Megatron winning against double coverage. If he can limit that, he’ll be successful. Although while it kills drives, it doesn’t kill the team because a lot of times it’s close to a punt if it results in a turnover. It kills drives when he has the check down open on 3rd and 4 and throws a 50 yard bomb over the receivers head. I followed Stafford very closely in college and through the draft. He’s such an incredibly smart football mind. He’s also one of those guys who can beat you in ping pong if you practice for a year and he’s never played. Detroit was on an upward path before they hired Patricia and let him overpay for a bunch of shitty Patriot players whose careers were over if they left New England.