Chuck HRandom 'Two Cents' In The Wake Of The Super Bowl
February 8th 2010 14:43
** Drew Brees and the Saints deserved that win yesterday. They went out and earned it. What a display of accuracy by Mr. Brees.
** I’m tired of the “Peyton Manning is 9-9 in playoff games and he blew another one yesterday”, talk. Enough. Because the bottom line is this: If you don’t have access to the game film when judging any of these QB's, you really can’t judge their whole body of work. How many perfect throws did Manning make into tight coverage in that game yesterday? Tons. Unless you see the game film and can say, “look, he missed this guy…he missed that guy…etc.”, you can’t say it’s all on him. The QB’s in this league get way too much credit when things are good and way too much blame when they aren’t. How about the fact that the Saints might’ve smothered his receivers and Manning didn’t have much to work with yesterday? Just askin'. Football is a team game. I’m tired of the whole “how many rings does your QB have” used as a measuring stick all the time. That constitutes some of the story, not all.
** Reggie Bush is an amazing raw talent, but was he a worthy #2 pick in the NFL Draft? Will he ever turn into a productive feature back and be a guy you give the ball to 20 times a game? Or will he always play the 'part time weapon' role?
** The onsides kick by the Saints to start the second half was complete horseshit. That was an awful, awful call by Sean Payton. It worked out. Good for him, but an awful decision. You’re down 10-6 to start the second half and you pull that call out of your ass? If the Colts fall on that ball, game over, IMO. Peyton drives 35-40 yards for a TD and all the Saints are wondering why their coach didn’t have confidence in them to play the Colts man up and instead starting pulling gimmick plays out of his ass. Luckily for Payton, it worked.
** Colts DE Dwight Freeney came out of the gates on fire yesterday. He was pressuring Brees hard core. In the end, the injury was too much and it resulted in barely any pressure being put on the Saints QB in the second half. Brees could stand back there and calmly put the ball wherever he wanted against that non-pressuring Colts D.
** The shot of Brees holding his one year old son after he won was amazing. What a feeling that must be to experience.
** Fave commercial? I’ll go with the Doritos one where the kid warns the guy (who appears to be picking up his Mom for a date) to keep his hands off his mother after he catches him staring at her nicely shaped buns. Otherwise, not a strong showing for our advertising peeps of the world.
Chuck
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Comment by CMG
and the onside kick - talk about a wtf moment watching the ball barely travel 8 yards before boucning off a Colt. wow.