Okay, I went thru 8 pages of threads and couldn’t find the Fish thread so I’m making a new one. After their performance last night. What do the Dolphins need to fix their team? I think it was a mistake for them to let both Ronnie Brown and the Pot head go. However, I think their greatest need is at QB. When are the Fish going to stop messing around and draft another top tier QB? I mean, it’s not like they haven’t had the opportunity. They’ve been fairly awful for a long time now.
Oct 242011
I think that we have seen some of the greatest players at offensive positions in the last 10 years. I noted earlier that Tony Gonzalez is now number two all-time in pass receptions, and he did it from the tight end position. Adrian Peterson may go down as one of the greatest running backs ever, and LaDainian Tomlinson is still playing. Devin Hester is the best kick returner of all-time. To top it off, we may be watching the best quarterback group to ever play the game. Has there ever been a class of QBs to rival the grouping of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, and Drew Brees? Manning may be the greatest pure passer to ever walk on the gridiron. Manning is a field general in the vein of a Johnny Unitas. Rodgers has people in Green Bay saying, “Brett who?”. He started the game today with 13 straight pass completions (should have been at least 14, but the 14th pass, perfectly placed, was dropped). And Brees, with a Super Bowl, and a string of 350 yard games broken tonight because he was pulled from the game in the third quarter with his team up 48-7. He was 31 for 35 for 325 yards and 5 TDs. The Saints scored TDs on 7 of the 9 possessions they had with Brees under center (the other two ended with field goals). And, they brought up a stat during the game that he is the only passer in the last 6 years with a competion rate of better than 50% on passes over 20 yards (he’s done it twice). Has there ever been an era with 4 different quarterbacks with the skill of these players? Has there ever been an era where a QB could be 31 for 35, and be disappointed because his consecutive string of 350 yard games was broken? Is this the golden era of QBs? Or has the NFL so stacked the deck that this was inevitable?
Mr. Indoors retires
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Oct 032011
Kurt Warner is calling it a career. Two MVP’s and a Super Bowl ring. Pretty good for a guy who would throw up in the huddle during the Green Bay Packers training camp. After getting cut by the Pack and toiling in the Arena Football league and then NFL Europe, he got his chance to shine. After Trent Green went down, Warner led the Rams to a thrilling Super Bowl win that hardly any saw coming. But then his career hit a nose dive when he lost all 5 starts in the 2002 season and then lost his job for good the next season. He showed up with the Giants only to lose his job to some kid named Eli. But then Arizona called and his career got back on track. After Dennis Green was fired, Ken Whisenhunt came in and eventually made Warner the starter for good. There Warner would lead another improbable Super Bowl run that only got derailed by a darn good Pittsburgh team. Kurt Warner’s legacy to me will be one of persistence. He would fall, then rise, then fall, and then rise again. Even though he was hardly consistent in the regular season, He was arguably one of the best postseason QB’s ever. I gave him the name Mr. Indoors only because that’s where it seems his greatest successes occurred. I felt that he was not the same Quarterback when he would play in the bad weather games. That’s why I rank him behind guys like Brady, Favre, Roethlisberger, and arguably the greatest Quarterback ever, Johnny Unitas. Along with his up and down career, he was able to win the NFL’s Man of the year award last year. Well deserved as he would prove his class time and time again. He wasn’t afraid to speak out about his faith in Jesus. I never got the impression that he was holier than thou or the type to shove his beliefs down everyone’s throat. So in conclusion, I want to say congratulations on a great career to a guy I criticized a little too much on here and to anyone that would listen elsewhere. Kurt Warner, you’ve proved alot of people wrong and me especially when I thought you would never duplicate your success with the Rams. Best wishes to your future endeavors!
Sep 292011
While one game or even 3 games to end the season were not the reason that the Red Sox’s season came to a close last night I feel that they are owed a apology. With the Yankees leading the game in the 9th Joe Girardi did not bring in the greatest closer of all-time, a fellow who had not pitched for several days, Mariano Rivera to close his 603rd game. If Joe had brought him in then Boston and Tampa would have been playing today and deciding their own fate. Instead, Tampa tied the score and went on to win in extras while Boston did what Boston has done best this September-they blew a lead in the 9th inning to the Orioles and flushed a 162 game season down the drain. It is one thing if the Yankees had brought in Rivera and he blew the save. They could then look Boston players and fans in the eye and say “We tried our best with our best” but to not have Mariano Rivera come into the 9th, something that would have been a good warm up for both him and the Yankees and would have allowed Tampa and Boston to decide the Wild Card Race by themselves, well, I’m sorry. That would not have happened if I was the Yankee Manager. Joe Girardi may go on to the greatest won/loss record of any Yankee Manager ever but I will never respect him again the way I did. The Yankees are bigger then to do this. I’m a Yankee. Joe Girardi will never be.
Congradulations to Mariano Rivera as he saved his 43rd game of the season and 602 regular season save. He thus passes Trevor Hoffman as the all-time saves leader in major league history. Most baseball experts also just think of him as one of the greatest pitchers of any era. I know I do.
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Sep 082011
I don’t about the rest of you out there, but this last weekend was the Super Bowl. The playoff between the Saints and Vikings was one of the greatest games ever. I love Brett Farve, but I love the Saints as well. I will be watching this years Super Bowl between the Saints and Colts, but it will not have the excitement as this last weekends game. I was heartbroken for Farve and excited for the Saints at the same time. I will of course be rooting for the Saints who have never been this far and I know that they will win this games. To Brett, thank you for this years and all the years before. Go Saints
May 062011
Happy 80th to Willie Mays, nearly universally considered to be the greatest living ballplayer.
Apr 282011
I will be glad when its over (the draft). Um sick and tired of these jack **bleep** prognosticators draggin this discussion out to keep thier jobs. Today I heard one never have played a damm thang prognosticator say Cam Newton ought to be drafted in the 2nd or 3rd round. This stuff aint rocket science. He is one of the greatest college athletes ever to play the game…Odds are he will be a damm good pro. Its a game…..
The ’72 Dolphins perfect season is always a topic of great debate. Were they the best ever or are there other teams that were better football teams and just didn’t catch enough breaks to go unbeaten? I believe that they are underrated. Some people give the Dolphins alot of crap for only playing two teams with a winning record in the ’72 regular season. I used to short change the Dolphins because of that, but looking back I realize how hard it is to win in the NFL. No matter who the Dolphins faced, they came out winners. The best team that they beat that year was the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road in the AFC Championship game. The Steelers dynasty was a couple years from being complete, but still it was an impressive victory. The “no name” defense of the Dolphins held all postseason opponents under 17 points for a combined total of 38. Not bad at all. The offense made the big plays when needed and they went through most of the season without their star Quarterback Bob Griese. Great coaching job by Don Shula indeed. The Dolphins had the greatest season in NFL history. Were they the best team ever? I would pick the ’78 Steelers or the ’75 Steelers. Those teams had a couple of regular season losses each, but I believe that come playoff time they would be able to beat any of the Championship teams of the 70′s. I’d also be hard pressed to put the ’72 Dolphins above the ’84 49ers. Joe Montana and company went 15-1. The greatest receiver ever Jerry Rice wasn’t even on the team yet. The 49ers recorded three impressive postseason victories, including the Super Bowl victory over one of the greatest passing teams ever, which ironically was Dan Marino’s Dolphins. I know Dolphins fans will disagree with me as far as the greatest team ever, but at least I recognize their ’72 season as the greatest in NFL history…