I. Football Thoughts
So I guess I’m ready to discuss Randy Moss situation. He’ll be missed, but somehow I think the pats might pull out a win today. I’ll share this email I sent to Clancy and Paul when I finally was able to put coherent words together on the subject:
1. I fucking loved having Moss here. It was the type of trade that only happens for the Pats when I play Madden. We brought in a first ballot hall of fame player, still in his prime, as an offensive weapon. That has never happened to this team before in my lifetime and probably won't happen again unless someone else gets comically, even historically, underrated and we can get him for a mid-round pick. He was fun as shit to watch and we got to see him, along with Brady break some pretty significant NFL records in 2007. I think he was underrated as a downfield blocker on Wes Welkers bubble screens etc and the knock about him taking plays off was mostly BS.
2. The Patriots play to win superbowls. I know every team says that, but aside from the Colts, Pats, Steelers, and maybe some teams in the NFC East, not everyone can truly follow through on that motto. Lets be honest, the Bucs and Chiefs are happy with a playoff appearance, the Falcons and Broncos would settle for a playoff win. The Jaguars are shooting for 39% attendance. The Pats don't have these esoteric goals. We weren't winning a superbowl with Moss, and we probably won't win one without him. Sure- anything can happen, we can get hot in December as the D matures and make a run- but realistically this isn't our year. Something happened behind the scenes and we almost certainly will never know exactly- but a third round pick next year can be turned into a 2nd in 2012. We're gearing up for something- something big.
3. The Saints last year, and to an extent the Colts in '06, proved you can win a Superbowl with a decent defense and a great offense. I think they're the exception to the rule when you look at past superbowl winners and Belicek knows this. Sure- we can try to just outscore everyone but I don't think they WANT to win that way. Right when everyone is building their defenses to stop the spread offense, we're turning ours into a two tight-end powerhouse. Meanwhile, our defense is young and FAST. McCourty is going to be as close to a shut-down corner as we've had since Ty Law, Chung / Merriweather has potential to be a pro-bowl tandem, and I'm not bailing on Butler being a bust just yet. Mayo, Spikes and Guyton make up a good core of inside guys and Wilfork is a top 3 Defensive player in all of football. Cunningham looks like he has potential and Banta-Cain I'm forced to admit is an OK OLB... we're like 2-3 pieces from having a dominant defense (DE, OLB, and Depth). Unloading Moss was a step in this process, and we get more value for him now then we will at the end of the season- and since he's not going to be the difference maker this year then might as well sell high so to speak.
4. We really coulldn't get a 2nd round pick? WTF?
II. Random Thoughts
Given the length of time those Miners were trapped down there- what do you think their policy was on beating off? Was there like a spank-cavern set aside for that kind of activity? Did any of them go gay? At any point did they think they weren’t going to make it and start admitting to shit they didn’t want to take to the grave with them? Like that scene in Almost Famous when the plane is crashing? So many questions to which we’ll never know the answer.
III. Recap
The Corporation is finally off the schnide while Focus on The Abs remain winless. There were some other games but sadly this area is going to get the shaft this week and I’m not going into details.
The “I’m the SGA President, get my title right next time” award for best smack-talk of the week goes to: Look we know who said it, and we know who and why they said to whom they said it, so I won’t go into too many details but “Is it really "swapping" if you are getting peed on in the shower? “
The “Hey Ref! Maybe you have a son that is my age!?!” award for lamest smack-talk of the week goes to: Also goes to Paul for pretending to confuse Pittsburgh receiver Mike Wallace with the old dude from Sixty Minutes. To be fair the resemblance is uncanny:
IV Preview
Jay’s back with some more analysis- I’m not sure how we’re supposed to interpret these trends but I’m pretty sure they indicate I’m going to win my 4th Superbowl:
V. Conn Memory
I’ve got nothing- I need your help for this part. Don’t need to write anything up just send me a memory and I’ll run with it. Until that happens I will continue to post pictures of our super dance program:
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