I was listening to Deion Branch and David Givens on the Dale and Holly show during lunch and they said, in an obvious dig at Cris Carter, that "Some players want to have 100+ reception seasons, but they never make the playoffs or go to the superbowl - but the guys on the Patriots buy in to the system and give up personal stats for the good of the team".
This was just after discussing Cris Carter ripping Deion Branch just two weeks ago by saying he "disappeared" in big games. It was obvious, and I loved it.
Tonight, before the Texans and Ravens even kicked off Gruden was heaping gobs of praise on Andre Johnson - and I couldn't help but thinking back to what I heard just 8 hours ago - who cares how great he is? If he is their ONLY threat and the ONLY receiver anyone cares about, how good a team can they hope to be?
They are frauds just like every team Randy Moss goes to is a fraud. You simply cannot win if you have one "great threat" and as we all know, blacks have the most difficult time accepting a diminished role for the good of the team.
I like Andre Johnson, I think he's a pretty good guy for a WR that as a position has a reputation for having some divas - but I agree 100% with the Patriots - you are nothing if you only have one threat at that position. So for now, Houston has one good WR and one emerging TE and a good QB - but other than that, it should be no surprise they cannot beat anyone when it matters.
2 minutes after I posted this Andre Johnson scored a TD - it is now 21 to 7 in favor of the Ravens. I'm sure Johnson will get a lot of credit in the Texans loss to what I consider to be an underwhelming Ravens offense.
Edited by: Patrick