bigunreal said:
Some random observations:
Marshall Faulk, Priest Holmes, like Rice, were force fed the ball every
game, yet somehow the defenses, who allegedly watch so many hours of
film of their upcoming opponent, can't figue out that the key to
stopping those teams is to focus attention on the one offensive player
they force the ball to?
Marshall Faulk had elite wide receivers like Holt and Bruce not to mention, Kurt Warner who might make it in the HOF. Yes Coordinators aren't as bright as they would have us believe, the same with players on defense. I can watch hours of film, does that mean I will know how to break down the defense and how to stop them? not to mention some players are just more athletic than others, and most defenses are not that great. Some coordinators know how to adjust when teams gear to stop one player, if they have other players to use. Unfortunately Hillis doesn't have either of those things, so his season has been incredible given the circumstances. Bill Bellicheck was one of the first to stop the greatest show on turf in the Superbowl. Bill is considered a defensive genius, so this shows the talent level of most coaches. Most know how to copy stuff once it is out there but few are that smart. Bill knew that the offense ran through Faulk unlike others who would try to stop the deep passing game. He was obsessed with stopping Faulk, he had his players sick of practicing, because every day the entire drill consisted of a guy playing as Marshall, and would do the same things Marshall did, and Bill would scream "where is he!" no matter where he was on the field or whether the ball was going to him, he wanted his players to know where he was on the field at all times and what he was doing on every play. Interesting because Bill Bellicheck starting using Kevin Faulk more like this, although it was a poor man's Marshall Faulk. Then he grabbed Welker, who the offense almost ran through, Welker did everything that Marshall did except take handoffs, BUT he was still using Kevin Faulk in this way. Now he has Danny who is the complete package, who he uses like Marshall along with Welker. The thing is, Bill Bellicheck is a defensive minded coach and does not want his offense to run through one single person which addresses your next point about Bellicheck not thinking much of Danny. He thinks a lot of Danny, but isn't going to run the offense through one single person, because he knows if that one person is shut down then then the offense can be shut down. That is why he spreads the touches around. It has always been like this. The only player to get a to get a ton of carries was Corey Dillon, and that was probably more out of need than how Bill wanted to run the offense. Maybe he will never get 15 touches on a consistent basis, he is going to get the amount of touches that the gameplan calls for and what matchups Bill thinks he can exploits. This is evident by the fact that Woodhead got 16 touches against the Ravens. I wouldn't rule out 12 to 14 touches in the future. As far as what he said about Woodhead, he doesn't go out of his way to give high praise to any player on his team, no player is above the team in his lockerroom. I guess you didn't see Bill and Woodhead after the Jets win. BB likes white players and isn't limiting someone on some "quota" he does what he wants and likes white players. Did you see him shake the hand of Hillis after he whooped the Patriots? he never shakes anybody's hands, but had nothing but respect for him. Bill had his eye on Woodhead since his first preseason game, so its obvious that he thinks the guy is special. Woodhead is on pace for 129 touches, which would equal around 147 had he been there for the first few games, not to mention his first game where he was still learning the playbook and only got 3 touches. 147 touches is more than Kevin Faulk ever got in a season except for 2 years which was earlier in his career, and like the Dillon situation, it was more out of need. Faulk only avg 3.5 ypc and 3.6 ypc those years. It is obvious that Bill wouldn't have used him that much unless there was a better option. Danny is on a team with guys like Welker, Gronkowski, Hernandez etc, not to mention Law Firm is a good back, completely different skillset though. Bill is not going to say "well that guy has x amount of talent so he will get x amount of touches". It will go on what he thinks he can exploit in the defense. Bill knows that defenses are becoming less physical and smaller, so Law Firm will not go anywhere, his new idea is to spread teams out and have a power guy grind out yards once in a while, he has stated this, before he even got Woodhead.
why is even Colt McCoy starting to ignore him as a receiver out of the backfield?
Colt McCoy isn't ignoring Hillis out of the backfield, defenses have been putting multiple guys on Hillis when he goes out into the flat, unlike Jake Delhomme, McCoy isn't hanging out Hillis to dry. He targeted him 3 times in favorable situations, and he had 2 catches for 23 yards, unlike the weeks Delhomme played and he would have multiple catches for 3 or 4 yards total.
"There was a story this past week about how Peyton Manning recently
invited the immortal Pierre Garcon into his sacred "tree pattern"
pregame workout routine. This was a high honor, previously reserved only
for Marvin Harrison and then Reggie Wayne."
There is nothing sacred about this. It is just to make the affletes feel special and hoping they don't realize the reason for this workout is because they have a lower iq than their white counterparts and need more work when learning the offense and help with route running etc.
Did you ever stop to think what this pre game warm up is? its going
through the route tree. Stokley, Clark, they all know how to do this
kind of stuff and work with him outside of practice. Guys like Garcon,
Wayne and even Harrison need to do this kind of stuff, even before
games, especially after Harrison completely disappears in the
postseason. The reason why? partly because he is a choker, and another
reason is probably too much time on his hand, and put in less practice
as the season went on. We all know that Manning said their was a
completely different Marvin outside of Indy. Seriously, why would Clark
or any of those other guys need to work on the routes pre game? Its what they worked on all week, they don't need a reminder a few hours before the game. They have a memory that last longer than a day. Last time I
checked Clark was a beast before his injury, he certainly didn't need
any pre game work with Manning to get on the same page, because he was
already on the same page. Garcon NEEDS the work. They are forcing him
into the offense and Manning is out of options besides trying to force
him to maximize his potential and not make mistakes. Not every qb is Brett Favre and I am not going to jump to conclusions and put down a white player without knowing everything that is going on.
As for Manning, he loved Stokley, as well as most white receivers. This is even more obvious if you have attended his passing camp, in the summer, he loved working with Dicky Lyons Jr and lobbied to get him on the team but as I mentioned before, he doesn't have the final say in EVERYTHING. I think it may have something to do with being with his own kind, as well as his brother Cooper Manning, who was the slot receiver on their high school team when Cooper was a senior and Manning was just starting out. Not to mention the years they grew up together playing pitch and catch. Manning wouldve chosen Ole Miss had Cooper not been diagnosed with Spinal Stenosis. He probably envisions himself out there on the field throwing to Cooper, and Cooper was the stereotypical slot receiver.
Yes Daboli is that bad and will be out of a job next year. He outthinks himself and wants to trick the offense instead of just playing power football. In his mind hes thinking "the left side is the best to run it behind, so they won't expect a run to the right" When in reality he should just say, look im running this play, try and stop me. There are other play callers that get like this, including Sean Payton, who outhinks himself at times and gets too cute.
The ridiculous amount of tv timeouts allow sumos like Wilfork to stay on the field, as well as being subbed out every few downs. I agree that these guys are out of shape and shouldn't be in the league in this condition. This is why many defensive players are rotated in and out of the game. Notice how offensive linemen are never rotated out, yet most of them don't gas out, and by most I mean the white ones. The other ones get lazy and are more prone to penalties as the game wears on.
I will bet you 100 dollars that Michael Vick does not win the Super Bowl. I would bet more but that is all I have in my bank account right now. The Eagles are a good team, DeSean Jackson is one of the top receivers in the league, Vick is a choker. The Giants have a horrible defense, he didn't do anything that special yesterday.
If Tebow were black the media would be masturbating over his performance right now, if he were black he wouldn't have had to wait until the end of the season to start. I am visiting relatives in Denver right now and was listening to the game on the radio. During the pre game show some "expert" came on and talked about how Tebow couldn't run and do the things he did in college because "linebackers are bigger AND faster than him", he even went on to say that there were linemen faster than him which is even more ridiculous. The announcers during the game were mentioning the same thing, about how he couldn't run in the NFL like he did in college because players are just more athletic than him. Right after they said that he ran for a 40 yard td. They seemed shocked and said "how did he do that" Tebow ran the same time as LeGarret Blount, except had a better 10 yard split and the fastest 3 cone drill time as well as one of the top agility drills and verticals, not for quarterbacks, but for runningbacks. Blount has had no problem rushing this season.
As far as being told that Hillis will wear down, it is all an attempt to reduce him to a Mike Alstott role, because apparently physical backs can't last in the NFL, even though guys like Steven Jackson don't have a problem. Hillis delivers the punishment rather than receives it, but if they pound that into the dwfs heads long enough, they will think that he isnt capable of more than half of the workload and needs someone else, and it will "lengthen his career" yet when the idea of Gerhart getting 1/3rd of the carries to lengthen AP's career there is outrage.
Edited by: snow 
