Agreed. Maybe a mention about young black men and their propensity for making poor lifestyle choices??? Naw just blame it on inantimate objects when you can't blame whitey.
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Agreed. Maybe a mention about young black men and their propensity for making poor lifestyle choices??? Naw just blame it on inantimate objects when you can't blame whitey.
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Chrissy collinsworth making excuses for the perennially overrated Jermichael Finley - probably drops the most passes of anyone that plays the position.
Suh continuing his cheap play and targeting of white players.
Suh continuing his cheap play and targeting of white players.
It never fails to amaze me how the effective two minute offense has pretty much become extinct. Don't know if it's beyond the capabilities of blacks to comprehend, or it's too much for their natural leisurely pace. . . or what.
I think of the New England-Philadelphia Super Bowl, where the Eagles were pathetic at trying to move the ball down the field at the end of the game with urgency. Donovan McNabb was reportedly wheezing and puking, a combination of poor conditioning and being unable to cope with the stress of the situation.
It's not your father's NFL; most fundamentals disappeared when the league went to an extremist affirmative action policy. Fundamentals are also passe in basketball and baseball.
I think of the New England-Philadelphia Super Bowl, where the Eagles were pathetic at trying to move the ball down the field at the end of the game with urgency. Donovan McNabb was reportedly wheezing and puking, a combination of poor conditioning and being unable to cope with the stress of the situation.
It's not your father's NFL; most fundamentals disappeared when the league went to an extremist affirmative action policy. Fundamentals are also passe in basketball and baseball.
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Durham's one handed catch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-bwle8RQMI
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Suh and Fairley are a couple of no-good thugs. Suh cost his team fifteen yards a negated a GB receiver drop with a stupid push on Rodgers. Later Fairley tried to injure Rodgers with a post pass slam to the ground that the refs somehow didn't see. And Chrissy is reverting back to his white apologist mindset. All he can say is "the Lions play right up to the whistle. And I'd want my players to play right up to the whistle too."
And Green Bay evidently has no Kyle Turley type to stick up for Rodgers. When they watch the tape of Fairley's felony assault they should hang their heads in shame that they let him get away with it.
And Green Bay evidently has no Kyle Turley type to stick up for Rodgers. When they watch the tape of Fairley's felony assault they should hang their heads in shame that they let him get away with it.
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The coach of the Redskins seems to be a sly fox. My take is the league, through the owner forced Shanahan to draft RGIII that high. But Shanahan made the deal (probably with the owner) to get Cousins. I guess he knows the shelf life of these black running QBs isn't long and he'd have his QB there when he needed him, as he did yesterday.
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Yes, and Stafford, the guy who’d just fumbled while trying to throw a routine pass (which was promptly recovered and returned for a TD) only minutes prior, was shown “chewing out” Durham on the sideline after the interception. The scene was quite evocative of Brett Favre barking at Bill Schroeder subsequent to…well, any conceivable mistake on his part.
Despite this incident, I was happy that Durham started on the outside, tallying 4 catches for 54 yards (despite inclement weather), including this breathtaking catch…
Durham essentially has everything the NFL is allegedly “looking for.” Height, speed, hands, and a kangaroo-like vertical leap. I’ve posted this photo of Kris leaping over his mother’s head before, but it’s worth re-posting…
This season, Calvin Johnson has unfortunately dethroned Jordy Nelson as the league’s most dominant outside receiver, so he'll obviously be around in 2013. Nate Burelson will be 32 years old next season, but has two years remaining on his contract. Possession receiver, Ryan Broyles, is talented but probably won’t return until the midway point of next season. World Champion dim-wit, Titus Young, could be traded due to gross insubordination.
Detroit also signed white receiver Lance Long (to replace Broyles?), a Jerheme Urban-style “disposable white receiver” who made the Cardinals roster a few years back but has since bounced around in Kansas City, Jacksonville, and was most recently tortured by Johnny-Wig Harbaugh in San Francisco.
I’d love to see Detroit “Patriotize” their offensive weapons for 2013 to include any combination of Durham, Long, Scheffler, and Heller along with Calvin Johnson.
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Tonight’s matchup against the Texans could serve as a stage for one of the grandest accomplishments in Wes Welker’s storied career. He could break the following all-time NFL records…
1) With 8 catches, Welker will become the first player to record 100+ receptions in 5 different seasons.
2) With 10 catches, Welker will break a tie with Jerry Rice for the most 10-catch games (the current record is 17).
3) With 8-10 catches, Welker will remain on pace to break a tie with Chris Carter for most 120+ catch seasons (the current record is 2).
With Gronkowski and Edelman out, “The Patriot Missile” should certainly factor heavily into the game plan. With any luck, he’ll accomplish all of these records and more against the Texans’ chocolate-coated secondary.
Also of note is the fact that LG Logan Mankins is set to return to the starting lineup tonight, giving New England an all-white OL for the first time in many weeks. Unfortunately, DE Chandler Jones is also set to return, which means that DE Trevor Scott will return to the bench. However, with reserve Jermaine Cunningham suspended, Scott is likely to receive plenty of rotational snaps.
With Welker, Woodhead, Walter, Daniels, Graham, and Casey, this should be a very exciting matchup for all 60 minutes.
1) With 8 catches, Welker will become the first player to record 100+ receptions in 5 different seasons.
2) With 10 catches, Welker will break a tie with Jerry Rice for the most 10-catch games (the current record is 17).
3) With 8-10 catches, Welker will remain on pace to break a tie with Chris Carter for most 120+ catch seasons (the current record is 2).
With Gronkowski and Edelman out, “The Patriot Missile” should certainly factor heavily into the game plan. With any luck, he’ll accomplish all of these records and more against the Texans’ chocolate-coated secondary.
Also of note is the fact that LG Logan Mankins is set to return to the starting lineup tonight, giving New England an all-white OL for the first time in many weeks. Unfortunately, DE Chandler Jones is also set to return, which means that DE Trevor Scott will return to the bench. However, with reserve Jermaine Cunningham suspended, Scott is likely to receive plenty of rotational snaps.
With Welker, Woodhead, Walter, Daniels, Graham, and Casey, this should be a very exciting matchup for all 60 minutes.
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If a pinpoint passer like Aaron Rodgers had been throwing to Durham last night Durham would have at least a couple more catches. I'll even say that on that interception Aaron would have sensed where Durham was goiing and put it right where he could catch it.
I'm not that impressed with Stafford.
I'm not that impressed with Stafford.
I agree, Stafford does throw a lot of inaccurate passes and Durham should have had a significantly better stat line. Earlier this season he was trying to force the ball over and over in the red zone to Calvin Johnson, who is 6'6", and kept missing him. Stafford has a strong arm but he needs to improve his touch.
The good folks at Weenieworld have already passed judgment on Kris Durham's career:
Making a surprise start opposite Calvin Johnson, Kris Durham caught four passes for 54 yards in Detroit's Week 14 loss to the Packers. Signed off the practice squad just five days ago, Durham failed his audition. The 6-6, 216-pound wideout ran the wrong route on Matthew Stafford's only interception of the evening, and failed to corral a catchable ball as the Lions were driving in the fourth quarter. Although it would have been unfair to expect Durham to light up the statsheet, he didn't show nearly enough to earn another start, or hint at future fantasy value.
Making a surprise start opposite Calvin Johnson, Kris Durham caught four passes for 54 yards in Detroit's Week 14 loss to the Packers. Signed off the practice squad just five days ago, Durham failed his audition. The 6-6, 216-pound wideout ran the wrong route on Matthew Stafford's only interception of the evening, and failed to corral a catchable ball as the Lions were driving in the fourth quarter. Although it would have been unfair to expect Durham to light up the statsheet, he didn't show nearly enough to earn another start, or hint at future fantasy value.
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Extrapoint posted some of that blurb in the Durham thread. That's a despicable thing to write about a guy in his first NFL start.
Yep, how dare he run an incorrect route in his first start! And of course they didn't mention his spectacular one-handed catch.
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I second that comment, f*** rotoworld and that pathetic excuse for a writer. The media, scouts, coach's and so called experts said the same thing about Wes Welker when San Diego cut him and Miami underused him. All he needed was a chance and Durham like countless other white receivers is the same way. He has incredible hands, speed, coordination and jumping ability. He has star receiver written all over him.
Pats vs Texans should be the game of the week.
I hope Welker breaks most or all of those records tonight. He is as good as they get!
Pats vs Texans should be the game of the week.
I hope Welker breaks most or all of those records tonight. He is as good as they get!
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This is why I say if Matthew Stafford had it to do over again he probably would take back his on the field reaction to the play. Stafford was in a vulnerable moment. No doubt he was upset and frazzled over the all-world blooper he committed just prior to the int. But now he has his friend in the spot light in a bad way. He should feel bad about that. Hopefully, Stafford is advocating for Kris Durham to the coaches. He owes him one, big time.
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My response to weenie world:
I took offense to your write up of Kris Durham's performance last night but it wasn't unexpected. This site has a long history of bashing white sports players especially in football. Your write ups are full of incorrect stereotypes. I'm just calling this site out on it as the type of groupthink that exists in this society today. Sites like yours stereotype white players and I am frankly sick of it.
Durham was actually pretty impressive - he made one of the best catches of this season in his first start with detroit. The guy has barely seen the field yet you already write him off like you are some sort of experts.
The fact is you are a bunch of hacks that perpetuates the stereotypes of white athletes just like Rivals, ESPN and Scout.com
I took offense to your write up of Kris Durham's performance last night but it wasn't unexpected. This site has a long history of bashing white sports players especially in football. Your write ups are full of incorrect stereotypes. I'm just calling this site out on it as the type of groupthink that exists in this society today. Sites like yours stereotype white players and I am frankly sick of it.
Durham was actually pretty impressive - he made one of the best catches of this season in his first start with detroit. The guy has barely seen the field yet you already write him off like you are some sort of experts.
The fact is you are a bunch of hacks that perpetuates the stereotypes of white athletes just like Rivals, ESPN and Scout.com
Good job. They need to hear it. However the reinforcement from the DWF's will drown out any commonsense. This comment from the Detrotit News reader: "When you have Rs that don't know where they are supposed to be or/and are slower than the starters that run that pattern normally timing is way off making the QB look bad. What Stafff did wrong was not throw to CJ enough and too much to his college buddy."
To the DWF crowd there were far too many White guys out there yesterday. As I have said before the tolerance level that White fans have for White players is almost zero. The only way a team like the Patriots gets away with it is to win almost all of the time. As soon as they start losing they will get blacker.
Like weenie world and the whole jocktocracy the stereotypes are too ingrained to avoid when casting blame. White guys are too slow, to unskilled, to be any good. Unless they produce unreal numbers they are subject to withering criticism. That's why a White guy can't play cornerback, the way it is set up is that every CB is burned continuously, all game, every game. Even the good ones. There is very little payback except an interception here and there. Any White guy at that position would be fingered every time a pass was caught or when he got burned for a TD. The coaches couldn't deal with it.
But back to the game, it was difficult passing in that wind and cold. Rodgers only completed 14 passes himself. Stafford does have a touch issue but in good conditions he's usually pretty good. He needed to put it up high for Durham but in windy conditions you can't really do that, you have to keep it on a line to slice through the wind. If, and it's a big if, Durham gets another shot in the dome in Detroit he might put up some numbers.
And the weenie world article is another glaring example of the double standard in how black and White players are perceived. Any black player that shows an itsy bitsy tiny bit of promise is praised to the sky and only good things are predicted. You see this with bums that are drafted high and their projections for the season. So Kris Durham plays okay in tough conditions and the result? He's a talentless bum who will never be any good.
In a way I understand the thinking of weenie world and their partners in stupidity. The coaches are going to bench and criticize the White guys, so why not get a jump as a predictor of bad things so when the inevitable happens they can say-look how right we were. It's sickening but that's the way those a-holes have set it up.
Good job.
I've emailed Weenieworld a few times. Never have received a response, but the more people who register a complaint the better. One person taking the time to write is seen as representing the view of a far larger number who don't write. If they get enough people writing to them they just might become a little more fair in their write-ups.
and then said something about Woodhead coming out the backfield with his athleticism, that the defender never had a shot.
and then attributes the big td by Lloyd as great playcalling/scheme rather than unlimited affleticism, which it was a good play call, blown coverage biting on the playaction fake, wide open.
Ninkovich has been playing great today as well. Every nationally televised game on Saints forums they are all like "whyd we get rid of this guy?"
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You men please post a lot tonight. I aint gonna be able to see this game, and I need as many updates as possible. We got so many of our guys in this game it sucks I aint gonna catch it.
Well, Welker was 1 yard short of a td, probably could have gotten had he gotten up quicker, he was untouched catching it. Took him a second to realize it and then tried to get into the endzone, 1 yard short. Would be nice to see him get more tds for the season, but good to see the pass go for 25 yards. Woodhead had a nice pass, Welker also had a 22 yard punt return to set up nice field position. They are focusing heavily on Welker and even saw two guys on Woodhead once, leaving Hernandez with the best matchups, so he is getting the most targets right now.
Welker adds 2 catches for another 20 or so yards. So 3 catches for 52 yards. Nobody covering Hernandez for a td.
Watt not a force in this game so far, they are getting the ball off so quick. Brady also practiced for Watt, having I think someone holding a raquett? and trying to bat down passes at the line.
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Hernandez benefiting from Welker's stellar play has 2 TDs already. Woodhead only on the field to block on third down. Yippee!