haha, even rotoworld is calling Garçon's game a fluke!
Pierre Garcon took both of his two catches to the house in Monday's loss to the Bucs, finishing with 146 yards.
Garcon is going to get a ton of attention for his effort, but let's be the first to rain on his parade. CB Aqib Talib put himself in no man's land in a deep zone assignment on Garcon's first 87-yard strike, and Garcon's second 59-yard strike on a screen pass should be used as an instructional video on how not to tackle or cover. In other words he had very little to do with the outcome, and Curtis Painter's 26-of-69 (37.7%) career passing mark is a bit more important. Yes, we called him intriguing in deeper leagues heading into tonight, but if there was ever a 146-yard performance that didn't raise somebody's stock -- it is this.
I watched some of the game and was shocked at that first drop Garcon had. A pee wee football player could have made that catch. The announcers did mention that he has a problem with drops but since he's black he won't be demoted or suffer any repercussions from the coaching staff especially after the two gift touchdowns he was given last night.
Oct 4 - 12:57 AM