The way Petersen is running the ball, Gerhart's chances of seeing any carries are as good as mine. The issue here is different than CLE. Petersen is clearly the best RB in the NFL, what sucks is that Gerhart was drafted by the Vikings. There are at least 15-20 teams where he could be a starter right now.
Merrill Hoge on Sportscenter right now bashing Tebow and trying to downplay today's win. What an absolute scumbag this "man" is.
Bigunreal said:Watching Hoge now on "Mike and Mike." No disagreement from Greenie and Golic- Tebow was "awful" and his great comeback came against "the worst team" and thus was meaningless. Unbelievable. Hoge's handlers clearly must have told him to tone down his anti-Tebow hysteria, as he is making a decided effort to stay calm as he continues to try and derail Tebow's career.
Bigunreal said:Speaking again of Tebow, it didn't take him long to find a new favorite, did it? How do you virtually ignore the #1 WR Decker, while forcing 10 targets to Thomas, who of course has unlimited potential? I love Tebow, but you can see that Decker's breakout season is going to be derailed now. No matter what happens, it seems that the overall status quo remains intact.
Bigunreal said:There just isn't much to be optimistic about right now in terms of white skill position players around the league.
To be perfectly truthful, Tim Tebow was putrid (against the worst team in the NFL, no less) for 55 long minutes yesterday. Although his receivers did drop multiple passes, he was heavily blitzed, and he was barely permitted to throw the ball…his long/medium range accuracy and decision making were dreadfully poor at times. For the first 3.75 quarters, aside from a few superhuman scrambles, he played the way Mel Kiper, Todd McShay, Jason Witlock, Merril Hoge, and the rest his many white-loathing cynics in Jock Sniffer Nation so gleefully predicted.
With 5:23 remaining in the game and the Broncos down by 15 points, the game appeared entirely out of reach. Then, somehow, someway, Tebow engineered an 8-play, 80-yard touchdown drive with 2:52 remaining. With no timeouts remaining, the Broncos recovered an onside kick. Tebow then produced a 56-yard touchdown drive with 25 seconds remaining. A Tebow QB-draw then scored the 2-point conversion to tie the game…
I’ve never witnessed such a magical comeback in such a short period of time, however, Merrill and Company must’ve been most sickened by the “kneel†after the supernatural victory was assured…
Despite his many targets, Demarious “Slow Motion†Thomas only caught 3 passes for 27 yards and a TD. Decker caught 2 for 21 yards, however, Tebow missed him for a long (would-be) TD in the third quarter.
I know what you mean. Jordy Nelson currently has 24 catches for 465 yards and 4 TDs, but he’ll need to average 59.5 yard/game in the remaining 9 contests to achieve his first 1,000-yard season. Barring injury to the Packers’ (so-called) “rotation†of Jennings, Driver, Jones, and Cobb, Nelson’s “breakout season†seems less and less likely.
Aside from Welker and Nelson, the only other white receivers (including TE’s) in the top 50 in receiving yardage are Jason Witten (449 yards), Rob Gronkowski (401 yard), and Owen Daniels (355 yards). Receivers such as Jerheme Urban, Blair White, Brian Hartline, Anthony Gonzoles, Marc Mariani, Riley Cooper, Julian Edelman, and, most notably, the ultra-talented Austin Collie, have been “racially misplaced.†The only white receiver who’s received more playing time than expected is Dane Sanzenbacher (and that was due to Bennett's injury). Kevin Walter has been given every opportunity to succeed over the past few seasons, but he remains wildly inconsistent.
If Welker’s astonishing season continues unabated and he does manage to break any of Jerry Rice’s single-season receiving records, it would provide an embarrassing imperfection upon the System’s unblemished face. Welker may lead the NFL in all receiving categories this season, but I don’t think he’ll break the records (he'll be triple-teamed first). And even if he did, he would merely be fitted with the racially-genial crown of “Best Slot Receiver in NFL History.†At the very least, he may ensure himself a place in the NFL Hall of Fame.
To be fair to Hodge he always said the emperor had no clothes when it came to Radio and his chances of being anything more than a spot starter. I think he was the only analyst that was vocally against Young from the beginning. If Tebow doesn't show an improvement this criticism will be just. The difference between Tebow and Young is that aside from Hodge everybody was aboard the Young bandwagon and he was given a long rope, before his personal issues derailed himself. Tebow has had 3 decent games and 1 semi-bad game and the experts are calling him a quick fix or worse a bust.Hodge must have been so happy when Tebow was struggling and was ready to give his giddy I told you so speech until Tebow made on of the greatest comebacks in NFL history in the final 4 minutes. Hodge was as angry as I've ever seen an analyst towards a player.
If ANY black quarterback did what Tebow did today they'd all be doing cartwheels and saying "all he does is win."
To be fair to Hodge he always said the emperor had no clothes when it came to Radio and his chances of being anything more than a spot starter. I think he was the only analyst that was vocally against Young from the beginning. If Tebow doesn't show an improvement this criticism will be just. The difference between Tebow and Young is that aside from Hodge everybody was aboard the Young bandwagon and he was given a long rope, before his personal issues derailed himself. Tebow has had 3 decent games and 1 semi-bad game and the experts are calling him a quick fix or worse a bust.
It was Tebow's first start of the season and just the fourth start of his career. It's unfair to draw any conclusions from yesterday's game, whether one is pro- or anti-Tebow. Let him start the rest of the season (on a bad team) and then there'll be more of a body of work to look at. Young quarterbacks used to be given a season or two or three to develop; now some White QBs seemingly only get a game or two.