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sportscurmudgeon · 10-19-2004, 08:35 PM

Matty:

Vegas was WONDERFUL! Thanx for asking. I returned home in sensory overload from watching all the NFL games and about 20-25 college football games and all the baseball games over the weekend and horse races from about 2 dozen tracks around the country. Oh, and did I mention that wagering was available on all of them?

For the record, I took the Skins to win and got 1.5 points because by game time the Bears had become the favorite. I also took the game UNDER 34 points. That was easy. And I parlayed those two bets and collected on everything. In addition, I took a first half get that the total score at halftime would be UNDER 18. That game was very good to me!!

I think Dockery could become something useful with the right coaching and the right usage. However, he is slow afoot and you cannot use him in a scheme that requires him to lead a runner downfield on a sweep He's not going to get there this season! My description of someone that slow is that he is likely to be rear-ended by a glacier!

But he is big and he obviously worked hard in the offeason to get rid of a lot of the baby-fat he carried last year so that tells me he has the desire and the "coachability" to improve. So, I don't want the Skins to get rid of him, but I cannot allow someone to say that Dockery belongs on a list of players that a Super Bowl aspirant would trade for to "put them over the top". Hopefully for the Skins he'll develop into that kind of player, but for now, that's just absurd.

Jerry Rice might be a good addition to the team as a role model for the young players regarding conditioning and regarding the "cerebral aspects" of the game. But Jerry Rice is not the pass receiver that he was even three years ago; he will not catch any 6 yard passes over the middle break one tqackle and run 65 yards to the end zone. Those days are behind him. I don't think the Skins have room to have a player like Rice who will demand to play - and complain if he doesn't - but whose skills are no longer what the team needs. For a memory of the recent past, let me say two words here:

Bruce ... Smith !!!

10-19-2004, 08:35 PM	#47
sportscurmudgeon Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,159	Matty: Vegas was WONDERFUL! Thanx for asking. I returned home in sensory overload from watching all the NFL games and about 20-25 college football games and all the baseball games over the weekend and horse races from about 2 dozen tracks around the country. Oh, and did I mention that wagering was available on all of them? For the record, I took the Skins to win and got 1.5 points because by game time the Bears had become the favorite. I also took the game UNDER 34 points. That was easy. And I parlayed those two bets and collected on everything. In addition, I took a first half get that the total score at halftime would be UNDER 18. That game was very good to me!! I think Dockery could become something useful with the right coaching and the right usage. However, he is slow afoot and you cannot use him in a scheme that requires him to lead a runner downfield on a sweep He's not going to get there this season! My description of someone that slow is that he is likely to be rear-ended by a glacier! But he is big and he obviously worked hard in the offeason to get rid of a lot of the baby-fat he carried last year so that tells me he has the desire and the "coachability" to improve. So, I don't want the Skins to get rid of him, but I cannot allow someone to say that Dockery belongs on a list of players that a Super Bowl aspirant would trade for to "put them over the top". Hopefully for the Skins he'll develop into that kind of player, but for now, that's just absurd. Jerry Rice might be a good addition to the team as a role model for the young players regarding conditioning and regarding the "cerebral aspects" of the game. But Jerry Rice is not the pass receiver that he was even three years ago; he will not catch any 6 yard passes over the middle break one tqackle and run 65 yards to the end zone. Those days are behind him. I don't think the Skins have room to have a player like Rice who will demand to play - and complain if he doesn't - but whose skills are no longer what the team needs. For a memory of the recent past, let me say two words here: Bruce ... Smith !!! __________________ The Sports Curmudgeon www.sportscurmudgeon.com But don't get me wrong, I love sports...