Skins-Jags Positives and Negatives

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by tshile

You don't listen to him often but know how good/bad he is as a football guy?

Sound analysis.

I listen to him often enough to know that anyone who believes:

Originally Posted by tshile

to be the smartest football guy in the Media

isn’t following too much of “the Media." In the locals, Keim is head and shoulders above anyone else. Tandler is damn good too. Boyer seems to know his stuff only been following him recently. Bashir is good and he and Tandler give good coverage. In the national coverage, Clayton, Mortensen.

Not saying Sheehan is horrible. Again, don’t listen to him enough to say that. I have listened to him often enough to know he is not even in the conversation when it comes to “smartest football guy in the media.”

[tshile]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I listen to him often enough to know that anyone who believes:



isn’t following too much of “the Media." In the locals, Keim is head and shoulders above anyone else. Tandler is damn good too. Boyer seems to know his stuff only been following him recently. Bashir is good and he and Tandler give good coverage. In the national coverage, Clayton, Mortensen.

Not saying Sheehan is horrible. Again, don’t listen to him enough to say that. I have listened to him often enough to know he is not even in the conversation when it comes to “smartest football guy in the media.”

Fair enough, though to me you seem to be listing people that have more connections than people that actually understand the game of football.

But hey, opinions and all that.

[Evilgrin]

There is no downside to reporting things that aren't true.

[tshile]

Originally Posted by Evilgrin

There is no downside to reporting things that aren't true.

not when you work for the post

[tshile]

presser is in 8 minutes.

my money is on the answer being 'more tests'

[tshile]

Gruden - "... we'll know if a few more weeks how long he's going to be out..."

Going to put it in a cast for a couple of weeks, not sure how long rehab will be.

dislocated, no fracture.

sending MRI to Andrews.

No rough guess on time table.

[scowan]

Originally Posted by tshile

Gruden - "... we'll know if a few more weeks how long he's going to be out..."

Going to put it in a cast for a couple of weeks, not sure how long rehab will be.

dislocated, no fracture.

sending MRI to Andrews.

No rough guess on time table.

That is probably the best answer by Gruden he can give. Everyone needs to just leave the speculation on when Griffin returns up in the air. No since throwing a timeframe out there and putting pressure on Griffin to hit it. He needs to recover and just flat out get healthy. By this time next week it will be all about how well Cousin played or didn't play and Griffin won't be on anyone's mind. I just feel bad for the guy, he is made of glass.

[Evilgrin]

I think its mostly about saying things to get attention, if you get a lot of hate that works also, Wise keeps himself employed somehow. I would love to sitdown with Wise, just to prove how much more about football I know then he does.

Also Keim could probably be a scout if he wanted too.

[tshile]

gloworm?

which one was that, I don't remember

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by tshile

gloworm?

which one was that, I don't remember

Alfmo...

[JoeRedskin]

I like Cooley but, to me, he clearly needs more practice in front of the mic. A

s much as his arrogance of "If you haven't played in the NFL, you don't know sh** about it." rubs me the wrong way at times, BMitch is my favorite of the former player analysts - though I like Matich too. (Matich is always good for passing on a couple of insights that only a former player would notice and doing so in a manner that makes sense to those who haven't played the game since HS/College).

Keim doesn't understand football and is all about "connections" -- da fuq??

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I like Cooley but, to me, he clearly needs more practice in front of the mic. A

s much as his arrogance of "If you haven't played in the NFL, you don't know sh** about it." rubs me the wrong way at times, BMitch is my favorite of the former player analysts - though I like Matich too. (Matich is always good for passing on a couple of insights that only a former player would notice and doing so in a manner that makes sense to those who haven't played the game since HS/College).

Keim doesn't understand football and is all about "connections" -- da fuq??

Shoot, I forgot about Matich. He's the best, the absolute best, of the local former athletes. Maybe even beyond that. I love his analysis

I like Cooley more than I expected to. I think he explains things well

Mitchell is good, he's a friend so I'll recuse myself from a full analysis. But in short, I think he can speak well to the emotion of playing football and all the intangible stuff but not really an Xs and Os guys

Doc has a very arrogant "if you don't play pro sports, your opinion doesn't matter" attitude and he refers to much to the "in my super bowl winning days" for my liking.

Liz Clarke is outstanding. Does the research, asks the right questions. Tremendous addition to Washington Post's staff. Sometimes the smartest ones are the ones who know they don't know enough to presume.

Sheehan's obsession with bringing up Shanahan at every turn this season is wearing on me. Just move on already

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Shoot, I forgot about Matich. He's the best, the absolute best, of the local former athletes. Maybe even beyond that. I love his analysis....

He made an observation about how Kerrigan dealt with the Jags RT that was something no one watching the game saw but once TM explained it, it was like "Wow ... that makes a lot of sense."

TM said Kerrigan had done really good film study of the Jags RT b/c he consistently anticipated the RT's initial move in the hand-fighting that goes on between linemen. According to TM, Kerrigan was able to consistently control the RT b/c the RT consistently started low with his hand placement and Kerrigan's initial move was to come low with his initial punch but, instead of going to the RT's body, used it to control/prevent the RT from raising his hands and get good placement on Kerrigan's body. TM's comment was that the consistency and precision with which Kerrigan was able to do this showed careful study of the RT's technique.

As a former lineman, it just made me say "Wow!" both b/c of Kerrigan's technique study and Matich's ability to see/understand this.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Sheehan's obsession with bringing up Shanahan at every turn this season is wearing on me. Just move on already

Sheehan's obsessions are very annoying.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Shoot, I forgot about Matich. He's the best, the absolute best, of the local former athletes. Maybe even beyond that. I love his analysis

I like Cooley more than I expected to. I think he explains things well

Mitchell is good, he's a friend so I'll recuse myself from a full analysis. But in short, I think he can speak well to the emotion of playing football and all the intangible stuff but not really an Xs and Os guys

Doc has a very arrogant "if you don't play pro sports, your opinion doesn't matter" attitude and he refers to much to the "in my super bowl winning days" for my liking.

Liz Clarke is outstanding. Does the research, asks the right questions. Tremendous addition to Washington Post's staff. Sometimes the smartest ones are the ones who know they don't know enough to presume.

Sheehan's obsession with bringing up Shanahan at every turn this season is wearing on me. Just move on already

Back in the early 90's I met Doc during my bar manager days when we did a radio show with 980. I guess it was 570 back in those days. What an asshole. Arrogant, made rude jokes to the staff, I was shocked at how much of a dick he was. Never liked that guy after that.