The Disrespect Continues, Vol. Eight

We are a small market (irrelevant to the national media) team, but we will be relevant when we kick the large market teams butt all over the field. They will know us in the playoffs……………..PLAYOFFS? DON’T TALK TO ME ABOUT PLAYOFFS!!!

You would think the Panthers went 4-12 last season for the number of people saying we will go 8-8. Everyone loves the Falcons and that is it.

SI’s comments as mentioned above are ridiculous no matter what angle you put on it.

Well what they don’t know will hurt them

If it makes us feel better, they obviously know squat about anybody else either. I mean, come ON, ranking NE #4? You got to be kidding me. Brady is almost as good as Brees but their RB committee is worse than what we had LAST year, much less this. Their coach may be better at using said backfield, but that doesn’t mean the players are better. Eagles are also overrated. And the #1 rusher from the AFC last year comes back to a team that only lacks a proven QB and they are ranked 25? I don’t care how bad their QB is, if their line and D are as good as last year (and they will likely be even better) they at least deserve Minnysoso’s #16.

I also got a kick out of GB’s ranking… didn’t our “horrible” backfield manage to beat them last year? I thought so…

Still, bulletin-board material is a good thing to have around…

They’re like A-Holes and it’s waaaaaay to premature. Let’s let a game or two at least get played before we start ranking teams and sending them to the superbowl.

is that they sometimes over-focus on the individual players as what makes a team win. In some of their minds (the lazy ones), we’ve only added one big name player this year in Malcolm Jenkins and we no longer have a big name RB. These same idiots who think we’ll do poorly because we haven’t acquired anyone they deem better than Pierre Thomas would probably change their tune quickly if we acquired Edgerin James, despite the fact that we would have to overpay for him as he is obviously not the same RB he was a few years ago. They can’t see the impressive numbers PT has put up because he was undrafted and he is still relatively unknown to them. It’s all about name and reputation.

Look at Dallas and Tony Romo. They can’t get enough of this guy. What has he ever done to deserve the accolades they always shower on him? Because of him, they always pick the Cowboys in the top five. Why? The guy has never won a playoff game.

Some (the smart ones) in the MSM see the hiring of Gregg Williams and believe we’ll do well or least better than last year simply as a result of that hire. I totally feel that way. G-Dub HAS to do better than Gibbs. It’s as logical as 2+2 = 4 in my mind.

This Mullin guy must be a “focus on the individual players” kind of sports writer. BIG SURPRISE: He has Romo and the Cowboys listed at #3. In short, he’s an idiot. There is no “I” or “MSM” in “Team.” Football is the ultimate team sport, but these guys can’t see that or, at least, write about it.

There are fans who love sport for the sake of sport, those who love it for the sake of running their minds through the stats and those who love it because it’s their city.

It’s not enough for the MSM anymore. They have to compare the most obscure aspects of sport to develop "power rankings" that really only present their personal opinion on an inane topic.

What does the "Best Backfield" really mean?

Does having the best backfield count if the offensive line sucks or the receivers can’t get open?

If the back goes in motion or lines up over the right tackle, is he still in the backfield?

If a woman had written the article, would Drew’s girlie butt have been number one?

It’s just a way to fill the electrons on the internet. It means jack when all is said and done. Having the best backfield didn’t help San Diego last year, unless it was the reason they didn’t go 6-10, but 8-8.

Give me the game. I’m tired of MSM clowns trying to rate every aspect of the game without relating it meaningfully to W’s and L’s. At least, tell me the rankings last year and how they compared with the team’s success, or lack thereof, but that would reveal just how much bovine scatology there is in the MSM.

Just spare me the meaningless drivel of "Best Backfield".

SI, the only thing I read consistently was the Rick Riley article on the last page and I hear thats’ gone, nuff said………..but as long as Marisa Miller is in the swimsuit ed. I’ll check it out !