Incompetence
The NFL Draft is the biggest waste of a weekend of television. Leave it to ESPN to make such a non-event so popular. It's disgusting. Sorry RoopDogg, I know you love this event, but it's nothing other than a waste of time. All I needed to do was read the draft board this evening and I picked up everything that ESPN took 15 hours to communicate over the last two days.
Seriously, I don't care how Matt Millen spins it, this draft was a colossal failure. The Lions have not had an offensive live since Bobby Ross was coach. Every logical Lions fan realize that part of the failures of those high profile QBs and WRs in Detroit is due to the fact that the QB is sacked 4+ times every game and hurried even more often. Until the Lions devote premium draft picks to the less sexy positions, 10+ losses a year will be the norm. I don't care how athletic the top two picks are this year, Johnson and Stanton will fail because there is no one to block for them. The Lions should have shown some courage and drafted Joe Thomas.
Now, the Patriots got it right. They picked up Randy Moss for pennies and took San Francisco's #1 pick in 2008 so that they could take a QB that was freefalling for a reason. Don't be surprised if the Patriots have a very high first round pick in next year's draft as a reward for winning the 2008 Super Bowl. That team is stacked on both sides of the ball. Go Tom Brady!
Oh yeah, as for my obligatory Red Wings comment, they stole one yesterday. They had no business winning that game, yet somehow they dug in and ground out a victory against a faster, stronger, and less hungry team. The only way the Sharks lose this series is if they rely on skill and speed instead of heart. This is the first time I can recall that the Wings are this outmanned since the 1997 series against Colorado. The Wings may be the #1 seed, but San Jose is a far better team this year. The Wings won that memorable and nasty 1997 revenge series against Colorado en route to the Stanley Cup thanks to this huge game 2 goal by Yzerman (4:35 mark), the most important goal of his career (yes, more important than his Game 7 OT goal in the second round of the '96 playoffs that top topped this ESPN Top Ten list). I miss Steve Yzerman.
I was in NYC this weekend with DrT. It's the start of a month of traveling which should bring me to Philadelphia and VEGAS (woo). Anyone else want to be included on my 2007 summer tour?
Seriously, I don't care how Matt Millen spins it, this draft was a colossal failure. The Lions have not had an offensive live since Bobby Ross was coach. Every logical Lions fan realize that part of the failures of those high profile QBs and WRs in Detroit is due to the fact that the QB is sacked 4+ times every game and hurried even more often. Until the Lions devote premium draft picks to the less sexy positions, 10+ losses a year will be the norm. I don't care how athletic the top two picks are this year, Johnson and Stanton will fail because there is no one to block for them. The Lions should have shown some courage and drafted Joe Thomas.
Now, the Patriots got it right. They picked up Randy Moss for pennies and took San Francisco's #1 pick in 2008 so that they could take a QB that was freefalling for a reason. Don't be surprised if the Patriots have a very high first round pick in next year's draft as a reward for winning the 2008 Super Bowl. That team is stacked on both sides of the ball. Go Tom Brady!
Oh yeah, as for my obligatory Red Wings comment, they stole one yesterday. They had no business winning that game, yet somehow they dug in and ground out a victory against a faster, stronger, and less hungry team. The only way the Sharks lose this series is if they rely on skill and speed instead of heart. This is the first time I can recall that the Wings are this outmanned since the 1997 series against Colorado. The Wings may be the #1 seed, but San Jose is a far better team this year. The Wings won that memorable and nasty 1997 revenge series against Colorado en route to the Stanley Cup thanks to this huge game 2 goal by Yzerman (4:35 mark), the most important goal of his career (yes, more important than his Game 7 OT goal in the second round of the '96 playoffs that top topped this ESPN Top Ten list). I miss Steve Yzerman.
I was in NYC this weekend with DrT. It's the start of a month of traveling which should bring me to Philadelphia and VEGAS (woo). Anyone else want to be included on my 2007 summer tour?
posted by GaryGinew at 7:39 PM
3 Comments:
*sigh*
stevie y was, and still is, dreeeeaaaaamy.
and yes. please come visit me. preferably in chicago.
It's definitely been a while since you've been out to Mpls...
Ju - My last visit to see you was more recent than your last trip to CT. :)
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