I'm not worried about Myles Garrett poking the bear. Big Ben's reaction was classy, and predictable. I could see the smirk on his face through the words.
Oh yeah, now they're going to be out to teach him a lesson! That's terrible! They are seasoned veterans, so they will out-wit him! It will be the Roadrunner and Wile E Coyote!
Ah, bullcrap! As Garrett himself mentions, he gets to practice against Joe Thomas. In addition to giving him hell, you know that Big Joe will teach him more dirty tricks than Von Miller could.
Do the Steelers have anybody like Joe Thomas?
And if the Steelers can manage to turn Garrett's aspirations to sack their quarterback into some sort of insult, I have to congratulate them, and it won't matter.
Unless they turn their whole game plan inside out, and let the defensive tackles and Ogbah wreak havoc instead, Garrett is going to beat his man--however righteously indignationalized that slower, less athletic player is.
And it's not like Garrett predicted a Big Ben sackfest, or that the Browns would win. I'm glad Garrett speaks english. Too bad so many people in this country don't.
I just read this steaming pile of LaCanfora talking about a front office/coach divide as if it's a proven fact. If you're writing a Soap Opera, that's fine, but you can't assume, assume, and assume based on assumptions based on speculation. I'm sick of this.
And here's another writer that's stuck on that fancy word "analytics" and thinks it's pure mathematics and physical measurements.
This clown goes pick by pick, brings down his gavel, and rules "Jackson pick" or "Geek pick" for each and every player, based exculsively on combine and Pro Day numbers!
Who told him that Hue Jackson wanted Jacoby Brissett? The janitor? A doorman? A homeless guy? And of course Jackson didn't want Kessler (in the third round. Because he was around .5 inches too short).
Hue says they're a team. Brown says they are too. Berry is a "football guy" and says the same stuff. You can see they genuinely like eachother. I guess they're all lying, right? Yeah as soon as the door closes they're trying to strangle eachother.
Bullcrap. Of course they debate and disagree on some players! Ask Pat Kirwan or Gil Brandt or anybody else: That's an integral part of the process! It brings all the information out. It forces each participant to go back to the film room to see what the other guy is talking about. Reconsider. THINK.
What you think it's "My guy is better!" "No MY guy is better!" "Is not!" "Is too!"? No, it's intelligent people with different perspectives and information discussing this stuff calmly and rationally! You know, like adults?
Crap ok Kizer had poor "analytics" ergo Hue Jackson obviously put his foot down and overrode the geeks to pick him at 52 overall. EXTREMELY doubtful.
I'm sick of this: The geeks look for value dammit! They know quarterbacks are different, and that 52nd overall isn't 1st, 12th, or 25th overall! They ranked Kizer where they ranked him, and at 52 they thought he was worth the damn pick!
This goober thinks all they do is look for who runs the fastest, jumps the highest, produced the most blahblah all the way through the seventh round without considering oh crap I give up this is a top five worst article I've ever read. Absolutely clueless. In a future post, I might tell you how I really feel about it.
This was just a less extreme version of that Parr fool that just got fired (there is a God!) for comparing Jabrill Peppers to Josh Gordon and accusing Joe Thomas of taking drugs too.
Thomas criticized NFL testing standards after Peppers was techically failed on a drug test due to a dilute sample. A couple other players were caught in this trap.
Dammit quick-twitch athletes are subject to muscle cramps and hamstring injuries, and have to make sure they don't get dehydrated as they work out or train. Players also drink a lot of WATER so they eat less.
One player had had severe diahria, and had to drink like a gallon of water in one day to rehydrate afterward so he wouldn't pop a hammy during testing and ruin his carreer.
The NFL is sticking these guys in drug programs for drinking too much water do you get this!?!
And here goes this utter twit ranting about molly and "the lean" blahblah and tossing Thomas in there, no doubt because he spoke up about how stupid the policy was.
This is called "ASSUMING facts not in evidence", otherwise known as just making stuff up.
In fairness, the radio twit was a lot worse (literally around the bend), and what she said was libel. The writer was at least trying to be rational. Still, it's irrational and should be ignored.
Courtesy of a Thomas Moore (Fansided) interview of a Texas A and M beat writer, I like Myles Garrett a lot more now. His detractors point to his "taking plays off", but the writer points out that Garrett's offense sucked, and he was on the field over 80 snaps per game sometimes.
That's nearly two games worth of snaps. The fact that he did this with a high ankle sprain, even when his coaches were asking him to take time off to heal, makes this even more impressive.
He was double and triple-teamed sometimes, and failed to beat it. Oh wow huge red flag right? Well he occupied two or three blockers, at least temporarily, which freed up his TEAM mates ok?
He's intelligent. If you were getting exhausted and trying to finish a game, wouldn't you moderate yourself, and pick your shots?
As a Senior, he was a top five run defender at defensive end, so screw that noise too. Not only that, but he started out crappy vs the run, and systematicly improved at it over time; he might get even better at it!
I had a high ankle sprain once. It literally crippled me for eight weeks. No doubt Garrett's wasn't as bad as mine, but then I'm not rushing passers. His ankle had to have been immobilized with about a half pound of tape. He couldn't have been able to drive off that foot at all do you get this?
It had to be like playing with one leg!!!
Ohhh, yes! This kid has what it takes. He is a throwback; a super-tough inspirational leader. A badass. Practicing against Joe Thomas wow just...wow.
Sashi, thanks for ignoring my advice and not trading down!
The Bleacher Report lists Christian Kirksey as one of it's ten players to watch in 2017.
I am guilty of not realizing how good he's become, or what he does best. I guess it's the Jamie Collins effect.
Kirksey was drafted partly for his ability to blitze, I need to point out by the way.
Kirksey excels at covering tight ends, but more recently has become better at shedding blocks and blowing up runs. He ranked fourth in tackles in the NFL with 148 in 2016. He has not only become a 3-down linebacker, but one of the best ones in the NFL.
I was very dumb not to have found his real value to Gregg Williams in particular, as he can do most of the things his SS/LB hybrid does! I had defaulted Jabrill Peppers to that role, but I now think Gregg finds himself with two of these guys! A 235 lb. version and a 222 lb. one.
Oh goody! Now I get to try to figure out what Gregg will do with this double trouble! I'll have to get back to you on that okbye
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