What's up all? I haven't been on here in quite a while and I've noticed that some things have changed. We now have Fox Blogger's radio? That is sheer genius in my opinion. Although Shooter B sounds nothing like I anticipated and his nephew kind of creeped me out. No offense Shooter. Putting on air the opinions of some of the better sports minds around the country is quite refreshing compared to the talking heads on the Disney radio station.
I hate to pimp people I don't know but Jay Mohr is writing articles on this website and even though he is more Blue than a Clinton/Obama lovechild. He is hysterical. Actually that is why I dropped by the website.
I see some of the BS is the same. You guys are still arguing about cliques, the right to cuss online, and the size of Paris Hilton's ####. I'm going to have to make my appearances a little more regular so as I am more in tuned with the sports world and like minded individuals are discussing it.
God let Eric Gagne be the Ice Burg to sink the Red Sox ship and put my team atop the AL East. Eric Gagne blows more than Paris Hilton at a #### convention.
God Bless the Saints to have an injury free preseason...errr wait...that Sean Payton doesn't injure anymore of his players. Scott Fujita will likely miss the rest of the PreSeason due to a nasty water slide incident in which the head coach, in an effort to build team spirit, setup a waterslide relay race pitting the offense versus the defense. The prize, one hour extra on curfew. Sean I love you but you need to think things through a little bit. Let's not do tandom skydiving next year.
I just got a trade offer Mike Furrey for Tatum Bell. Does that sound like a good offer FP?
Two headlines today that I felt were appropriate to blab...errr...blog about. The first is the signing of Joe Horn to the Atlanta Falcons. I think he's a little bitter. Look Joe, really, don't make an #### of yourself trying to do the whole, "I'll show them stance" because what happens when you are over the hill and you try to hard, you end up getting hurt. Glad somebody felt that you are worth picking up, you were a hell of a player in your hayday but I'm putting the over/under on games played by you at 7. And I'll take the under for 2000 on that one Alex. Groin and hamstring injuries will plague you for the rest of your career bro, Good Luck.
A little local flavor. The state of Texas is working on legislation to pass a law to do random drug screenings on all high school athletes. This is when you start to see the wheels of corruption start to churn away. Call me old fashioned but I think this is a no brainer. Sign the bill and test the kids. There are people out there saying that these random drug test are infringing on the CHILDREN'S civil rights. What?! I had civil rights when I lived with my parents? No I didn't. You did what you were told and it was there way or the highway. And why would people be against drug testing of their children? Maybe there kid might not get into the school of their choice? The coach might not win a state championship every year? The problem lives in the fact that some of todays parents don't teach their children the consequences of doing right and wrong. For instance: A teacher catches a student cheating on his exam and instead of the parent disciplining the student, he or she ridicules the teacher for singling out their son or daughter. People not being held accountable for there actions is what has caused these problems.
Way back when I was a lad in high school I would have done just about anything to start on the football team. If someone would have offered performance enhancing drugs back then, without a doubt in my mind, I would have taken them. But always, in the back of my mind I would have known that I was a cheater, and growing up knowing that there were consequences for cheating (i.e.letting my parents down, getting arrested...etc.) would have plagued me for the rest of my life. How do you feel parents and bloggers alike? Do you think our children's "civil rights" are more important than there health? Would you like to know if your son or daughter is taking illegal substances? Not just steroids but any drug?
Matt Carpenter thinks that Joe Horn was great in his time with the Saints organization. Matt Carpenter thinks that Joe is getting a little long in the tooth and should have excepted the restructured deal that Mickey Loomis offered him. Matt Carpenter thinks that Joe Horn won't get what he wants and may retire or go into the broadcast booth.
Look the bottom line is that Joe Horn is 35, he's plagued by injury, and the Saints have a young and relatively inexpensive receiving corp. Yeah Joe did a lot for the organization and the community but this is buisness. In construction I deal with the same thing, some guys get up there in age and can't produce what they are making so we either "restructure" there deal or they have to be put out to pasture. Sounds harsh but that's life.
Gotta go. The weigh in is getting ready to start and Matt Carpenter loves him some UFC.
Well after agonizing all day yesterday and drinking myself into a mild coma I can tell you,"They are who I knew they were." Everyone was so sure of the Saints going into Soldier Field and running it up on the Bears and constantly my reply was, "Do you remember the Washington game?" I don't think I would have been so mad or violently ill (not sure if it was the game or the beer that casued the latter) if it wasn't for two things...playcalling and turnovers. Can someone explain to me why the Saints, after coming off of a 200 yard rushing game, run the ball only 12 freaking times. That was less than 25% of the play calls. If you don't have balance you ain't going to win squat and you can make book on that. Everydody is saying that the Saints run defense was atrocious, ya think. The Bears ran the ball 46 times. The defense was on the field the entire freaking game. There were some bad calls but not enough to turn the tides. Hell coming into the 3rd quarter they were only down 2. Why in the hell did Payton panic and throw on every down at that point. They ran play action passes with no threat of run. I really and honestly think that the outcome of the game would have been much different if they established the run. If anything it would have given the defense a little break. I think I'm going to be sick again. Credit to the Bears O-line for putting on a run blocking clinic on the Saints D-Line. I don't think you can draw up blocking better than that. Kreutz made Hollis Thomas wish he'd have actually taken the steroids. Fred Thomas was again the weak link in the secondary but we knew that going into the game. It should have never been a deciding factor.
All in all they had a great run. I'm proud as hell of all that they accomplished this season. I think the Saints future is only going to get better with leaders like Sean Payton, Drew Brees, Mike McKenzie, and Deuce McCallister. I hope that they look at this game film and learn lessons from it. Not to beat a dead horse but throwing the ball 80% of the time in nasty snowy conditions. Even Mike Martz thinks that's jacked up. Okay enough said. Baseball Spring Training can't get here fast enough to take my mind off of this debacle.
P.S. I don't know if PSing is boggically correct but I have to add this. Note to uninformed Saints fan...The refs did not turn the ball over 5 times and they did not commit a safety and they did not give up on the running game. Yes the offensive pass interference was a no call. There were some questionable holding calls on the Bears OL that never came to fruition but the Saints got worked over like Shamrock v. Ortiz. So please for the love of God quit blogging about how the refs cost you the game. Pass protection was horrible because you ran one screen and two swing passes all game. You never ran the ball against a D that was missing it's anchor and it's SS. Again, watch that atrocity, become a little more informed and then ####.
I'm not going to gloat over a win that could have been an absolute disaster. Reggie Bush fumbled on a toss play that I thought was certain doom for the Saints, but the defense did what they've done all year and that's answering the call at the right time. The pass to Donte' Stallworth I called before the coin toss. After watching them all season long I knew that they would give up the big play at least once in the game. I'm not all gah gah today over them...now if you talked to me Saturday that was a whole different story. (But that might have just been the booze talking)
Positives:
-Deuce McCallister played like the premier back he used to be and still is.
-Steve Weatherford had probably the greatest heads up play of the game running for a first down on 4th and long instead of risking a blocked punt. (Whoever thought a punter could be an unsung hero?)
-Drew Brees still makes good decisions and one name I never heard all night long was Brian Dawkins which leads me to believe that everywhere he was they went the opposite direction.
Negatives:
-Reggie Bush still made rookie mistakes that could've cost them the game.
-The secondary can not afford mental errors like that of veterans Fred Thomas and Mike McKenzie against the Bears. Bernard Berrian will go vertical so Josh Bullocks must be ready to cover over the top.
The NFC championship game will be won by the Special Teams. The Saints have had a propensity of giving up a lot of yards on the kickoff and with Devin Hester back there I would just pooch kick everything and make them score on offense. Keep their defense on the field and wear them down like the Seahawks did and maybe, just maybe my once far fetched prediction at the beginning of every regular season will become reality.
