bmwracer wrote:Wow shin2, it took you a while to post here after the Chargers stunning loss to the Pats..... Took a while to recover I guess, ne? :puppydog:
With the Charger coaching staff now decimated, I don't think they're the odds-on favorites to win it all as they predicted a week or so ago... :sweat:
Have you ever been in a situation where you see something bad developing, but you're helpless to stop it? That's how I felt watching the second half of the Bolts/Pats play-off. An absolute car wreck where blame should be equally shared between the coaches and players.
I will say this: if that loss will cause Shawne Merriman to stop acting like a total jerk everytime he makes a play; if it will spur the powers-that-be to overhaul the secondary; if it will change A. J. Smith's mind and his rude treatment of Donnie Edwards; and if it will result in bringing in a staff that can take the team to the next level, then losing that game might end up being the best thing that happened to the organization.
There will be immense pressure on whomever becomes the new head coach and his staff. There will be no honeymoon period; everyone from the local media to the fans to the front office to the players realize that at this point in time, just winning the division is no longer good enough. Add to that the controversy of building a new stadium, where to build it, and the possibility of the franchise actually moving to another city if the Chargers aren't able to build a new stadium somewhere in the county and you have a critical point in time for this team.
Clark Harris of Rutgers told the NY Daily News that the Giants are looking at tight ends like him because "theyfre unsure what Shockeyfs deal is."
After some research, a team spokesman had to tell the Daily News that Jeremy Shockey's ankle is fine. Harris had a reputation for a big mouth as a Scarlet Knight and let the cat out of the Giants' bag on this one.
God can't he keep his mouth closed? I knew Clark. I graduated with him in 2002. We were in the same homeroom for all four years of highschool and even back then he had a big mouth. The worse time was our Senior year, he was also in my study hall at that time. All he did was brag about sex rolleyes.gif Watch no one drafts him. The moron credited himself for all of Rutgers success too.
I suspect that what the others knew about Quinn was that at the end of the 2005 season when N.D. played Ohio St. Quinn made Ohio St.'s LB A.J. Hawk look like a super star.
Then in last season's Sugar Bowl he helped make LSU's QB Russell look like the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Quinn is a good QB who played for N.D. But he's never been known for his accuracy, and he's never come through big time in big games. But he did wear that gold helmet.
Jack
Patrick Willis is a pretty darned good Middle Line Backer. He won the Butkus award this last year. That's the award given out to the supposed best Line Backer in college football that year.
Now he'll move inside in a 3-4 defense, and you'll probably never hear his name again. (He was drafted to eventually take Derek Smith's job.)
The Niners also picked up two linemen and a wide reciever. Odds are none of them will start next year. But the two linemen, an Offensive Tackle, and a Defensive End are both really talented guys. I expect both to be starters and a big part of the team in about 2 years.
Patrick Willis is a pretty darned good Middle Line Backer. He won the Butkus award this last year. That's the award given out to the supposed best Line Backer in college football that year.
Now he'll move inside in a 3-4 defense, and you'll probably never hear his name again. (He was drafted to eventually take Derek Smith's job.)
The Niners also picked up two linemen and a wide reciever. Odds are none of them will start next year. But the two linemen, an Offensive Tackle, and a Defensive End are both really talented guys. I expect both to be starters and a big part of the team in about 2 years.
Thanks Geezer for his info, Too bad for Derick Smith. he must be really good to win that award. :hehe:
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- The Atlanta Falcons went long-distance shopping when adding a wide receiver Thursday.
The Falcons signed Noriaki Kinoshita, a native of Osaka, Japan who played the last three years with the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europa.
Kinoshita, 5-foot-10 and 179 pounds, ranked fourth in the league in kickoff returns with 532 yards and added 21 catches for 308 yards and two touchdowns.
In 2006, Kinoshita led the league in kickoff returns with 19 for 530 yards, an average of 27.9 yards per return.
Kinoshita is the second player from Japan to sign with the Falcons. The first, tight end Nachi Abe, lasted 10 days in the 2000 preseason.
shin2 wrote:I doubt he's a card-carrying member of PETA either. Wonder if the Falcons are regretting their decision to trade Matt Schaub.
I think the dude's cracking from the high expectations...
LOL, when color commentator Shannon Sharpe was talking about the "Michael Vick Experience," I didn't know he was referring to dog racing. :beaten: :hehe:
Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh, who won three Super Bowls with the 49ers, dead at 75
By JANIE MCCAULEY, AP Sports Writer
July 30, 2007
AP - Jul 30, 3:53 pm EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Bill Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls and perfected the ingenious schemes that became known as the West Coast offense during a Hall of Fame career with the San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 75.
Walsh died at his Bay Area home early Monday following a long battle with leukemia, according to Stanford University, where he served as coach and athletic director.
Walsh didn't become an NFL head coach until 47, and he spent just 10 seasons on the San Francisco sideline. But he left an indelible mark on the United States' most popular sport, building the once-woebegone 49ers into the most successful team of the 1980s with his innovative offensive strategies and teaching techniques.
The soft-spoken native Californian also produced a legion of coaching disciples that's still growing today. Many of his former assistants went on to lead their own teams, handing down Walsh's methods and schemes to dozens more coaches in a tree with innumerable branches.
Walsh went 102-63-1 with the 49ers, winning 10 of his 14 postseason games along with six division titles. He was named the NFL's coach of the year in 1981 and 1984.
Bill Walsh had a great life. His reputation as a teacher, innovator, and strategist are nonpareil. The respect and admiration he earned and the impact and influence he had on people and the game of football will sustain a legacy which will last far into the future.
Has anyone else ever heard of the World Bowl of American Football?
I flipped over to the NFL channel and there was a game on. It was from Kawasaki Japan, and a Japanese team was playing "Team USA".
According to the announcers, this World Bowl (nothing to do with the now defunct NFL Europe) has been going on for 3 years now. Some 21 countries compete, and teams from 6 countries get to enter a tournament.
There are teams from Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and a slew of other countries.
Anyway, Japan has won the title the last two years, and for the first time, a team from the U.S. was sent to compete this year.
I can't tell you who the guys were. They were mostly former Division 2 players who aren't going to the pros, but who still had some football left in them... so they signed on.
The U.S. team ended up winning the title game in double over time.
I have to tell you... the Japanese can play some football. From what I saw, this was no cake-walk for the American kids.
Cool thing was... they had a pretty dang good crowd on hand to watch the game.
If any of you get the NFL Network you might give it a look. They're forever rerunning everything and anything having to do with football during the off season. So you know this will get a few more airings.
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