Birdblog

A conservative news and views blog.

Name:
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Monday, February 07, 2005

Super Bowling

This should finally put to rest the aura of greatness surrounding Donovan McNabb, but it probably won`t. McNabb is essentially a running back who throws the ball, and I don`t think you can build a team around that particular style. Granted, McNabb had a lot of passing yards in this game, but that was the whole point. The Patriots strategy was obvious; force the great scrambler to throw the ball. The Pats stayed back in zones, and forced him to do what he`s not good at. He threw interceptions, and most of McNabbs receptions were screens; he looked like an amateur when he went long. When someone did catch the ball it was generally in spite of poor passing. Half the time the receivers were twisted around backwards and sideways trying to grab an essentially uncatchable ball. The Patriots made this happen; they understood McNabb`s weakness and exploited it. Kudos to Pats coach Belichik. He is the primary reason for the Patriot ``dynasty``. (Personally, I have never thought the Pats were that talented-they win because of superb coaching.)

I really hated to see Boston win both the World Series and the Superbowl. Oh, well, at least we won the big prize! (No, Senator, you lost-get over it!)
This year has been particularly tough on my hometown of St. Louis; the Cardinals took a beating in the World Series (by Boston) , the Rams were humiliated by the Falcons in the playoffs,we have no hockey, and this weekend World Welterweight Champion and St. Louisan Corey Spinks was TKO`d. It been a very painful time. We just have to think like Cubs fans-there`s always next year!

At least we won`t have to put up with any more crowing about the greatness of Donovan McNabb, at least until next season!

|

2 Comments:

Blogger TJW said...

Brother I feel your pain! Another Vikings season ends in an early playoff humiliation. The twins run out of gas and talent in the first round of their post season this year. The T-wolves continue to chase their tails. To top that off our senator has revealed himself as one of the dumbest humans on the planet. Yes that would be one Sen. Mark Dayton. So don't feel too lonely, just to your north we have had a rough twelve months as well. I can hardly wait for NASCAR to get rolling again so that even if "my guy" looses by a mile I won't have to admit it publicly.

The hype surounding this game was 85% Philly and 75% of that, McNabb was the focus of the aggrandizement. So the media does seem to want this guy to suceed. Why? Talent? Tom Brady is every bit as talented and as it turns out is much more sucessful at his profession. Charm? Good Looks? Those will get you only so far even in the NFL. It makes me wonder why they (the media) are so fascinated with this guy. Perhaps Rush wasn't so very wrong about this McNabb guy after all.

1:23 AM  
Blogger Aussiegirl said...

Hey, guys -- I'm stepping into man territory here I know -- so cut me some slack -- but gee -- give the guy a break - he brought his team to the Super Bowl, didn't he? How many quarterbacks in the NFL watched on TV on Sunday night? Give the guy his due. Second best is still pretty darn fine -- and the running game was nowhere - no quarterback can perform miracles with no running game to give him room to breathe. There - I've exhausted my meager and feeble feminine knowledge of football and you guys can have the forum back. (Enjoyed the game, even though I don't follow football much anymore since the miserable decline of my Washington Redskins -- who by the way -- were also a team that was never that great but Coach Gibbs was a genius

6:39 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home

Weblog Commenting and Trackback by HaloScan.com