Anthony Stalter can’t tweet today (he’s at an undisclosed sports bar in Chicago after attending his high school reunion last night), but I’ll be tweeting under @fantasytips.
Tag: 2010 NFL season (Page 5 of 12)
ESPN commentator and former player Mark Schelereth was asked what he thought about James Harrison being fined $75 K for two dangerous hits in Week 6.
I agree that the NFL shouldn’t profit off of DVDs glorifying big hits if they are trying to clean up the contact over the middle, and I agree with Schlereth’s issue with the NFL’s health care/disability policy, but one thing I loathe in debate is when one side freaks out over incremental change by taking the opposing viewpoint to the extreme.
Example #1: “You take all the contact away, guess what you are? You’re soccer. That’s why Americans love the NFL.”
Is anyone advocating taking “all the contact away”? Of course not. This kind of rhetoric doesn’t help the discussion. At all. He also speaks for all fans, when he has no business doing so. I don’t watch the NFL for the big hits. I watch for great playcalling, great runs, great throws and great catches. I don’t like to see a defenseless wide receiver get laid out (and possibly injured) when he tries to catch a pass over the middle. Go ahead and tackle the guy without leading with your helmet or your shoulder. Better yet, make a play on the freaking ball.
Example #2: “You know what NFL players should to on Sunday night or Monday night? Play two-hand touch. Go out on the field and nobody hit anybody, and let’s see how popular your game is, if nobody is hitting anybody.”
Again, who is saying that “nobody should hit anybody”? By taking the opposing viewpoint to the extreme, Schlereth hopes to make it sound absurd and gain support, but it only serves to lower the level of discourse.
Another statement bothers me:
“I’m all for fining guys who are malicious, with malicious intent.”
James Harrison readily admitted that he’s out to hurt people, so Schlereth should reconsider his defense of the Steeler linebacker.
Anthony Stalter (under TheScoresReport) and I (under fantasytips) will be tweeting throughout Week 3. Feel free to ask us questions, call us names, whatever…
I decided to check out Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco’s new Versus show last night and while it’s true that T.O. and Ocho have good chemistry (in spurts) and seem to genuinely like each other, I’m not sure there’s a show here.
Here’s the format: Former “SportsCenter” anchor and “Entertainment Tonight” host Kevin Frazier is in a Versus studio while T.O. and Ocho sit side-by-side at a studio somewhere in Cincinnati. Frazier asks the guys questions and they take turns responding. Of course, there’s the typical satellite delay awkwardness and at times one guy talks over the other, but for the most part it goes pretty smoothly.
Topics ranged from the Brett Favre rumors — Owens says that if it were one of them, they’d already be presumed “guilty” by the media…boo-hoo…everybody thinks Favre is guilty, guys — to Ochocinco calling himself out for his poor play this season. The low point of the show was a segment where the duo don doctor’s jackets and discuss the love lives of Jennifer Aniston, Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan. The prescription for each was to start dating T.O. (who mentioned twice that he will be in Los Angeles this week) or Ochocinco, or both. Ugh.
They also struggled reading the prompter when they had to highlights for a few of the show’s segments, but they’ll probably improve in that area as time goes on.
In the end, “The T.Ocho Show” is probably only for the duo’s fans, though there’s plenty of room for improvement.
In Kevin Seifert’s NFL Nation post, he outlines what response Brett Favre has given the Jenn Sterger story.
Favre has fueled the story by passing on two opportunities to deny involvement. Asked for comment last Thursday, Favre said: “I’m not getting into that. I’ve got my hands full with the Jets and am trying to get some timing down with our guys, so that’s all I’m going to discuss.”
Asked again Sunday night during an ESPN production meeting, Favre said: “My main focus is the New York Jets. They are a tough team; as good as they are, that has been my focus. I hate in any way if this has been a distraction. As I said Thursday, we are here focused on trying to beat the Jets.”
Favre was asked point-blank if the original Deadspin.com report was accurate. His response: “That will take its course.”
Look at it this way — if Favre didn’t do what he’s accused of doing, what’s the downside of denying the story? The only reason (I can think of) that he’d issue these evasive non-denials is that he doesn’t want to get caught in a lie when the allegations are proven to be true.
Jenn Sterger (pics) apparently does not want to discuss the story, and for good reason. She told the editor of Deadspin about Favre’s advances in the winter of 2009 before she landed her television gig on the Versus show “The Bottom Line” in the spring of 2010. She left the Jets in the summer of ’09, so when she spoke to Deadspin, she probably wasn’t sure she’d make it as a legitimate sports personality. (The original reason for the meeting was to discuss a “Deadspin Swimsuit Project,” after all.) Now that she has a gig, she doesn’t want to backpedal into Rachel Uchitel territory. Anyone who wants to make her out to be Mother Theresa is delusional, however, because this wouldn’t be a story if she hadn’t kept those voicemails and photos and told Deadspin about them.
But back to Favre — right now, he’s doing the non-denial thing and the story is only getting bigger, as two more women have (sort of) come forward with their own allegations. I think even his most fervent supporters can see that he’s being evasive about Sterger, and the only reason that he’d do so is because he’s guilty.
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