Those who tuned in early for the Super Bowl had to have caught this joker.
What is with that hair?
And the generic gestures he uses to sign America the Beautiful call to mind Richard Dreyfuss in “Mr. Holland’s Opus….”
A movie where Dreyfuss’ character is shown to be incompetent at sign language!
It was a tribute to Sandy Hook, so I will remain from bashing the event too hard.
I just thought this guy was seemed a tad out of place in the elaborate hoopla before the Super Bowl.
What if Honey Boo Boo’s mom missed her true calling?
1. What if Colin Kaepernick gets hurt?
Could you imagine Alex Smith coming into the game cold against a red hot Baltimore defense? A scary proposition for any San Francisco fan.
The poor bastard, if he cost them the game, he would be the most hated Quarterback in the Bay Area since Shaun Hill.
Worse still, what if he rallies the team to victory? How awkward would it be for the 49ers to have to attempt to trade away a Super Bowl winning Quarterback?
If Smith was responsible for a Super Bowl victory, it may be the only case in which a championship completely decimated a locker room.
2. What if Ray Lewis under performs?
Not surprisingly, Lewis is in the spotlight for potential PED use. Not like Ray has ever caused a stir going into the big game before…
PED potential should have been obvious the moment he showed up looking like the ED-209 robot from Robocop against Indianapolis and started playing like a man possessed.
If Lewis is a no show at the Super Bowl, I assume that his legacy will be tarnished by countless skeptics for years to come.
3. What if Jim Harbaugh has an aneurysm?
The biggest game of his career, it seems entirely possible.
How many Seahawks blogs would then loop the clip over and over for all eternity?
4. What if Joe Flacco wins it all?
Would we settle the debate over Flacco being elite, or would we simply have another Trent Dilfer on our hands?
5. What if Kaepernick wins?
For the first time ever a running Quarterback would have a title and the league will foster in countless draft busts hoping to utilize the zone read themselves.
Oh wait, that is happening next year regardless of the results…
A new challenger has emerged!
In collaboration with our buddy and fellow contributor Strong Bald Guy, this is the first in series of posts in which we will take turns delivering our opinions on a relevant sports matter.
For Strong Bald Guys opinion, please visit him at seattlesportsobserver.com
The Seattle Seahawks are by far the most intriguing team in the NFL going forward. Not only did they have one of the most well rounded team in the history of the NFL, (top 5 in offense, defense and special teams) but they found a young, gifted Quarterback who stands a legitamite chance to be the best of a very talented 2012 draft class.
With approximately 15 million in cap space yet to spend and another draft to come, their is plenty to be excited about in the Emerald City.
And that doesn’t even account for having a potential stud QB sitting on the bench.
It is easy to see how some may feel that the Hawks will cut ties with backup Quarterback Matt Flynn, seeing as how he will make about 5 million next year for basically being Russel Wilson’s caddy.
However I would not be so hasty to lose the man, whom many thought would be the starter last season.
For one, think about how bad the draft class is this season at Quarterback. Yes, the league rule changes have made it easier for a rookie QB to step in and make an impact, but you have to figure that some teams would give up at least a 3rd round pick for veteran player who has had glimpses of brilliance.
Flynn is by no means a guarantee, but he has shown more promise in limited action than Kevin Kolb ever did. Some teams may be wary to pony up a high pick for a guy with only two career starts, but someone will bite.
Flynn looks more Matt Schaub than Matt Cassel, and I am sure that a few NFL executives feel the same.
Second, why not keep Flynn as a backup? I understand that he pouted some last season after losing a starting job he had thought was his, but can you blame the guy?
I would be bitter too if I was the “other guy” in Russell Wilson’s Rocky Balboa tale of awesomeness.
More importantly, with an undersized QB running a zone read offense, doesn’t it make sense to have a solid backup in place in case the worst happens?
Trust me, as an Eagles fan, I fully understand the importance of a competent backup Quarterback.
A little over 5 million is nothing for the insurance of knowing that your season didn’t go Chernobyl because Wildon got hurt.
Look, I have played through thousands of Franchise modes in Madden football.
I understand the temptation to cut cap wherever possible.
But realistically, the only way that I am cutting Flynn is if I am persuing Dwayne Bowe or Mike Wallace (I would so do this in Madden) and I strongly doubt that a team built through the draft is going to go the free agent route.
So in other words Strong Bald Guy, fuck you, I disagree.
It was a foregone conclusion that the NBA would be returning to Seattle from the moment that David Stern announced his pending retirement in 2014.
After all, Stern has made it a point to mention that he would like to see a team back in the Pacific northwest.
And Stern always gets what he wants.
The move to Oklahoma City was never a matter of wanting to specifically move the Sonics. Rather, it simply enforced a message to other owners that if they were unwilling to shell out the cash for modern arenas, then they would lose their teams.
Much like poor Sacramento at the moment.
It’s not like I want to see them go. In all honesty, a small part of me is hopeful that Kevin Johnson’s hail mary attempt to keep the team in Sac town pays off.
However at the end of the day, Stem wants a team in Seattle, so it will be so.
And really, with owners as greasy as the Maloof brothers, could Kings fans even pretend to be hopeful?
Sure some will decry Sonics ownership for stealing a franchise, much like the dastardly Oklahoma City group.
This isn’t the same.
Sacramento started off as a hijacked franchise from Kansas City. This is part of the game. It happens when attendance drops and interest wanes.
Not something that happens in one of the premier tech cities in the world, let alone the home to some of the most wealthy people in America.
Seriously, California already has the Lakers and the suddenly solid Clippers.
That makes the Kings the Diet Rite of California basketball teams!
Look, the reason these moves are happening has always been and will always be about money.
The Sonics were moved to Oklahoma to swallow up the Midwest market.
You know, that huge group of people who hate Texas, but don’t have any non Texas teams nearby.
The Nets were moved to Brooklyn as much to cash in on Manhattan money as they were simply to escape New Jersey.
And the Kings will inevitably get moved because it makes no sense for a city as large as Seattle to not have a basketball team.
As I said its all about money.
It’s about carefully calculated television markets, maximizing viewership.
Massive stadiums that have become modern landmarks.
Streamlining the brand to eventually take on an international team sometime in the future.
But mainly it’s about David Stern getting his way yet again.
Remember the torture sequence from “Reservoir Dogs?”
The one where Michael Madsen dances back and forth before slashing off his captive’s ear?
Yea, that’s what it feels like to be a Philadelphia Eagles fan in a close game.
And so when the Defense blew it over and over again, practically gift wrapping the New York Giants the game, I was hardly stunned.
When the Football God’s showed mercy for a blown call on Nnamdi Asomugha and responded with an offensive pass interference call, I was mildly perturbed.
When Lawrence Tynes’ first field goal attempt sailed wide left, I was confused by a sense of stable numbness, only to have it ripped away when it was revealed that Andy “The Walrus” Reid had called timeout before the play.
At this point I was practically begging to be soaked in gasoline and lit on fire.
And then Tynes’ drilled the second kick… Dead center…
Only it fell just short.
I was too emotionally overwhelmed to appreciate the win. Instead, I basked in the silence of my phone. Grateful that I would not have to rationalize why my team choked for the rest of the week.
Damn you Eagles for taking all of the joy out of Football.
- Dwayne Bowe is this years Garbage Man.
Fantasy owners of Bowe are going to have an unfair advantage, as the Chiefs are so bad that he will be seeing up to twenty targets a game… After the results are already determined.
Before the Lions had rounded out their talent, this used to be Calvin Johnson’s award. An acknowledgment of a supremely talented player, compiling a majority of his numbers in garbage time.
Bowe may have hands of stone, but his late game contributions will swing a number of fantasy championships for certain.
- Kickers are coming back down to Earth.
It dawns on me now, that some of these younger Kicker’s actually wanted to play that position at a high level.
I suppose it is my old school sentimentality, but I always assumed that kicking was a profession one fell into, only after they had failed athletically at everything else.
Kind of like the NFL’s equivalent of selling Amway.
The times are a changing I do suppose…
- The Saints still stink on Defense.
I am beginning to think that this was an elaborate ploy in order to garner a top flight receiver for Sean Payton to play with when he returns from suspension.
- Cam Newton: LDT 2.0?
This warrants a much more in depth article, but I cannot help but look at Cam Newton as simply LaDainian Tomlinson playing the Quarterback position.
Both players put up mind numbing numbers.
They both were decent passers who were better when they ran the ball.
And most importantly, they were notorious for their sulking when their teams did not win.
Call me an asshole, but I cannot help, but root against the Carolina Panthers solely because I want to see Cam Newton pout through yet another press conference.
Sports exist for entertainment after all.
Some of us just find it in less conventional ways.
