As much as I've laced into the Boston sports media/cheerleading squad this week, I have to take a break and agree with the Sports Guy's take on the Chargers.
"Yeah, they have talent. Yeah, they have Tomlinson. Yeah, they can make some plays on defense. But they have the worst receivers of any potential playoff team. They have the worst coaching staff of any potential playoff team. And if that's not enough, their quarterback hasn't proven he can deliver in a big game yet. Everyone glossed over these problems heading into the season because it was boring to pick the Colts or Patriots, so the Chargers became the "sexy" AFC pick, even though they choked at home last January and decided to put their 2007 season in the hands of Norv Turner and Ted Cottrell. There are real questions about them now, only we didn't hear anyone asking them Sunday night."
Those Charger wideouts make you long for the days of Tony Martin and Mark Seay, which is telling you something. God forbid anything happens to Gates. Then they would be really screwed. The Charger model kind of reminds me of the Chiefs and their inability to place any talent on the outside complementing Tony Gonzalez at TE.
Then we have the Norv Turner factor. How do you place such a promising team - and a job anyone would want - in the hands of this man? Were they choosing between Norv Turner and Tony Siragusa? Was Barry Switzer unavailable? Jerry Glanville passed on the opportunity?
Switching gears to MLB:
Maybe this "5 players with 90 RBI" feat isn't as special as I thought. We might have to look at 5 with 100.
As it turns out, the Phillies are very close to this achievement. Howard (115), Utley (97), Burrell (90), Rollins (85), and Rowand (84). 90 is very doable for both Rollins and Rowand.
The Yankees are almost in the exact same situation, needing Posada and Cano to cross the 90 RBI threshold (requiring 5 or 6 more RBIs from each player). After that Hinske hit, I'll just be glad if Posada can recognize his teammates.
The Colorado Rockies are not far off either (good lord -- now we know it's not that special an achievement). Holliday (122), Atkins (103), Hawpe (96), Troy Tulowitzki (86), and Todd Helton (79). They will of course miss on account of Helton, who used to drive in 130 a year ... before pulling a Will Clark and deciding that 15 homers and 80 RBI would be just fine.
September 17, 2007
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You forgot Anthony Miller.
Were the Chargers REALLY that good last year? In reality, no. They only played three playoff teams during the regular season, and they were 1-2 in those games. They benefitted from several lucky breaks, including playing the Raiders twice, playing the Broncos after their season started spiraling down the drain, playing a depleted Bengals squad, and having two of their OOD road games at San Francisco and Buffalo.
That said, I can't recall many (if any) publications that DIDN'T pick the Patriots to win the conference. While the point about the Chargers is decent, once again we get this sniveling New England disrespect bullshit from Simmons. Enough already.
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