Archive for March, 2008

Injuries & Defense

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Before we look ahead to this weekend’s NFL conference championship games, let’s take a look backward. What was all the talk in the NFL over the last month? Should the Colts sit their starters to have them rested for the playoffs or not? There were many people that split on the answer, but I think we’d all agree what the correct answer is: Play ‘em! Or at least, rest any injured players, but don’t bench the majority of starters the last two weeks of the regular season, even if everything is sewed up.That was the position the Colts found themselves in after that 13-0 start. They had clinched everything: The division title, the bye week, home field for the postseason, the No. 1 spot. However, anyone who watched Sunday’s loss to the Steelers saw an Indy team that was rusty for most of the game. Very rusty.The Colts were out of sync most of the way in their 21-18 loss to the Steelers. Overall, having a bye week gives a team enough time, two weeks, to rest and prepare. It takes time and practice to get a team in sync because there are so many players that need to work together in unison: Blocking patterns, running backs hitting the proper holes, lineman pulling, receivers running patterns, quarterbacks getting the football to them on timing routes, etc.Think back to the final regular season game for the Denver Broncos. Denver was a 12-point dog at San Diego in a meaningless game for the Broncos. They had everything sewed up and needed only to stay healthy. Instead, Mike Shanahan had several starters play significant first half minutes. They also played inspired football, dominating the Chargers in an impressive performance. I think back to the regular season finale a year ago when the Patriots hosted the terrible 49ers at home in a meaningless game, yet Bill Belichick played the starters for three quarters. The reason was a little different, as the Patriots played a sluggish first half, tied 3-3, as a big favorite. Belichick didn’t like the performance and sent the starters back out for the second half, injuries be damned! They followed the next few weeks with dominating performances on the way to winning another Super Bowl title.With the four remaining teams, does anything stand out? Yes, defense! Carolina and Pittsburgh are ranked No. 3 and 4 in the NFL in total defense, with the Broncos and Seahawks at No. 15 and 16. More important is run defense, and notice that all the remaining teams are in the Top 5 in the NFL at stopping the run! It goes Denver (2nd), Pittsburgh (3rd), Carolina (4th) and Seattle (5th). One of those will win the Super Bowl, so again, stuffing the run is a huge key to building a championship defense.That hasn’t translated into a significant amount of unders for those teams, but keep in mind that 6 of the 8 playoff games thus far have gone under the total. Yes, it should come as no shock that defense wins championships in all sports, once again!Sex Techniques Tips Tricks
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Friday, March 28th, 2008

Pay bills, check email, post on Curly W

For some time now Brandon and I have been musing on how unmotivated we both felt about the Nationals and how hard it was to ramp back up to daily coverage, so I was not entirely surprised by Brandon’s post this morning echoing Basil’s post from yesterday. As the chase dog on this blog it’s been less of a problem for me, because I just have not posted. Brandon has been gamely pushing content both out of a feeling of obligation and because he’s excited about the season. It’s just not a kind of excitement that translates into amusing posts that tickle your funnybone. Anatomy of a 2007 Spring Training Nats post, pick two:

a) Nats have a bunch of pitchers in camp and no one knows who any of them are except John Patterson who was injured last season so it could be a long 162 games;

b) Nats have a bunch of players with great potential yet unfulfilled and if they all magically fulfill that potential they might win 80 games;

c) No really 2008 could be hot hot hot;

c) Ryan Zimmerman is teh rock star.

Baseball matters are made worse for me because I am still finding football to be so engaging even in the offseason doldrums that ginning up a story about anything from Dan Snyder’s nanny to Joe Theismann’s 2007 predictions is easy and it takes away all my baseball bandwidth. I’m reading the blogs and Barry Svrluga it’s just not translating into inspiration to write. I thought my desire to write on football would go away in the offseason and it has not.

But I think when the season gets started, Brandon is after all a Nationals season ticket holder and loves to talk baseball, we both will get engaged.

Wait, I meant engaged in covering the team, not engaged to each other. I mean NTTAWWT but Brandon and I both live in Virginia and gay marriage is against the law so we couldn’t even if we wanted to. Which we don’t. I don’t even own a pair of Kenneth Coles so I don’t think they’d even accept me.

Hell, I forgot how much I loved watching baseball on TV until I saw the Nats on MASN last season. There’s something of note in every game and at every game. The stories, the streaks, the snark, who’s hot and Alfonso Soriano’s 168 million dollar learning curve will provide Curly W with ample material once things get going. Now pardon me while I go break down Dan Snyder’s vaguely racist new admission policy at Six Flags.

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