Kickoff
Jun 23, 2008 2008 Season, Babyeating-Sisterfuckers, DeMeco Ryans, Drunky Drunkerton, Super Mario
And I want a blumpkin from Natalie Portman while I sit on a toilet made of solid platinum. Vince Young wants to throw the deep ball more often this year and his new offensive coordinator might let him do it. One problem: “Last year Young’s completion percentage jumped nearly 10 points from his rookie season, but he was 8-of-47 (17 percent) on attempts when the ball traveled 21 yards or more in the air. That was down from his rookie season, when he completed 18.9 percent of similar throws. The NFL average last season on passes of 21 yards or more in the air: 28.4 percent.”
Kearse to MADD: Go get me a beer, toots! Sticking with the B-ESFs for a moment, it seems The Freak was arrested over the weekend for driving while intoxicated in Nashville. I still fail to understand how guys can get in trouble for DWI in the city where they play. Aren’t there roughly 100,000 people within walking distance who would give him a ride home for free just to say they’d done it? (H/T to Eric for this link and the previous one.)
Mario and DeMeco slighted by Madden. Not a single Texan was the highest-rated player at his position in the forthcoming Madden release. According to the Madden overlords, Jason Taylor and Aaron Kampman, both rated 98, are higher than Mario Williams. Brian Urlacher, also 98, is rated above DeMeco Ryans. Now, while the latter is arguable, the former really isn’t–I can’t imagine a single D-coordinator in football would take Taylor or Kampman over Williams (or Jared Allen). (H/T to grungedave)
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June 23rd, 2008 at 10:09 am
and without seeing any of the other ratings, I can already surmise that Petey is rated too high.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 3:33 pm
One of the screwups that VY’s agents did was have him participate in one of those made for TV rookie challenges before the draft. He did well with the movement drill, but it was a bit of a horror show for throwing the ball down the field. The public reaction at the time was OMG, why did his agent let him participate in this?
I do think that the new OC will be better for him because he is accustomed to dealing with developing QBs. It was stupid to pair WCO Norm Chow with VY–just as it would be thinking that VY would be a good fit with a Kubiak offense that requires reading defenses, good decision making, and pin point throwing accuracy.
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June 24th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Even though I’m a Longhorn, Vince couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat.
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July 6th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
@Steph – He did well with the movement drill, but it was a bit of a horror show for throwing the ball down the field.
Huh? I thought he was fantastic in that challenge. In fact, didn’t he win it?