Recent content by PhD

meh, seemed like a reach.  

Yes, he couldn't take the one-one match-ups against the Pats (and other teams) -- but there is no way he gets fooled but flipping Hogan time and time and time again in a championship game.  Revis was smart + talented.  Drop the talent level sure, but I'd pay him the vet min for his intelligence...

I know this seems like a crazy thought on the surface, but if Christian McCaffery is there for their top pick I would grab him and get their edge rusher and TE in the next rnds. He seems to have a similar style to Bell (patience-vision-explosion) with less size but more speed.  The ability to...

If you look at this closely in the context of the Steelers defense becoming much stronger in the second half of the year, it wouldn't further your narrative of Brady picking apart the secondary.  It would suggest that Edelman will get yards, but the Steelers could still win despite that (just...

How many of those listed games did the Steelers actually lose? 

and with that, you immediately lose all credibility.   It's not like the tuck rule out there.  There is not a person with any authority in football who argues that it wasn't a hold or that it shouldn't have been called - consider that it was THAT blatant of a foul that even in that situation it...

So Bell didn't drive (or find a way to get) into the city for a drug test after his knee surgery and he later slept through a 5:30am test - and since "didn't test" = "failed test" he gets nailed. OK.  If he was respectful and credible in his appeal when presenting this information then I can see...

C'mon Fred, you're better than this.  It is a joke comparing Bell to this: 2013 season[edit] On June 7, 2013, the NFL announced that Gordon would be suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy.[12]  2014 season[edit] On July 5...

Boston - This is easy.  Goodell's pattern is consistent.  His rulings are partially based on the nature of the violation and partially based on the response and remorse of those who violate the rules.  If a player breaks the rules he has to be a man and face the music.  He may not like the...

I am going to go with the intangible factor - Superbowl stress. It's going to hit Cam more than Manning and it's going to hit the Carolina defense more than the Bronco defense. Cam is still about proving himself while Manning seems to have a calm/acceptance of the moment. Say what you want to...

I don't remember the plays, but Big Ben got beat up pretty badly this year. Do you think the presence of Pouncey improves the whole line on pass plays to keep Ben safer than he was this year?

This is what I don't understand and what I think was one example of the lack of proper adjustment. They were getting in with three, so why not put someone else back there to block. Gronk? Chandler? a RB? Anyone. Psychologically just the thought of another blocker might have helped Brady...

C'mon man - you can't go there. If you do, then how can you say anything about BB since he has Brady and other coaches don't. You are not going to find a coach on the planet who doesn't lose a coaching match-up every now and then. For whatever reason, BB didn't make the right adjustment this...

I don't know about that. One incident may not tarnish him but he has had a few questionable moments this year. Bottom line is that his team didn't bail him out and so - like all coaches - when the team loses the coach gets questioned. I think he can still be the best coach you have ever seen...

Funny how Brady gets this reputation as being so calm and cool and yet his perception of "pressure" seems off. He whines when he gets touched, cries when he gets hit hard, and seems to show a reliable pattern of falling apart when you get to him hard repeatedly.