By Scott Burks
The offensive line will prevent my beloved Pittsburgh
Steelers from reaching the Super Bowl. To say
the Steelers had one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL is the
understatement of the year. Big Ben was sacked over 40 times for the
third year in a row. The running game, once a staple of the Steelers,
was inconsistent at best. Both of those issues can be traced to the
poor play of the offensive line. It’ll be a shame that the #1 ranked
defense in the league will be wasted in the playoffs. Memo to Steelers
management: the first four rounds in the 2009 draft should go something
like this – offensive lineman, offensive lineman, offensive lineman, and
offensive lineman.
It’s official: the 2008 Detroit Lions is the sorriest
team in NFL history …and in the history of professional sports.
WHOO-HOO!!! That’s what I screamed while witnessing the Lions achieve
the “Dream Season” in losing to the Green Bay Packers to finish 0-16.
WHOO-HOO!!! Now the talk is how the Lions rank among the worst teams in
sports. I think they are the worst in ALL of sports. Sure you have the
1972 Philadelphia 76ers (9-72) and the New York Mets (40-162). The
difference between those two teams and the Lions – they actually WON
some games. Plus in this salary cap era in the NFL, it is much harder
to suck that badly, let alone lose EVERY GAME in a season.
The Denver Broncos should have given former head coach
Mike Shanahan one more season. Shanahan is
one of the better coached in the NFL. During his 14 seasons coaching
the Broncos, Shanahan had the Broncos contending for division titles for
most of those years. I mean, the man won TWO Super Bowls! Sure he may
have had John Elway for both Super Bowls, but remember that Elway didn’t
win the big one in the years prior to Shanahan’s arrival. Now Shanahan
the GM did a terrible job in personnel decisions and most of his drafts
(save Jay Cutler and Ryan Klady) could have been better. For that
reason, I would have given Shanahan one more season if I were team owner
Pat Bowlen. If Shanahan had another poor draft and/or questionable free
agent acquisitions, then strip him of his GM duties. Keep in mind that
when the Broncos were 8-5 despite the injuries, Shanahan was praised for
the coaching job his had done at that point. It’s not like Shanahan
forgot how to coach overnight.
The New York Jets did the right thing in canning Eric
Mangini. I’ve been saying for the last three
seasons that Mangini was not the “Man-genius” that the media made him
out to be. His canning Monday proved that. He was out-coached and
seemed out of sorts when it came to game management. During the loss to
the Seattle Seahawks, when faced with a fourth and one in Seattle
territory early in the game, Mangini chose to punt. When faced with
fourth and about three yards with more than three minutes left in the
game, Mangini decided to go for it, only to come up short. Mangini did
not do a good job in managing QB Brett Favre. One of the jobs of a head
coach is making players better. Mangini and his coaching staff made
Favre look like an old 39-year-old instead of a better QB.
New England Patriots’ coach Bill Bellichick deserves, but
will not get, the NFL’s Coach of the Year award.
Notice I dropped the “Bellicheat” moniker. Bellichick coached one hell
of a year after stud QB Tom Brady went down with a knee injury in Week
1. Bellichick could have panicked after backup QB Matt Cassell had a
horrible game against the Dolphins in Week 3 and signed a journeyman QB.
Instead, Bellichick stuck by Cassell, and Cassell rewarded him with an
11-5 season. Bellichick also had the defense playing at a high level
despite the injuries on that side of the ball. For those reasons,
Bellichick should be Coach of the Year. Unfortunately, he won’t win
because of the coaching job Mike Smith did in Atlanta. That is what you
call being a victim of your own success.
Comments:
your
INSANE profile... soccer is not a sport!!!! Are you kidding me???? ~~~~
this from a man who ran track. What skill does it require to run from
point A to point B? NASCAR is more of a sport than track and requires a
lot more training
Soccer players are highly skilled and the best conditioned athletes.
PLUS--- it is a lot more physical sport than people realize. There are
no shoulder pads or helmets.
SOCCER IS NOT A SPORT IS BY FAR THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING TO DATE THAT I
HAVE READ ON THIS WEBSITE---
PS- you know who it is ~~~~ RB
You left out one glaring issue.
The Dallas Cowboys are the worst-coached team to keep their coach. No
team
under-performed like Dallas all season, and no team has as much talent
(on paper).
Specific changes need to be made, but I am not holding my breath.
OldManWinters
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