Another old fart - Fran Tarkenton disrespects the Pats year - Page 3 - New England Patriots Forums

***Deus Irae*** · 01-24-2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Patsfanin Philly

46/89 489 yds 1 TD 6 Int QB rating 43.7
Tarkenton's stats for 3 Super Bowls.....

So, does that mean he can't have an opinion or that it counts for less?

Patsfanin Philly · 01-24-2008, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Deus Irae

So, does that mean he can't have an opinion or that it counts for less?

46/89 489 yds 1 TD 6 Int QB rating 43.7 Tarkenton
71/108 735 yds 6 TD 1 Int QB rating 99.88 Brady

No it means I have more faith in the guy with better numbers in his first 3 Super Bowls.....

FibSeq13478 · 01-24-2008, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Deus Irae

So, does that mean he can't have an opinion or that it counts for less?

Of course he can have an opinion, and of course it counts for zilch in my book.

DonBlackmon55 · 01-24-2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Deus Irae

So, does that mean he can't have an opinion or that it counts for less?

counts for nothing

***Deus Irae*** · 01-24-2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Patsfanin Philly

46/89 489 yds 1 TD 6 Int QB rating 43.7 Tarkenton
71/108 735 yds 6 TD 1 Int QB rating 99.88 Brady

No it means I have more faith in the guy with better numbers in his first 3 Super Bowls.....

Ok, but you have 0 Super Bowls, so why do you even bother posting your take on things? If the Super Bowl performances are what it's all about, you're opinion is absolutely useless to anyone.

It's one thing to ignore the man's opinion. It's another to denigrate his opinion on a game being played in 2 weeks because he struggled in Super Bowls 30 years ago.

Fencer · 01-24-2008, 02:26 PM

Tarkenton is a successful big mouth. He actually made a lot of money in the software industry from promoting a company that had no real reason to prosper. I.e., he got rich the same way Roger Staubach did (real estate industry for Staubach), but less so, because he didn't learn to add value past the original contact. Plus he did more mass public speaking.

***Clonamery*** · 01-24-2008, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Deus Irae

Ok, but you have 0 Super Bowls, so why do you even bother posting your take on things? If the Super Bowl performances are what it's all about, you're opinion is absolutely useless to anyone.

It's one thing to ignore the man's opinion. It's another to denigrate his opinion on a game being played in 2 weeks because he struggled in Super Bowls 30 years ago.

I gotta agree....when he commented on Brady being tired and throwing the ball up for grabs, it just made me think of everyone of his throws. Guy knows a duck when he sees one.

shakadave · 01-24-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BigHoss67

Take Joe Morgan for example... I know 10 year olds with more knowledge of current players and teams, yet Morgan wins Emmies. Why? Because he "played the game", so that means he must know everything about it.

It's a load of crap.

What??? I've learned more baseball via Joe Morgan than from the rest of the baseball world's announcers combined. If they re-named the Emmies the Morgans (in whatever category baseball announcers qualify for) that would be OK by me.

Furthermore, I agree with this part of what Tarkenton said:
Fran says that while the Patriots were destroying teams earlier, during the last part of the season the Patriots were an average team (NOT AVERAGE, THOUGH, BUT OBVIOUSLY LESS FORMIDABLE THAN BEFORE) and looked sluggish and tired from the pressure that has been building week after week during the past 2 months

RayClay · 01-24-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PATRIOTSFANINPA

Fran was talking on NFL Radio this morning discussing the Super Bowl on the Mike and Mike show

Fran says that while the Patriots were destroying teams earlier during the last part of the season the Patriots were an average team and looked sluggish and tired from the pressure that has been building week after week during the past 2 months

He said that Brady has been terrible in several games late in the season especially the Eagles and Ravens game and was just tossing the ball up for grabs and looked tired and beaten at times while he said Peyton looked better during this stretch.

He goes on to say the Giants are fresher and have less to lose and he predicts a Giants upset.

Another washed up old fart QB who must have got together with the '72 Dolphins for a chat just prior to this rant -

Does this idiot Tarkenton (who I always thought was overated when I was a young kid and watching him lose those all those Super Bowls) really have a leg to stand on when criticizing what may very well be the most important game in Patriots history and a defining moment for one of the greatest QBs of all time at the still young age of 30.

All I can say is...Jealousy,Jealousy,Jealousy

Quite possibly the biggest choke artist of all time.

sanvara · 01-24-2008, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by PATRIOTSFANINPA

Another washed up old fart QB who must have got together with the '72 Dolphins for a chat just prior to this rant -

Does this idiot Tarkenton (who I always thought was overated when I was a young kid and watching him lose those all those Super Bowls) really have a leg to stand on when criticizing what may very well be the most important game in Patriots history and a defining moment for one of the greatest QBs of all time at the still young age of 30.

All I can say is...Jealousy,Jealousy,Jealousy

Just because he doesn't think the same way you do about who will win a game doesn't mean he's a bad human being or that what he did as a player should be disrespected.