Peter King shows what I hate about the media's Manning/Brady Hypocrisy

Uncle Rico · Dec 23, 2014

Nikolai said:
That's just an unbelievable quote...I don't even know what to say. My incredulity has disarmed my wits...

EDIT - Is this a joke? I see no link. If I've been had, I tip my hat to you, sir.

You've been had. I was too for a minute. Kudos to Rob for writing something that is so absurd yet not unbelievable.

Rob0729 · Dec 23, 2014

Nikolai said:
That's just an unbelievable quote...I don't even know what to say. My incredulity has disarmed my wits...

EDIT - Is this a joke? I see no link. If I've been had, I tip my hat to you, sir.

Sorry to get you. Had to be done.

Rob0729 · Dec 23, 2014

Uncle Rico said:
You've been had. I was too for a minute. Kudos to Rob for writing something that is so absurd yet not unbelievable.

That's the sad thing. The ball washing of Manning is so bad by the media that my post is something people can expect someone in the media to write about him especially Peter King.

Rob0729 · Dec 23, 2014

At least someone in the media gets it"

5. Denver Broncos (11-4, LW: 3) I didn't get the often-told argument that the Broncos' shift to the running game was brilliant because it gave them a better chance to win a Super Bowl. They made the Super Bowl last season. And they were going to beat that Seahawks team in the Super Bowl if only they had C.J. Anderson to carry it 30 times? How does that make any sense?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...ne-stop-pats-seahawks-showdown-004826850.html

Sicilian · Dec 23, 2014

Rob0729 said:
Sorry to get you. Had to be done.

You... son of a...

I had a whole "witty" comment about the Orwellian level of spin in that statement, which will now drift off into the nether, ne'er to be heard by anyone.

Nikolai · Dec 23, 2014

Rob0729 said:
Sorry to get you. Had to be done.

It was well done. No need for apologies!

Actually, I think the fact I was had says more about Peter King than it does you or me.

1960Pats · Dec 23, 2014

Nikolai said:
I think THINK it has to do with the fact it was on the day the Pats lost to the Seahawks? As if to say you came here to bag on the Pats like a few other chicken littles?

I actually wondered if people might think the same thing about me. I joined after the Pats lost to the Jest in 2009 in Wreck's first game. I was so pissed off and surrounded by hostile fans (living in Virginia), that I tried to find a place of sanctuary to talk to other Pats fans.

I see. He thinks that the date a person joined here is the date they starting watching the Pats. That may say something about his original date as a fan.

I spent the Golden Years (2000-2011) as a member of another message board. I don't think there were any fans worse than the Rams fans. They were so overconfident that they were in shock when that the Pats won. I don't think they've ever been the same since.

Next up were the Indy fans, the Peytonites. They were like the Manning clan and couldn't believe that the road that was paved for P6 was filled with Belichick and Brady potholes. One of them latched onto our Pats board in 2002, foolishly thinking that the Pats were a fluke in 2001. He paid for that mistake.

The Raiders fans were sad really. Here were fans of a team with one of the fiercest reputations as a tough team, whining like babies over a legitimate call of an existing rule. They still cry about it today.

The Steelers fans were a tough group to deal with, but they weren't in the same ballpark as the others. They just loved their team.

Anyway, back to the subject of this thread. If people didn't post Peter King's bs here I'd never see it. Not that I mind, but it's funny how that works.

rochrist · Dec 25, 2014

Darrone said:
Getting back to the original point - Here's how guys like King work: King has a relationship with members of the Sports community. Guys like Peyton and before him, Favre, have kings number in their phone. They throw King some nice quotes, do the occasional interview, give him materials, etc. In turn, King posts some nice puff pieces about them, talks about all the things that don't actually matter or won't be disputed ("He's a standup guy!" "A real family man!" "He just wants to win!")

There are other guys, like Brady, who just do the required media tours, do some local stations/radio, beat writers, etc. and call it a day. They get mediocre coverage.

Then there are guys like Marshawn Lynch or Dez Bryant who actively say "screw this". Suddenly those guys are "a problem in the locker room" "have off the field issues". Guess what, they also happen to be in a contract year, and the quotes are coming from "unnamed sources within the organization". Why? Because they are driving down the contract price, and they are using Peter King to do it. And Peter King couldn't be happier, because he has something to report, and his readership gobbles it up between stories about the coffee he drank last night and the Starwood hotel he stayed at (seriously, why the hell does he bring that stuff up? Is that supposed to be interesting?)

NONE of this affects the product on the field, it's all just filler and page-views for a dying industry.

I don't know. People from other cities accuse King of being the biggest Pats homer there is. He does seem pretty fond of Boston teams. He rarely does a column without some Red Sox reference. That doesn't mean that he doesn't engage in the same Manning ball-washing the rest of them do, or that he isn't a shill for the league, just that he gives the Pats more favorable coverage than a lot of them.

AzPatsFan · Dec 25, 2014

SVN said:
Maybe in the # of sacks but this year has been the more inconsistent/green and unreliable oline we have had. Just my opinion.

Last year the O-line yielded 40 sacks. This year 20... Your observation is erroneous.

Batman · Dec 26, 2014

IntentionalSafety said:
My favorite was when they breezed over the Brady - Edelman one-play drive that broke open the San Diego game, basically because it doesn't fit the theory that they can't drive the ball. Because, as you know, the more yards it takes to score a touchdown, the more bonus points you get.

I get their general point, but they had to breeze over a lot of complimentary football to get there. It's crazy the way that offense is judged - plenty of people dismiss scoring drives off of short fields (whether through defensive stops or special teams play) as if those short fields were gimmes. Hard work and a lot of roster work goes into defense and special teams to make sure that when the offense faces a stout defense that the team still has a chance to win.

There's plenty to critique the offense on. Holding against them that special teams and defense have been great and giving them good position, and then that they have proven that they can score when given those opportunities, should not be one of those critiques.

The thing in the SD game I hated was in the second half we didn't make a first down for several drives into the second half and this was mentioned every play that we didn't make a first down then we made a first down and not a single mention of it at all that's the kind of Sh!t I hate because there is no way to not have to deal with that. I'm not gonna watch a game in scilence.

PatsWickedPissah · Dec 26, 2014

AzPatsFan said:
Last year the O-line yielded 40 sacks. This year 20.

I credit TFB with some of this. He has worked on his mobility this year and it shows with both sprint out throws and the occasional (correct) decision to run for yardage with everyone covered. QBs can also affect # times sacked by either correctly throwing the ball away when pocket collapses or incorrectly waiting too long to make a play instead of throwing the ball away. Tom has had a couple picks this year when his judgement of when the rush would arrive was off a couple hundred milliseconds and he was hit causing a pick. Maybe advanced age is costing him a hundred milliseconds or so in reaction time.

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