Stop insinuating that I am some kind of moron and can't make judgments objectively. Maybe you cannot make decisions without biases and are projecting it on me, but I can. You don't know how I think and stop making it sound like you can.
You admit a strong bias towards Hoge but jump all over me for insinuating that it could sway your judgement or opinion? I never insinuated you were a moron. We're all human.
Saying he had a good game away from the ball is not over the the top. Saying Moss had one of his best games of his career away from the ball is going over the top. Saying he did a great job at certain things, saying it was one of his best games of his career doing those things is another. I bet you if you went through the game tapes of Moss' career, you can find better examples of him run and screen blocking in potentially dozens of games.
So it is "over the top" because you 'bet' that it's not true? What the hell? You don't have to believe Hoge, but lambasting him when you personally have no idea whether it is true not is actually over the top.
Moss has been double covered all year and every year of his career. Let's not act like the Panthers did anything different.
I don't understand the point? Are you saying it is impossible that Carolina played a good game, or covered him well? Are you saying it's impossible to limit Moss' production? BTW, Kaczur wasn't having an easy time ya know.
Hoge went over the top, but that is his style. It makes him look like a moron even if the underlying point is valid. Whether if he is talking about his overall game or just his run blocking, I am pretty sure he is using hyperbole.
I wouldn't say he sounds like a moron. He sounds like any other in the media, they all tend to be sensationalist.
If this was one of Moss' best performances run blocking of his career, don't you think Belichick, Brady, or another Patriot would have stated that?
If Moss run blocking is very average, and he plays ever so slightly above average, why would you believe BB or Brady or anyone would gush all over it? Do you really think they bring up every single time someone does something well or even great?
Do you really think he did one of his best jobs ever run blocking or screen blocking? Or playing the decoy? He might have played well in that area, but if it was his best we would have seen it more.
I really have no idea, I don't think he's a great blocker to begin with but I think he does a good enough job consistently. I don't get to watch the coaches tapes unfortunately. I do think he played well as a decoy, and blocked well. Then again I think he usually does. I don't think it's likely that he did a far better or far worse job than he usually does. He definitely made some mistakes on the few passes his way. This does not however mean that the lack of throws his way were entirely or even mostly his fault.
Hoge may have overstated it depending on what he saw, but everything in the media is always overstated. There is no reason to fly off the handle about it.
