Phrases no football writer should ever use

[Fencer]

Pedestrian running game
What were they expecting it to be -- wheeled?

 

[Clonamery]

In my honest opinion

 

[NYPatsFan]

Dink and dunk

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Pedestrian running game
What were they expecting it to be -- wheeled?

In that case, pedestrian per dictionary.com means dull, boring or lacking in imagination. E.g. Woody Hayes, " three yards and a cloud of dust".

 

[nabwong]

Move TE.

I mean cmon man. This is the lamest description in football.

 

[Fencer]

In that case, pedestrian per dictionary.com means dull, boring or lacking in imagination. E.g. Woody Hayes, " three yards and a cloud of dust".

I stand by my opinion.

Also, I think it is an urban legend that Woody Hayes actually coined either that phrase or the one about three possible things happening when you throw a forward pass, two of which are bad.

On the other hand, he really did check out of the Ohio State University library a book called "How Porcupines Make Love". I don't know the subject of the book, but the title is surely a reference to the old riddle/joke.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

System Quarterback

Isn't each QB suppose to execute within each teams' system regardless of the type/style of QB they are?

 

[RayClay]

Pedestrian running game
What were they expecting it to be -- wheeled?

That would be Maroney. Waits at the curb for the light to change before embarking.

 

[slam]

"Staff Writer John Tomase"

 

[h0c2000]

Respected NFL Commissioner

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Respected NFL Commissioner

Never used to be, but that's an oxymoron.......

 

[The Boston Patriot]

"to the best of my knowledge" by any media numbnut (most all of them).

 

[aluminum seats]

"The shield"

 

[Ivan]

Peyton Manning is the greatest.......

 

[aluminum seats]

And announcers should stop saying "the National Football League."

"You can't do that and expect to succeed in the National Football League." Just say NFL, or even better, just stop talking. Such a blowhard thing to say, and they use it all the time.

 

[jah]

Class act.

 

[slam]

"The shield"

God, "Protect the Shield" is infuriatingly misguided on a conceptual level. Hey morons, shields are objects used to protect people, not the other way around. No wonder they like sacrificing people.

 

[Oswlek]

"And oh-by-the-way..."

 

[signbabybrady]

Integrity

 

[Brady2Moss]

"I google'd it"