terpfan Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Bill Plaschke said today on Around the Horn that there is "no way" we win 9 games this year. Plaschke is also apparently in the "our name is offensive" camp so I'm at all surprised. In fact most of the guys said we we are "not for real" other than Mariotti who said we'd be a playoff contender with 8-10 wins. Apparently the D wasnt tested, Brunell sucked, the O Line is still questionable (nobody mentions they gave up 0 sacks), and without that 64 yard run Portis was horrible. At least Stat Boy seemed to be sticking up for us. Can't wait for the end of the year so Plaschke cant eat his words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDSKNfaithfull Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Surprising Mariotti was on our side the guy from SI was a tool he kept on bringing up stats and they were all wrong:doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I love when people do the good old 'without this they wouldn't have done crap' routine. That 64 yard TD run is exactly what makes Portis so special. He's a homerun threat whenever he touches the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBkilla56 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 He called us pretenders and says the chargers are the real deal... What ever he's smoking i want some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad4comp Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 cowlishaw is a toolbox....and Plaschke is toolbox #2, they need to get their facts straight before they make dumba$$ statements..:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad4comp Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 And i believe Elliot was either scanning through the Cowboys forums or the Buc's forums with that statement "Take away the 64 yard run..." what a tool. Take away the 64 yard run ? it was part of his running stat, theres no way it can be taken back, and no it wasnt a fluke. Lets see, so in the end about 8-9 carries were to just run the clock out, thats why his carries per game went up. Take that 64 yard run away and 8 carries at the end: total = 84 yards on 21 carries which is 4yrds for rush attempt thats not a bad average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mania Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Originally posted by terpfan without that 64 yard run Portis was horrible. : Excuse me but that is why they call it an AVG. If you ran 64 yrds everytime you would be superman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Saw it and he is a tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstahl Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I love when people do this... That is like saying Well if you take away the 2 int's a QB threw since they were tipped/bad passes/end of the game/(insert other excuse here) then his stats would be great (duh, that is why int's are part of the stats). I guess for Clinton we could respond that if you take away all his runs of less that 2 yards, his avg would have been ...blah.... (this is just a random as taking away some other run). Like everyone else has said the good runners get the long runs (either early or late) but they get the long ones and that is what makes them great. BTW, that game was right up there with his normal (avg) game (in yards per carry) so what is so surprising to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimster Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 yea, and if you took away the 10 points the Bucs scored, we woulda shut them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliloquy Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Hey, if he takes the 64-yard run back, can we take the Brunell-to-Barber fumble back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 take away the fumble and the bucs on had a FG :laugh: the game is 60 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atloldskin Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Let them say what they want. They can predict 1-15 now, but those of us at the game know better. Gibbs will have this team playing some football this year! Who says coaching doesn't matter in the NFL???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Plaschke is essentially a senior reporter and commentator for the LA Times Sports section, and his background was primarily as a baseball writer. He's good at what he does, but I have yet to see any reason why I should respect his input regarding the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummagumma Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Originally posted by Soliloquy Hey, if he takes the 64-yard run back, can we take the Brunell-to-Barber fumble back? Especially because the fumble, in my opinion, was unforced. The Bucs made a mistake on the TD run, but Portis had to read it correctly to make them pay. That's what the radio commentators are saying down here. Take away that one play and the bucs defense was awesome. I disagree. They were very solid and played well enough for most teams to win, but they still are vulnerable to being worn down. After all, Portis and the skins basically ran the clock down on their final 2 FG drives and the vaunted Buc defense couldn't stop them. I'm not saying the Redskins should put their name on the trophy or that the Bucs are dead. But compare this to last season. The Redskins look like they addressed there major problems to large degree, while the Bucs seem to have made things worse. Just one game though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor 36 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Bring back Woody Paige!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalSkins Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Plaschke's knowledge only extends to the Lakers and Dodgers. He knows nothing about football. His Lakers commentary is pretty worthless 75% of the time as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor 36 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Originally posted by SoCalSkins Plaschke's knowledge only extends to the Lakers and Dodgers. He knows nothing about football. His Lakers commentary is pretty worthless 75% of the time as well. Very True!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallsux Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Originally posted by laurent I love when people do the good old 'without this they wouldn't have done crap' routine. That 64 yard TD run is exactly what makes Portis so special. He's a homerun threat whenever he touches the ball. Right? It's like saying that George Foreman wouldn't be that good, if it weren't for his KO punch. Or saying that Mark McGuire would suck, if it wasn't for his home run record. DUH!!! I agree Laurent. This is exactly what makes Portis special, his ability to break the big runs. Portis may not make 100+ yds every game...what I do expect is that he will fit nicely into this offense & will be consistent. I also expect that he WILL probably break a good run at least 10 times this year (or at least in 10 games). He also adds the extra dimension of the running game that most teams' defenses need for Priest Holmes, Tomlinson, & Lewis. Portis is going to be the real deal here, I think. Run, Clinton, run!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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