the game tells you what you are
I'm not a huge Bill Parcells fan, but the Tuna did say something so obvious, and yet so eloquent about the game of football, I can't help but admire it.
When asked about his Dallas Cowboys and how the season was going, and how games turn on one or two plays, and all the coulda woulda shoulda stuff, and he just said (something like)..."the game tells you what you are."
The Jaguars are like that too, but I guess so is everybody. No excuses, no nothing. Simply, the game tells you what you are. If you're 8 and 7 going into the last game of the season, that's what you are....an 8 and 7 team. If you lost twice to the Houston Texans and beat the crap out of the Colts, you're inconsistent. If you have no receiver in the top 50 in the league, your passing game sucks. If your defense is number 2 in the league, your defense rocks. The game will tell you where you stand, and it has no mercy. It tells you when you're not a playoff team. It tells you when you have no real answer at quarterback, or wide receiver, no matter where you may have put your number one draft pick emphasis for the past four years. Maybe it tells you that you suck at first round draft picks, but I think the jury is still out on Marcedes Lewis. Matt Jones, who I had such high hopes for, hasn't amounted to a whole lot, and won't if he doesn't show he can be a lot tougher than he has been. Defensive backs are learning, if you can't beat him, beat him, and take the ball away from him. Instant interception. Reggie Williams got better, but not better enough. Byron might be gone this off season. Maybe someone else should do the first round picking.
Got the Maurice Jones-Drew jersey for Christmas, so now I have two current players. I have da man (Jones-Drew) and da wo-man (Matt Jones).
I don't know what will happen today, but backing into the playoffs is doubtful. The only thing that isn't is...it should be a very interesting off season...or at least, I hope it is.
When asked about his Dallas Cowboys and how the season was going, and how games turn on one or two plays, and all the coulda woulda shoulda stuff, and he just said (something like)..."the game tells you what you are."
The Jaguars are like that too, but I guess so is everybody. No excuses, no nothing. Simply, the game tells you what you are. If you're 8 and 7 going into the last game of the season, that's what you are....an 8 and 7 team. If you lost twice to the Houston Texans and beat the crap out of the Colts, you're inconsistent. If you have no receiver in the top 50 in the league, your passing game sucks. If your defense is number 2 in the league, your defense rocks. The game will tell you where you stand, and it has no mercy. It tells you when you're not a playoff team. It tells you when you have no real answer at quarterback, or wide receiver, no matter where you may have put your number one draft pick emphasis for the past four years. Maybe it tells you that you suck at first round draft picks, but I think the jury is still out on Marcedes Lewis. Matt Jones, who I had such high hopes for, hasn't amounted to a whole lot, and won't if he doesn't show he can be a lot tougher than he has been. Defensive backs are learning, if you can't beat him, beat him, and take the ball away from him. Instant interception. Reggie Williams got better, but not better enough. Byron might be gone this off season. Maybe someone else should do the first round picking.
Got the Maurice Jones-Drew jersey for Christmas, so now I have two current players. I have da man (Jones-Drew) and da wo-man (Matt Jones).
I don't know what will happen today, but backing into the playoffs is doubtful. The only thing that isn't is...it should be a very interesting off season...or at least, I hope it is.
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