Jack Del Rio - shoe in for AFC coach of the year
Gotta be.
Somehow this guy managed to take a bunch of non-Pro Bowl talent and mold them into a playoff team. Has to be a front runner for best coach in the league. Jon Gruden in Tampa can say the same on the NFC side. In fact, in Florida there are three NFL teams. From those three, only one player made it to this year's Pro Bowl...Jason Taylor, from the Miami Dolphins. Those would be the very same Miami Dolphins who were dancin' in the streets Sunday because they finally won a game this season. The two teams that are probably playoff bound came up empty.
This travesty shows what the Pro Bowl has become. It's a popularity contest controlled by the opinions of folks who have the time to sit in front of a computer for hours on end with nothing more productive to do than vote for their favorites...over and over and over again....and then a hundred thousand more times, just to make sure. It has nothing to do with talent. Yeah, the players and coaches get a say, too, but their say isn't weighted enough to make a real difference. The unemployed folks hanging on the pubic library's internet connection all day...those are the opinions that shape the Pro Bowl.
Joseph Addai and Willie Parker get in before Fred Taylor? C'mon. Did anyone watch that Jaguars/Steelers game Sunday? Willie Parker can't hold Fred's jock strap. Put Joseph Addai on any team outside the Colts and he's average at best. He's certainly no Fred Taylor. A guy with rigor mortis can make the Pro Bowl, but Freddie T. can't? Ben Roethisberger goes before David Garrard? Again, last week's game made it crystal clear, but even before that, Roethlisberger hasn't been all that good, and there's no way you can justify that he's having a better year than Garrard. I guess this year we're having the other-than-Pro Bowl. Either that, or you have to conclude the Jaguars have nobody special, and that being said, JDR has to be coach of the year.
I know it's improbable, but what a story it would make....if the Jacksonville Jaguars run the table and win the Super Bowl....and have not one player good enough to be named to the Pro Bowl. You can bet your ass Jack Del Rio is thinking about it. It's one helluva motivational tool.
Somehow this guy managed to take a bunch of non-Pro Bowl talent and mold them into a playoff team. Has to be a front runner for best coach in the league. Jon Gruden in Tampa can say the same on the NFC side. In fact, in Florida there are three NFL teams. From those three, only one player made it to this year's Pro Bowl...Jason Taylor, from the Miami Dolphins. Those would be the very same Miami Dolphins who were dancin' in the streets Sunday because they finally won a game this season. The two teams that are probably playoff bound came up empty.
This travesty shows what the Pro Bowl has become. It's a popularity contest controlled by the opinions of folks who have the time to sit in front of a computer for hours on end with nothing more productive to do than vote for their favorites...over and over and over again....and then a hundred thousand more times, just to make sure. It has nothing to do with talent. Yeah, the players and coaches get a say, too, but their say isn't weighted enough to make a real difference. The unemployed folks hanging on the pubic library's internet connection all day...those are the opinions that shape the Pro Bowl.
Joseph Addai and Willie Parker get in before Fred Taylor? C'mon. Did anyone watch that Jaguars/Steelers game Sunday? Willie Parker can't hold Fred's jock strap. Put Joseph Addai on any team outside the Colts and he's average at best. He's certainly no Fred Taylor. A guy with rigor mortis can make the Pro Bowl, but Freddie T. can't? Ben Roethisberger goes before David Garrard? Again, last week's game made it crystal clear, but even before that, Roethlisberger hasn't been all that good, and there's no way you can justify that he's having a better year than Garrard. I guess this year we're having the other-than-Pro Bowl. Either that, or you have to conclude the Jaguars have nobody special, and that being said, JDR has to be coach of the year.
I know it's improbable, but what a story it would make....if the Jacksonville Jaguars run the table and win the Super Bowl....and have not one player good enough to be named to the Pro Bowl. You can bet your ass Jack Del Rio is thinking about it. It's one helluva motivational tool.
John put this out here at 7:47 AM
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