What’s Really on That Guy’s Mind

He's as rowdy as you thought he would be.

Want to see Chris Berman drop F bombs left and right and see him talk about smuggling drugs across the border from Canada, eh? Click the link below to read about that and a few other humorous broadcasting moments.

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Monday Musings: Week 9

It’s hard to imagine quarterbacks are ever excited to line up anywhere on the field other than behind the center. Late in Sunday’s Jets/Bills game, the Jets lined up in the wildcat formation with Joe McKight taking the shotgun snap and Mark Sanchez split out wide to the left.

Sanchez, quite literally, was afraid.  

Gotta love how Drayton Florence not only gets Sanchez to flinch, but then when Sanchez comes after him, Florence simply shoves him to the turf.

 

• If there was ever a need for an excessive celebration penalty…
  
• Julio Jones, feel free to catch a pass and not take it the house. For all those fantasy owners out there who celebrated Jones’ three catch, two touchdown, 100+ yard performance, there was another owner dropping F bombs because of it…and I was one.
• Best Play of Week 9: This was a classic example of the ‘No! What are you doing?! YES! YES! YES!’ Patrick Peterson received a punt at the 1 yard line and returned it all the way for the winning touchdown in overtime versus the Rams.

• Worst Play of Week 9: There’s no sound with this video, but you don’t need to hear anything to see how bad this was. Denver’s Britton Colquitt attempt to punt was laughable. (via SB Nation)
   

Announcers Live Blog

This live blog is part of a project I’m doing for class. Come join and discuss some of your favorite NFL announcers, who you like/don’t like, etc.

Link here.

Monday Musings: Week 8

(I’m about ready to say screw WordPress. I’ll figure out these technical issues soon enough.)

It’s hard to tell whether Tim Tebow is really that bad, or if his ugly play  early in his career is simply part of the growing process of being a NFL quarterback. Tebow was brutal against the Lions on Sunday, completing 18 of 39 passes for only 172 yards and a touchdown. He also threw an interception, and fumbled three times, losing one.

Numerous times it appeared the former Florida Gator held the ball too long, perhaps a result of his inability to read coverages. Tebow was sacked seven times by the Lions, and has been sacked 13 times in his two starts.

So who is the real Tebow. Should he be judged by what he did (or didn’t do) against the Lions, or should he be judged by his fourth quarter comeback victory a few weeks ago?

Regardless, Detroit’s Stephen Tulloch Tebowing after sacking Tebow was hilarious, and there will probably be many more instances of defenders Tebowing to come.

 

• MLB stadiums typically have signs all over warning fans of flying objects leaving the playing field and entering the stands. Maybe the Bills should put up a similar sign warning Tyler Thigpen to be more aware on the sidelines.

• Best Play of Week 8: This was ruled incomplete because Laruent Robinson had stepped out of bounds, but it was a heck of a concentration job to say the least. (via SB Nation)
• Worst Play of Week 8: Olindo Mare didn’t necessarily blow the game for the Panthers, but he certainly let his team down by missing a 31 yard field goal wide left that would have most likely send the game into over time.

With the First Pick in the 2012 Arena League Fantasy Draft…

On Tuesday, Terrell Owens held a public workout to showcase his abilities only six months after having knee surgery to repair a torn ACL. Actually, I don’t know if it was open to the public, there were just a bunch of people standing on the sidelines.

Unfortunately for Owens, none of those people were who he was hoping would turn out: NFL scouts.

Here’s a link to an ESPN.com story, including an awkward Rachel Nichols/Jerry Rice tag team interview of the free agent receiver.

Owen’s told ESPN, “I definitely feel there are some teams out there that are interested.”

Below is a chart to further explain T.O.’s comments.

This interactive bubble chart shows how many scouts each NFL team had at T.O.'s workout on Tuesday. In other news, Kurt Warner called Owens late Wednesday night saying how the AFL could jump start his career.

 Earlier this morning numerous media outlets reported the Chicago Rush — yes, the Arena Football League Chicago Rush — are offering Owens a contract.

Owens has said he wants to come back and play for a championship, or at least play for a contender. Well, the Rush’s website shows a 11-4 record last season. Sounds like a contender to me.

Goodbye, Bernard

Well, well, well, Bernard Berrian was cut by the Minnesota Vikings today.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/7148257/minnesota-vikings-cut-bernard-berrian-latest-benching

If any team needs a receiver who won’t receive, looks like one is finally available.

Bernard Berrian’s Ability to Suck in Graph Form

video via Kissing Suzy Kolber

In early October, Berrian took to Twitter to defend his lack of, you know, catching the football this season. When someone criticized him and said he was “wide open at least 5 times” in a recent game, Berrian tweeted back, saying, “been like that the last 4 [years].”

Through the first seven games of Minnesota’s schedule, Berrian has played in five of them. Why is that an important starting point? Well, that’s because Berrian didn’t sit out either game due to injury. Vikings head coach Lesile Frazier said he held Berrian out of the team’s week 5 game against the Cardinals for disciplinary reasons. Berrian missed his second game in three weeks on Sunday against the Packers, and again his inactive status wasn’t injury-related. Perhaps the Vikings are beginning to realize Berrian simply can’t catch a football.

Now, to the graphs.

Berrian's targets by week.

Berrian's catches by week.

In the five games Berrian has suited up for, he’s snagged a pathetic seven catches for 91 yards. Those seven catches are the result of being targeted by a Minnesota quarterback 23 times. That means Berrian has caught 30 percent of the passes thrown his direction.

So maybe Berrian’s lack of production is in direct correlation to how much Donovan McNabb has sucked this year, which also happens to be quite a lot. Maybe McNabb is throwing the ball everywhere but his receivers’ hands. After all, Christian Ponder did make his first career start last weekend, pushing McNabb to clipboard duties.

Sorry to break it to you, Bernard, but quarterback inaccuracies aren’t the reason you’re not catching the ball. Percy Harvin has caught 27 of the 38 balls thrown his way, as has Michael Jenkins. That means both Harvin and Jenkins have caught 71 percent of the balls thrown their way, while Berrian has only caught 30 percent.

Targets and catches for Percy Harvin, Michael Jenkins, and Sir-Drops-A-Lot.

Here’s to hoping all fantasy commissioners now go and permanently delete Berrian from their fantasy league’s free agent pool.

Monday Musings: Week 7

Before we delve into this week’s post, Pat Angerer would like to introduce himself.

That brings us to the main topic of this week’s post: The player introductions NBC does for Sunday Night Football. This topic has been discussed before here on 100 Yards of BS, but Angerer’s announcement that he’s from “the United State of Iowa” is reason to bring this topic up again. NBC has, by far, the best player intros of any NFL broadcast. This is due in part to the creativity of some of the players. There is a long list of guys who have said they’re respective school in a humorous fashion, a la Tony Gonzalez, who has done both Ron Burgundy and Scarface on air. Other notables include the Steelers Ike Taylor, who simply says, “Swaggin’,” and the Vikings Jared Allen, who apparently is a chef .

• Neil Rackers is no longer a kicker. Rackers is now a football player.
• For as much love as Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder is getting today, his stat line against the Packers was a bit underwhelming. He only completed 40 percent of his passes, threw as many touchdowns as interceptions (2), and if you take away his 72-yard completion to Michael Jenkins on the first offensive play of the game, Ponder only threw for 147 yards.
• The Titans defense on Sunday was deplorable. Arian Foster rushed for 115 yards, which is excusable since he is Arian Foster and because he carried the ball 25 times. What’s not excusable is allowing the back-up running back, in this case Ben Tate, to rush for 104 yards.
• Best Play of Week 7: This sick one-handed grab by Malcolm Floyd against the Jets.
• Worst Play of Week 7: The Colts’ defensive effort Sunday night in New Orleans. Peyton Manning doesn’t play defense. No excuse to give up 62 points, even if it was to Drew Brees and the Saints.

Monday Musings: Week 6

(Note: Noticed this wasn’t up for some reason while I was putting together the Week 7 post. Not sure what happened. Damn technical difficulties.)

Someone grab the Pampers. Baby Jimmy needs a new diaper.

Note Cry Baby's face.

After losing their first game of the year, Jim Schwartz’s post-game handshake with 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh was less than cordial. The fist pumping Cry Baby apparently took exception to the way Harbaugh told him ‘good game,’ and proceeded to chase down the opposing head coach for a good 30 yards. Someone needs to tell Schwartz that his Lions aren’t going 15-1, and that he’s going to need to learn how to shake hands after losing.

• Week six wasn’t the greatest time to be an NFL head coach. The Saints’ Sean Payton suffered a brutal injury on the sideline, and will likely require knee surgery. Here’s the play. On the more humorous side of things was LeSean McCoy punching Philly head coach Andy Reid square in the guy. The slow motion quality of this video only increases the hilarity of it all.
• Note to A.J. Hawk: You can’t do this.
• Number of times I openly cussed at the TV during week six due to fantasy football related happenings: seven.
• Best (and Worst) Play of Week 6: Trent Richardson’s run against Ole Miss. No, this isn’t a NFL play, but I don’t care. This may be the single most abusive juke I’ve ever seen. And Richardson will be playing on Sunday’s next year, so that fits the criteria. As far as that poor soul in the #21 Ole Miss jersey goes, he should’ve just stayed on the ground in the backfield and enjoyed the show instead of getting embarrassed twice on the same play.

Monday Night Football: Starring Jon Gruden as Confucius

This is a small video montage I put together as a video project for class. If you haven’t noticed from previous posts, I’m a huuuuuuge fan of Jon Gruden’s work – perhaps for all the wrong reasons. Here are a few clips from this past Monday night’s game featuring the Dolphins and Jets.