Tim TEbow: the future of an NFL QB…

That New England Patriots are in a troubling spot regarding the Tight End position.  Lets look at their options that have starting potential.

Rob Gronkowski –PUP List

Jake Ballard-Was on IR list

Aaron Hernandez-going on DOC list.

So who can the Patriots turn too? TEbow. Is there a coincidence that his name is TEbow? The incredibly lucky Patriots can make this work. They took a late round QB and made him one of the greatest of all time. They had a LB corp of has beens and never was and made them the cornerstone of 3 Super Bowl championships. LB Mike Vrabel was one of Tom Terrific’s favorite receivers at TE.  We can see it now, Belichick  puts his arm around TE-bow and says: “Tim, we have a problem, Ballard is not ready to go, Gronk is out until October and we are working on getting the media to remember not to report when our guys break the law; who would have guessed murder is so hard to cover up? Anyway,  you think you could fill in for a few games until we are back at full strength?” Of course TE-bow will say yes and he will miraculously turn into one of the great TE of the modern era. That is the patriot way; do shit that shouldn’t work and get the chiefs to give you a 2^nd round pick for Matt Cassel and watch them make him THE HIGHEST PAID QB IN THE LEAUGE.  Too bad Pioli didn’t know that it only works in Boston.

Kansas City Sports

While researching our previous article on women's basketball. We were awakened to an entire world of lingerie sports. Football, arena football, basketball, Hockey!!!. As entertaining as it was to examine the...ahem...merits of the athletes we found a team name intriguing. In the LLFL there is a team called the Kansas City Tease. This got us thinking. All Kansas City Sports franchises should change their nickname to the Tease. It is the perfect name for the hell these teams put us through year after year.

Womens Basketball...

The debate rages on throughout the sports world, how to make women's sports more popular? With the lone exceptions of beach volleyball and tennis; men's sports dominate. The Big Scary Editor and I were debating solutions to the issue when we asked the obvious question why do men watch those two sports and not other.

Men are the driving force behind sports on TV. Middle-aged fat white men to be specific. If your sport cannot draw with enough action then it has to feed into the fantasy of that man. Or, you have to give him a reason to care.

After some research we found that there is a profitable lingerie football league as well as various other sports tied to scantly clad women. Do I even have to ask why you think men are watching them? The funny thing is; the ladies of these leagues take the sport serious and are competitive. Look at the LBL. Look at the videos and the player bios. These women know how to play ball. They seem to be good.  

Let me be clear on one point. Women's leagues will never compete on the same level as men's. they can be equally skilled but athleticism will win out in the end. So, promote the fact they are females. Instead of dressing them like men (WNBA) and show off the female form. Sex sells. Would I want my daughter playing beach volleyball in those itsy-bitsy-teeny little bikinis? If that is what she wanted to do. Its not exploitation. 

And don't give me people should watch for skill and athleticism. All things being equal you will see more skill and far superior athletes in the NBA than you will in the WNBA. The average starting NBA player would dominate in the WNBA.    

If they want, let the ladies market what makes them special. Change the uniforms, some spandex; form hugging outfits. Tennis players sit on there millions of dollars in short skirts. Let the ladies design a new uniform that allows them to be as dangerous as they want to be. People will start watching!

 

MLB rookie of the year?

Yasiel Puig Has the sports world a buzz with his debut in a Dodgers uniform.  This is the type of guy MLB has been dying for, a real athlete. He has been so good that in just a week people are already discussing him as MLB rookie of the year. I have heard arguments that he should not be considered as he was a pro-baseball player in Cuba for four years before defecting. Not a real argument. There have been others who have played in Japan, Cuba and the Negro League (What? You don't want to count Jackie Robinson??) and were named ROY (rookie of the year).

Having said that, we agree that Puig should not be ROY. Not because of his age, not because of his previous affiliations in baseball. Puig is playing in the wrong sport. He is a football player playing baseball. You have seen the comparisons to Bo Jackson. Bo was a football player playing baseball. If Puig was born in south Florida he would have gone to the U and be playing middle linebacker for Baltimore.

It just is not fair to all the other players in MLB who are not athletes to hold them to the standard of a football player.

Top 5 QB in the NFL...

We were inspired by Joe Montana's TWEETS to provide our own list of the top five QB’s playing today. Joe listed six as his top five and we thought, “hey here is a chance to do something better that JOE MONTANA!!

So here it is

1.       (Tie) Aaron Rodgers, Drew Breeze-With one Super Bowl Win under the belt he has a command of his offense and a mastery of the game no one else can rival.

2.       (tie) Payton Manning, Tom Brady-fallen a step off from his heyday but veteran presence and caginess counts a lot here. There is not much he hasn’t seen.

3.        (tie) Joe Flacco, Eli Manning-Whatever problems he has had during the regular season it all goes away in the play-offs where all he does is seem to win. Flash me that Super Bowl MVP

4.        (tie) Matt Ryan, Tony Romo- no denying his talent, great regular season numbers but somehow cannot deliver in the post season. Still Talent makes him higher than others.

5.       (tie) Jay Cultler, Philip Rivers-Immensely talented and he is still more polished passer than RG3, Cam, Luck and Wilson (right now) but that could change by the end of the season. If he doesn’t make the next step this year he will be lucky to be in the top ten next year let alone the top 5.

6.       Honorable mention-Ben Roethlisberger perhaps second only to Brady in accomplishments but he is not an elite passer. We have yet to see that he can carry a team without a great running game and elite defense. A deep playoff push this year could vault him back into the top 5.

UPDATE: The big Scary Editor was confused over the inclusion of Big Ben in this mannor. The joke is we do not think he belongs in the same grouping as the rest. Now if this was the top five O linemen then he would be right up there with Jamarcus Russel

Arrowhead half-empty:

Arrowhead half-empty: The realist view of the Chiefs season

This has been one of the most questionable off-seasons in recent years. You would be hard pressed to convince me that there are not many areas of concern the Chiefs have not addressed outright ignored or made worse. Yes six pro bowlers are returning but what help have we given them.

Coach: Andy Reid not only has never won “the big one” but he has squandered some of the most talent collections of players any one team has had in recent memory. The chiefs also have big questions and OC and DC.

GM: Almost any move here would have been an upgrade; however there were many proven guys available. Unfortunately we were hel bent on hiring Reid so we had to get a GM who would play second fiddle.

QB: Smith is leaps and bounds better than ANYTHING we have had here in years. But he was widely regarded as a bust before the last two years in SF. He is oft-injured and we gave up ALOT to get him. If we get marginal plaay out of him and go .500 this year we are on the hook for ANOTHER 2^nd rd. Daniels is talented college QB but has never proven he could contribute in the pros. He was redrafted and the QB starved Redskins didn't keep him. The Saints showed no interest in bringing him back either. In fact the seemed desperate this off-season to upgrade. Stanzi doesn't seem to have a future and Bray, though huge talent and potential, is immature and a head case.

O line: Wasted the first overall pick on a RT. It hurts to write that. Never in league history has any team done that. And Fisher is a project to boot. We have questions at guard and center and it doesn't look like we did much to upgrade.

WR: Bowe is back, that is the only positive of this group. Baldwin is a good practice guy and nothing more. Dexter has yet to find a role or produce consistently. There is nothing more here to work with.

RB: Charles is amazing and nothing else. Past back-ups have never contributed and we wasted a pick on prospect Davis. He had one good year since his sophomore year in high-school. Their were so many better RB in the draft when we used a pick on a guy who will be lucky to make it out of the pre-season healthy. For some reason Reid is serious about this upgrading the FB, a position he almost has never used in the past and is about non-existent in pistol formations. We used a draft pick and traded a decent CB prospect as well as bringing in a FA. Only one guy is going to stick and we will have wasted a lot here.

TE: Moeaki is back but he won't make it a whole year. Everything else here is unproven projects.

D Line- We lost or best lineman and possibly or best defender when Dorsey left for a contract we could have easily matched. He went to a 34 team so that was not a consideration. Jackson is a bust and Poe and Powe are unproven and projects. DeVito seems like a good pick up, but the Jets would have kept him if he is as good as fans say he is.

LB-Only Inside LB needed help. And we did next to nothing to upgrade the position. We lack depth and the guy we drafted wasn't even a starter in college. One injury here and we have huge problems. If the D-line cannot play better than last year Hali and Houston will be handled easily.

DB: Was a weakness last year and they were upgraded but with old men we would be lucky to get a year or two out of. We got rid of young prospects and seemed to be rolling the dice here.

K: AS good as these guys are I would have liked to seen some challenge here or at least a new long snapper.

There you have it. This year seems to be a big roll of the dice. A lot of things have to break just right. We haven't built a contender but rather tried to gamble on the Pro-Bowl players we have and a bunch of Maybes

Arrowhead half-full: Offseason moves

(Arrowhead Half-Full: The optimist guide to Chiefs Football)

This has been one of the best off-seasons in recent years. You would be hard pressed to convince me that there is not one area the Chiefs have not gotten better at.

Coach: Even though Andy Reid has never won “the big one” he is the best coach since Vermil and I would put him a step above Marty.

GM: Almost any move here would have been an upgrade.

QB: Smith is leaps and bounds better than ANYTHING we have had here in years. Daniels is talented and should prove to be a capable backup. He wasn't drafted but mainy that was because of his size. There are more shorter guys in the league now proving it is ok not to be 6' 4''. He is the most mobile QB on the roster. Bray comes in with an absolute Cannon for an arm, he is a project but he has first round talent.

O line: Best tackle in the draft, Albert is coming back and many of the wounded should be back while their replacements all got game experience. Our depth has never been better.

WR: Bowe is back, this id the year Baldwin will break out. He is finally in a system that can utilize his skill set. There is a lot of potential after the starters, and there could be a few break out stars.

RB: Charles is amazing and we have a Intriguing prospect in Davis. Reid is serious about this group as can be seen in the amount of resources he has devoted to finding a capable FB, not just a lead blocker but a Tom Rathman type who can do everything.

TE: Moeaki is back and we have interesting prospects from the draft and FA. Doubtful any of them will reach Tony's platitudes but who will. We don't need hall of fame here just clutch.

Defense: gone is the bend don't break style we have had since Gunther was head coach. We are moving to an aggressive style in the vein of the NY, Baltimore attacking defense. Maybe we will see some production out of our high D-line picks

D Line- Upgrades across the line. DeVito brings experience and talent in the new defense. Poe and Powe are each a year better and are as big and strong as any tackle in the league.

LB-Only Inside LB needed help. There has not been a person at this spot beside Johnson who was not just a worm body sense the switch to a 34. Drafting Nico Johnson fills this void and ther is good depth behind him. Nico doesn't have to be a three down guy. This position is off the field in nickle and dime anyway.

B: Was a weakness last year and now it may be the strongest part of the team. The addition of Smith, Robinson and Demps is beyond good any one of those guys would have been a major haul as it stand two of them won't be starting!

K: the only place where ther were no changes and frankly we are fine here. I long for the days when the team was so stellar that we could focus on bad kicks as why we may have lost one or two games in a year.

There you have it. Optamism abounds over a roster overhaul like this! Go Chiefs.