Monday, February 2, 2009

Post-Super Bowl musings...

First off - nice look for Michael Phelps having pictures surface with his face shoved in a bong. I wonder how big that dude's lungs are?

Kurt Warner now has the first, second and third most passing yards in a Super Bowl. Ever. Hey, NBC - Matt Millen? Really? He didn't lose any credibility for you guys? Great.

OK, I know he makes the big plays in the big games, but I still think 85% of the QBs in the NFL can do what Roethlisberger does if they have three minutes to throw the ball every time. Did the refs call a single offensive holding penalty on the Steelers? I understand not wanting to slow down an already time-bloated game, but OH MY GOD.

On the other hand, two other QBs in the NFL (Brady and Manning, P.) can do what Warner did yesterday. What is even more amazing about Warner is that since that thumb surgery a couple of years ago he can't really grip the ball, which is why he wears that glove on his throwing hand - the tackiness allows him to rest the ball on his hand and then spin it out of his hand upon release (as I am sure you heard several times yesterday). Having said all that, "Ben" does have two rings. Having said that, I hope he buys his offensive line a LOT of nice toys in the offseason. I refuse to drink the Kool-Aid on Roethlisberger although I think that puts me in an ever-shrinking minority.

Oh, and enough already about Roethlisberger "engineering" drives - he leads drives, but "engineering"?

As impressive as Harrison's 100 yard TAINT was (Touchdown After INT), the womanly tackling efforts by the Cards offensive players were truly pathetic. How many passes did the Cards receivers drop in the flats? They were so scared of Polamalu taking their heads off that they were all afraid to look the ball in.

I still haven't seen a still photo that shows both of Santonio Holmes' feet in the endzone. There was obviously nothing to overturn the TD, but I am looking forward to seeing the enhanced photos that will come out later this week. I guess it just depends on who does the enhancing. ;)

Robert DeNiro did a great Bruce Springsteen impersonation.

What a game.

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