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Kurt
A: Yes, sub defenses have never been more important. And, yes, they make linebackers less important. They also make nose tackles less important, which may help explain why Vince Wilfork isn’t getting the money he was expecting from the Pats.
My rankings: 1. Baseball. 2. Football. 3. Hockey. 4. Soccer (not MLS, of course). 5. Water Polo. 6. Basketball.
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Yeah,
Defense doesn’t win you championships. You say it all the time. It’s an offensive league.
George E. Cain
A: So you think the best offenses are the Super Bowl favorites this year, George? That would be New Orleans and Denver (ranked 1-2 in the league last year). Good luck with that.
Look -- offense doesn’t win you championships. And defense doesn’t win you championships. Balance and depth win you championships. If you have a great offense, you at least need a representative defense. It doesn’t have to be dominant, just good enough. You can’t win with a sucky defense. Period. I HAVE seen teams win with sucky offenses (Baltimore, Tampa Bay), but those are the aberrations. Most champions are great on one side and merely good on the other. If the Patriots defense can graduate from sucky to good in 2009, we’re in business.
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Mike,
When was the rule put in for not videotaping on the sidelines? To this day I can't find it. I'd love to stick it to a few guys on other boards who, to this day, say it's the only reason the Pats won the three SB's and Brady would only be an average QB. HA!
This is all I've got: Page 105 of the 2007 NFL Game Operations Manual states, ``No video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game...All video shooting locations must be enclosed on all sides with a roof overhead.’’
It doesn't appear that the rule existed prior to 2007. At least no one on this entire planet has been able to dig up a previous version. Before that, it was just a memo distributed to every team in 2006. I'm not sure how anyone can pretend that it negates titles in 2001, 2003 and 2004 if it didn't exist as a rule before 2007 and a memo before 2006.
Thanks,
Joe C
A: Been a while since we’ve gone Spygate. Here’s the best I can do for an answer:
Specific wording of a rule that said teams can not tape opponents’ signals did not exist. It was said in so many words in the league’s game operation manual, which is a subset of rules the league uses to legislate the use of technology and other practices not in the rule book. The Pats took advantage of that “so many words” grey area. Belichick has said he misinterpreted the rules. Wrong. He saw loopholes in them and took advantage. As
this story from the New York Times in May of 2008 shows, the Pats over the years have drawn more complaints from opponents for stretching the rules than any other team. And the game operations manual has been altered to address their methods more than it has for any other team. Read the Times story. It’s instructive. Technically, you may have a case on your message boards. But my advice is to let it go.
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Felger,
For one, it makes me cringe to hear anyone refer to Michael Jackson as MJ. It sullies the moniker MJ.
But you need to admit one thing: You still do find his music (and maybe his dancing, if you see it on TV) entertaining. You said as much on the air: you would start grooving to a song, and then recall how horrifying he became. And whatever he did with those kids, in general, Michael Jackson was horrifying. Remember when he held his own baby out over the edge of a balcony, several stories up? But the point: You grooved first. You couldn't help it. It's the equivalent, in a way, of seeing an attractive female, admiring her and starting to fantasize a bit, before remembering that you're married and you shouldn't indulge the thought, so you shake yourself out of it and move on. The guilt and responsibility mechanisms do their work, but you were still turned
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