Hey want some more deep NFL analysis? Marcellius Wiley said Brady is more valuable to his team than Rodgers because he “activates the will of those around him”. He gets PAID to say Brady basically has Jedi mind powers (but for some reason those powers don’t always work). LOL at this hack job.
Despite the wealth of data available, sports fans today are dumber than they were 70 years ago. I can’t imagine some kids on the playground in the 50s arguing Mantle vs Mays and one saying “count the ringzzz” even though Mantle was in the World Series every year and Mays wasn’t.
That's a horrible analogy. "How many rings?" is a question that generally only gets asked about NBA players and NFL quarterbacks.
That doesn't mean that what Wiley said wasn't stupid, but if you want truly stupid analysis from a retired NFL player, check out Rodney Peete's radio show.
I also do not listen or watch any national sports shows. I used to listen to Rome but he is no longer on here, and his show is a shadow of his glory days. I do listen to local sports talk radio though, but that is as much for the personalities, and the local flavor/insight.
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On the topic of football, I just read The Weeknd is doing the SB halftime show. Apparently he does music, or something?
The Weekend? Is that a band?
I can't remember the last time I intentionally turned on ESPN when I wasn't in a hotel traveling. SportsCenter used to be appointment viewing, but it now seems like an endless parade of pretty people on unnecessarily flashy sets, most of whom are poorly trained as journalists. I've heard of Marcellus Wiley because he used to have a talk radio show with Max Kellerman that I would occasionally catch while in my car, but the Achoo guy I thought was an NHL player. No idea who he is. I used to listen to Jim Rome pretty religiously, but he hasn't been on the radio in SoCal for at least a decade. I caught his TV show one day that I was off from work and it was awful. He seems to have become a caricature of himself. I occasionally listen to Dan Patrick on my morning commute, but that's only about 15 minutes these days, so I don't hear much.
I don't put Kelly in the same group as Marino and Rivers. Four years of sustained excellence in Buffalo. I have too many memories of Marino and Rivers barking and screaming at his teammates in the huddle as they fell apart yet again; 34 combined years of great personal stats but not a lot to show for it. I don't think that it's 100% true that they lost consistently DESPITE Marino and Rivers.
Took me a second to understand what you were saying here. I think I agree, although I think Marino was significantly better than Rivers. Kelly was easily the best of the three. Marino led his team to the playoffs in 10 of 17 seasons, winning at least one game in 7 of those 10 seasons, and that's all despite never having had receivers or running backs worth a damn. Rivers was a good QB on a team that was relatively poorly managed and coached for most of his career, and he couldn't overcome that despite having had one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history and a HOF running back. I wouldn't put Rivers in the HOF because he was never exceptional. The Chargers never won because of him. Someone's going to make the argument that he's top-X in passing yards, TDs, completions, etc., and how can you leave someone like that out of the HOF? But he's the poster child of the 2000s QB who's protected as if they're playing touch football and throwing to receivers who cry for a pass interference call on nearly every play.
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