Jim Nantz keeps pronouncing Indianapolis Colts receiver Pierre Garçon’s name, “Gar-SONE” with a massive emphasis on the ending as if it rhymes with “phone.” Garçon is pronounced as if the ending rhymes with the French “non.”
Here’s another one: people always mispronounce “crêpes.” They say “craypes” as if it rhymes with “grapes.” But it rhymes with “reps.”
I can’t believe all the talk about the experts picking the Jets over the Colts today. I’m not saying it’s a lock, but I’d say there’s an 80 percent chance the Colts will win, and chances are they’ll win something like 31-13.
It’s bizarre how many people on ESPN are picking the Jets. They are completely one-dimensional (the Jets, not the people picking them) — they are a very good rushing team but they have no passing game at all. Their defense is good but not great. It’s way overrated. They finished 9-7 and they might have finished 8-8 or 7-9 if the Colts and the Bengals were going all out in the final two games. The Houston Texans finished with a 9-7 record too but at least theirs was legit. The Steelers and the Falcons also finished with 9-7 records but like the Texans didn’t make the playoffs.
Rex Ryan’s act is wearing a little thin. He’s way too arrogant. This is a passing league and the Jets can’t pass.
As for the Colts, they only have the best quarterback in the league, great receivers and though the rushing attack ranks near the bottom of the league, Joseph Addai and Donald Brown are solid backs. Addai had 13 total touchdowns this year. The defense is also solid, led by Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis.
I attribute all the attention to the Jets to three factors:
1. In our society everything that has happened more recently has a much greater weight than everything else because we have such a low attention span. You can have a great relationship for a year, then the final month is bad and that’s what is remembered. This applies even more so in the world of sports. The Jets have played three good games in a row. (It also applies in politics, which is one of the reasons our system is so messed up).
2. When teams have weaknesses, it makes their strengths seem even greater. The Jets have no passing game, so a good running game and a good defense become a great running game and a great defense. This works in reverse too. When teams have one great unit, other units get overlooked even if they’re very good. The Colts have a great passing game, so even though the defense is very good, it gets overlooked. But the Colts’ defense is probably just as good as the Jets’ defense.*
3. The Jets are from New York and the media and fans are just pumping them up too much.
I have been wrong before of course — I never thought Brett Favre would have such a great year. I still think he’ll throw a few interceptions either against the Saints later today or in the Super Bowl. He’s had an unbelievable year but it doesn’t change the fact that for most of his career he was overrated and threw way too many interceptions.
*So here’s how this works:
Jane is really great in math (say a 9.5 on a scale of 1-10) but merely good (8) in English and science.
John is good in English (8) but terrible in math and science (4). Because John is so much better in English than the other subjects, people assume he’s better than Jane in English. Because Jane is great in math, people forget that she’s also good in English. In reality, both Jane and John are equally good in English – it just seems that John is better because that’s all he’s good at, and Jane is good at other things too.
So the Jets and Colts have equally good defenses, but it seems like the Jets’ defense is better because overall they’re a weaker team. The Jets’ defense is the best part of their team while the equally good Colts defense isn’t the best part of their team.
It’s an oversimplification of course, but it works.
Let’s also remember that the Colts’ defense may feel slighted with all the attention going to the Jets’ defense, giving the Colts’ defense extra motivation, while the Jets’ defense may take it for granted that they’ll play great. Finally, all the people picking the Jets takes some of the pressure off the Colts. (I know this analysis is full of intangibles, but I don’t have the time or the need to look at all the matchups).
Plus, it’s Peyton Manning vs. Mark Sanchez. Colts 31, Jets 13.
Mark McGwire’s admission of using steroids and human growth hormone (HGH) is no surprise. Baseball knew about it and looked the other way. I look back to how Jose Canseco was universally ridiculed years ago for saying that much of baseball was using steroids. It turns out he was right. People don’t like it when you speak the truth.
What’s surprising is that there’s no outcry about steroids in football. Obviously many players are using steroids or HGH, which is not detected by tests. It’s true that baseball’s records are considered sacred, and people would probably be more accepting of football players using steroids, but steroids and HGH still give players a huge unfair advantage.
The average weight of an offensive lineman in the NFL is about 310 pounds. Thirty years ago it was about 260. Not all of that can be accounted for with improved weight training and nutrition. When you see wide receivers with huge arms that look like they’re flexed when they’re not, and they recover from broken legs in less than two months to play again, it’s pretty suspicious. Thirty years ago you didn’t see any wide receivers like that.
In 2006 former Redskins tackle Jon Jansen said a large number of NFL players were using performance enhancers. “When there is something out there that people believe is going to help them, we’d be very naive and foolish to think that if you can’t test for it, guys are going to try it,” Jansen said. “Right now there is not a test for HGH, and when they develop that, I hope the NFL will institute that in our drug policy.” Jansen backed off his statements when he was told to be quiet.
So the NFL now is just as bad as baseball was in the 1990s. They turn the other way even though a very large number of ex-players die decades earlier than they should. For years the NFL ignored the problems of concussions, while former players came down with early dementia.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Steve Courson wrote in his book “False Glory” that coach Chuck Noll “conveniently and most definitely turned his head to it.” The word is that the Steelers, who won four Super Bowls in the 1970s, were one of the first teams to use steroids.
Former NFL player and coach Jim Haslett said “It started, really, in Pittsburgh. They got an advantage on a lot of football teams. They were so much stronger (in the) ’70s, late ’70s, early ’80s,” Haslett said in 2005. “They’re the ones who kind of started it.”
Yesterday’s 51-45 win by the Arizona Cardinals over the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs brought back memories of another high scoring game the Packers were involved in a quarter-century ago.
On October 17, 1983, the Packers beat the Washington Redskins, 48-47 in the highest scoring game in Monday Night Football history. It was a game that featured the most prolific scoring offense in the NFL at the time. The Redskins finished that season scoring 541 points, then an NFL record.
The two games had a lot of similarities and some differences. Yesterday’s game had 96 points; 26 years ago the Packers and the Skins scored 95. That game resulted in 1025 total yards while yesterday’s battle had 1024 yards of offense.
While yesterday’s game featured a big comeback as the Packers tied it at 38 and 45 after being down by 21, the 1983 contest featured five lead changes in the final period.
Aaron Rodgers set a Green Bay playoff record with 422 yards passing, connecting on 28 of 42 attempts for four touchdowns. So Rodgers, not Brett Favre, owns the Packers record for most passing yards in playoff game. Even more impressive was that Kurt Warner, playing against the NFL’s second-ranked defense and without starter Anquan Boldin, was 29 of 33 for 379 yards with five TDs and no interceptions.
In 1983, Washington’s Joe Theismann completed 27 of 39 passes for 398 yards, two TDs, and no interceptions. Green Bay’s Lynn Dickey completed 22 of 30 passes for 387 yards and three TDs.
Each game had one team with a great rushing attack. The Cardinals had 156 yards on the ground. The Redskins rushed for 184.
Interestingly, Russ Grimm was a part of both games. The former Redskins guard is an assistant coach with the Cardinals. Grimm is a future Hall of Famer and a future NFL head coach.
After the game, Theismann said, “It never stopped. Grimm said ‘Let’s go.’ I said ‘Why? We just scored.’ And he said ‘So did they.'”
After yesterday’s game, Warner said, “Whew. Anybody else tired?”
Neil Rackers missed a 34-yard field goal at the end of regulation that would have won the game for Arizona.
Mark Moseley missed a 39-yarder with three seconds to go that would have won the game for Washington.
Washington won its next 9 games to finish 14-2, two points away from a perfect 16-0 record. However, the Skins peaked in the first round of the playoffs during a 51-7 win over the Rams, and Washington got crushed in the Super Bowl by the Raiders, 38-9. Giving up 48 points in a single game should have been a sign of things to come.
Likewise, it’s hard to imagine the Cardinals winning the Super Bowl after giving up 45 points in a playoff game.
The offensive performance may have been more impressive in 1983, because offensive statistics are up dramatically from where they were then.
The Skins-Packers game featured four future Hall of Famers: John Riggins (98 yards, two TDs), Art Monk (five catches for 105 yards), Darrell Green, and Grimm (well, Grimm should be in and will probably make it this year). Yesterday’s contest featured a lock for the HOF in Warner, a probable Hall of Famer in Larry Fitzgerald (six catches for 82 yards and two TDs, and other great players like Darnell Dockett of Arizona and Rodgers and Charles Woodson of Green Bay. The 1983 game featured a player who would be named MVP that season (Theismann). Yesterday’s game featured a past NFL MVP (Warner).
(Theismann was NFL MVP in 1983. He has the same number of MVP awards as Dan Marino, John Elway, and Tom Brady (1). Theismann was better than Joe Montana that year and that’s a fact. You don’t have to like it, but you do have to admit it is a fact.)
One of the things I remember most about the 1983 game was the missed field goal by Moseley at the end, because it was so uncharacteristic of him and because if he had made it the ending would have been so great. I also remember thinking that a great team shouldn’t give up 47 points. Because the Skins’ weakness was pass defense, they nicknamed themselves the Pearl Harbor Crew, because they were always being bombed. Green was a rookie, Vernon Dean was a solid corner but not overly fast, and Curtis Jordan was a slow safety. Charles Mann would become a great pass rusher but he was only a rookie too.
The thing I remember most about yesterdays game was Warner’s surgical prescision. He just wouldn’t miss. And I thought that it was a shame that the Packers didn’t go farther than the Vikings this year, though I think most Green Bay fans would be very happy with Rodgers’ year and performance yesterday.
| 2010: Arizona 51,
Green Bay 45 |
1983: Green Bay 48, Washington 47 | |
| Points | 96 | 95 |
| Yards | 1024 | 1025 |
| Final Field Goal Attempt | Neil Rackers, 34-yard miss as time expired | Mark Moseley, 39-yard miss with :03 left |
| Winning QB Stats | Warner: 29-33, 379 yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT | Dickey: 22-30, 387 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT |
| Losing QB Stats | Rodgers: 28-42, 422 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT | Theismann: 27-39, 398 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT |
| Interesting Stat | Two comebacks by Packers from 21 down | 5 lead changes in 4th quarter |
| Quote | Warner: “Whew. Anybody else tired?” | Theismann: “It never stopped. Grimm said ‘Let’s go.’ I said ‘Why? We just scored.’ And he said ‘So did they.'” |
| Hall of Famers | Warner (lock), Fitzgerald (probable), Rodgers (maybe), Charles Woodson (maybe) | John Riggins, Art Monk, Darrell Green, Grimm (probable) |
| Russ Grimm’s role | Cardinals Assistant Coach | Redskins Pro Bowl Guard |
| Did the game feature an NFL MVP? | Yes: Warner (1999, 2001) | Yes: Theismann (1983) |
As a Redskins fan, you end up adopting other teams during the playoffs. I’m rooting for the Colts in the AFC and the Saints and Packers in the NFC. I was also rooting for the Bengals. I was rooting against the Jets because of their arrogance, and against the Cowboys because they’re the Cowboys. So I’m 0-2 so far. I’m also rooting against the Chargers because of Never Nervous Norvus. One other thing – it’d be nice to see Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay eventually beat Brett Favre and Minnesota.
As much as I hate Dallas – and it would be terrible if they were to win the Super Bowl – the silver lining in their win over Philly is that Wade Phillips got his first playoff win. I think Phillips has been unfairly criticized. Phillips has been much maligned, and there’s only one reason: he doesn’t fit the mold of a typical coach. He’s not a strict disciplinarian. He’s not pompous during his press conferences. He tells it like it is. He wears sweatshirts.
People want someone to act like a Brian Billick or a Marty Schottenheimer — someone who speaks in platitudes (I just had to look that one up). We love the way Herman Edwards said, “YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME” even though he was 6-26 in his final two seasons as coach of the Chiefs. These days, NFL head coaches are mostly public relations people who deal with the media. The people who really affect teams are the assistant coaches.
I believe that most people are awed by someone with an authoritarian voice. It matters less the content of what is said than how it is said.
Likewise, people want athletes to fit a certain mold. Doug Flutie could have been a great NFL quarterback but was rarely given a chance because of his height. People would rather have a taller quarterback even if he can’t play. Too much emphasis is placed on style rather than effectiveness.
Anyway, back to the NFL playoffs. (I know, I’m really getting off topic). Before the season I predicted that the Saints, Eagles, Colts or Patriots would win the Super Bowl. I’m going to stick with the Saints and Colts, but I think just about anyone left can win it all except for the Jets and the Ravens. The Jets are just too one dimensional to win even one more game, and I can’t see the Ravens beating the Colts or Chargers.
So Vince Young is now 7-1 this year as a starting QB for the Tennessee Titans. He replaced Kerry Collins, who was 0-6 as a starter. Vince Young’s career record as a starter is 25-12. Oh, by the way, at Texas he won a national championship and was 30-2. He’s a winner. Yet after he took over and started winning for the Titans this year, ESPN’s Merril Hoge said that Titans RB Chris Johnson had to do more for his team than any other player in the league. Well, Johnson was playing when the Titans were 0-6.
A couple of weeks ago Hoge said he was going to “bury the hatchet.” Why the need to bury the hatchet if you didn’t have an axe to grind? Why not just be objective and unbiased? Why the animosity against Young? Earlier this year, Ron Jaworski, Trent Dilfer, Tim Hasselbeck, Mark Schlereth, Steve Young and other ESPN commentators talked about how Young was a bad QB and how he could only play outside the pocket. The disdain they had for him was apparent. They mocked him. But eight games is enough of a sample to realize that Young winning isn’t a fluke.
It’s true that Johnson is the best running back in the league, but it’s not as if Young has great receivers. Nate Washington, Justin Gage, and Kenny Britt aren’t bad, but DBs don’t especially fear them. Maybe Young has improved his ability to make decisions and work habits. But even before this season he was 18-11. He’s only in his fourth year, and he hardly played last year.
I think we have to raise the question: was the media biased against Young because he is black? Young isn’t the first black quarterback to be mocked by members of the white media. Michael Vick has a career record of 38-28-1 as a starter, but the criticism about his ability as a QB has been unrelenting. Take away the dogfighting controversy — that’s a separate issue. You would think that Vick can’t read a defense by listening to some of the comments about him. I have a pretty good idea that if a white quarterback was 25-12 or 38-28-1, he’d be getting a lot more praise. The standard is much higher for black quarterbacks.
At the same time, white quarterbacks are allowed to make mistakes. Look at Jay Cutler. Basically, if you had listened to the media reaction, Cutler was the second coming when he was traded from the Broncos to the Bears. He has a career record of 22-28. (He did have a winning record in high school, though). I suggested earlier this year that he be the first player ever to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame while still playing: 2009/11/12/should-jay-cutler-be-immediately-put-in-the-nfl-hall-of-fame/
Interestingly, in that same blog, I talked about the fact that the Cleveland Browns needed to give Joshua Cribbs more playing time including at QB. Cribbs was a QB in college and set all kinds of records at Kent State, but was never given the chance to be a QB in the NFL. He had two 100-yard kickoff returns for TDs today, and eight for his career — an NFL record. He also runs for six yards a carry. He also threw a perfect pass in the end zone that was dropped. I suggested that the Redskins trade for him earlier this year. Cribbs is clearly one of the 10 best players in the NFL.
Anyway, another possibility of why ESPN hated Young so much was because he had depression earlier in his career. Hoge and the others may have been discriminating against Young because of this. They may have equated depression with weakness. If someone has a concussion you don’t laugh at them for it.
Sorry, Hoge. Young has won more than twice as many games as he has lost. But I guess you don’t like winners.
A couple of months ago I wrote a blog called “Using Disrespect to Motivate Yourself and Prove People Wrong.”
I decided to reprint some of it now. You see it in sports all the time. When you’re disrespected it gives you extra incentive to not only prove your doubters wrong, but to beat them if it’s in the sports world, or if outside of the sports world then at least to show them that they made the wrong decision.
You see, you take a personal slight, get upset about it, make it bigger than it is, and then actually relish the fact that someone disrespected you. It takes on a life of its own – you never, ever forget – and then you do some truly great – even transcendent – things afterwards, partly because of the extra motivation. You may say that you shouldn’t need that extra motivation, but it is what it is, and you should do whatever works for you.
I was reminded of this lately because of the recent situations involving Michael Jordan and Brett Favre, not to mention countless games in which underdogs beat favorites, and I’ve even had a few situations myself for which the concept applies.
I’ll start with me and then get to the more interesting stuff.
Three years ago I wrote about why I like working with kids with autism under my first FAQ at http://www.coachmike.net/autism-faq.php:
“I’ve always loved sports, and I root for the underdog. Anybody who has played sports or been a sports fan knows that when someone says you can’t do something, you love to prove them wrong. I prefer working with the kids who have the most severe disabilities because I love the challenge. One of the things I like most about working with kids with autism is the amount of progress that they have the potential to make.”
In the past five years, I’ve worked with a lot of children and several adults with autism. I have never had a situation that didn’t work out well. But sometimes schedules change. I was working on sports skills with a five-year old child once. When he started kindergarten he had less free time so I had to stop after about eight months. Sports was the first thing to get cut because of the “schedule.” I could have (perhaps should have?) – said that that made sense. But I took it personally.
I use things like that for extra motivation and can honestly say that the kids who I work with make great progress in all areas. I believe that with all my heart, and I will do anything to make it so. I can assure you that any kids who I work with will end up being more successful in all areas (and I usually break the areas down into 1) academics, cognitive skills and communication skills; 2) social skills, playdates, and emotional awareness and management; and 3) sports, exercise, and motors skills).
Anyway, now onto Michael Jordan. His speech at the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in September was considered controversial because he mentioned several times during which he felt slighted and he used those incidents for extra motivation. Jordan was famous for that.
In 1993, LaBradford Smith of the Washington Bullets (yes, the Bullets – here’s hoping new owner Ted Leonsis will change the name back and change back to the old red white and blue uniforms too) scored 37 points against Jordan and the Bulls and supposedly said, “Nice game, Mike.” Jordan vowed to score 37 points against the Bullets the next game by halftime and he scored 36 by the half, 47 in all in just 31 minutes.
Great story, but it never happened. At least the part about Smith taunting Jordan.
The funny thing is that Jordan admitted later that Smith never taunted him, but he just made the story up to give him extra motivation. Here are some highlights from the game in which Jordan got his revenge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdDb32m2EsM.
Jordan didn’t mention that incident during his Hall of Fame induction ceremony, but he did mention the following, and I borrow from Brian Mahoney’s article from the Associated Press:
“I wanted to make sure you understood: You made a mistake, dude.”
“I wanted to prove to you, Magic (Johnson), Larry (Bird), George (Gervin), everybody that I deserved (to be there) just as much as anybody else, and I hope over the period of my career I’ve done that without a doubt.”
“I just so happen to be a friendly guy. I get along with everybody, but at the same time, when the light comes on, I’m as competitive as anybody you know.”
“I had to listen to all that, and that put so much wood on that fire that it kept me each and every day trying to get better as a basketball player.”
“From this day forward, if I ever see him in shorts, I’m coming at him.”
Brett Favre is another example of someone who tries to prove somebody wrong. Now let me first say that I’m not a Brett Favre fan. I think he’s been overrated throughout his career because his tendency to throw too many interceptions hurt his team almost as much as his abilities helped him. Also, he was very wishy-washy the last several years about whether to retire or continue to play quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.
In fact, a couple of years ago he said his heart wasn’t in the game. I still think the Packers made the right choice by keeping Aaron Rodgers instead of Favre. By the time Favre wanted to come back, Green Bay had made other plans. But having said all that, Favre is having an unbelievable season. True, he has a great running back and an excellent defense, but Favre has 24 touchdown passes and just three inteceptions, and the Vikings are 11-1.
The thing is, Favre wanted to play for the Vikings, one of the Packers’ most hated rivals last year but he had to go to the New York Jets instead. This year he got his wish, and you have to give him credit – the Vikings beat the Packers twice this year. Part of Favre’s motivation is to say, “I told you so,” to the Packers and to make the Packers regret their decision. I don’t think it’s healthy to use revenge as a motivational tool, but maybe a little bit of “I told you so” or “I’ve proven you wrong” is healthy.
Now, this isn’t the stuff of MJ legend, but when I tried out for the junior high school tennis team in ninth grade, I was cut from the team. I made the team the next year in high school, and during my junior and senior seasons I had a combined record of 23 wins and eight losses playing at number one doubles. Then I lettered for four years at Division III Ohio Wesleyan University, albeit a small university. I never forgot that the “coach” wrongly cut me in ninth grade and put other players on the team ahead of me whom I was much better than.
Then in 2000, after not playing competitively for a decade, I signed up to play in a 4.0-level tennis league. They told me I would play the first match and then I showed up and they said I wasn’t going to play the first match – I would have to watch. So I went home, cancelled the check, and looked for a 4.5-level (higher level) league. I found one and won six of the eight matches I played in doubles. The local tennis board had to rule on whether to let me play after cancelling the check and writing a new one. Luckily, they let me play.
Anytime somebody tells you you can’t do something or doubts you, you hate it. You hate it so much, but then you savor it. Because it gives you extra motivation. You never, ever forget it, and then you use it to achieve something great.
Why do we have the C Team on right now — Merril Hoge and Mike Ditka — providing analysis on today’s NFL games, instead of Chris Berman and Tom Jackson on the NFL Blitz? We need highlights — not a studio show with ESPN’s worst analysts. NFL Primetime used to be the best show ever — an hour long wrap-up highlight show of the NFL games. Now the Blitz is all done in bits and pieces, and they’re not even doing that.
Ok, now the A-team is on. But why not have them on the whole time?
I recently wrote a blog that said that sports analysis has overtaken news analysis in terms of objectivity and professionalism. Not so for ESPN’s Merril Hoge. He continues his hatred of Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young.
Today on NFL Countdown he said of Young: “It’s easy to play offense when this guy (Chris Johnson) is the guy you can give the ball to… Is there any running back that has to do more for his offense than Chris Johnson? No.” Then why is Young 3-0 this year and Kerry Collins was 0-6 with the same players? Why is Young 21-11 as a starter?
Now Hoge says that Patriots coach Bill Belichick made the right call last night by going for it on 4th and 2 from the Pats’ 28 yard line, up by 6 points, giving Peyton Manning a short field to win the game.
What a fool.
I’m thinking that Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, because of his arm strength and passing yardage, should be automatically voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It’s not too early to consider Cutler the best ever. Meanwhile, Titans quarterback Vince Young should be kicked out of the NFL.
Cutler has a career record of 21-25. Young has a career record of 20-11. But winning doesn’t matter. It’s how you do it.
I’m exaggerating just a bit. But how about judging players on the same criteria, or at least make winning even just part of the equation?
Sorry, Mark Schlereth, Merril Hoge, Trent Dilfer, Tim Hasselbeck, and Rich Gannon. Gannon: can you say anything other than Vince Young can’t read defenses? How long did it take you to become a good quarterback? Give Vince Young a chance. Don’t judge him using different standards than Cutler.
In reality, Young does have some deficiencies, and Cutler has a lot of talent. But do you get the picture? Could it be that Cutler is overrated and Young is underrated? Why the vitriol against Young?
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Switching gears for a minute, I’ll admit that sometimes I’m wrong. In an earlier post I suggested that Browns fans were wrong in wanting Brady Quinn to start at QB ahead of Derek Anderson. Both players have had terrible years. I have an idea, though. How about putting Joshua Cribbs at QB, or at least running the Wildcat with him? He has a great arm and game-breaking speed. He can’t do any worse than Anderson or Quinn. He started at QB at Kent State. In fact, according to Wikipedia, Cribbs is “one of only four players in NCAA history to both rush and pass for 1,000 yards in at least two different seasons, the others being Beau Morgan of Air Force, Vince Young of Texas, and Pat White of West Virginia. Cribbs, in fact, accomplished the feat three times. He is one of only three quarterbacks in NCAA history to rush for 3,500 yards and throw for 7,000 yards in his career (the other two being Antwaan Randle-El of Indiana and Brad Smith of Missouri. Cribbs is also the only player in NCAA history to lead his team in both rushing and passing in four different seasons.”
I saw Cribbs play a game against Ohio State in the Horseshoe and I knew then Cribbs would be an NFL player. Mid-American Conference QBs Ben Roethlisberger, Chad Pennington, and Byron Leftwich all made it as starting NFL quarterbacks and Charlie Frye is a backup. Cleveland, get your best player into the lineup, if not at quarterback, then at Wildcat quarterback, and if not there then start him at wide receiver.
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