Yes, we know we are a little late with this week’s TMQ Watch. ESPN has made it incredibly difficult to find TMQ, and we’ve been somewhat overwhelmed with plans for an upcoming party and work-related issues. Let’s jump right into it, shall we?
But not before noting that by publishing on Tuesday, TMQ missed two of the biggest NFL stories so far this year. Of course, he knew what he was getting into when he bought the tickets. We say let him crash.
“… skinny guys recently have ruled the NFL draft.” 579 words down.
Much like TMQ’s mock mock draft, we really don’t want to go through and respond point by point to his draft analysis. In this case, we simply don’t have the knowledge of what each team’s strengths and weaknesses are that would allow us to respond to his analysis. Frankly, we paid little or no attention to the draft to begin with; we are not really huge sports fans. We do want to specifically respond to a couple of items:
“…Division II Midwestern State University, a college sufficiently obscure that ESPN does not have its sports logo.” Maybe this shows how lazy ESPN is, since we didn’t have a whole lot of trouble finding their logo (and PR contacts) on their web site.
“Marshall said recently he had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, which might sound like psychobabble but is a condition recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, a source authority for the psychiatric profession.” Yes. And homosexuality was, at one point, also a disorder listed in the DSM, Gregg.
This. To which we would add that we are not very confident Manning will stay healthy and in form.
“In 1992, Joe Montana left the 49ers; in 2007, Brett Favre left the Packers; in 1442, the Margraviate of Brandenburg left the Hanseatic League.” Okay. Props to Easterbrook for a Hanseatic League reference. Props to Easterbrook revoked for carrying on with his stupid Indianapolis as Narnia trope.
“A team with a bad offense punts a lot. The Jaguars have now made it clear they expect to punt a lot.” Snort.
Christmas creep. Really, Gregg?
Gregg, let’s not go wild here. After all, there is no evidence of unauthorized bratwurst. Or cannibalism in the British Navy.
“Nick Saban’s new contract pays him $5.6 million per year — at a time when the Alabama legislature is cutting funding for public universities such as the one where Saban works.” Uh, correct us if we’re wrong, but aren’t coaches salaries, especially in places like Bama, mostly funded by boosters and ticket sales, not public funds?
“…the Philadelphia Eagles used a draft choice on a running back who has a track record of walking out on his commitments and who has carried the ball three times in the past two seasons. That’s a lot of hype afterglow.” Yes, but it strikes us as being typical of the Eagles management these days.
The NFL draft: where all the players are strong, all the cheerleaders are good looking, and all the teams have a draft grade above average.
“Now Griffin heads to the Redskins, who each season host eight games in rainy Maryland plus have annual road dates in rainy Pennsylvania and New Jersey.” We have no joke here: we just like saying “In driving rain pro football is played” in our best John Facenda voice.
This week TMQ criticizes for being unrealistic, in order:
- the upcoming Spiderman film reboot.
- the Batman movies. (“I will reveal my favorite Batman movie when the column resumes in August.” Oh, be still my beating heart.)
- the final episode of “Human Target”, a series based on a comic book that Fox cancelled almost exactly one year ago today.
Kind words from TMQ for Ron Paul? What next?
That wraps things up for this installment. See you again in August. Maybe.