NFL 2006 Preview

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Originally Posted by BCWWF I found this to be kind of interesting. ESPN.com's poll is "What team do you expect to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl?" And the response has been overwhelmingly Colts. It has that thing where you can look at how people voted in each state, and besides New England and Wyoming every state is Colts. (By New England, I mean every state east of New York is Pats)

You'd think after 3 superbowls in 4yrs, the Pats wouldn't have the "underdog" mentality to use for motiavation anymore.

Speaking of Motivation, Belicheck went to Pitt and did a pre-game talk to the ND team.

Originally Posted by Gonzo Tiki is and always has been an amazing athlete. Sad part is it is his 8th or 9th year and his prime is past him.

Ok,
1) if it's true that before last season he couldn't bench 1/2 his own weight then you lost the "amazing athlete" right there, especially for a football player.

2) If he was or is such an amazing athlete why did it take him 8 or 9 years to show it?

3) Under your defitition wouldn't almost all NFL players be amazing athletes? or are you going by the true defition in which case most "amazing athletes" aren't necceseraly "good or great" football players?

Originally Posted by Gonzo I think the only reason that Tiki wasn't the rushing champion last year was because towards the end of the year, when our passing game went downhill we became one dimensional and teams geared their defense towards the run. Tiki was on a roll until then.

Ok, that explains last year, which was was his best year ever. I don't care about the "amazing althlete" crap, Tony Simmons was an amazing althlete, Car Lewis is an amazing athlete, Lance Armstrong is an amazing athlete, none are good football players.

Now, if you want to discuss good v. great football players. Let Tiki put up last years numbers, (including holding onto the ball) for another year or two, or put up less numbers (still holding onto the ball) and we'll see stats on other players so it wasn't a case of less stats for him, just less carries because they shared the ball... Then, we can talk "great". Although, if his opportunity goes down a lot, then you'd have to ask if he's so great, why take away the ball from him? Why draft Ron Dayne? why... never mind, check back after the season and we can discuss this, or during the season if he gets benched.