(Unlike most NoS articles, I feel the need to write this here: this article is about the Mitchell Report and is my personal opinion and not necessarily the other guys’ here on what’s going on. Other columnists may have their opinions and you may see them here, too.)
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As Joe Morgan is to baseball, so Gregg Easterbook is to football.
Thus:
The Minnesota Vikings boomed a punt to Devin Hester of the Chicago Bears, most dangerous punt returner ever, and he repaid the favor by running the ball back 89 yards for a touchdown. As a result, football pundits everywhere are asking, “Why does anyone punt to Devin Hester instead of kicking the ball out of bounds?” Tuesday Morning Quarterback asks: Why do NFL teams ever punt to any returner, rather than deliberately punt out of bounds?
(1) I didn’t see the game, so I’ll pay Mr. Easterbrook the Samaritan compliment of presuming that maybe Ron Franklin and Pete Bercich said something about it. Still, that hardly constitutes “pundits everywhere,” and without further citations I have to just roll my eyes.
(2) Because the (miniscule) chance of a punt being run back for a touchdown is offset by the (pretty good) chance that the kicking team will beat the receiving team to the spot of the ball, thereby waddling around it in what I call “mother hen” mode.
(3) Think about it for half of a second, Easterbrook – if this were a dominant strategy, wouldn’t more coaches do it? Easterbrook cites one time Belichick did it, as proof of the Mastermind’s Genius, and concludes it’s the way to go. That’s some crackerjack research, Easterbrook. Read More
I’m going to ask you all to close your eyes right now. Go ahead, close them.
Well, OK, you can’t do that and read my post, but imagine an NFL team with the following characteristics:
– A Coach with a losing record every where he has been in the NFL takes over a team and suddenly he is a genius.
– A reputation for taking average to sub-par players and making them superstars.
– A reputation for taking “bad apples” on other teams and suddenly getting them to “toe the company line” but does so in a secret fashion.
– Revels in deception and trickery.
At this point, the team sounds like one that would strike fear in the hearts of its opponents and ultimately have success on the field. ??????? ????????? The team would carry with it an aura of intimidation based on fear and on-the-fields results. Now for the moment where Matthew McConaughey tells you to imagine that the girl is white.
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Here are two more aspects of the team: