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25 Jan 2005, 02:16pm by Aaron Schatz
TMQ: Democracy Bowl
Fire up the muskets, as the Boston Tea Party takes on the Liberty Bell in this year's Super Bowl. This week, says TMQ, Pittsburgh and Atlanta learned that the safe strategy isn't usually so safe. Plus advice for the Colts and the usual TMQ michigoss.
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24 Jan 2005, 02:52pm by Aaron Schatz
Snap Judgment: See You in Jacksonville
The Snap Judgment crew, including yours truly, dissects the conference championships. What went wrong with Vick and Roethlisberger, and can anything confuse Tom Brady in the playoffs? Hidden in this column are my initial thoughts on the Super Bowl based on our Football Outsiders statistics, and a unique explanation for Big Ben's troubles from one of this site's (former) writers. I'm trying to name drop everyone from the FO staff before the season ends.
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24 Jan 2005, 11:00am by Aaron Schatz
MMQB: Turning Points
In today's MMQB, Peter King revisits the game between the Eagles and Patriots in 2003 and looks forward to the Super Bowl. Not too much new there, but that's nothing against King. With no surprise team, there's not much to talk about this year, and we've got two weeks to talk about not much. Two weeks of "Are the Patriots a Dynasty?" and "Will T.O. Play?" and its little cousin, "Will Seymour Play?"
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23 Jan 2005, 11:07am by Aaron Schatz
The Myth of the Run
Aaron needs money to buy a nice birthday present for his wife, Part II: Establishing the run, revisited. This is for the Boston Globe Ideas section, not the Sports section, so don't be surprised if it is a little basic.
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23 Jan 2005, 01:06am by Aaron Schatz
FO in the NYTimes: Follow the Points to Find Super Bowl Champ
Aaron needs money to buy a nice birthday present for his wife, part I: Introducing the Pythagorean theorem for football to the world in the New York Times. (free registration required)
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23 Jan 2005, 12:38am by Aaron Schatz
Steelers Upset About Lack of Respect
This is just getting stupid. Has there ever been an NFL player to tell a reporter, "You know, I really appreciate all the support... Honestly, you all respect us so much. You couldn't respect us any more. It's too much respect, really. Can you please respect us less?" The NFL is like a big respect black hole, in which all respect is sucked into a negative zone and therefore everyone feels disrespected.
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20 Jan 2005, 06:43pm by P. Ryan Wilson
The Top Five Defensive Minds
Hey, it's another top five list! This time Peter King takes a look at the top defensive minds in the NFL. Inexplicably, Nick Saban is ranked ahead of Dick LeBeau and Monte Kiffin, but otherwise it's hard to argue about one through four on the list.
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19 Jan 2005, 03:01am by Aaron Schatz
Football Commentary: Wild Card and Divisional Round Strategy Review
Our buddy William Krasker is back with more of his analysis of strategy decisions by coaches in the first two rounds of the playoffs. There's an interesting note here from Bill Belichick on the whole concept of "winning the time of possession battle." William also looks at Indianapolis punting in the third quarter from the New England 49-yard line and their odd clock management to end the first half. Plus, how much did that weird kneeling play affect New York's chances of beating Pittsburgh?
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18 Jan 2005, 02:14pm by Aaron Schatz
TMQ: Patriots Prove My Point
Gregg Easterbrook lambasts the Colts in this week's Tuesday Morning Quarterback. He points out that the Patriots made Peyton Manning constantly audible into anti-blitz plays even though the Pats were never blitzing anyway. He castigates Tony Dungy for punting on 4th-and-1 on the Patriots 49-yard line (I agree). He points out that the Colts played in a two tight end set and then never ran the ball. He does, however, feel the officials missed a few holding calls on the Patriots offensive line.
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17 Jan 2005, 03:25pm by Aaron Schatz
MMQB: A Tale of Two Teams
Peter King looks back at the main storylines of the weekend. I think he does a good job of faulting the Colts as a team rather than simply concentrating on #18 like many writers, but I think this "Michael Vick should scare the Eagles" thing is a bit overstated. The Rams have a BAD defense, people, and it is particularly bad in the exact places where Atlanta can take advantage, places the Eagles are generally better. King also gives his reasons for not voting for Art Monk for the Hall of Fame.
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