A Fan’s View: Weekend That Was
Steve Mason is injured….AGAIN?! Where the hell is Sudsy Settlemyre when ya need him? Without Mason healthy, the Flyers are not even close to a bottom-feeding playoff team. Who am I kidding, they aren’t a playoff team with or without him. Don’t call Sudsy. I lost my head for a moment and forgot they need to tank this season to get one of the top 2 or 3 draft picks. They need to get on an express train to a losing streak. Zepp and Emery between the pipes should help bunch that ticket.
What are the Sixers doing? Winning back-to-back games? This is not good. If you were one of the people in the pub Saturday night cheering for the Sixers’ win KNOCK IT OFF! This is about the future. Every win hurts the future. Come on! The Knicks and Timberwolves now have less wins than the Sixers. The Knicks have played four more games, too. Hinkie best do something. Tony Wroten and Robert Covington may have to be moved or come up with a couple of phantom injuries.
Sunday felt like a Spring day with temperatures hitting the low 30’s. The weather has flat out sucked the past week or so and continues to suck today. People walking dogs know the misery. Thank god I don’t have to work outside. Feel for those who do. It’s even been too cold for me to pull out my hipster, single-speed urban commuter bike. That’s cold.
The New York Times listed Philadelphia as #3 in their 52 Places to Go in 2015 article. F**kin’ right! They listed the new outdoor spaces (pop-up beer gardens) as a major addition. I agree wholeheartedly. That’s one edge we’ll always have over those New Yorkers. They just don’t have enough available outdoor space, aside from Central Park.
The Seahawks and Panthers game was total snoozefest, aside from the Herculean athletics of Kam Chancellor. Is he the baddest dude in the NFL? Quite possible. The Seahawks were wise to extend him a year early. If you didn’t see him hurdle the offensive line TWICE on field goal attempts, watch it here. Oh, and he hits like a mofo.
My mancrush on Tom Brady only intensified over the weekend. His composure on the drive that gave the Patriots in the lead in the 4th Quarter was insane. He ended it with a perfect 23 yard TD pass to Brandon LaFell. Again, he does it by throwing to players the like of LaFell. He broke Joe Montana’s Postseason TD record and he’s did it by usually throwing to a bunch of receiving misfits. Is Gronk good? Yup, but who knows what he’d be like away from the Patriots. We’ve seen players exceed there and stink elsewhere. Oh, Montana threw to the greatest WR of all time and John Taylor. Give me Brady! He’s badass enough to wear his Uggs. Every other dude….NOPE.
The Packers beat the Cowboys, but they didn’t look great. Obviously, Rodgers’ calf played a role in that. This pass was crazy, though:
Check out Rodgers watching the result and how close Sterling Moore’s fingers are to the pigskin. That passing perfection right there.
Where did the Packers find Davante Adams? This guy’s open field moves were ridiculous. Let’s hope he has another great game against the Seahawks. Randall Cobb is a free agent this year and it might be tough to pay Jordy Nelson and Cobb. Does Adams’ play make Cobb expendable? Can they really pay Cobb more than Nelson, which his agent will undoubtedly ask for? Wouldn’t Cobb be preferred in Eagles green over Maclin?
The Packers/Cowboys game gave us some of the best visuals of the year:
We all saw why the Colts moved on from Manning to Luck. Watching Peyton against the Colts this weekend was tough to watch. He just looked old, while Luck lived up to the hype coming out of Stanford. He’s just gotta get rid of the neckbeard.
