Daily Links: Will That Stat Hold This Year?
Posted on July 15th, 2009 by Bassett
- FO has an interesting stat on teams that ran the ball 30 times or more from 2008. Can the Jets play catch up?
- Gregg Rosenthall thinks that Owens has a good shot to make the team.
- Another article about whether Sanchez can be a gateway for the NFL to the hispanic market.
- A Keyshawn Podcast (Keycast?) in which he dooms the Jets, with his high expectations.
- Say what you want about Laserface, at least he doesn’t confiscate tapes of him getting shown up like LeBron.
- Former Ryan player Terrell Suggs still has no deal.
- Matt Cassel got his payday.
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The Cassell contract will define PIoli’s reign in KC. I was not enamored with Matt’s one year performance with what the year before was the NFL’s best ever offense. I was grateful he could not complete long passes (since it enabled us to beat the Pats when he missed wide open targets).
The contract ties KC to him at large cap numbers for three years. If there is no uncapped year, if the CBA is renegotiated, he has to be a competent #1 QB for those dollars. I don’t think he will be.
It is true they can get a good one in next year’s draft when they stink this year. But that will mean Pioli pays big bucks for at least two years for two QBs. Not a prescription for winning. It would likely create three very dry years for KC.
Harlan
I liked this comment (with more than a little editing on my part) in the Matt Cassell contract story.
“Despite the fact that none of the NE assistants have… [excelled as head coaches] [general managers or college athletic directors still] consider anyone who has wiffed a Belichick fart should be instantly considered a genius…”
I think BB would laugh at that one.
Our Larry Izzo on Bill Belichick, quoted in the Boston Herald:
“The memories from eight seasons in a Patriots uniform and three Super Bowl championships aren’t likely to fade from Larry Izzo’s mind any time soon. As Izzo said from his home in Houston on Friday, even though you must turn the page quickly when you join a new team, you just can’t wipe out the impact of being coached by a great like Bill Belichick. … The 13-year veteran thanked Belichick and the organization when he left, but Friday he went into great detail about what the coach meant to him. ‘My experience with Bill, I think we all owe him a great deal, especially anyone who’s been a part of those Super Bowl teams,’ Izzo said. ‘Our lives are a lot better because of Bill Belichick. There’s no better coach in football in the history of the game. I learned a lot from him on a daily basis. The attention to details, things of that nature. The last couple years, he really spent a lot of time with the linebackers. Obviously, I didn’t get much time as a linebacker, but having sat in those meetings, I always enjoyed listening to him … I really couldn’t say enough good things about Bill. He’s a great coach and played a huge role in my life. I enjoyed my eight years there, and I’m very grateful that he valued the role that I played and what I brought to the table.’”
One wonders what Larry still has left in his tank.