Monday, January 25, 2016

Super Bowl 50


So the teams are set to meet in Santa Clara, CA. The site of which I saw a Bengals/49ers game.
Denver Broncos & Carolina Panthers.
Yeah, underwhelming. For one, you got Peyton Manning (Denver’s record tieing 8th Super Bowl) against Cam Newton and a bunch of who-the-fuck-are-they? The only dudes I know is Luke Kuechly. And that’s just because he is a Cincinnati kid. And Ted Ginn Jr. because he played for Ohio State.
I’m a little miffed this investigation into Manning getting delivery of human growth hasn’t been the focus of this win. I’ve wondered in the past how just one year out of  a broken neck injury, he was able to play the next year. Pretty amazing, considering it sidelined Dan Marino for life. Fuck, Manning is only a year younger than me and he’s still on the field with massive angry people who want to injure you. I don’t take that much punishment and I’m just…tired.
You can chalk this up to modern medicine and the ability to fix things, but that’s even more proof, athletes at this caliber are juicing. Consider that in their mind what would be the difference between a doctor injecting you with cortisol to push back ligament damage or numb shoulder pain to a little hormone to recover faster? Ticky tack but EASILY abused.
On the other side is Cam Newton. I’ve been a critic of his for a while. Frankly, seeing him in the line, before the snap count makes you want to throw up. If you’re a defense. He smugly moseys to the center, and releases this long string of air, which sounds like air escaping his fat head. Then he barks out count. But fuck, does the kid have an arm. Early in his career the ball was sailing all over the place. He had the power, not the control. He was the Ricky Vaughn of the NFL. He also panic and ran out of the pocket, as he was good at that in college. In the NFL, you don’t live long doing that. So he wised up there. And holy Hell, his passes are dangerous. When I watch elite QBs toss, they have a little bit of air underneath them. Not Cam. They are bullets. And with pinpoint accuracy (for the most part). They zip to a receiver so fast, the defensive back looks about 3 yards off before he realizes the guy caught it. That is scary for the future.
What I CAN’T stand, is that showboating ghetto garbage. That dance he does makes me ill. Not seeing that alone makes me hope he doesn’t score a damn touchdown. Because he’s essentially saying he’s doing this all himself. You see Brady do it? You see Mannin do it? Rodgers? Nope. Just this Superman dance he does catering to the crowd. The dance is Janet Jackson dumb. And surprise he hasn’t been flagged for it.
I am glad to see two completely different teams make it this year. But there’s no drama behind either of them. The Giants v. Patriots had a ton of stories. If Arizona v. Steelers would’ve made it, great stories. But these two…Broncos have that history, I suppose. Carolina, well…they could be the Clemson of this game.

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