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    Sea Bass and Syrah - Copa America Chile 2015

    "Tight" vs "loose" reffing does not at all equate to "pro-Argentina" vs "pro-Chile" reffing.   This Chilean generation relies as heavily on fluid, skillful movement with the ball as do their Argentinian counterparts.  They have not built their name on catenaccio, much less hacking, and it would...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    The surest antidote to Deflategate-it is, I have found, is recalling the playoffs, right up until the final play.   Nothing will erase those final two drives from the books or from my memory.  Nothing will diminish the unbridled joy and almost psychedelic sense of amazement when Butler...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    I'm not a fan of this idea that Kraft should have played it cool and diplomatic before the SB.  Are we forgetting how this all came down?  His irate comments were directed not simply at the accusation of guilt and its merits, but at the way Goodell & Co. had slowly leaked it out, not to mention...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    What it comes down to is that whatever way I read Kraft's statement it reads like a de facto admission of guilt.  His disagreements with the league over Deflategate are not only buried, but disavowed.  They live on in his narrative in the form of Patriots fans' "polarizing rhetoric", with no...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    I'm not criticizing Kraft for insufficient rhetoric.  I'm criticizing him for rhetoric that gives away more than is necessary, by placing the disagreement in the past.  He could have, instead, simply said, "I disagree (with the conclusions drawn from the report/with the league's findings/with...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    No, you're right.  It's more that he was identifying with the fans' views ("we share in their disappointment of how this one-sided investigation was handled, as well as the dismissal of the scientific evience supported by the Ideal Gas Law in the final report...")
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    I feel like this thread is starting to suffer from scope creep. [edit:  this post took a while to write, so the preceding sentence doesn't necessarily apply to the past half-dozen or so posts!]  It's one thing to put one's feelings about Kraft's handling of Deflategate into a broader context...
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    We're onto Beetle and Zolak: The Midday Thread

    Some like the guy and the energy he and Zo brought to the table, it's that simple. That he didn't have quite as deep insight into football as two former pros is neither surprising nor damning.
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    So. Many. Diamonds.

    (Oh and by the way, it's four in the a fucking m. Why hasn't sleep happened yet?)
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    So. Many. Diamonds.

    I love the mini-essays on Butler/Belichick above. They really synthesize a whole jumble of thoughts I've been having, but in lucid fashion. Thank you all.
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    Felger and Mazz - Creating False Naratives one day at a time

    When it comes to the Red Sox, this show is nothing but warmedoversportstakez.
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    2017 Gronk: Mojo Gronk

    Does anyone ever think, maybe ... Gronk's trying a little too hard to be "Gronk"? *scurries away*
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    2017 Gronk: Mojo Gronk

    Easy, boss. When you become a Pop Culture Phenomenon, the cultural theorizing begins soon enough, and becomes part of the territory. Just ask Madonna.
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    2017 Gronk: Mojo Gronk

    Maybe there's discomfort around further objectifying and sexualizing members of a race that has historically been the object of so much sexual fantasy and paranoia?
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    Belichick on Letterman Wed. 2/11: We're on to Jimmy Kimmel!

    This was quite literally a fresh angle on Bill Belichick. Never mind the suit and tie: we NEVER see him reclining, head tilted back. I almost wanted him to sit up and lean his torso forward, elbows on knees, so I wouldn't feel so disoriented.
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    Belichick on Letterman Wed. 2/11: We're on to Jimmy Kimmel!

    I loved how resolute he was about the 2nd and goal play: brushed aside any suggestion that it was a bad call by Carroll, made nary a mention of the NE coaching that went into it, and simply gave all the credit to Butler. I could see all of the above delivered in such a way that it would just...
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    Yet Another Referendum on Richard Sherman

    Some of the best SB XLIX audio is the Edelman-Sherman repartee. #25 is a trash-talker, sure, but he does it with a wink. I sense no malice or even real disrespect there. This isn't Lucic to Weise territory, not even close. The handshake with Brady does speak volumes, I think. He's a hell...
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    Carroll's Call

    This fourth quarter was the Sistine Chapel of football, as far as I'm concerned. Bill and Tom's masterpiece.
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    Can We Talk About Chris Collinsworth For A Moment

    I can't blame him on this one. That play was a lot to digest and process, on so many levels. Hard to come up with something that does it justice when you're still reeling in shock. Besides, the moment diidn't need any additional "color". I do agree that his Deflategate commentary was...
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    Carroll's Call

    But what is striking is how utterly at ease BB looks late in the fourth. Brady has the laser focus look going. but Bill? Yes focused, but also enjoying himself, as though he knew how the whole thing was going to play out. Uncanny.
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