Mike'd Up: The Mike Francesa Show
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He already went off on the Jets yesterday morning on his NFL Now show. He thinks they actually should stay together one more year and hire Norv Turner to be the offensive coordinator so they can give Sanchez a shot with a real offense. If it doesn't work, then they should blow it up in his opinion.
How many effing coordinators can they go through before the realize the coordinators haven't been the problem?
"You didn't know that game would be so costly... You didn't know it would cost you Fireman Ed... There will be more games... As the Jets put this game behind them literally and figuratively... The schedule gets easy for them... "
Not quite as brutal on the Jets as I expected, he kept bringing up that they could run the table.
Small nitpick but he's talking attendance compared to years past. He tells one caller you do know more people lived in New York state in the 60s than there is now. Of course in 1960 census has NYS at 16 million and he 2010 census has it at 19 million.
He liked the signing. Said something along the lines of: "I always liked Youkilis. He's a gamer."
I saw the Francescas walking into MSG before the 12.12.12 concert. Mike's actually not as rotund as I expected - he also looked to only be about 5'6". His wife is classic Long Island, though - skin-tight black jeans, huge hair, and stiletto heels.
Regardless, I think it was the first celeb sighting I've ever had where my first instinct has been to point and giggle.
Regardless, I think it was the first celeb sighting I've ever had where my first instinct has been to point and giggle.
Francesa (paraphrasing)
"from 31-3 to 31-31, Brady's performance was the greatest QBing I've ever seen. '
"from 31-3 to 31-31, Brady's performance was the greatest QBing I've ever seen. '
NY friends --
What is the big fella's take on your 2012 NYG? This has to be as painful as that Eagles defeat that knocked them out of the playoffs a few years ago - remember the punt that should have out of bounds? -- maybe even more so.,
What is the big fella's take on your 2012 NYG? This has to be as painful as that Eagles defeat that knocked them out of the playoffs a few years ago - remember the punt that should have out of bounds? -- maybe even more so.,
This morning he thought they had a pretty good chance to get in to the post-season, saying the only tough game would be the Bears/Lions. (he dismissed the 4-team parlay, 8% probability) He also noted that if they didn't get into the post-season they had a "pass", because they won it all last year.
If you think about it, the Bears had just as bad a second half of the season: they were 7-1 at one point, and went 3-5 to miss out on the playoffs.
This morning he said the Nicks injury changed everything. Couldn't go deep to Nicks anymore and it allowed defenders to key in more on Cruz. He also had harsh words for the defensive line. Considering what the rush should be, he said it was abominable this season. The lack of a pass rush exposed how bad the secondary is (He singled out Corey Webster). Could go deep from start to finish against the Giants. He gave some blame to Eli, but mainly placed it on the Nicks injury and the D-Line underachieving.
Edit: Meant Hakeem Nicks...
Thanks for the responses.
So if he is back on today, can we expect succinct clean up on the Giants with full bore Jets talk? I imagine he will mock the NYJ's hiding and muzzling Rex, and add that the present situation makes hiring a competent GM very difficult.
So if he is back on today, can we expect succinct clean up on the Giants with full bore Jets talk? I imagine he will mock the NYJ's hiding and muzzling Rex, and add that the present situation makes hiring a competent GM very difficult.
Makes a comment that Brady and Belichick make people who work in NE look good. The thought was that before you could pluck an executive out of Foxboro and you were all set. This was said in context of that Woody doesn't know the league and when Kraft came in that he did learn it.
Thanks for those updates.
Interesting to contrast those comments from Mike to those of Felgie and Mazz from the past few years where it seemed all they did was rail how the Pats organization was behind the curve and that the Jets had passed them by and were the new cutting edge.
Interesting to contrast those comments from Mike to those of Felgie and Mazz from the past few years where it seemed all they did was rail how the Pats organization was behind the curve and that the Jets had passed them by and were the new cutting edge.
He seems to have a huge blind spot w/r/t the Pats - every time they come up, he dismisses their success since '04, and he keeps saying their drafting has not been good recently. Where does he think all these players (Leaf, Gronk, Spikes, Mayo, McCourty, Jones, Hightower, Ridley, Solder, Vollmer, Wendell, Connolly, Edelman, Mesko, Love) came from? Their roster has been almost completely turned over from the '01-'08 era.
I wouldn't otherwise mention it, but he constantly harangues their drafting. And the 'no SB since '04!!!' is, of course, misleading.
I wouldn't otherwise mention it, but he constantly harangues their drafting. And the 'no SB since '04!!!' is, of course, misleading.
"And thank God Tebow is leaving; he;s a good kid and why be with a team like that? The Jets are slime; the Jets are a sewer."
LOL
LOL
Mike HATES the Patriots, Bob Kraft and especially Bill Belichick. Every chance he gets he puts them down. Honestly, though, I wouldn't take his comments about their drafts seriously, because he's such a casual NFL fan. I doubt he could name more than ten players on the team. You think he knows who Zoltan Mesko is? Not a chance. I remember at the beginning of last year he talked about "the Patriots two tight ends--Hernandez and the other guy." No joke.
I turned it off 15 seconds in. Wow. Francesa totally dismissing Shanahan's critics, on the basis that: (a) you can't sit a star like RG3 who says he can play, this is how it works, he'll resent the coach forever, etc. (b) you can't tell him Cousins would have won that game for the Redskins.
Basically, we're MMQBing. It was a 'tough situation'. I guess because it's hard, it's ok? He also says it was up to the doctors...I guess Mike was living under a media rock this weekend.
Basically, we're MMQBing. It was a 'tough situation'. I guess because it's hard, it's ok? He also says it was up to the doctors...I guess Mike was living under a media rock this weekend.
Actually, from what I've seen on ESPN and a few other places, this has been the norm- RG3 should play until he can't and that Shanny was right.
I was referring to his analysis of the medical staff's purview in that situation. He realizes Shanahan previously shielded RG3 from Andrews, who came out this past week and said he never saw - much less cleared - RG3, and that he was worried about the player going forward on the knee, right? No, it appears he doesn't.
Ah, I gotcha ya now.
The reaction to this game has been puzzling at best, full on shitshow at worst. If even Joe Buck can figure out what he was seeing as it was happening then you know this wasn't a hard call to make. Then when you factor all the previous medical shenanigans into the mix, it's hard to believe what we saw and the reaction to it.
I assume that following the 11AM Rex n Woody show, Francesa may have a few thoughts. His open could be a good listen
