Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?
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King: On the Road
Forced to fly on cheap
Airline with small first class seats
Rough start to road trip
Hotel check in, painful
As ever, made worse by staff
Asking dumb questions
Life on the road is
Better for those who know where
To find hidden gems
Sad news that Belcher
Is dead. He was not a bad
Linebacker for Chiefs.
Hard week on the road
Watching football in the Spring
Home to Manhattan
Just cause your shift has
Ended, don’t think you can close
Bring me more craft beer
Airlines make flight home
Tedious, filled with people
Talking, not listening.
Midtown hard to love
Rude tourists everywhere, also
Bald pussy neighbours.
Forced to fly on cheap
Airline with small first class seats
Rough start to road trip
Hotel check in, painful
As ever, made worse by staff
Asking dumb questions
Life on the road is
Better for those who know where
To find hidden gems
Sad news that Belcher
Is dead. He was not a bad
Linebacker for Chiefs.
Hard week on the road
Watching football in the Spring
Home to Manhattan
Just cause your shift has
Ended, don’t think you can close
Bring me more craft beer
Airlines make flight home
Tedious, filled with people
Talking, not listening.
Midtown hard to love
Rude tourists everywhere, also
Bald pussy neighbours.
Whoa, whoa...back it up. What was your lede?
Oh, I see, you just wanted to spice up your column with some, what's the term I learned in my UG journalism class? Oh yea, here it is, under B: Bullshit.
Well, whatever, what's next?
Ok. Nice summary there (with, obviously, a lot extracted by moi). And then the punchline:
Ok. That's a wrap. Baltimore: you turned around what was looking to be an iffy offseason. King didn't say it, so I will: Kudos.
Let's move on, shall we?
Jesus Christ. Didn't we already cover this? Is this King's "Backwards" week? Who the hell writes a summary of something, gives an appraisal, and then opens up another section on what happened five weeks ago?
No matter how badly King wants this sentence to hold some sort of profound depth, it is so vague and unsupported as to be entirely meaningless.
It's quite breathtaking, really, the chasm between what King thinks he's saying and what he's actually conveying to his readers.
Again, is this supposed to be some glimpse into the soul of the Pope? What the fuck is King trying to say here? That the Pope is a nice guy? That he's fucking crazy? That he will stand up to the epidemic of rubber-band waste that plagues our world? That he loves Bootsy Collins?
What is your point? Why does this factoid interest you?
How about you spare us the Sermon from On High bullshit and just tell us why you think it's a good rule. Your job is to understand and report on this stuff. Ours isn't. I think we can be excused for not having as thorough an understanding of new rules as you do, so spare me.
You could have saved a few words by just saying: "leading with the helmet isn't taught at any other level."
Jeez, well that's a little antagonistic sounding. I mean, you just said that you were going to help me understand the rule because we disagreed. Now you're making this insulting presumption that I simply don't understand the rule. Not that "reasonable minds can differ" or anything like that, no.
Maybe I did. Maybe not. Why didn't you just tell me that right up front instead of taking on the tone of an arrogant blowhard?
This is so tiresome. It's like King just chose the format in order to maximize the potential for condescension.
Huh? How can I be "right" about a question?
This speaks volumes.
In life as in drinks;
When its time for a raw dog;
Go black, don't go back.
Ah, just typical life in New York. Casually strolling from my multi-million dollar midtown apartment to my lavish office on East 51st Street.
Yea, I talked about that but the portion of the post got deleted for some reason.
1) His exact geographic location in NYC doesn't matter at all to the story. It's not like he was talking about being near the Empire State Building because some tourists were asking him where it was, or something. 51st street, or Midtown, have no bearing on the story.
2) There are crazy people in every city. There are just more of them in NYC because NYC is bigger than most cities. I bet if you went to Mexico City, it would have more crazy people than NYC.
3) Adults in every city in the world react to harmless, crazy, people the same way, whether that's Boston, NYC, or Anchorage: they ignore them.
Yes, everyone in the English Speaking World recognizes the old "Only in New York" cliche, as well as the cliche that New Yorkers are, generally, pretty jaded and unflustered. And, like all cliches, there is an element of truth to it.
But it's a fucking cliche. You don't think every other office worker went up from the street after seeing Mr. Palomino and told someone about it? I can guarantee, when I worked in MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, and also when I worked in SOHO MANHATTAN, it would have been cause for discussion and laughter. People who live in New York aren't fucking robots.
What's hilarious about King is that he's so fucking impressed with himself for living in MANHATTAN that he really believes the cliches are 100% true, that New York, and New Yorkers (now that he is one) are somehow different (and, let's face it, superior) to everyone else in the country, if not the world. King buys into the New York City myth, hook line and sinker.
1) His exact geographic location in NYC doesn't matter at all to the story. It's not like he was talking about being near the Empire State Building because some tourists were asking him where it was, or something. 51st street, or Midtown, have no bearing on the story.
2) There are crazy people in every city. There are just more of them in NYC because NYC is bigger than most cities. I bet if you went to Mexico City, it would have more crazy people than NYC.
3) Adults in every city in the world react to harmless, crazy, people the same way, whether that's Boston, NYC, or Anchorage: they ignore them.
Yes, everyone in the English Speaking World recognizes the old "Only in New York" cliche, as well as the cliche that New Yorkers are, generally, pretty jaded and unflustered. And, like all cliches, there is an element of truth to it.
But it's a fucking cliche. You don't think every other office worker went up from the street after seeing Mr. Palomino and told someone about it? I can guarantee, when I worked in MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, and also when I worked in SOHO MANHATTAN, it would have been cause for discussion and laughter. People who live in New York aren't fucking robots.
What's hilarious about King is that he's so fucking impressed with himself for living in MANHATTAN that he really believes the cliches are 100% true, that New York, and New Yorkers (now that he is one) are somehow different (and, let's face it, superior) to everyone else in the country, if not the world. King buys into the New York City myth, hook line and sinker.
Elvis Dumervil (who the Broncos wanted so badly they were orchestrating a pay cut) is payback for John Elway, like the Red Sox signing Ricky Ledee (TODAY) would be payback for Babe Ruth.
Saying the coffee tastes better is like asking someone who's house just burned down if the coffee taste better because their copy of SI was found unburned.
Saying the coffee tastes better is like asking someone who's house just burned down if the coffee taste better because their copy of SI was found unburned.
Does anyone else think it's a major stretch to suggest the Ravens signed Elvis Dumervil to exact vengeance on John Elway? Consider:
- The Ravens beat President Elway's Broncos in the playoffs two months ago in epic, memorable fashion. Is that not "revenge" enough?
- It happened 30 years ago and it wasn't even the same Baltimore franchise. Does Ozzie Newsome really give a fuck?
- King himself suggests that the Broncos didn't really want Dumervil back all that badly.
No, it's not taught as leading with the head. However, it is taught to lower your shoulders, and when that happens guess what else gets lowered? If this isn't an issue (and I'm not really versed enough to know what NFL runners know) why are guys like Emmitt Smith saying it is an issue. Has Peter King ever said a RB's weakness was that he run too upright and never lowered his shoulders into contact? Because when that happens the head comes down too).
The whole article is King stirring up shit, and then criticizing unnamed parties (actually himself) for stirring up taht shit. As Leather points out, King starts with the whole "Baltimore gets revenge!" storyline and then two paragraphs later criticizes the narrative he just created as implausible! And then he blames this on Ravens fans! Peter, it's not the Ravens fans who came up with this dumb narrative. It's you! Two paragraphs ago! As the lede to your weekly column.
Same thing with the "Never judge an offseason before, you know, the season" bit. Who was judging Baltimore's offseason already? Peter King, three paragraphs down!
King makes up BS
Blames Ravens fans for it.
Need more Dark Magic.
Same thing with the "Never judge an offseason before, you know, the season" bit. Who was judging Baltimore's offseason already? Peter King, three paragraphs down!
King makes up BS
Blames Ravens fans for it.
Need more Dark Magic.
The Baltimore Colts, who drafted Elway, are now in Indianapolis. Why the fuck would the Baltimore Ravens give a shit that Elway scorned the Colts 30 years ago?
Corsi said:
Well, perhaps Ravens fans think that if Elway had signed, they may have been able to push through a new stadium deal and keep the team. However, Irsay was given permission to move the Colts before they drafted Elway.
Permission from NFL: March 1983
NFL Draft: April 1983
If you tried your best you could not come up with a more dickish way to discuss a subject then to ask yourself a bunch of snarky leading questions and then answer them yourself to yourself in a douchey tone. It's a serious topic, how about treating it as such and not being a total Judge Smails about it? God, what an ass.
Personally, my favorite moment was his reminder that you shouldn't judge the offseason until .. you know .. the season.
*Unless, of course, you are the Patriots and your season was lost because you didn't sign Wes Welker
*Unless, of course, you are the Patriots and your season was lost because you didn't sign Wes Welker
DrewDawg said:
Might end up hijacking here but you're misunderstanding the rule (and referencing Emmitt doesn't help your case). No one said you can't lower your head. The rule is that you can't use the crown of your helmet (aka the very top) to exact a forceful blow on a defender. I think if they started calling it a headbutt it would help people understand better.
DrewDawg said:
Do you understand the rule? Do you understand that the rule doesn't apply to a running back grinding for an extra foot in the guard-tackle hole, in a scrum, or to a linebacker trying to hold the point of attack on 3rd-and-short? It applies to the jarring hits in the open field, when an offensive or defensive player uses the top of the helmet -- not the front of the helmet, but the crown of it -- as a battering ram.
Yes, and the post above mine helped clarify a part I was unclear on.
And I also know the difference between the crown and front and where and when the rule applies. I think it's interesting that guys that played the game for a living were also confused. That's what I meant when I referenced Emmitt.
I applaud your effort to keep most of the condescension out of your post.
And I also know the difference between the crown and front and where and when the rule applies. I think it's interesting that guys that played the game for a living were also confused. That's what I meant when I referenced Emmitt.
I applaud your effort to keep most of the condescension out of your post.
I'm a firm believer that the only people who care about your fantasy team is the owner of said fantasy team...but I'm Peter King, so...
I will predict PK's factoid of the week for next week.
"The 2 remaining NCAA men's basketball teams are the only teams to go undefeated so far during March madness!"
"The 2 remaining NCAA men's basketball teams are the only teams to go undefeated so far during March madness!"