Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?
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So what do we think King's fantasy team is called?
A) Lame Springsteen song pun
B) Even lamer microbrew call out
C) Brett Favre related
D) Worst humblebrag he can think of
E) The EvoShield
A) Lame Springsteen song pun
B) Even lamer microbrew call out
C) Brett Favre related
D) Worst humblebrag he can think of
E) The EvoShield
The screeenshot of the SI Now vid looks like King is one sudden movement away from his Li'l Pete poking out his shorts. Hey Pete, just because she's showing some leg . . . .
Given the size of his ego, his ability to trivialize anything, and the 50th anniv. of the DC march, I'm surpirsed he doesn't go with "I Have a Team."
Given the size of his ego, his ability to trivialize anything, and the 50th anniv. of the DC march, I'm surpirsed he doesn't go with "I Have a Team."
Did he really have to pick the Patriots to win the Super Bowl? He'll be (A) wrong, or (B) beyond insufferable.
Yup has them at 12-4 winning AFC E
and then beating Ravens 23-20,
Broncos 30-27
Seahawks 30-23
on WFAN now on Pats likes improving D and kid named Brady developing chemistry with receivers (Dobson, Sudfield)
What exactly is the point of PK picking the scores for playoff games that won't be played for months? It's pretty much impossible to pick the score even immediately before the game when you actually know who is playing (back when TMQ was worth reading he used to have a running gag making fun of the NYT's attempts to pick the scores every week). It's totally absurd to bother projecting scores five months before the games are played.
coremiller said:
Eh. His job is to guess and deal with the consequences of his rear-view brilliance or idiocy. Thems the breaks of being a high profile football writer.
I mean, of course it's absurd to predict the games. But at the end of the day, King's an entertainment writer. I'd rather take a guy who does his best to make silly guesses with the information he has at his disposal over a guy that refuses to make guesses because he's afraid of looking foolish (which is what King is, 90% of the time).
TMQ if a fucking asshole, by the way. The "Their pre-game guesses are always wrong!" schtick had nothing to do with football (or even the Times' quickie, pre-game, analysis) and everything to do with him trying to make himself look smart through the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. If TMQ ever wants credibility on football, he needs to start writing before the fucking games happen. His shit is pseudo science.
"Well, in watching the game I could tell that the left side was weak. Lo and behold, in the third quarter, the other team ran to the left side and scored a touchdown. Ergo, I was right."
Fuck him.
drleather2001 said:
But there aren't even "silly guesses". The very idea of trying to predict in August the score of a game to be played in January when the participants haven't even been determined yet is so absurd that nobody could take it seriously. It's not like King is doing extra "football writer" work and doing real analysis to figure out what these scores should be. When you know the matchups, a score prediction can have some meaning insofar as it's a prediction of how you think the game will go (whether it will be a close game, high or low scoring, etc.) But King isn't making that kind of prediction. He's just pulling numbers out of his ass to give his predictions a false aura of precision.
coremiller said:
I dunno. Who cares. It's silly. It's also almost certainly a request/edict from his editors, because King himself has professed indignity at being asked to make predictions that he may later be held accountable for.
This is how King repays the NFL for his scoop about the concussion settlement. He is approaching league mouthpiece territory, and is rightfully getting hammered in response to this tweet.
https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/373135592684396544
https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/373135592684396544
And how many people are in on that lawsuit?
I guess you don't have to worry about Peter King getting yelled at by Goodell about "going against the SHIELD".
I'm really beginning to despise the NFL and it's toadies. They've turned a perfectly likable game into a never-ending typhoon.
I guess you don't have to worry about Peter King getting yelled at by Goodell about "going against the SHIELD".
I'm really beginning to despise the NFL and it's toadies. They've turned a perfectly likable game into a never-ending typhoon.
And now, noting that he's being pilloried, he pseudo-backtracks:
So it was outrageous to call $765mm chump change, but the NFL teams "should be smiling" about the settlement.
Keep in mind that this case about which "NFL teams should be smiling" has to do with guys who are permanently mentally disabled due (at least in part) to injuries suffered while making money for the team owners. King really is heartless.
https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/373144825136029696
So it was outrageous to call $765mm chump change, but the NFL teams "should be smiling" about the settlement.
Keep in mind that this case about which "NFL teams should be smiling" has to do with guys who are permanently mentally disabled due (at least in part) to injuries suffered while making money for the team owners. King really is heartless.
nattysez said:
and it spread over 20 years. and I'll bet some of it is tax deductible.
The bigger question is whether every single player will sign on to it. (I have not read the lengthy stories about the settlement, so i dont know if that's a condition of the agreement)). all it takes is one more or less terminally ill guy to say "'fuck it,' money can't help me" and he'll have access to a lot of stuff the NFL probably prefers to keep hidden.
I have no idea what terms of this settlement are, but I have some experience in mass lititgations (medical devices, mostly). Generally speaking, in litigations of this size, plaintiffs will have the opportunity to opt into the settlement and collect their money under the terms of the settlement, or opt out of the settlement and proceed individually against the defendants. An agreed upon percentage of the plaintiffs would have to opt into the settlement for it to take effect.joe dokes said:
hes so progressive i cant stand it
They haven't announced anything in an official fashion, but TheMMQB.com's Robert Klemko said in a radio interview Thursday that the Peter King's new Sports Illustrated NFL microsite will no longer be referring to Washington's professional football team as the "Redskins."
"I know that our site, we’ve talked about it, and we’re not going to use Redskins in our writing," Klemko said on CBS Sports Radio’s MoJo with Chris Moore and Brian Jones. "We’re going to say ‘Washington football team.' And it’s not something we’re going to publicize or write about. We’re just not going to do it."
They haven't announced anything in an official fashion, but TheMMQB.com's Robert Klemko said in a radio interview Thursday that the Peter King's new Sports Illustrated NFL microsite will no longer be referring to Washington's professional football team as the "Redskins."
"I know that our site, we’ve talked about it, and we’re not going to use Redskins in our writing," Klemko said on CBS Sports Radio’s MoJo with Chris Moore and Brian Jones. "We’re going to say ‘Washington football team.' And it’s not something we’re going to publicize or write about. We’re just not going to do it."
joe dokes said:
To go a step further, for the owners, the team is often--perhaps generally--only one of multiple sources of income. This is pocket change for these guys. If the stories are to be believed, people can lose more in a high end casino in a single night than some of them'll pay out some years under this deal.
This is standard procedure. Before a class settlement is approved, the court holds a "fairness hearing" where class members can object to the settlement agreement before the court rubber stamps it.Papelbon's Poutine said:
First pocket Tweet in a while. Blame Bailey. Just got back from a long walk down Second Ave in NYC. She was trying to comment on Tebow cut.
Don't forget, he went for a walk on 2nd Ave in NYC. Just in case it wasn't clear that's the 2nd Ave he was talking about, since you probably didn't know that he lives in Manhattan.
I don't know what it means to be in a two tight-end set, but I do know it's very effective - a classic single tight-end set. I watched the Pats run their double tight-end set last week, and if they hadn't scored so many points so fast, I'd have spent more time watching.
Lesson here? Two tight ends is the same as one. No difference.
Lesson here? Two tight ends is the same as one. No difference.
