Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?

[Stevie1der]

This is the first time I've read a MMQB column cover to cover in over a year.  I thought that overall, PK presented a very even-handed summary of some of the biggest flaws with both the way the referees operated on game day of the AFC championship and also with the conclusions made by the Wells report based on the available evidence.  Though he doesn't take a hard stance either way, I think these are some of the strongest anti-report comments so far by a signature, national voice that go beyond "it's not even a big deal, why are we talking about this?"  He may have his ulterior motives and it may mean dick-all when it comes to punishment time, but I'm glad he put this out there for his audience to read.

 

[LMontro]

This is the first time I've read a MMQB column cover to cover in over a year.  I thought that overall, PK presented a very even-handed summary of some of the biggest flaws with both the way the referees operated on game day of the AFC championship and also with the conclusions made by the Wells report based on the available evidence.  Though he doesn't take a hard stance either way, I think these are some of the strongest anti-report comments so far by a signature, national voice that go beyond "it's not even a big deal, why are we talking about this?"  He may have his ulterior motives and it may mean dick-all when it comes to punishment time, but I'm glad he put this out there for his audience to read.

 
He suggested a 1-2 game suspension which is insane.  Some of his points were weak or mean nothing and he left out a lot of criticisms of the report.  King will always make sure his invite to the next Chili Summit remains in good standing.  

 

[cromulence]

 
He suggested a 1-2 game suspension which is insane.  Some of his points were weak or mean nothing and he left out a lot of criticisms of the report.  King will always make sure his invite to the next Chili Summit remains in good standing.  

 
If you think a 1-2 game suspension is insane, prepare for full-on insanity. That shit is gonna happen.

 

[joe dokes]

n. For those keeping score at home, I ran five miles in Central Park on Saturday (the 6.2-mile loop, minus the hill at the top of the park) in 45:55. And only a few old ladies passed me.
 

 

[TFP]

I don't get it, is that supposed to be a bad time? Are we making fun of him for being a little self-deprecating? Or just highlighting that he's posting stuff we don't really care about?
 
There's a million things to bring up in here, I've never understood picking out the running stuff.

 

[joe dokes]

I don't get it, is that supposed to be a bad time? Are we making fun of him for being a little self-deprecating? Or just highlighting that he's posting stuff we don't really care about?
 
There's a million things to bring up in here, I've never understood picking out the running stuff.

 
Personally, I'm indifferent to the running stuff. I dont think I could run 5 miles, so the time means nothing to me.  But "old ladies"? 

 

[LMontro]

 
If you think a 1-2 game suspension is insane, prepare for full-on insanity. That shit is gonna happen.

 
We are already past that point.  People calling for 8 games , the full season, death, etc .  Twilight Zone has been entered and there is no going back.  

 

[Silverdude2167]

He started to call out the NFL and the Wells report, lets see if he sticks to his guns or falls back in line hoping for more insider info.

 

[Granite Sox]

Robert Kraft is talking, and he's pretty peeved...
 
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/05/18/robert-kraft-patriots-owner-nfl-deflategate/
 
Edit: Why King?  Assumption that ESPN and NFLN are on the blacklist due to leaks, reporting errors, and their general lynch mob mentality.  It's also amusing to me that Kraft utilizes Goodell's puppet to get a message out, even though what King writes is pretty vapid and benign. 

 

[Leather]

Because King is the most visible NFL writer on earth.

The question as to why is the basis of the joie de vivre that is this thread.

 

[Was (Not Wasdin)]

Robert Kraft is talking, and he's pretty peeved...
 
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/05/18/robert-kraft-patriots-owner-nfl-deflategate/
 
Edit: Why King?  Assumption that ESPN and NFLN are on the blacklist due to leaks, reporting errors, and their general lynch mob mentality.  It's also amusing to me that Kraft utilizes Goodell's puppet to get a message out, even though what King writes is pretty vapid and benign. 

 
 

Because King is the most visible NFL writer on earth.

The question as to why is the basis of the joie de vivre that is this thread.

 
I love to bash King as much as anyone, but this was a good job getting an interview that everyone wanted, and I thought he reporting was pretty even.  What is frustrating is that with the contacts, resources, etc. that he has, he could do something like this every week, and instead we get so much filler.  

 

[MentalDisabldLst]

King tells a lot of dumb side-bar stories about his own life, which deserve most of the criticism they earn him.  This was probably the first instance of those where I ever felt like he used my time well and told  a story with some humor:
 

MR. STARWOOD PREFERRED MEMBER TRAVEL NOTE OF THE WEEK
 
I kept wondering what the GPS in my car was trying to say over the weekend as we left New York City headed for my nephew’s college graduation dinner in Baltimore. You know how the female voice in those GPS systems can mispronounce with the best of them? Well, as we drove onto the New Jersey Turnpike and headed south, the voice said, Merge left and head south toward Carsley, or something like that.
 
Carsley? Could it be Carlstadt? Wrong direction. Kearney? Maybe.
 
A mile or so later, the voice said, Merge left and head south toward Carsonley.
 
There is no Carsonley. Now I was getting confused.
 
Here came the sign, as we approached the lovely area of the Turnpike north of Newark Airport, for the highway that was about to split in two going south. On the left-hand side of the road, the New Jersey Turnpike south, it read:
 
CARS ONLY

 
Maybe the setup was too long, maybe you want to get on his case for the "New York City" thing (except, here it's relevant!), maybe his batting average on comedy attempts is pretty low... but I cracked a big smile at that one.

 

[Corsi]

My first reaction at Odell Beckham Jr., being named to the cover of the new Madden video game: The guy’s played 12 NFL games, zero in the playoffs. Could we please let him earn it first?
 

 

[Leather]

Dude lived in NJ for years, has lived in NYC for years, and still needs GPS to get out of the city and onto the turnpike?

 

[Icculus]

Hasn't it been well established that PK loves to do exactly as he's told?

 

[joe dokes]

You know how the female voice in those GPS systems can mispronounce with the best of them?
 

 
I'm surprised he hasn't hacked his GPS to use Goodell's voice.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Dude lived in NJ for years, has lived in NYC for years, and still needs GPS to get out of the city and onto the turnpike?

 
I'm not sure if this is in defense of PK or not, but my mom does this all the time. She doesn't know how to get to, like, the last five miles of where she's going on a 100-mile trip, but she turns on the gps the whole way, so it's telling her how to get out of her own driveway and shit. 
 
People are weird. 

 

[Senator Donut]

My first reaction at Odell Beckham Jr., being named to the cover of the new Madden video game: The guy’s played 12 NFL games, zero in the playoffs. Could we please let him earn it first?
 

Would it kill you to post the next two paragraphs for context?

My second reaction: In the last two months of the 2014 season, Beckham played nine football games for the Giants. His average game: nine catches, 133.2 receiving yards, one touchdown.

If the Madden game is about not just what you’ve done but what you’re about to do—and clearly the marketing of this game is about the exciting young player staying hot—then Beckham might be the easiest choice in the league. He enters the 2015 season on fire.

 

[Marceline]

 
I'm not sure if this is in defense of PK or not, but my mom does this all the time. She doesn't know how to get to, like, the last five miles of where she's going on a 100-mile trip, but she turns on the gps the whole way, so it's telling her how to get out of her own driveway and shit. 
 
People are weird. 

 
Is that really weird? I'd rather do that than have to pull over on the highway to turn on the GPS.

 

[Corsi]

Would it kill you to post the next two paragraphs for context?

 
Probably.

 

[Trlicek's Whip]

Dude lived in NJ for years, has lived in NYC for years, and still needs GPS to get out of the city and onto the turnpike?

 
This has to be the GPS installed in the Uber car, right?

 

[E5 Yaz]

PK discusses his daughter's wedding today. You'll be surprised.

 

[Corsi]

The softball makes so much more sense now.
 
edit: In all seriousness, that was a nice write-up of the wedding.  Good for him.

 

[Leather]

That was very nice.

However, if that had been anyone else's wedding, you just know King would have written a screed on the animal loving barn owner and the inappropriateness of the owl shitting on his daughter's plate.

 

[Leather]

...I can't believe I wrote that sentence.

 

[DJnVa]

Yeah, that was nice.
 
Now, his offseason power rankings.
 
Baltimore as #1? KC as #4? Minnesota as #6?

 

[Corsi]

Peter King ‏@SI_PeterKing  2m2 minutes ago
This Week’s Sign America is Progressing: More guff over ranking Indy 11 than about my daughter’s gay wedding. Thanks.

 

[Leather]

He couldn't leave well enough alone.

 

[Average Reds]

He couldn't leave well enough alone.

 
Leave it to Peter King to shit all over his own good deed, rendering it near-worthless. 
 
What a self-satisfied idiot.

 

[MentalDisabldLst]

He couldn't leave well enough alone.

 
I love the emphasis on "gay" wedding.  It can't just be his daughter's wedding, no, he needs to call as much attention as possible to her situation and why people might have objected to it, in order to get more traffic his way.  Because, you know, he loves her and wants the best for her.

 

[E5 Yaz]

 
Leave it to Peter King to shit all over his own good deed, rendering it near-worthless. 
 
What a self-satisfied idiot.

 
As Murray Slaughter once remarked of Ted Baxter, "When a donkey flies, you don't blame him for not staying up that long."

 

[j-man]

KC is not 4  lol   more like 13 or 14   
 
balt  1  hahaha     no shot the north is too tough   
 
 
here is my power rank  
1 GB
2 NE  
3 INDY
4 DAL
5 SEA
6 ZONA 
7 BALT
8 DEN 
9 HOU 
10 CAR
11 SD
12  DET
13 KC 
14 PITT
15 PHILLY
16 NYG 
17 NO
18 CINY
19 MINN
20 STL
21 NYJ
22 OAK
23 CHI
24 MIA
25 ATL
26 WASH 
27 BUFF 
28 SF
29 JAX
30 TB
31 TENN
32 CLE

 

[Corsi]

a. Two overtime games in the NBA Finals. One the Cavs should have won and lost. One the seriously undermanned Cavs should have lost and won. That’s what’s so great about sports.

What?

 

[johnmd20]

What?

 
He's saying overtime games could be won or lost by both teams. It's a serious statement and one I'm sure nobody ever realized before. On top of that, he wrote it with as much grace as a slug.

 

[Corsi]

d. Really enjoyed the Belmont on Saturday. I was lucky to attend for the first time, thanks to some NBC ducats.
 

 

[E5 Yaz]

Actually, he's right on the NBA note. The Cavs should have maintained their lead in Game 1, and the Warriors should have taken advantage of a Cleveland team without Kyrie in Game 2

 

[joe dokes]

b. As expected, Sarah Thomas, the first female official hired by the league as part of a permanent crew, will work on easygoing referee Peter Morelli’s crew. She is a line judge.
 

 
Yes. Because a not-easygoing ref might make her cry, right Pete?
 
 

 

[pappymojo]

Actually, he's right on the NBA note. The Cavs should have maintained their lead in Game 1, and the Warriors should have taken advantage of a Cleveland team without Kyrie in Game 2

 
You wrote in one sentence what he butchered in two half-sentences, Also, 'undermanned' implies that Cleveland won the game while playing short handed.  It's nitpicky but it would be nice if he put in some effort. 

 

[Granite Sox]

Guys, Canada is big.  Like, wicked big.  Had no idea.

 

[E5 Yaz]

 
You wrote in one sentence what he butchered in two half-sentences,

 
But I've never been to the Auschwitz gift shoppe

 

[Red Right Ankle]

Too bad. It's the best shoe store I've ever been in.

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

 
But I've never been to the Auschwitz gift shoppe

Too bad. Great gravel. LOFTY gravel.

 

[Van Everyman]

Guys, Canada is big.  Like, wicked big.  Had no idea.

Lots of weddings there too. GAY weddings.

 

[Corsi]

Peter King just listed To Kill a Mockingbird in his Father's Day Book Recommendations.

 

[Leather]

I thought it was Dachau he went to, not Auschwitz.
 
Let's keep our shit-throwing on point, people.

 

[joe dokes]

Peter King just listed To Kill a Mockingbird in his Father's Day Book Recommendations.

 
Hmmm....a book about birds....perfect for summer. I'll have to check it out.  But first I have to finish Green Eggs and Ham.

 

[dabombdig]

 "Plymouth has a rock.  A Plymouth rock that the Pilgrims landed on.  American history."  

 

[Leather]

The book opens describing a broken elbow injury that 12-year-old Jem worried would ruin his chances to play football. It didn’t, but caused his left arm to be shorter than his right. Jem, Scout tells us, “couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt.” Good boy.
 

 
Um. Ok!

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

That is TRULY OUTRAGEOUS! Truly, truly, truly outrageous!

 

[E5 Yaz]

Peter King ‏@SI_PeterKing  7h7 hours ago
I’m just an occasional Broadway guy, but The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was one great night at the theater.
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Occasional Broadway Guy sounds like a rejected SNL sketch