Thursday, September 08, 2005
John Madden just had this to say about Tom Brady:
"Look at how calm he is under pressure. [camera zooms in on a slow-mo shot of Brady's footwork while faking a hand-off and dropping back to pass] Even his feet are calm."
No no no this is NOT happening.
TOM BRADY DOES NOT HAVE 'CALM' BODYPARTS. NOT CALM FEET, OR CALM HANDS, AND ESPECIALLY NOT CALM EYES.
Oh god, and the broadcasters are just talking Patriots Patriots Patriots and Bill Belichick is a genius and everything Tom Brady does is good and Corey Dillon and Rodney Harrison and of course I agree with it, but if you were a Raiders fan trying to watch this broadcast... if you were a fan of any other team, really... man, how annoying this must be.
I love that the Pats are such a good team (although I'm waiting on my Blue Cats, as ever), and I love that their good player-ness is being widely acknowledged. But I hate that it's happening at the expense of, well, any attention at all to the other team.
I really need to reassure myself about this.
The Patriots are not the Yankees of the NFL.
The Patriots are not the Yankees of the NFL.
The Patriots are not the Yankees of the NFL.
The Patriots are not the Yankees of the NFL.
The Patriots are not the Yankees of the NFL.
The Patriots are not the Yankees of the NFL.
The Patriots are not the Yankees of the NFL.
The Patriots are not the Yankees of the NFL.
And coverage of Tom Brady, playing football, during a football game, should NEVER EVER EVER have ANY cause to be compared with the media fellating of Derek Jeter. Stop it, media. Stop it right this very second. There is to be no use of the adjective 'calm' with regards to various bodyparts, not now and not ever.
11:53 PM
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