Jaworski on Mike and Mike this morning

[InDakWeTrust]

The only two guys on ESPN who are worth anything as an analyst are Dilfer and Gruden. And even Gruden is getting unbearable.

 

[bayeslife]

What do you expect people to say? This defense has been bad for so long. They need to be consistent throughout the whole year if they are going to get respect.

 

[Seven]

I still don't understand why people torture themselves with ESPN.

They're like a garage band...........

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

I think it is hard for some of the "analysts" to drop their team biases when they leave the game and Jaworski is prime example.

 

[ThreeandOut]

So how bad is that Eagles offense to be so thoroughly dominated by a poor Cowboys defense?

 

[LandryFan]

So to is the first few games of the year less of an indicator of where the defense or offense is compared to a larger sample size.

Jaws is paid to offer an opinion. It does have a basis of playing the game and studying the game for a lifetime. He may be right, or wrong at this juncture. But the quality of competition Dallas has faced does lend itself to the idea any stats used to support how good thid defense is at this point is wasted information.

Agree that the larger the sample size the more valid the conclusions drawn from the sample size should be. That said, if it sounds stupid to say that we haven't seen enough to determine that the defense is legit, then the same must hold true to say the defense isn't that good.
I realize that Jaws gets paid to give his opinion, but I just think that he, and others that make their living giving those opinions, should be better informed than what they appear to be. It's not all their fault, though...they're just catering to the masses that, for the most part, have grown up believing that whatever they read on the internet or see on TV is gospel. There's no need to for them to conduct research or strive for journalistic excellence/integrity...just stir a little controversy and throw an outrageous opinion out there and voila!...instant clicks/ratings. They know the masses, for the most part, will accept their lazy approach to reporting. I honestly feel that several on this site, alone, could do a much better job of breaking down film and giving objective insight to games than most sports "reporters" in the media today.

 

[Miller]

Jaw is only good when he has Greg Cosell behind him doing analysis to fed to him. Their NFL show was based on decades of scouting by Cosell and then fed to Jaws. On his own Jaws is just a loud homer who goes along with the national perception.

 

[DenCWBY]

I love his comments. Please replay them in the dressing room the morning of the Atlanta game. Great board material. Thanks Jaws!! Your incompetence is steadily growing and your eventually going to run out of lipstick.

 

[dfense]

I still don't understand why people torture themselves with ESPN.

They're like a garage band...........

There r only two sports radio stations on the ride in.

 

[plasticman]

Jerkski has been deeply traumatized by Cowboy defenses when he was quarterbacking in the 70's.

It can't be a good feeling to earn a single digit passer rating in playoff games. I'm surprised he can even watch the Cowboy defense without getting the shakes and hiding behind his sofa.

 

[MagicMan]

What would one expect from a Philthy homer and one who has to see them and the local media everyday. Just like most of the national media, other teams may get the benefit of the doubt, but not the Cowboys. Much like Stephen A Smith (we all know what the A stands for) the Boys don't win games, the other teams lose them.

 

[foofighters]

people still watch M&M?

 

[CATCH17]

Jaws used to be one of my favorites but he really petered out. Went from being holy crap this guy can break this stuff down to WHAT ARE YOU EVEN SAYING.

He made the greatest call ever saying that KAepernick could be the best QB of all time.

This analysis came after watching hours and hours of tape of course. Silly fans could never pick up on such things.

 

[erod]

Not good enough to hold a team to 21 yards in the first half, Jaws? Yeah, I agree, they're not that good. That takes some help from that Super-Bowl offense you love so much that is actually REALLY bad.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Agree that the larger the sample size the more valid the conclusions drawn from the sample size should be. That said, if it sounds stupid to say that we haven't seen enough to determine that the defense is legit, then the same must hold true to say the defense isn't that good.
I realize that Jaws gets paid to give his opinion, but I just think that he, and others that make their living giving those opinions, should be better informed than what they appear to be. It's not all their fault, though...they're just catering to the masses that, for the most part, have grown up believing that whatever they read on the internet or see on TV is gospel. There's no need to for them to conduct research or strive for journalistic excellence/integrity...just stir a little controversy and throw an outrageous opinion out there and voila!...instant clicks/ratings. They know the masses, for the most part, will accept their lazy approach to reporting. I honestly feel that several on this site, alone, could do a much better job of breaking down film and giving objective insight to games than most sports "reporters" in the media today.

I agree swinging either way is equally as ridiculous. I don't hold Jaws or any national reporter to the same standards of knowing each team as I do the local guys. Because the nationals can only dedicate so much time to each team. When the cream rises to the top after most of the season, they tend to start focusing on the top teams and dig a little deeper. So if they don't know what a fan here does about this team, or any fan of any team, I don't see that as lazy, stupid, or a homer of another team. I just see it as being ignorant of the facts due to too much information.

But to be sure, they also are working under the same premise the fan does. The league parses out information, and that information is vetted and controlled by the coach, team, and league.

We see what they want us to see and know what they want us to know to keep the product sparkling clean and upright. Mostly we watch a game wherein you do not see the entire 22 on the field during a live performance on TV. So like the information which filters out to us, we don't see the entire picture.

Spin is a big thing for the league. The reporters gladly offer that spin because they only get the spin. Else they would have nothing to report.

So thinking there are those on this site who could do a better job is similar to asking a fan here to call plays for the team during a game. In theory it sounds great when someone says I knew the play they were going to run before they ran it.

But the truth is we are voyeurs, filled with hubris, squawking buzz words and catch phrases to sound like we understand something we truly don't see in its entity ever.

I accept that I don't know jack. I accept the reporters are spoon fed spin to appease my inquisitiveness. And that the league doesn't give a flip about breast cancer, or domestic violence, concussions, or driving drunk unless it hits their team or league, or they want to posture to give an impression of their wholesomeness when the truth is opposite.

Because in the final analysis, this is a game where my guy is task with knocking the drizzling shate out of your guy. And if my guy isn't good enough, I cast him aside and supplant him with someone else with no regard to what he sacrificed.

This is theater where myth replaces truth, and as Seinfeld once said, we all root for laundry.

Ergo, I am just as full of shate as every other person on this site.

 

[Sasquatch]

Still recovering from Dennis Thurmon's hit, clearly.

 

[CATCH17]

people still watch M&M?

Listen to them every morning on the way to work..

Can't stand Chris Carter.

 

[LandryFan]

I agree swinging either way is equally as ridiculous. I don't hold Jaws or any national reporter to the same standards of knowing each team as I do the local guys. Because the nationals can only dedicate so much time to each team. When the cream rises to the top after most of the season, they tend to start focusing on the top teams and dig a little deeper. So if they don't know what a fan here does about this team, or any fan of any team, I don't see that as lazy, stupid, or a homer of another team. I just see it as being ignorant of the facts due to too much information.

But to be sure, they also are working under the same premise the fan does. The league parses out information, and that information is vetted and controlled by the coach, team, and league.

We see what they want us to see and know what they want us to know to keep the product sparkling clean and upright. Mostly we watch a game wherein you do not see the entire 22 on the field during a live performance on TV. So like the information which filters out to us, we don't see the entire picture.

Spin is a big thing for the league. The reporters gladly offer that spin because they only get the spin. Else they would have nothing to report.

So thinking there are those on this site who could do a better job is similar to asking a fan here to call plays for the team during a game. In theory it sounds great when someone says I knew the play they were going to run before they ran it.

But the truth is we are voyeurs, filled with hubris, squawking buzz words and catch phrases to sound like we understand something we truly don't see in its entity ever.

I accept that I don't know jack. I accept the reporters are spoon fed spin to appease my inquisitiveness. And that the league doesn't give a flip about breast cancer, or domestic violence, concussions, or driving drunk unless it hits their team or league, or they want to posture to give an impression of their wholesomeness when the truth is opposite.

Because in the final analysis, this is a game where my guy is task with knocking the drizzling shate out of your guy. And if my guy isn't good enough, I cast him aside and supplant him with someone else with no regard to what he sacrificed.

This is theater where myth replaces truth, and as Seinfeld once said, we all root for laundry.

Ergo, I am just as full of shate as every other person on this site.

Bravo, TwoDeep!

 

[TheDuke]

Those ESPN/National media types just suck you guys in. So consider yourself sucked.

 

[Kaiser]

I remember when Romo first started in 2006, they showed film of Romo reading the defense correctly and going to the correct receiver with the ball. Jaws said Romo was 'lucky' because he had an 'uncanny sense of where to go with the ball every time.'

That's not an exaggeration. In Jaws' analysis, Romo was lucky because HE KNEW HOW TO READ A DEFENSE.

And Romo would have been sacked on that play, except that Tyron Smith was born with a freakish set of physical skills.

Lucky stiff.