Media double standards ridiculous..

[Boyzmamacita]

The respect comes when you win it all. maybe Sharp is giving respect to a two time SB champ and not a guy who has in the past APPEARED to fold in December.

Winning fixes this for all of us.

If the respect comes when you win it all, then why does a guy like Brees get a pass? I think the OP is right. There is a media double standard whether you care or not.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

The respect comes when you win it all. maybe Sharp is giving respect to a two time SB champ and not a guy who has in the past APPEARED to fold in December.

Winning fixes this for all of us.

I don't really see how that has anything to do with one pump fake being considered a good play by the QB and the other considered a blown coverage.

 

[TwoDeep3]

If the respect comes when you win it all, then why does a guy like Brees get a pass? I think the OP is right. There is a media double standard whether you care or not.

I see all of this grousing as a self-esteem issue with fans. This is the same argument about who is better - Romo or Eli.

It all boils down to which pony you have in the race.

"Oh, they aren't treating us fairly."

They have opinions. We have opinions.

There opinions do not matter. Frankly, neither do ours.

Just win and it all takes care of itself.

 

[TwoDeep3]

I don't really see how that has anything to do with one pump fake being considered a good play by the QB and the other considered a blown coverage.

The defensive team being played.

 

[THUMPER]

The respect comes when you win it all. maybe Sharp is giving respect to a two time SB champ and not a guy who has in the past APPEARED to fold in December.

Winning fixes this for all of us.

Try this one on for size:

excerpt from the "Man In The Arena" speech by Teddy Roosevelt:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Respect comes from competing, not just from "winning it all". Romo is a competitor... you're just a critic.

 

[robjgrif]

I just watched NFLN network talk about how Dallas TD's were due to blown coverages. Then they went to praise TB for their running game. I know our boys looked bad on D but could the same be said about TB running game. Maybe the boys defensive linemen were just out of sinc resulting in TB running success. If TB was successful against our secondary then ok. But I know our run D is better than what we saw that day! Just the same old media double standard!!!

 

[jimmy40]

Sterling sharp, just gets done saying how Romo's big plays were because of shotty coverage, showing a play where Romo Pumpfakes to Witten and hits crayton for a TD because the defender got faked..

then minutes later, praises Rothlisberger on his ability to pumpfake a defender to open up a man deep....

well which is it? same kinda play, how come rothlisberger wasn't benefiting from bad corner play in that his guy got faked? or Romo can't get the credit for pump faking his?? this bias is ridiculous..

when this year is over and we prove everyone wrong i hope they start telling it like it is. not hating on Romo, or our boys just cause.

All these guys on TV end up talking out of both sides of their mouth, just the nature of the business. These guys will also bash Roths for holding the ball too long and then praise him for holding the ball so long.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

More like 60+ years. Paul Brown was doing this stuff in the late 40s.

True, although for the most part back then the defensive philosophy was 'see ball, run after ball.'



YAKUZA

 

[THUMPER]

True, although for the most part back then the defensive philosophy was 'see ball, run after ball.'



YAKUZA

True, but a few teams were starting to make gameplans, like the Giants, Lions, Rams, & Browns which helps explain some of their success during the 50s.

It was harder to do though without game films and the ones they had were not exactly NFL Films quality. One camera, usually held by an equipment guy or a scout or a family member. Still, guys like Brown and Landry and Sid Gillman would pour over those grainy, shaky films looking for anything they could use for the next time they played that team.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Try this one on for size:



Respect comes from competing, not just from "winning it all". Romo is a competitor... you're just a critic.

If Teddy Roosevelt were working for NFLN I might agree. But jocks respect rings.

Fans need to get a grip on tye fact that until this team wins in January and wins it all, thereb will be people who feel they aren't the best.

In the final analysis, it doesn't mean shate to a tree, as the Jefferson Airplane once sang.

 

[Hoofbite]

Do we REALLY need another thread about the big bad media being mean to our precious Cowboys?

I'm wondering the same thing.

 

[Hoofbite]

I see all of this grousing as a self-esteem issue with fans. This is the same argument about who is better - Romo or Eli.

It all boils down to which pony you have in the race.

"Oh, they aren't treating us fairly."

They have opinions. We have opinions.

There opinions do not matter. Frankly, neither do ours.

Just win and it all takes care of itself.

Well said.

 

[robjgrif]

Eh, what else is new.

This is a game about disguise. The defense tries to disguise what exactly they are doing so the offense will make mistakes, miss assignments, make bad decisions, etc. The offense tries to disguise what they are doing so the defense can get out of position, create mismatches, and blow coverages.

I'm not sure why people, especially the media can't comprehend that. It's only been going on for the last 30+ years.




YAKUZA

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