07/28/09 11:08AM

before last year I thought Ben Rothlesburger was an average quarterback with a good defense. But after the superbowl performance I would have to put him right up there with the best quarterbacks in the league. If memory serve me correctly he did something in the superbowl that noone has done since Joe Montana in that he took a team trailing with little to no time left and lead them on a must have touchdown drive. Tom Brady gets many accolades but really he lead his superbowl teams the wins on final drives whne they were tied and got field goals from Vinateri, which is a big difference in pressure and quarterback quality.

Either that's a really good point or it's not comparing apples to apples. I'm just not sure which yet. Here's the possible flip side, as I see it: each of them did the same thing—they got what the team needed in the situation. Does the fact that Brady's situation didn't call for a touchdown to win mean that he couldn't have gotten one if he did need it? Hard to say. But you're definitely right: the difference in the situation does mean a definite difference in pressure on the QBs, respectively.

by ward at 07/28/09 11:59AM
Maybe that's why he was the highest paid player in the league last year, at $27 million.

by navydoc at 07/29/09 2:02AM
I've seen your bro up here in B'ham. When you coming up for a visit? Lets do dinner some time. Later.

by dwboyd at 08/07/09 5:38PM

07/22/09 3:25PM

I was just as hurt as the next guy when I found out about Michael Vick's dog fighting ring. In fact I remember what I was probably doing the exact moment somebody told me about it (I was snacking or something). I didn't know if I could ever forgive Michael for his harm that he did to me and my family. But after thinking about it for a while (and seeing some of his old highlights), I have decided that if the Tampa Bay Bucs were considering on signing him even for a second that they could be fairly confident I would, say, be much more likely to buy their season tickets than, say become a Carolina Panthers fan and swear them off-- entirely. I would be much more likely to say, buy a Tampa Bay Bucs Michael Vick jersey, than, say picket or even design clever anti-Vick signs at games. I am in no way 100% able to predict exactly how I would react 100% of the time, but if I were a betting man this is how I think I would react.
There are people in the NFL convicted of DUI manslaughter noone seems to care.

Didn't that guy get like 24 days in jail? Vick got a 23 month sentence...

by navydoc at 07/24/09 2:28AM

07/01/09 1:18PM

They are about to have a service or something for Michael Jackson at the Neverland Ranch, for some reason it makes me think about Bilbo Baggin's 111th birthday party

i wonder if theyll give billy mays a shoutout

by danielstephen at 07/01/09 3:52PM

11/12/08 2:32PM

if nascar wants me to even think about liking it then it should take off those silly adevetisements from the car.

I agree

by laurencetureaud at 11/12/08 2:51PM
I see your point, but even with that gesture I wouldn't think about liking it.

by hoose at 11/12/08 3:32PM
yeah all the clutter on the car.

by navydoc at 11/12/08 4:53PM
"and he takes the lead around turn 3 in the Valvoline Dupont Mcdonald's Bud Light Chevrolet"

by mtnholler at 11/13/08 8:22AM
Billboard Races

by justg at 11/13/08 7:06PM
on the contrary i think all athletes should sell advertising on their jersey or uniform. eventually we might see an nba star dominating on the court in a full ronald mcdonald uniform.

by jackofhearts at 11/16/08 6:33PM
NASCAR it good to nap to. The droning sound lulls me to sleep.

by bruke at 12/06/08 2:21PM
amazing atherton turn-around

by dave at 12/31/08 7:24PM
don't worry, they don't want you. they want people that like ad's on cars, t-shirts, hats, and cereal boxes.

by dwboyd at 01/03/09 2:49PM
Jim...how are you doing?

by justg at 01/15/09 5:45PM
When you go to the race and are up close, you cant even see the advertisements. All you can see is a blure and feel the rumble from about a half mile away. It is a two mile track and they get around it in about 45 seconds. I never watch it on tv. But the chances I have had to go to the races and be down in pit lane and wander back in the garage area was pretty cool.

by skinns at 01/19/09 2:02PM
missed you at the reunion!

by black_n_black at 03/11/09 5:23PM