Trent Dilfer says Stopping TB12 &co. is "Very Simple" -- Has Also Just Been Offered 31 Defensive Coordinator Positions

ESPN AFC East Blog:

For two months, Tom Brady has been more difficult to decipher than hieroglyphics. ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer claims to possess the Rosetta Stone. And he's about to share it with us and the New York Jets, whom Brady and the New England Patriots shredded 45-3 barely five weeks ago. "So how do you stop Tom Brady?" Dilfer posed. "Very simple: Understand his starting point. "

Dilfer goes on to say teams should "Make him go to No. 2 and No. 3" and "Slow him down." Well gee, Trent, thanks for that one. How do you stop him? You stop him. Well no shit Sherlock. In case you haven't noticed, Trent, let me recap the Patriots offense, post-Moss: Consistently inconsistent. Since Randy Moss was traded, six different receivers have led the Patriots in receiving yards, including a slot receiver less than a year removed from major knee surgery, a 5'7" tailback who was cut by the Jets, two rookie tight ends and a career kick-returner. My point is that you can't pinpoint and "take away" Brady's first option because he doesn't have one. Brady doesn't even know who his first option is. Brady's No. 1 target is the guy you can't cover: the guy who is open. Why? Because Brady is the best there is, yes even better than the almighty Peyton Manning, at finding the open guy. Peyton can get away with throwing to covered receivers because he is so talented he can literally "throw receivers open." (I mean that in the real sense of the term, not the over-used ESPN usage of the term, used every time some scrub QB on a 6-6 WAC team throws a touchdown pass in the Let's All Swap Blood Samples Until We All Contract AIDS To Raise AIDS Awareness Bowl). But he's not as good as Brady at going through each receiver to find the open guy. My point is, you can't "force" Brady go to No. 2 and No. 3 when he's just as likely to throw to No. 4 and No. 5 as he is to throw to No. 1.

The formula for beating Brady actually is fairly simple: get pressure on him with a 3- or 4-man rush. This enables you drop 7 or 8 into coverage, making it difficult for his receivers to get open. However, you have to find a way to get pressure with only a 3- or 4-man rush. If you don't get pressure, his receivers will get open -- even against Darrelle Revis. How do you get pressure with the 3- or 4-man rush? That's the million dollar question. I don't think Trent Dilfer has the answer.

Ryan Gives Pats Bulletin Board Material -- for Next Season

ESPN:

With just two days to go before meeting Indianapolis in an AFC wild-card game, Jets coach Rex Ryan was busy praising Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and ended up zinging the Patriots.

"Nobody studies like [Manning]. I know [Tom] Brady thinks he does and all that stuff," Ryan said. "I think there's probably a little more help from [Bill] Belichick with Brady than there is with Peyton Manning."

This guy is such a fucking clown it's hardly even worth my time. I should be applying for real jobs right now so I don't end up working in grounds keeping for the reset of my life, but for some reason I'm blogging about that fat shit's latest absurd comment. Listen Rex, you have no idea, nor does it matter, which quarterback studies your defense more. You want to know why? Because your team cannot beat either of them when it matters. Sure, you have a 2-2 record verse Brady as head coach (Brady also beat Ryan in 2007 when Ryan was defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens), But in the latest battle Brady pummeled you 45-3 and the first 3 (or really four, including '07) there was a clear formula to Brady and the Pats offense during the Moss Era: blitz, blitz, blitz and double Randy Moss (the next person to say Revis guarded Moss one-on-one will take a bullet to the eye, I swear. Watch the film, Revis has safety help over the top EVERY SINGLE TIME). But what does any of that have to do with film study and preparation? Do you have access to the Colts' and Patriots' film records to see how much film each quarterback studies? You have no idea. You're just trying to stir the pot. Well sir, the pot has been stirred enough already. The only meaningful time you have beaten either of these quarterbacks was last year when you beat Curtis Painter, not Peyton Manning, and that game was only meaningful for your team anyways. Try beating the Patriots (you know, when it matters) before you talk anymore shit because you're embarrassing yourself and your organization.


***Take it to the bank: TBred Predictions Colts (-3). House fuckin money. You cannot lose this one folks.

Eli Manning Never Was, Is, or Will Be an Elite Quarterback

NJ.com

"It is the perfect debate for a sports bar — or, if you’re waiting out a blizzard-related travel delay, an airport: If you had to pick one quarterback to lead your team for the next eight years, who would it be?"

 Steve Politi, normally a decent columnist but his article today in the Star-Ledger was pathetic. He picks Aaron Rodgers as his QB of the future, aiite not a terrible choice but anyone else think that he is just caught up in AR no lube boning of the G-Men. He rules out TB12 only the greatest QB of our generation and Peyton Manning the second best QB of our generation because they are too old. You kidding me? In today's NFL QBs are protected more than the president, and both look great for being mid 30s. Politi decides to compare Eli to a bunch of QBs not named Brady or Peyton. He decides to that Eli is a top ten QB in the league. What a joke, this dope got lucky winning a Super Bowl, and is far from capable of leading the Giants on his own.

My unbiased top 10 list of best NFL QBs:
Tom Brady
Peyton Manning
Drew Brees
Aaron Rodgers

Philip Rivers
Matt Ryan
Mike Vick
Ben Roethlisberger
Joe Flacco
Matt Cassel


Eli falls in the 10-20 range. What makes all these QBs exceptional, is their ability to be great and make their teammates better, no matter what no names they play alongside. The only thing Eli makes great is the opposing D.