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80 PurplePride 84 wrote:I used to like Stephen A when he was burying crappy NBA players such as Kwame Brown and Slava Medvedenko, because it was funny, but now he's just clown and caricature of himself.

I honestly don't mind Stephen A at all. Skip on the other hand, is being paid by ESPN to be a troll. He never has anything to ad to any conversation they have on First Take...

Angels Wings wrote: I honestly don't mind Stephen A at all. Skip on the other hand, is being paid by ESPN to be a troll. He never has anything to ad to any conversation they have on First Take...

How would he get a word in?

I can't take more than a few minutes of either one of them. I find Smith to be a pompous blowhard and Bayless is clueless (although his brother makes spectacularly delicious mexican food!).

Jim

It's hard not to like Jennings. He's a true professional--and really does say all of the right things. I love his attitude, passion, and optimism.



*says in a teenage boy-going-through-puberty-crackly voice "Christian Pooonder?!?!*

MelanieMFunk wrote:It's hard not to like Jennings. He's a true professional--and really does say all of the right things. I love his attitude, passion, and optimism.

He's obviously a very intelligent, personable guy. Yes, he says all the right things. I'm not sure I believe that he's quite as enthusiastic about the Vikings as he says, but you certainly can't fault him for the attitude that he displays.

That hierarchy is frighteningly accurate and it shows just how much that network has devolved.

Loved the video, I liked when Jennings mentioned bringing Ponder on the show with him next time after he proves Smith wrong and talking about all the WR's around Favre / Rodgers haha.

As far as who wins the division, I like our chances. As Jennings says the Packers just don't have the fire any more, Rodgers is too into his other adventures out side of football and he can't carry that team anymore. They have a top QB and good WR's but that's pretty much it. They give up the 2nd most sacks in the league and can't play defense anymore. Ted Thompson being the genius that he is drafts 2 RB's woo! I wouldn't be surprised to see the pack continue their slide and finish 3rd or 4th in the division.

80 PurplePride 84 wrote:Sports Center went from one of the best shows on TV to one of the worst in the last 4-5 years. I didn't see it, but apparently today almost the entire show was about Johnny Manziel and him leaving the Manning Camp. It's essentially TMZ nowadays.

I think many people would argue that Sports Center has been intolerable for much longer than 4-5 years. It really took off 15-20 years ago when they had Dan Patrick, Olberman, etc...That group set the standard and everything since then has been an obnoxious and insufferable imitation of that previous successful template. That's been going on for much longer than five years.

It doesn't surprise me to hear that today's coverage centered around Johnny Football. I hate to defend ESPN/SportsCenter, but we are now in what KFAN's Paul Allen likes to refer to as "the sports abyss". There's not a whole lot to talk about right now. NBA and NHL are in their offseasons, baseball is on the All-Star break, and NFL regular season is still like six weeks away. The talking heads are struggling to find topics and will milk anything for all it's worth, and then some.

Mothman wrote:
How would he get a word in?

I can't take more than a few minutes of either one of them. I find Smith to be a pompous blowhard and Bayless is clueless (although his brother makes spectacularly delicious mexican food!).

Jim

I respect Stephen A for at the very least being honest and not being afraid to tell player to his face what he says about them on TV. Skip, on the other hand does a complete about face when face to face with someone he calls out. Didn't he suggest in a round about way back in the early 90's or so that Troy Aikman was gay?

I watch First Take quite a bit and here's the deal with Stephen A Smith:

He is OBSESSED with Aaron Rodgers and Bayless always contests him that Brady is the best. It's kind of funny but Smith needs to stop wanking off Rodgers all the time. "BADDDDD MAN". You can tell whenever GB loses that Smith is dealing with depression the next morning on First Take. He never gives credit to teams who beat GB and just blames their defense. Rodgers was OK at best in the game vs SF in the playoffs. He was also BRUTAL vs NYG in the 2011 playoffs.

jackal wrote:I think the Vikings are moving the right
Direction. Green Bay will make the playoffs
and get bounced again IMO. If Rodgers goes
down they won't even make the playoffs.

Seattle and The Niners are both better
than Green Bay

Give the Vikings one more good draft and
and a FA or two and I think we will over
take the division from them.

If Ponder matures and the rookies help out we may do that this season

Tark10 wrote:I firmly believe he chose the Vikes strictly for the cash. Would you rather be on a team with a top 5 quarterback who has a ring and is a proven commodity OR catch passes from a guy ranked 27th by Jaws.

It didn't matter which QB Jennings wanted to play with. The Packers weren't going to bring him back. He had injury issues in a contract year. They were loaded at WR.

I think people need to remember that. Jennings and Donald Driver were being phased out in Green Bay. Jennings was a free agent. He's pushing 30. How anybody can blame him for getting the best deal he could is beyond comprehension.

J. Kapp 11 wrote: It didn't matter which QB Jennings wanted to play with. The Packers weren't going to bring him back. He had injury issues in a contract year. They were loaded at WR.

I think people need to remember that. Jennings and Donald Driver were being phased out in Green Bay. Jennings was a free agent. He's pushing 30. How anybody can blame him for getting the best deal he could is beyond comprehension.

Yeah, they lowballed him after the season. Patriots lowballed him later on. Not many teams were desperate enough to shell out what we did for a past his prime receiver with not that many years left in him.

I think it's less people blaming him as trying to ignore it to feel better about the signing...

Demi wrote:Yeah, they lowballed him after the season. Patriots lowballed him later on. Not many teams were desperate enough to shell out what we did for a past his prime receiver with not that many years left in him.

I think it's less people blaming him as trying to ignore it to feel better about the signing...

I don't think most of us are trying to ignore anything. The risks are apparent. Some of us just don't take the cynical view that injuries in the past two seasons and turning 30 automatically make Jennings past his prime. As I pointed out in another thread a month or two ago, some great receivers have had their best seasons at 30 or older and if Jennings stays healthy, there's absolutely no reason he can't do the same. For some reason, 30 has become the new 40 in the minds of many NFL fans and that's ridiculous since many players are at their best in their late 20s and early 30s, when they have the benefit of years of experience without significant loss of athletic ability.

It's certainly possible that Jennings is past his prime but it's equally possible that he remains in his prime and simply had the misfortune to miss 11 games over the past two seasons due to injury. There's risk involved in signing him but there's risk involved in any signing. This move has a more than reasonable chance to be successful and if he can avoid serious injury, Jennings could easily play another 3+ years of good football, which would work out just fine for the Vikings.

JEC334 wrote:I can't stand Stephen A. Smith. I can't wait until Ponder finally proves him wrong so he can shut his mouth.

Even if you do prove SA Jackson wrong, he won't shut his mouth. What does that A. stand for? I got an idea ...

Mothman wrote:Some of us just don't take the cynical view that injuries in the past two seasons and turning 30 automatically make Jennings past his prime. As I pointed out in another thread a month or two ago, some great receivers have had their best seasons at 30 or older and if Jennings stays healthy, there's absolutely no reason he can't do the same.

Lest we forget ... Randy Moss' 23 TD season came at age 30.

The age of 30 does not mean a career is over.