What a team, huh? They sent eleven players to the Pro Bowl last year. Superstars on both sides of the ball - L.T. and Antonio Gates on offense and Jamal Williams and the steroid twins Luis Castillo and Shawne Merriman on defense - and a solid (and dreamy) quarterback in Phillip Rivers calling the shots on the field. Many say this is the most talented team in the NFL and most say that the Bolts are a Super Bowl favorite. Our beloved football commentator Kige Ramsey thinks they will win it all.
This is where I have to depart with Kige’s wisdom. True, true, this team is too good to go 4-12 but Super Bowl may be just a little bit out of their league. I blame A.J. Smith, the same man who built this star studded, all-pro roster but who last season made one bad, horrendous, personnel decision.
Norv Turner?
Are you serious, A.J.? That was the best you could do? I’m afraid your days of being general manager extraordinaire are over. Shouldn’t it have been a red flag that the Jerry Jones PASSED on Turner to run the show in Dallas?
Marty Schottenheimer may have a terrible post season record, but he’s a man to lead men. Norv Turner is kind of like the Ned Flanders of the NFL. He just doesn’t inspire men to win.
He’s vanilla. He’s worse than vanilla. He’s just plain. Turner’s like your favorite uncle who read you stories and knew what toys to get you for Christmas. Would your uncle be a good football coach? Didn’t think so.
Don’t get me wrong. Norv’s a great offensive coordinator. Look at the work he’s done with the Cowboys and the Niners. But it takes a special man to go from great offensive coordinator to great head coach. It’s a different skill set and most people don’t have both. Sean Payton will be a better head coach than he was a coordinator. Norv has proven, and will continue to prove, that he is a better coordinator than a coach.
And besides, A.J., who the hell is Rivers going to throw the ball to at wide receiver? Eric Parker? Kassim Osgood? I guess Vincent Parker is okay but AliKat and I are thinking about pulling a “Just One of the Guys” and walking on to training camp to become the starting Y and Z outs.
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