though this was a pretty funny article...
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/The_Phoenix/131578
While visiting the Green Bay Packers web site, I came along some serious factoids regarding cornerback Al Harris:
- A tough, smart veteran who continues to personify the term “shutdown” cornerback, regularly shadowing the opposing team’s top receiver and holding him in check.
- Uses that strength to re-route receivers and combines that with smarts and experience to diagnose routes often before the receivers make their breaks.
- The past three seasons has been called upon to follow the opponent’s best receiver all over the field, a challenge to which he quietly has looked forward and studiously watches film to prepare.
While watching the Giants/Packers game, it became all to obvious that Al Harris was quickly becoming the Giants MVP. Toasted, Roasted, Burned, Charred, Used, Abuse, Befuddled and Bewildered….all appropriate adjectives that could/should describe the Pro Bowl bound Al Harris. A ton of credit goes out to Eli, New York’s offensive line, and Tom Coughlin’s staff. However, without Al Harris’ ability to make RW McQuarters look like a “good find”, the outcome of this game would have been much different and maybe lopsided.
Sure it’s pretty rude to gang up on one player. So be it. I could have jumped on the “Did AJ Hawk play on Sunday?” theme. I could have beaten the “Brett Rex Favre” drum. Even the “Grant taken for granted” theme was available. But at the end of the game, I wasn’t looking at Favre’s interception(s), Grant’s 29 yards, the Packers inability to keep its defense off the field (22:34 vs NYG 40:01 time of possession). My only option seemed to be the obvious (quoting myself), “Al Harris was abused like vibrator at a sorority house“. How could I not? Plaxico Burress with 11 catches for 154 yards. One could blame the coverage, one could blame the D line for lack of pressure, or one could blame the back in coverage…I blame Harris for taking the phrase, “bad game” and kicking it up a few notches. As for Burress…not bad for a guy that hasn’t practiced since June of ‘06 (made that up). Not bad at all.
As for the Packers, nothing but a lot of questions and thoughts:
*Was this Brett’s last hurrah?
*Cold weather team or cold withering team?
*How did Giants control the Pack’s running game?
*Why was Coughlin’s face so shiny?
*Terry "The Cable Guy" Bradshaw shows his red-kneckedness in post-game interview, why?
*The McCarthy Frozen Ball Theorem: A failure? Brett Favre responds with “Any time you play football in January, you’re gonna have cold balls…just the way it is”
*Which Packer abused the communal vibrator the most?
- A tough, smart veteran who continues to personify the term “shutdown” cornerback, regularly shadowing the opposing team’s top receiver and holding him in check.
- Uses that strength to re-route receivers and combines that with smarts and experience to diagnose routes often before the receivers make their breaks.
- The past three seasons has been called upon to follow the opponent’s best receiver all over the field, a challenge to which he quietly has looked forward and studiously watches film to prepare.
While watching the Giants/Packers game, it became all to obvious that Al Harris was quickly becoming the Giants MVP. Toasted, Roasted, Burned, Charred, Used, Abuse, Befuddled and Bewildered….all appropriate adjectives that could/should describe the Pro Bowl bound Al Harris. A ton of credit goes out to Eli, New York’s offensive line, and Tom Coughlin’s staff. However, without Al Harris’ ability to make RW McQuarters look like a “good find”, the outcome of this game would have been much different and maybe lopsided.
Sure it’s pretty rude to gang up on one player. So be it. I could have jumped on the “Did AJ Hawk play on Sunday?” theme. I could have beaten the “Brett Rex Favre” drum. Even the “Grant taken for granted” theme was available. But at the end of the game, I wasn’t looking at Favre’s interception(s), Grant’s 29 yards, the Packers inability to keep its defense off the field (22:34 vs NYG 40:01 time of possession). My only option seemed to be the obvious (quoting myself), “Al Harris was abused like vibrator at a sorority house“. How could I not? Plaxico Burress with 11 catches for 154 yards. One could blame the coverage, one could blame the D line for lack of pressure, or one could blame the back in coverage…I blame Harris for taking the phrase, “bad game” and kicking it up a few notches. As for Burress…not bad for a guy that hasn’t practiced since June of ‘06 (made that up). Not bad at all.
As for the Packers, nothing but a lot of questions and thoughts:
*Was this Brett’s last hurrah?
*Cold weather team or cold withering team?
*How did Giants control the Pack’s running game?
*Why was Coughlin’s face so shiny?
*Terry "The Cable Guy" Bradshaw shows his red-kneckedness in post-game interview, why?
*The McCarthy Frozen Ball Theorem: A failure? Brett Favre responds with “Any time you play football in January, you’re gonna have cold balls…just the way it is”
*Which Packer abused the communal vibrator the most?
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/The_Phoenix/131578