Subject : A couple Maddenisms for 10-21-07Posted Date: : Oct 21, 2007 9:26 PM"It looks like a bootleg.  Or maybe he just missed the handoff and it looks like a bootleg."

"That's the thing about having a strong arm, you can force it in small windows."

"Where the heck does Brandon Marshall come from? (because he's so big 6'4" 230)  Al just chuckled."

"It looks like he threw it in between 'em.  He threw it above Stokley and under Marshall." (Yep, that's what it looks like.)

 
"The, the, the, the, quick throw came in.  Then it's one of two things.
One, is it complete or incomplete? And if it's complete is it a fumble?
But was there contact? 
… There's a lot of things to look at Al…
Anthony Smith touches him with his left hand, but it might be before he makes the catch so then it's still a fumble.(or is it?)
Before, before that, before he could touch him it was a fumble – right?
Then you get back to that.  What happens now?" Uff-dah!



Good Game - too bad I switched my yahoo pick at the last minute - THANKS STEVE! : p
[Edit] [Delete] [View Comments]Subject : Maddenisms 10/14/07 - “Reggie. Reggie. Reggie. He’s really pulled the cork tonight.”Posted Date: : Oct 14, 2007 8:35 PMSeattle vs. NOFirst of all I have to say, poor Shaun Alexander.  What haters they are in Seattle.  It's not like he sucks, he's just no Reggie Bush. And Reggie didn't actually start playing until last week either... It's not like Alexander gets big blocks.

With that we will now focus on some of tonight's Maddenisms. Madden actually was pretty good for the first quarter.  He made sense.  But he didn't fail me.  When Reggie started running, so did Madden's mouth 

"Walter Jones, the big left tackle for the Seattle Seahawks, is always fun to watch for a Seahawks game."  (I'll make sure not to look for him in the other games.)

"When the knee goes down…Remember the one knee equals two feet… If he does get his hand under it, it's okay. Yeah."  (Remember 1 knee equals two feet!  Remember that.)

"That pass protection was SPECIAL, when you give an NFL quarterback that much time where he can look left, he can look right, he'll complete 90% of the time." – That's special – good for you Drew Brees.

"What did Mike Holmgren say about that?  He blew a gasket or somethin?"

"That's a good thing when you still have time outs, you can throw it towards the boundaries and call a time out, or throw it in the end zone."

"If you're going to take a shot, you have to go for the end zone."

"Yesterday I felt that way, today I don't feel that way." – about Holmgren faking calling a timeout.  "I don't like that especially since it comes from the back of the kicking team and I don't like when things come from the back."

 "You have to have a good snap.  Then you have to have a good hold. Then the obvious is you have to have a good kick." (That's how kicks work – I always wondered.)

"You know they feel like they can win their division. It's not like they're in there with the Patriots or the Colts or something."  Tru dat! 

"Trufant is their best corner. He really got turned around and he really didn't need to get turned."

"That's not even coffee anymore, they put so much stuff in it that if you are in line and someone is ordering three of those things, you are in line long enough to go to another Starbucks." – Remember that tomorrow morning.

"You can tell Lance Moore you can do more than get a first down.  After you catch it you can get up and run." – Hopefully Sean Payton got the memo.

"Reggie.  Reggie. Reggie. He's really pulled the cork tonight."

More about Reggie - "Tonight he's kept his feet moving.  Those moves were jump cut.  He's very tough to catch.  Just can't find a tackler."

"When you have a guy like Reggie Bush it makes it easy.  He hits from the inside, hits from the outside, it really makes it easier for everyone on the offense including Drew Brees."

When Reggie lost it on the 15 with a few moments left in the Third – well Madden didn't have much to say, but he did show us, "Right there. That's the hit that dislodged the ball from Reggie Bush."

My favorite of the night - "If they're going to beat you.  Let those other guys beat you. Don't let Reggie Bush do it anymore." (Yeah, I'm sure the loss is less of a loss if Reggie's not a factor - but I'm glad he is, cuz he's on my fantasy team.)

And that was enough for the night.  There's still a little more than a quarter left, but I've had my fill and hope you did too  


With tonight's comments, could Reggie Bush be the next Favre in Madden's eyes?  Nah.  I don't think so.  But for my fantasy team's sake, it wouldn't be a bad thing.  I also realized that I'll need to move him to RB/WR position to get both his passing and rushing yards.  I got screwed b/c none of his receiving yards counted – phooey!

I couldn't really hear the game, but I'm guessing that's what Madden was thinking the entire time...

I did get a couple Maddenisms of the Pack vs. the Bears --

"It's really goin. The frist downs are goin'.  The running 's goin'. It's goin'."

"Ya gotta score 10.  (Score at this point was Pack 7 Bears 0.) First ya gotta get 3.  The you can go for 7. But you gotta score 10." - who knew he was referring to the Pack!

"This is the other half of the last one."

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, eighhhhht, 9, 10 eleeeeeven and theeeeeeeeen right here (at the top of the screen circling the 12th man)."

Then the Pack started to crumble... "Either they shut themselves down.  Or the Bears' defence shut them down." - REALLY!

"The Bears faked a blitz... The thing they call it.  A Show 2. A show Blitz." - Now we know.

and the best of the week (that I could hear) ---

"You remember that yellow line is not official." - Got it.

Thanks Madden because of you the game of football is becoming much more clear.  I wish I had a Madden for life. 

Yesterday I had a high power day...  I had a HUGE Day at work - HUGE.  It was hectic, but good. I was a little stressed out and needed to unwind.

I decided to go for run.  While stretching I saw this poor skinny sickly looking thing of a girl stumbling down the side walk.  She passed me and my neighbors, who were stooping it, a few times.  Back and forth and back and forth until eventually she just sat down on the sidewalk in front of my building.  I figured the 4 dudes outside would check on her to make sure she was okay.  

I went on my run and when I returned the girl was out cold.  I asked her if she needed a ride somewhere but she was out.  I ran inside got my keys and asked again.  She half-woke up and started crying telling me I was so nice.  I knew she wasn't dangerous because she still had her order pad and waitress apron and a cd player in tote (I can't believe she didn't lose those things).  She also had leaves in her hair and an huge fat lip.  SHE WAS WASTED at 6 p.m.

She told me she lived on Brady and Farwell, but insisted I let her off at Warren and Brady.  She couldn't even shut the car door she was so loaded.  I yelled out the window to ask people at the Nomad to see if they would watch just to make sure she got to a house as I had to move my car (the people behind me were getting pissy).  All I got was a bunch of attitude.  THE DRINKING PEOPLE IN MILWAUKEE are so SELFISH and SELF-CENTERED.  My neigbors and the store guy across the street were just going to let her sit there, on the side-walk (across the street that got held up earlier this summer), passed out.  Then not one person sitting there, doing nothing but drinking beer, could take the time to simply watch to see she got home.  SOME PEOPLE'S KIDS!

On a side note inbetween her telling me I was so nice, she did say, "and kinda cute" -  which was slightly disturbing, but in her state I'm just glad she didn't puke in my car.

Then I had a fantabulous secondish kinda date thing-a-ma-bob. It was perfect. I'm crushing bad!

With that I encourage you to not think about yourself all the time, because there's somebody out there a little worse off than you... :)  And when you do good things, good thing are to come.  It's my catho-karma view and I'm stickin' to it!
[Edit] [Delete] [View Comments]Subject : NFL stands for Never Figure League (according to Madden) 09/30/07Posted Date: : Sep 30, 2007 8:15 PMI have too much to do to focus merely on Maddenisms tonight, but in one short quarter he had a couple worth noting...
Giants vs. Eagles 10/30/07

"That deal and piles and stuff…" 


"The eagles look like they have a plan now, earlier they were stumbling….but now they are feeling like they are getting it."


"Where was Strahan?  Well he wasn't in there.  The rookie was." 


"That was an eagle eye Manning, making them jump and making a shorter third down conversion." 


"That was kinda of an option thing." 


"Then you get a younger passer, his second year, but really his first year… you are going to have those jumps because you can not let a defensive guy get a jump on you."

 "When you're trying to figure out protections, and trying to do too many things, then time just runs out on ya." 


"... or when he blitzes away going downhill."


And the best...


"McNabb, as a quarterback; he can be freaky."





GO COLTS! 4-0.  Get well soon Addai, Morris, Harrison and BOB.  You can play with a bruised rib - right?

Hey come to think of it, maybe I love bob most because he too is palindromic!