Ahh, what a day. In case you don't know, I'm a huge Miami Dolphins fan. If everyone had to pick one team in all of sports to cheer for, mine would be the Dolphins. I've been a fan since 'Nam, mostly because someone in my family had a 'Fins Starter jacket and Dan Marino was my idol, so I've followed them for as long as I can remember. So when I found out they were playing the Patriots in the Monday Night Football opener, I was ecstatic. But at the end of last week I learned that I had been assigned to cover a high school soccer game starting at 6:30 p.m. tonight and my mood quickly changed. Obviously I was not happy, but I'm broke and need every hour I can get so I didn't complain. I arrived at the field around 6:20 tonight (I don't need much prep time) to find the two JV teams taking the field for the start of the second half of their game. Turns out there was a short thunderstorm that I never saw that delayed the start of their game by about 45 minutes. Perfect. I had already accepted that I was going to miss the entire first half of the Dolphins game, but now it was looking like I might miss the entire thing. I rushed home when the varsity game finally ended and made it in time to catch most of the fourth quarter. Then, when I thought I had already suffered through the worst thing the night could possibly throw my way, I saw this: Down by 14 with about six minutes to play and facing 4th and Goal from inside the one yard-line, the Dolphins throw a fade to Brian Hartline. That would have been a terrible call if it were designed to go to Brandon Marshall, but Brian Hartline!?!? There's simply no explanation for that. Needless to say they failed to convert. On the very next play, the Patriots decide to line up in shotgun with five wide receivers from inside their own one yard-line...Who the hell does that? Well the pathetic thing is that it worked. Tom Brady hit Wes Welker for a 99 yard touchdown and effectively drove the final nail into the Dolphins' coffin. So what's the point of me telling you all this? I'm pissed off and I'm about to hate on someone who you've probably heard nothing but praise about.
So Cameron "Scam" Newton made his NFL debut yesterday for the Carolina Panthers and I'll admit, he put together a pretty impressive stat line. 422 yards passing, 2 TD's and another on the ground...Not too shabby for a guy that everyone, including myself, expected would need some time to adapt to the big boy league. But let me ask one question: Did every single football fan and analyst forget why you play the game? Get 'em, Herm:
Hello!? Cam's Panthers lost to an Arizona Cardinals team that has yet to prove anything. I heard Mike Wilbon, a man whose opinions I value less and less every day, literally say "I don't care that they didn't win the game." Excuse me? So all you're looking for in a quarterback is a guy who's going to fill up a stat sheet but crumble down the stretch when his team needs a game-tying score? And he's not the only one. All I heard all day is how great Cam Newton is and blah, blah, blah. How bout a win? Cam had his team deep in Cardinal territory late in the game and failed to connect on several passes that he should have made to tie the game. The other thing I heard a thousand times today is just an awful joke that was as unfunny the last time as it was the first time I heard it: "Now I know why he was worth so much money in college!!!" HAHAHA that's hilarious. Not. That's a not joke (Borat voice). I'm not saying he didn't make some good throws and I'm not saying that he's not going to be a good quarterback. All I'm saying is that if I were a betting man, I would have taken the Cardinals yesterday and I would have won. I'm not jumping on any bandwagons until this kid shows me he can win at this level. And did you see that picture at the start of this post? Cam Newton is the Wayne Brady of the NFL. Corny. Shit, I might even still take Donovan McNabb and his 39 yards passing over Scameron. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiike, McNabb is trash and always has been. What is this Pop Warner?
For anyone that read my last post, I'm still putting some thoughts together for the topic that I'm excited about so stay tuned. I'm saving that one for a day that I have some more time to dedicate to writing. It's a timeless post so it can wait. Oh, one more thing: Kyle Orton stinks. I'm writing this as the Broncos game goes to halftime and I'm confident saying that Tim Tebow should be starting. I mean, he was good enough to beat out Cam at Florida, why isn't he good enough to at least get a chance in a league that everybody thinks Newton is going to dominate? Don't say I didn't warn you that I was in a hatin' kind of mood.
"It's funny when people discuss love marriage vs. arranged. It's like asking someone if suicide is better or being murdered." -Unknown...I'm not even married and that's funny.
-Brusk Dollas
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