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EmailWF-R’s Jones making an impact at RB
September 9, 2010
Sports writers can be idiots. I’ll be the first to admit that.
Too often we run across a quirky storyline, latch onto it like a lost puppy and talk about it so much that its actual relevance is quickly forgotten. Remember when Jay Cutler being a diabetic was going to end his football career? Or when Doug Flutie was going to bring back the drop kick to the NFL?
These were both incredibly interesting bits of trivia — and nothing more — that were overblown into something relevant and quickly forgotten when we all realized neither were going to happen.
Possibly the worst offender of over-hyped sports themes is the football player who starts playing offense after starring on defense.
It’s not enough that someone is a great defensive player. For some reason sports writers feel these guys need to switch to offense in order to validate themselves.
And not only that, we also think the defensive player is going to revolutionize offense somehow. Like offense has never seen someone with this type of athleticism or skill set before. Please. These guys are on defense for a reason.
Even I’ve been guilty of this one.
Too often we run across a quirky storyline, latch onto it like a lost puppy and talk about it so much that its actual relevance is quickly forgotten. Remember when Jay Cutler being a diabetic was going to end his football career? Or when Doug Flutie was going to bring back the drop kick to the NFL?
These were both incredibly interesting bits of trivia — and nothing more — that were overblown into something relevant and quickly forgotten when we all realized neither were going to happen.
Possibly the worst offender of over-hyped sports themes is the football player who starts playing offense after starring on defense.
It’s not enough that someone is a great defensive player. For some reason sports writers feel these guys need to switch to offense in order to validate themselves.
And not only that, we also think the defensive player is going to revolutionize offense somehow. Like offense has never seen someone with this type of athleticism or skill set before. Please. These guys are on defense for a reason.
Even I’ve been guilty of this one.
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