Dr. Tom 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2004 The last NFL column of the year It has the playoff scenarios for this weekend's game, news about Reggie White, Steve McNair, and Darren Woodson, and the several-times-postponed diatribe about Barry Bonds and the larger issue of steroids in baseball. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2004 You didn't put a score on the Bills/Steelers game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tom 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2004 Meh. Fixed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2004 didn't realize Woodson had that great of a career. I always saw him as overrated, but it looks like he was the real deal. He'll probably be inducted in the "everyone who has a ring automatically gets in" NFL HOF. I think it's harder to get into MIT than it is the NFL HOF. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfaJack 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2004 Woodson was a great player, but I don't think he will make the Hall. Nor should he. Currently, there is only one Cowboys' safety that deserves to go, and that's Cliff Harris. To me, Woodson is comparable to Steve Atwater, and I don't exactly see a big push to get him in. Great career for Woody...but no Hall. I know we missed him terribly this season as Tony Dixon sucks ass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2004 Sure, get rid of rankings as soon as Miami starts rocketing up the ladder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted December 29, 2004 That Ravens bias is utterly ridiculous. I'm going to start writing the NFL column next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tom 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2004 Well, I've never denied that I'm biased. However, considering I spent most of the Ravens-Steelers game recap criticizing my hometown team (and the myriad other shots I've taken at them this year), I'm not really sure where this talk of bias comes from. Yes, I devote more time to recapping the Ravens' games than the other games (even more when I just don't get time to actually write about the other games, like this week), but I take them to task when they screw up. And they've been doing that a lot lately... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted December 30, 2004 Oh, it's not the fact that you do or don't criticize your team, it's that lately that's the ONLY team you're recapped/reviewed in the past couple weeks, or so it seems, that's what bugs me since it goes: RAVENS~!: blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahJAMAL~!blahblahblahblah and the rest of the games.. Might as well call it Raven Instant Replay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2004 Just out of curiousity, did you write the Reggie White memorial yourself? Not important or anything, just at the end when it said "our condolences" I assumed that you got it from some other website, and it just seemed very generic is all. Although admittedly there's not much insight that you could provide in the matter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tom 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2005 I got some of the details from NFL.com, and the quotes from the medical examiner and all. The rest was my writing. "Our condolences" is pretty standard, and I presumed I wasn't the only staffer/writer of TSM who would have those sentiments. VX: I do other games as time permits. I don't have infinite time to write the column. The previous week, I was able to write a paragraph about every other game. This time, that was not the case. If I didn't have to do things like playoff scenarios, it might've been different. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
