-The Packers aren't as good as people thought, and they're not as bad as people thought. They're somewhere in between, or outside. Yes, I know I am not making sense.
The team goes as the defense goes. We've got an all-or-nothing defense. Either they're creating pressure and forcing turnovers, in which case they can beat anyone in the league, or they're not, in which case they'll struggle to beat anyone.
-The Cowboys--hell, the entire NFC East--aren't as good as people think. Can we just get rid of the two coastal divisions? The entirety of the power balance in the conference is in the North or South--for further evidence see the Cowboys rolling over this week/letting Philly and KC hang around waay too late, the Giants laying four eggs in a row, or the entire NFC West.
-Here's the way the NFC Playoffs shape up so far:
Byes: #1 New Orleans and #2 Minnesota
#6 Green Bay at #3 Dallas
#5 Philadelphia at #4 Arizona
Try picking that mess. I dare you. The 6 seed just shut down the 3 seed, the 4 seed may or may not be a product of a putrid divisional schedule, and the Falcons and Giants are looming (also 5-4 like GB and PHI, but knocked out by tiebreaking procedures for this situation).
Brandon Jennings: The Next AI?
-I am completely willing to admit that I was wrong about Jennings. Coming out of the draft, I couldn't stop thinking about his awful numbers in Italy, his reputation as a slacker, the fact that he went to Italy instead of college because of piss-poor grades and test scores. I mean come on, we're talking about a special kind of dumb if you're a McDonalds All-American, yet can't get any colleges to accept you. Are we certain that he spelled his name correctly on the ACT?
Now? I don't give a fuck if he spelled "Jennings" with a 6. The list of rookies who have put up 55 points are as follows: Jennings, Wilt Chamberlain, Rick Barry, Earl Monroe, Elgin Baylor. That's some serious company. The last rookie to go off for 50 or more? Allen Iverson, in 1997. Before that? Elvin Hayes in 1968.
-We need to get dude a supporting cast. I argued several months ago that the reason Iverson developed into the player he was (selfish, ball-hogging, but the best 1 on 5 player in history) was because he spent the majority of his career with Eric Snow or Samuel Dalembert as his de facto #2 option. Jennings is in a similar situation--Andrew Bogut is not a legitimate second option. If the Bucks were smart, they'd try and get some young pieces for Michael Redd. But they're not.
Stephen Jackson Jumps
-From Twitter favorite NotMikeDunleavy: "This Stephen Jackson trade alters the entire balance of power among teams that will win less than 30 games."
-Also from Faux Mike: "W's told Cavs they wanted significant talent in exchange for SJ. Cavs' response? 'We have none.'"
-Speaking of which, since when do Vladdy Radmanovic and Raja Bell constitute "significant talent?"
-One last thought: pretty sure this isn't the "serious contender" that SJ wanted to get traded to this summer. Hey, we can't all get what we want.
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