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Bottom of the Barrel: January 2015
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Friday, January 30, 2015. Marcus Hayes Is Not Happy Marshawn Lynch Isn't Helping Reporters Gather Quotes; Lectures Him on Responsibility. See, he thinks Lynch is shirking his responsibility to provide reporters who show up to Media Day with quotes so they can write stories. Lynch should work harder and show some responsibility so reporters who show up to Media Day don't have to work as hard to write the articles they publish about the Super Bowl. Who also does not enjoy chatting about Chase Utley. NFL pl...
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Bottom of the Barrel: MMQB Review: Peter King and the Case of the Unintelligible GPS Edition
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. MMQB Review: Peter King and the Case of the Unintelligible GPS Edition. Yes, Peter thinks candor when someone is lying. I'm sure this makes sense to Peter in some way. Since the football world was stunned by the release of the Ted Wells report 12 days ago and roundhoused by the strong league sanctions last Monday, you haven’t heard much out of the New England camp aside from two scripted statements of indignation and a lawyerly screed about the weak points of the Wells Report.
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Bottom of the Barrel: December 2014
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. MMQB Review: Peter King Wimps Out On Choosing an MVP Edition. Gives spoilers on the podcast "Serial" as his travel note which blows my mind because it's a podcast and has nothing to do with travel, and empathizes with Jeff Fisher. So late Sunday night, as the Steelers were winning the final game of the 2014 regular season, completing the last bit of the playoff puzzle, I had a well-placed 49ers operative on the phone from California,. Says the guy who is currently giving this ...
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Bottom of the Barrel: Bill Simmons Keeps His Mailbag Oath for One Week, Manages to Shoehorn an "Awards" Column Gimmick Into a Mailbag
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Monday, May 4, 2015. Bill Simmons Keeps His Mailbag Oath for One Week, Manages to Shoehorn an "Awards" Column Gimmick Into a Mailbag. Before we tackle a few mailbag questions, I need to jack up some shots to get loose. Let’s rip through a few quick Round 1 awards. Bill can't even get through writing part of a column without attaching some gimmick to it. It's becoming ridiculous. The Game of Thrones. Award for Most Enjoyable Viewing Experience. Game 1 of Clips-Spurs featured two all-time Blake dunks; the ...
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Bottom of the Barrel: Bill Simmons Tackles Whether Tim Duncan Should Retire in a Retro-Diary, Except Not Really
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Thursday, May 14, 2015. Bill Simmons Tackles Whether Tim Duncan Should Retire in a Retro-Diary, Except Not Really. It's such a (temporary) loss for this blog if Bill is done writing for Grantland. The list of those I can mock on a consistent basis is being pared down of late. When my father retired as a school superintendent in 2009. And if that’s true … what do we do about Tim Duncan? Maybe Saturday’s Clippers defeat wasn’t as gut-wrenching as San Antonio’s improbable 2013 Finals colla...Thirty years ag...
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Bottom of the Barrel: Mel Kiper's 2015 NFL Draft Grades; Everyone Wins This Year!
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Monday, May 18, 2015. Mel Kiper's 2015 NFL Draft Grades; Everyone Wins This Year! I stopped doing draft grades last year and started doing non-grades,. Lavelle Westbrooks is one to watch as more depth at corner. One to watch as more depth. So he's one to watch as someone who will make the team? So I had a hard time finding Mel's grades this year. I did get an image of them at this site. So those are his grades and immediately you will notice one particular thing. What is that one thing? Fuck it, they did...
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Bottom of the Barrel: April 2015
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. 2015 NFL Mock Draft. I don't know why I insist on posting a mock draft every single year. I think I just like guessing in the slim, slim hope that I will look smart. This is last year's mock draft I posted. My favorite part is how I mock Peter King saying the upcoming draft is just so incredibly unpredictable, as if this doesn't happen every year. If an unpredictable draft happens every year then doesn't that mean the draft is actually predictable? Maybe the issue is that scouts...
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Bottom of the Barrel: Jerry Green Thinks Building a World Series Winner Begins with a Great Bullpen
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Saturday, May 2, 2015. Jerry Green Thinks Building a World Series Winner Begins with a Great Bullpen. I don't want to downplay the importance of a great bullpen in winning a World Series. Obviously a very reliable bullpen is very important when it comes to trying to win a World Series. Jerry Green has overstated the case just a little bit by stating that winning a World Series starts with relievers. Let me define all of the terms that Jerry Green is using here into real language. Conventional wisdom is o...
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Bottom of the Barrel: You May Not Believe This, But Skip Bayless Makes Tim Tebow's Return to the NFL about Skip Bayless
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Saturday, May 16, 2015. You May Not Believe This, But Skip Bayless Makes Tim Tebow's Return to the NFL about Skip Bayless. Funny how the smartest coach in football couldn't figure out a way to use Tebow, but now Skip decides that Chip Kelly is the new smartest coach in football. I almost root against Tebow just to hear Skip Bayless and his next excuse for why Tebow didn't succeed in the NFL. Backstage after the show, I felt a tap on the shoulder and turned to see Tebow. When Tebow spoke with him. You hel...
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Bottom of the Barrel: What A-Rod Has Done Wrong Today: He Didn't Take PED's to Help the Yankees Like Andy Pettitte Did
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Saturday, May 9, 2015. What A-Rod Has Done Wrong Today: He Didn't Take PED's to Help the Yankees Like Andy Pettitte Did. Is now a part of the PED judgment that the media will make. Simply taking PED's isn't a huge issue as long as the player's intent was good. A player took PED's to make enough money to help support his child dying from a rare disease? It's perfectly acceptable to cheat and profit from it. Taking PED's just to enhance your performance in a selfish manner? Pettitte isn't just getting a Ni...
