EY's Rants and Raves

As we end the first part of the season and move toward the playoffs.....

• ESPN headine "Browns Want Pioli Decision Thursday". Hey, folks in Cleveland, Scott Pioli has good job, an owner who supports him and a great relationship with his coach. You have a franchise that is struggling mightily. Should YOU be the one making demands?
• "The Ultimate Leader".....Leading the Broncos no more.
• Thomas Jones, a QB is not like a RB. You can't switch them out play by play. Well, you CAN, but it's very disruptive and doesn't build a sense of leadership and having a Field General. I'm sure you were all over the idea of getting Favre in August. If you didn't know then that he (as well as any QB) runs the risk of throwing interceptions to make plays happen, you haven't been watching many NFL games. On his 3 interceptions against MIA, how many receivers were covered? How many defensive guys did you block to give Brett a clear shot? Didn't think so.
• Brett.....retire. Stay that way. We love you and you'll be a first balloter to Canton. Don't drag it out.
• Dallas, your problem is not your special teams coach. Your problem is that your marquee players don't realize this is a team sport, not their own personal 17 week PR junket. That your owner is not willing to A) stay out or B) enforce some rules doesn't help either. Mr. Jones, you and Al Davis are getting more similar, not less. His team's record over the past few years has been, ahem, dismal. You want that? Keep up your good work.
• Good luck Mike Singletary. I hope you really do stick with the fundamentals. MIA notwithstanding, that's what wins games.
  
• I hope you bought your team something really nice for Christmas, John Fox.
• Chad Pennington, I've been wrong about you. I thought you were a joke on the Jets and was not happy when you got moved to Miami. I did feel sorry for how you were treated, but hoped that you'd just warm the bench for my team. Instead, you've been a leader, you've put away the turmoil of the pre-season and I loved your quote after the Jets game, about how the game was not retribution and that the only great win was a Super Bowl win. You're a good egg.

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