2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness

[ELA]

I was at a party and didn't watch a minute. How did James White do?

He didn't do anything.  Granted neither offense did much, but he had 9 total yards.

[fezzador]

I only watched part of the game, but from what I could gather the Patriots were clearly superior last night.  They could - or even should - have blown the game wide open, but ended up settling for FG attempts or simply stalling in their opponent's territory.  Probably should have been something like 27-3 instead of 13-3. 

[Cincydawg]

https://247sports.com/college/georgia/Article/College-football-signing-day-2019-why-recruiting-matters-128646121/?fbclid=IwAR3kGUpY17IedAhukCkfLNGweWxYTifF8G6OK5X0-4oA5vA5YeWonYByxEM

Some expected notions about how recruiting is important, nothing you don't already know I suspect.

[ELA]

I only watched part of the game, but from what I could gather the Patriots were clearly superior last night.  They could - or even should - have blown the game wide open, but ended up settling for FG attempts or simply stalling in their opponent's territory.  Probably should have been something like 27-3 instead of 13-3.  

Their first 3 drives they were.  Ran the ball well on their first drive, but Brady threw a pick.  Then they missed a FG.  Then they had to settle for a FG.  Could have easily been 13-0 or 17-0 early, but was only 3-0.  After that neither offense did much, save one drive for the rest of the game.  Patriots probably got away with a soft PI on the play before the pick, but the Rams offense was so bad, it would have felt wrong to put them at the 2 with a penalty anyway.

I'm usually the guy to defend good defense in low scoring games.  That wasn't the case last night, both offenses were simply awful.  Particularly for an indoor game.

[Cincydawg]

The Patriots were much more effective on offense obviously.  There were some holes at times for the running backs and Edleman was uncoverable.  I've rarely seen a WR get so open against "good" defense.

[Entropy]

"football guys" and ex-players I follow on twitter seem very complimentary to Edleman's ability to use his body, run routes and put DB's in bad positions.   It felt from reading their posts that it was just as much about Edleman's abilities to run routes as it was schemes or things the Rams were doing wrong in D.   

Ram's D played well most of the night.  They just wore out in the 4th.    

[847badgerfan]

"football guys" and ex-players I follow on twitter seem very complimentary to Edleman's ability to use his body, run routes and put DB's in bad positions.   It felt from reading their posts that it was just as much about Edleman's abilities to run routes as it was schemes or things the Rams were doing wrong in D.  

Ram's D played well most of the night.  They just wore out in the 4th.    

Steroids help bodies like Edleman's.

[Cincydawg]

I was glad to see Sony Michel do well, not just because he's a Dawg, but because he's a very high class individual (same as Chubb, who apparently wore Michel's jersey to the game).  I thought there was another ex-Dawg playing but I may have missed him.

I prefer college football, by a lot.

[Hoss]

I only watched part of the game, but from what I could gather the Patriots were clearly superior last night.  They could - or even should - have blown the game wide open, but ended up settling for FG attempts or simply stalling in their opponent's territory.  Probably should have been something like 27-3 instead of 13-3.

Agree...but their QB is an old man with little zip left in his arm. No midrange or vertical passing game to speak of. 
Which makes me all the more incredulous as to why the Rams played so many snaps giving Edelman and Gronk free releases. Its not as if either one is a threat to blow by any defensive back who is worth half a ****, but even if they were, Brady's deep passes are meatballs. Jam on both dudes, every play. 

[SFBadger96]

I was at a party and didn't watch a minute. How did James White do?

Had one decent reception, I think. Havenstein was part of an o-line that couldn't give Goff any time. Don't know why the Rams weren't better able to take advantage of aggressive blitzes from NE with hot routes to releasing tight ends or others. The Rams' right guard was abused all night.
Mostly used the SB as an excuse to eat a bunch of crap--a cheat day of sorts. Son was laid up with a fever, so sitting in front of a TV watching drivel was easy for him. Kind of what the SB was reduced to in our house: mindless drivel.
Been watching less and less of the SB over the last few years. Just not compelling TV anymore (for me).

[betarhoalphadelta]

Mostly used the SB as an excuse to eat a bunch of crap--a cheat day of sorts. 

Don't worry... It was Brady's cheat day too 

[ELA]

Don't worry... It was Brady's cheat day too

I keep going back to how humorous it is that we treat baseball PED users like they committed treason, and the starting QB and the MVP of the Super Bowl winning team have both been suspended in their careers (the MVP just this year) for cheating, and nobody cares.

[GopherRock]

Had one decent reception, I think. Havenstein was part of an o-line that couldn't give Goff any time. Don't know why the Rams weren't better able to take advantage of aggressive blitzes from NE with hot routes to releasing tight ends or others. The Rams' right guard was abused all night.
Mostly used the SB as an excuse to eat a bunch of crap--a cheat day of sorts. Son was laid up with a fever, so sitting in front of a TV watching drivel was easy for him. Kind of what the SB was reduced to in our house: mindless drivel.
Been watching less and less of the SB over the last few years. Just not compelling TV anymore (for me).

It also didn't help that this was the worst SB in a long time, in all phases ( game, halftime, commercials).

[betarhoalphadelta]

I keep going back to how humorous it is that we treat baseball PED users like they committed treason, and the starting QB and the MVP of the Super Bowl winning team have both been suspended in their careers (the MVP just this year) for cheating, and nobody cares.

I wonder how much of it is due to the brutal nature of the sport?
I.e. in baseball, kinda like in golf, there's a certain level of sanctity that as much as you're playing against the pitcher, the field [course] is its own "defense". If you're taking PED's, corking your bat, or if they moved to aluminum bats, for example, suddenly people'd start hitting the ball out of the park "too often" and the game itself would change. Similar to all the fitness and equipment changes that have occurred in golf and now all the courses are essentially too short for the pros. When you've got guys regularly reaching 570 yard par 5's in 2, it's a whole different game than it used to be.
In football, although things are starting to change due to head injury, we're WATCHING it for the violence. Fans love the big hits. We're watching it to see gladiators engaging in hand-to-hand combat on the field. As a result, we want the biggest, fastest, strongest, and somewhat "excuse" players for using PED's because we implicitly assume the other guys are also doing it--and getting away with it. 
Thoughts?