Last Post by Bam on 12/12
Bam: Chuck continues to mention whenever the Dolphins are the topic of conversation that his least favorite player in the NFL is Chad Henne. He refuses to look down field and checks down to whoever is closest to him it seems... but I leave the description to Chuck because in my opinion his careful play has left them weak on offense but may have kept them in games.
So, my official and first player in this category (working towards least favorite) is Shawne Merriman. I choose him first because a) its an obvious choice due to the steroid controversy but also b) because post-steroids he has been irrelevant. He's easy to hate and I don't feel bad putting a cheater on blast when he's essentially proven he is incapable of performing without the juice. Since his suspension the games he has played he has been a non factor and seems more content doing guest spots hosting the occasional radio show in the off season or after his team has been inevitably eliminated from the play-offs. Here's to you Shawne, congratulations on your steroid driven performances and your irrelevance as of late... I think it's safe to say the lights are out on your career.
Chuck: You know I don't like Chad Henne, or the mentally challenged version of Roethlisberger. Ill talk about him another time. I want to talk about another quarterback that grinds my gears. Jon Kitna. There was a time when Kitna was pretty good.....it was in college! There are a few things you can expect to get from Kitna no matter the year, and no matter his age; turns 39 this season. He will get a big win that no one expects making the whole room chuckle when they see Kitna lead the rally of the week, see week ten. The Cowboys are 0-8 and they knock off the Giants under the first game that Wade Phillips is fired. No matter how much we hope teams will just bury Kitna on their depth chart eventually releasing him until he gets picked up next season in week four. Games like week ten didn't make me mad because I hate the Giants, but because I knew I would have to watch the CFL talented Jon Kitna for at least another 4 games in the 2010-2011 season. I'm sorry I don't root for career backups, I'm sorry I don't like inconsistency, and I'm sorry I don't like people who have their best year's for the Detroit Lions. You can't represent the Lions any better than Jon Kitna. If Jon Kitna is on the field expect pictures of him with an unbuckled chin strap limping off the field, or ambulance lights as he placed on IR once again. Certainly don't expect success because if Kitna is on the field your season is defiantly in turmoil.
Bam: Good response, have to agree with that assessment. My next least favorite player is... Albert Haynesworth. I don't dislike him because he doesn't get along with his coaches or because he doesn't do as they say. I hate him because he is getting paid, or was, to play a game. Not just any game mind you, the beautiful game of football. The game we all love so dearly in the fall and have grown accustomed to watching on Sundays when maybe we should be repenting. He gets paid to do what any number of adolescents, college kids, young men would love to do and dream of frequently. Not only does he get paid, he gets paid extravagantly and since his huge contract he has contributed nothing and been completely unremarkable to watch. Players paid as he is are not only supposed to perform but should perform at a level where they are amazing to witness on the field. High School coaches should be able to use any game tape of his to demonstrate how the game should be played and the effort that it requires to be great. Instead he fails to pass a conditioning test in preseason, refuses to play in the 3-4, and will not accept the challenge to learn a new system or approach to the game that he to should love.
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