I Want to Be an NFL Color Commentator When I Grow Up
Sam, I want to point a couple things out about that play we just saw. I'm going to freeze the screen here and I want you to look at the running back. With 3 minutes left in the game, you can actually see him look at the scoreboard and realize that if his team is going to prevail, it's up to him to make the plays. Nobody's going to hand him the game, he's the one who has to get it done. Great players make great plays. And 32 is a Great Player. You may remember I included him on my list of Players to Watch before the game as someone the team would ask to run the football on third down situations if their primary running back suffered a debilitating injury. And I was right.
You can just see it in his eyes, how he's telling his teammates to hitch their wagons to his star, how he's taking the whole team -- all 55 players, even the backup punter -- on his back and willing himself to get that extra yard, not settling for anything less. That's courageous, let me tell you, it's heroic, it's the stuff legends are made of. He looks at the sidelines at his teammates leaving absolutely nothing on the field and then the warrior in him realizes he has to step up his game. It's not about money, not about endorsements. He wants the respect of his teammates, he wants them to see him as a real man, and real men don't cower in the pressure situations. They get tough. They get it up whether it's their first time playing the game or they've pounded their way through any number of fields. And they're not light on their feet.
I want to show you something else, look very closely at this crude circle/square hybrid I just drew, look how the tight end sacrifices himself right HERE -- see it? -- bringing down the defender so his teammate can get that one extra yard. That's selfless, it's putting the team before you, it's teamwork at its finest, Sam, and the coaches recognize that effort. You don't think they see their men putting everything on the line? I'm telling you, we're going to have a hard time awarding the Levitra Player of the Game today, there's just so many men here rising to the occasion, stiffening the pressure at all the right moments, and sticking it to their opponents.
Y'know, Sam, when Renee had a chance to talk with the head coach before halftime, there was one thing he told her that I thought almost justified our use of women in a man's sport. He wanted his guys to come out after the half, score as often as they could to put the other team on the defensive, and really step up the effort on the defensive side to keep the other guys from putting points on the board. And Sam, what you're seeing here is a team sticking to its game plan to the letter. When you have an entire team -- offense, defense, special teams, and the cheerleaders -- all on the same page, playing for the same goal, fighting a war for the same spoils -- then you can accomplish anything, reach any summit, climb any mountain, touch any sky, kill any foreigner who may or may not be invading your territory. When I was a player, there was a name for game plans like this: championship football.
This team may be down 35-3, but those are the types of plays that will get you back in the game. Sam?
You can just see it in his eyes, how he's telling his teammates to hitch their wagons to his star, how he's taking the whole team -- all 55 players, even the backup punter -- on his back and willing himself to get that extra yard, not settling for anything less. That's courageous, let me tell you, it's heroic, it's the stuff legends are made of. He looks at the sidelines at his teammates leaving absolutely nothing on the field and then the warrior in him realizes he has to step up his game. It's not about money, not about endorsements. He wants the respect of his teammates, he wants them to see him as a real man, and real men don't cower in the pressure situations. They get tough. They get it up whether it's their first time playing the game or they've pounded their way through any number of fields. And they're not light on their feet.
I want to show you something else, look very closely at this crude circle/square hybrid I just drew, look how the tight end sacrifices himself right HERE -- see it? -- bringing down the defender so his teammate can get that one extra yard. That's selfless, it's putting the team before you, it's teamwork at its finest, Sam, and the coaches recognize that effort. You don't think they see their men putting everything on the line? I'm telling you, we're going to have a hard time awarding the Levitra Player of the Game today, there's just so many men here rising to the occasion, stiffening the pressure at all the right moments, and sticking it to their opponents.
Y'know, Sam, when Renee had a chance to talk with the head coach before halftime, there was one thing he told her that I thought almost justified our use of women in a man's sport. He wanted his guys to come out after the half, score as often as they could to put the other team on the defensive, and really step up the effort on the defensive side to keep the other guys from putting points on the board. And Sam, what you're seeing here is a team sticking to its game plan to the letter. When you have an entire team -- offense, defense, special teams, and the cheerleaders -- all on the same page, playing for the same goal, fighting a war for the same spoils -- then you can accomplish anything, reach any summit, climb any mountain, touch any sky, kill any foreigner who may or may not be invading your territory. When I was a player, there was a name for game plans like this: championship football.
This team may be down 35-3, but those are the types of plays that will get you back in the game. Sam?
posted by Mike at 11:38 PM
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That was awesome.
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