He played pretty good for Bama back in 05. Haven't watched him much in the NFL....just knew he was on the Chiefs.
I think the Sunday night crew put up a stat that he was 0-10 during his tenure in Kansas City. That's really not encouraging at all
I beg to differ. He came off as equally self-indulgent with his wack speech. An absolute "Get off my lawn" grumpy old man moment. Some will like it(The kind of people that write in to the Dallas Morning News every week to b!tch about Tony Romo wearing his hat backwards) but I think the majority that actually watched it will roll their eyes at Costas' rant.
Excessive celebrations by players who score touchdowns. It's understandable and ok if it's a spur of the moment thing and goes with the flow of the game, like Aaron Rodgers jumping in the stands after scoring. But it's stupid when it's rehearsed and you're like Steve Johnson, who reenacted Plaxico Burress' "shoot myself in the groin" scenario. Even more stupid if you get a penalty for it and it costs the team. Youtube vid of Johnson doing his dance today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbn_-7qeAvw
Costas: For those of you too busy keeping up with the Kardashians to notice, we live in a culture that in many ways grows more stupid and graceless by the moment. Sports both reflects and influences that sorry trend, so on playing fields everywhere, true style is in decline, while mindless exhibitionism abounds. In the late ’60's, the Giants had a receiver named Homer Jones. He invented the spike -- and it was great; a simple, elegant punctuation that somehow has devolved into this…(video of excessive celebrations) Given the tone of the times, it's probably too much to expect that most players would appreciate that back in the day, this guy (Barry Sanders) was much cooler than this guy (Mark Gastineau), or that there is a difference between spontaneous and/or good-natured displays of enthusiasm and calculated displays of obnoxious self-indulgence. No, that train has already gone so far down the wrong track, there's probably no turning back. So our suggestion here is a more modest one: hey, knuckleheads, is it too much to ask that you confine your buffoonery to situations that don't directly damage your team? Week after week, game after game, we see guys who think nothing of incurring penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct, costing their team’s valuable yardage, even late in close games. Today's most conspicuous culprit: Buffalo's Stevie Johnson, who after a TD catch versus the Jets, thought it would be a good idea to go Marcel Marceau, pantomiming, among other things, Plaxico Burress shooting himself in the leg. But in this case, it was Johnson, who shot himself in the foot, as his display cost his team a 15-yard penalty on the ensuing kickoff. And given a short field, the Jets proceeded to score in a critical game that wound up, 28-24, New York. Which raises this question: where are the coaches in all this? Guys are routinely benched or called out for blown assignments. When is a coach going to make an overdue statement and sit a guy down on the grounds of pure selfishness and unprofessionalism detrimental to his team? By the way, late in the loss to the Jets, Johnson dropped a pass that could have led to a Buffalo win. Shockingly, he didn’t follow it with a rehearsed “my bad” dance of apology. Maybe he just forgot.
not really. Why is there a penalty anyway for celebration? A bunch of out geezers decide that a spike is not excessive (why because they grew up with it?) but that the "new" celebrations are excessive because it is not respecting the game. gimme a break.
The Raiders are 7-4 but could easily be 4-7. I guess you could say a culture change has led to Hue Jackson overseeing these wins but this team is very frustrating to watch. They continue to make defensive lapses and mental errors in the 4th quarter when it is time to close out games. Tebow is the only thing that stands in the way of the division crown at this point, yet most of the success Tebow is had is because of the way Denver's Defense has been playing. Von Miller is DROY, not even debatable. Marcel Dareus is nice, Patrick Peterson can return punts, but Von Miller is a beast.
Oh I'm definitely with you when it comes to celebrating. There shouldn't be a penalty for it. But why do it if it's gonna hurt your team and could be a contributing factor if your team ends up losing?
I think if you celebrate a TD by pulling a cell phone out and making a call then we have failed as a society and need reform.
The reason the chiefs are stopping the steelers is that they know that Ben has 1 read, Antonio Brown. They put their best corner on him and he continues to force it to him. Wallace must have slept with his girlfriend.
