Monday, January 28, 2008

It's Increasingly Like Watching a Train Wreck

That's the excuse I just gave Chad Bahamas as to why I keep reading SI.com. Here's the part where the caboose breaks off and does 9 full rotations as it rolls down the rock slope before bursting into flame, killing all on board and 4 baby bunnies that (used to) live in a den by the tracks:

I think my advice is short and sweet for Jerry Jones, who, according to Chris
Mortensen of ESPN, is pondering trading up to get the first pick in the draft so
he can take Arkansas running back Darren McFadden.

Don't even consider making such a foolish trade. That's right. It's foolish. Never, ever, ever, ever pay a ransom for a running back. They're too plentiful and too easy to find down the line, and too easy to make a mistake picking.


Okay, fine. Good advice- even if you act like you're the first person in the world to figure it out. Let's jump forward all the way to one single sentence later:

And to think of including restricted free-agent Marion Barber III in the deal
... lunacy. Pure and simple. Barber's a top-10 NFL running back right now (the
only reason he might not be in the top five is he hasn't proven he can carry it
20 times a game every week; he's had 339 carries over the past two years). Under
no circumstances should he be dealt.

Let me paraphrase:

"Top running backs are incredibly unbelievably replaceable; Top running backs are incredibly unbelievably irreplaceable."

Peter King, you are just awful at what you do.

1 comment:

Chad Bahamas said...

yeah, i think SI is trying to rival ESPN the Mag's race to the bottom by gunning for the least common denominator. Post lots of pictures of college co-eds, and article or two by an FSU cowgirl, a bunch of bullet points by PK, Heyman and the rest of the unoriginal goons and finally a boring tear-jerk attempt at an article about an athlete's hardships.

i'd rather get my sports from places like deadspin, baseball prospectus and your boys at FJM. Even the LCD king, ESPN, has some quality reads like john hollinger and kieth law. I bet SI closes shop in about 5-7 years. Yahoo! and AOL Fanhouse will take over SI's marketshare.