If his dad just died, he would be off this weekend and next just to get him in the ground and deal with things. That is very realistic. That leaves the last game of the season and if one of these punters does OK today, they will probably just tell him to take that game off as well.
I'm confused. It is truly sad that his father passed during this Holiday...I get it. Bereavement is standard fair and deservedly so, as is the sympathy and respect for the player for his loss...I get that too. What I don't get is the team reaction..or reactions, as is the case.
You're right, I read it wrong and included JC being upgraded into the mix. Still seems funny to add 2 punters for temporary duty though. Boswell did some cursory punting duty in college so it's not like we had to rely on Ben to pooch kick or anything. The biggest concern was probably the holder for Bos.............. .I understand that Ben was the backup...lol
So do at least 58% of the players in the NFL. Damn Rooneys!!
How many punters?
If the guy does the job, does it really matter? Or, does it just get under your skin personally? Scratch that. It truly does sound like a personal issue.
What are the odds that the team that reached on a punter, who “happened” to be black, in the draft. Who was beat out in camp. Who continued to be a disappointment all season. Is replaced by the only other black punter out there. I mean maybe it’s a coincidence. But I don’t think so.
I like most of your takes but you really have to get off the race thing. It is very unbecoming.
That’s what the NFL is now. I didn’t open Pandora’s box but here we are. If Tomlin was white he’d at the very least be talked about in the media being on the hot seat. I mean Cowher went through coordinators because they got head coaching jobs. Tomlin gets them fired and they go off and win Super Bowls. But again, we aren’t supposed to talk about his ineptness because racism. We are supposed to pretend Harvin didn’t clearly get beat out in camp by Berry who is having a better season than Harvin in Minnesota.
Harvin was kept because of potential and statistically not being far off of Berry's stats/preseason performance. They like his leg strength. We know Steelers hold onto coaches. You have one that hasn't had a losing record. Now do I want more from a HC **** yeah. But white or black - Rooney's aren't jumping off a coach that season to season brings more wins than losses. Financially they are comfy. The Rooney rule I think have a few twisted on the impact long term. Initially it gets you interviewed. Nothing about skin color keeps a HC in a job.
to be fair, you could also explain Harvin by any of the following
Yep I want to say plenty of bad decisions from Rooney on down to Tombert. But race for me doesn't factor in. And I have no problem saying it when it does in any scenario.
Ok, they drafted him because of potential. But do you think we drafted him a little high? He wasn’t ranked #1 on any board I saw and even if he was on ours, how many other punters were drafted? And yes I agree Berry didn’t blow Harvin out of the water, but he was better and a vet. I personally believe they kept Harvin to protect their decision to use a draft pick on him. I feel they doubled down on their mistake to draft him by keeping him over Berry. I think if they drafted Harvin in the 7th or signed him as an UDFA he probably sits on our practice squad this year. And that would have probably been a better place for him. (And I feel if Harvin was white they’d much more likely have kept Berry)
What in the name of Ol' Jim Crow? Man, put down the race card. Not everything in life is about race. And not every successful minority is successful because they were handed this or that. Same way not every successful white person is a success because they got a "small loan of a million dollars" from daddy.
