This, That, & More on a Monday: February 27th, 2023
AR Hype Machine:
Utah Game:
Then he saw a crease, and he was gone. Richardson pulled the ball down and went 45 yards for Six, showing excellent speed, agility, and balance. It is the type of play that causes scouts to wear out the rewind buttons on their video controllers.
"I remember the first time I saw that game." an AFC area scout who covers the Southeast said. "There was so much hype on [Richardson] coming into the year that you're almost expecting him to struggle to live up to it. Then that happened, and you're like, 'Damn, this dude can play.”
An NFC scout said, "That's what you worry about when defending him. You can put him in these situations where it's impossible. It's like Justin Fields or Jalen Hurts. You can do everything right as a defense, and he's betting that one-on-one he'll beat your spy defender with his feet."
"Josh Allen had this great throw at the combine when he was coming out -- it was like a 70-yard bomb -- and it kind of made us all sit up and take notice. Richardson will do that, too. And not those fake roll-out throws with tons of momentum. He'll just drop back and chuck it."
Eight of his 17 touchdown throws last season were on passes targeting receivers 20 or more yards downfield, and three of them were heaved at least 40 yards. Richardson will walk into the NFL with a top-10 arm as a rookie.
Two-Point Play vs. Utah:
"That's [Patrick] Mahomes-like stuff, man. There are maybe three dudes in the NFL right now who are strong enough and agile enough to make that play," one NFC quarterback coach said. "That's the stuff that makes you sit up in the recliner and get excited. Because the other stuff, the footwork and all that ... that you can teach. What he did on that play can't be taught.”
My Take:
This is the problem with the NFL – they all believe "they" are the ones to fix you. Point in case look what was said above "Because the other stuff, the footwork and all that ... that you can teach. What he did on that play can't be taught."
My question is this – if it can be taught, why hasn't it been taught? This feels like fools gold to me – what say you? Do you believe AR15 is the next Josh Allen? Do you believe all this can be fixed by correcting his feet?
Best of the Weekend:
Damian Lillard scored 71 points & knocked down 13 3-pointers in a 131-114 victory over the Houston Rockets Sunday night.
Hawks Fans? Buying or Selling this Move?
Quin Snyder has agreed to a five-year contract to become the Atlanta Hawks coach and is expected to make his debut as soon Tuesday at home against the Washington Wizards.
Come on, Guys!!!
I was utterly disappointed with a TON of shows Sunday night, including Mayor of Kingstown, 1923, and The Last of Us – I love all three of these shows and felt cheated after all three newly released episodes last night.
Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury Full Fight Breakdown
I don’t know what’s worse – this fight actually taking place OR Cory Braiterman from MMA Mania spending time to recap this debacle of a fight OR me talking about it with all of you!
Round 1: Fury in white, Paul in black. Fury comes forward first with a right hand and Paul clinches. Paul with a body jab. Paul with a right in the clinch. Fury with a double jab. Fury with a left on the break. Overhand lands for Paul as Fury comes forward. Fury with a pair of jabs, hook from Paul. Fury with a combo in the final seconds. 10-9 Fury
Round 2: Clean jab from Fury. Paul wades in and gets in a right, Fury responds with a cleaner one. Jab from both men. Fury with a right, but hits mostly glove. Right hand by Paul. A jab, too. Both men hit simultaneously on their jab. Then Fury hits a second jab. Fury dodges a right and lands one. Left hand by Paul. 10-9 Fury
Round 3: Fury with a right to the body. Paul with a jab. There’s a good jab from Paul. A third one. Fury gets one back. Flicking jab by Tommy who backs away from the return fire. Paul counters with an overhand as Paul comes in. Ref warns ‘em about a clash of heads. Both men jab. 10-9 Paul
Round 4: Fury with a nice right hand that backs up Paul. Fury follows with a combo, but doesn’t land super clean. Paul tries ducking down and coming over the top, but gets stuck under the armpit. Fury looking to counter and does, hits Paul clean a couple times. Paul still there and coming forward, misses a left. Fury is unable to make him pay with anything on that exchange. Paul with a left that pushes Fury back to the ropes. He escapes to his left. That was a shot straight to the back of Paul’s head. Direct rabbit punch. 10-9 Fury
Round 5: First clean landed strike of the round is a jab from Fury, who has looked too quick for Paul most of the time. Left from Paul. The best shots from Paul have been a counter overhand right as Fury comes forward, and he lands it again. Clinch and the ref calls time... and he takes a point from Paul for the back of the head! I didn’t see it, but hopefully we get a replay at the end. Paul with a snapping jab that bounces Fury’s head back. 9-9 round
Round 6: Paul with a jab. Fury sidesteps a Paul rush and gets in a couple shots. Shovel uppercut from Fury. Paul looking a bit tired. Fury with two lead hands. Ref giving them the business over the clinching. Now he takes a point from Fury for hooking the arms of Paul. He’s getting chippy with them both as they clinch up a lot here in the 6th. Right hand from Fury. Another 9-9 round
Round 7: I think Paul senses he’s down on the cards and is swinging a bit bigger on his power shots, trying for the knockout. Fury pot-shotting in between clinches. There’s a nice combo from Fury that makes Paul tie him up. Left by Paul. Right by Fury. No, I won’t make a Body by Jake joke. Fury lands a nice right hook. They stare at each other as the clapper sounds before a jab lands for Fury. 10-9 Fury
Round 8: There’s a nice left hand from Paul. Finally, we’ve got something as Fury eats a straight as he was off-balance and he goes down to the canvas. First knockdown goes to Paul. Fury back up and hits a left. Counter right lands for the Brit. Feint-feint-1-2 for Fury. Fury combo’ing mightily. There’s a nice right hand by Fury. Paul cracks in a right. Fury with an uppercut as time starts to wind down. 10-8 Paul.
AR Hype Machine:
Utah Game:
Then he saw a crease, and he was gone. Richardson pulled the ball down and went 45 yards for Six, showing excellent speed, agility, and balance. It is the type of play that causes scouts to wear out the rewind buttons on their video controllers.
"I remember the first time I saw that game." an AFC area scout who covers the Southeast said. "There was so much hype on [Richardson] coming into the year that you're almost expecting him to struggle to live up to it. Then that happened, and you're like, 'Damn, this dude can play.”
An NFC scout said, "That's what you worry about when defending him. You can put him in these situations where it's impossible. It's like Justin Fields or Jalen Hurts. You can do everything right as a defense, and he's betting that one-on-one he'll beat your spy defender with his feet."
"Josh Allen had this great throw at the combine when he was coming out -- it was like a 70-yard bomb -- and it kind of made us all sit up and take notice. Richardson will do that, too. And not those fake roll-out throws with tons of momentum. He'll just drop back and chuck it."
Eight of his 17 touchdown throws last season were on passes targeting receivers 20 or more yards downfield, and three of them were heaved at least 40 yards. Richardson will walk into the NFL with a top-10 arm as a rookie.
Two-Point Play vs. Utah:
"That's [Patrick] Mahomes-like stuff, man. There are maybe three dudes in the NFL right now who are strong enough and agile enough to make that play," one NFC quarterback coach said. "That's the stuff that makes you sit up in the recliner and get excited. Because the other stuff, the footwork and all that ... that you can teach. What he did on that play can't be taught.”
My Take:
This is the problem with the NFL – they all believe "they" are the ones to fix you. Point in case look what was said above "Because the other stuff, the footwork and all that ... that you can teach. What he did on that play can't be taught."
My question is this – if it can be taught, why hasn't it been taught? This feels like fools gold to me – what say you? Do you believe AR15 is the next Josh Allen? Do you believe all this can be fixed by correcting his feet?
Best of the Weekend:
Damian Lillard scored 71 points & knocked down 13 3-pointers in a 131-114 victory over the Houston Rockets Sunday night.
Hawks Fans? Buying or Selling this Move?
Quin Snyder has agreed to a five-year contract to become the Atlanta Hawks coach and is expected to make his debut as soon Tuesday at home against the Washington Wizards.
Come on, Guys!!!
I was utterly disappointed with a TON of shows Sunday night, including Mayor of Kingstown, 1923, and The Last of Us – I love all three of these shows and felt cheated after all three newly released episodes last night.
Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury Full Fight Breakdown
I don’t know what’s worse – this fight actually taking place OR Cory Braiterman from MMA Mania spending time to recap this debacle of a fight OR me talking about it with all of you!
Round 1: Fury in white, Paul in black. Fury comes forward first with a right hand and Paul clinches. Paul with a body jab. Paul with a right in the clinch. Fury with a double jab. Fury with a left on the break. Overhand lands for Paul as Fury comes forward. Fury with a pair of jabs, hook from Paul. Fury with a combo in the final seconds. 10-9 Fury
Round 2: Clean jab from Fury. Paul wades in and gets in a right, Fury responds with a cleaner one. Jab from both men. Fury with a right, but hits mostly glove. Right hand by Paul. A jab, too. Both men hit simultaneously on their jab. Then Fury hits a second jab. Fury dodges a right and lands one. Left hand by Paul. 10-9 Fury
Round 3: Fury with a right to the body. Paul with a jab. There’s a good jab from Paul. A third one. Fury gets one back. Flicking jab by Tommy who backs away from the return fire. Paul counters with an overhand as Paul comes in. Ref warns ‘em about a clash of heads. Both men jab. 10-9 Paul
Round 4: Fury with a nice right hand that backs up Paul. Fury follows with a combo, but doesn’t land super clean. Paul tries ducking down and coming over the top, but gets stuck under the armpit. Fury looking to counter and does, hits Paul clean a couple times. Paul still there and coming forward, misses a left. Fury is unable to make him pay with anything on that exchange. Paul with a left that pushes Fury back to the ropes. He escapes to his left. That was a shot straight to the back of Paul’s head. Direct rabbit punch. 10-9 Fury
Round 5: First clean landed strike of the round is a jab from Fury, who has looked too quick for Paul most of the time. Left from Paul. The best shots from Paul have been a counter overhand right as Fury comes forward, and he lands it again. Clinch and the ref calls time... and he takes a point from Paul for the back of the head! I didn’t see it, but hopefully we get a replay at the end. Paul with a snapping jab that bounces Fury’s head back. 9-9 round
Round 6: Paul with a jab. Fury sidesteps a Paul rush and gets in a couple shots. Shovel uppercut from Fury. Paul looking a bit tired. Fury with two lead hands. Ref giving them the business over the clinching. Now he takes a point from Fury for hooking the arms of Paul. He’s getting chippy with them both as they clinch up a lot here in the 6th. Right hand from Fury. Another 9-9 round
Round 7: I think Paul senses he’s down on the cards and is swinging a bit bigger on his power shots, trying for the knockout. Fury pot-shotting in between clinches. There’s a nice combo from Fury that makes Paul tie him up. Left by Paul. Right by Fury. No, I won’t make a Body by Jake joke. Fury lands a nice right hook. They stare at each other as the clapper sounds before a jab lands for Fury. 10-9 Fury
Round 8: There’s a nice left hand from Paul. Finally, we’ve got something as Fury eats a straight as he was off-balance and he goes down to the canvas. First knockdown goes to Paul. Fury back up and hits a left. Counter right lands for the Brit. Feint-feint-1-2 for Fury. Fury combo’ing mightily. There’s a nice right hand by Fury. Paul cracks in a right. Fury with an uppercut as time starts to wind down. 10-8 Paul.
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