Kornheiser, on Monday Night Football regrets:
The Green Bay Packers' secondary stinks. Can I put it in any plainer terms? They stink. So far this year, they've given up touchdown passes of 49, 26, 35, 37 and 42 yards and, against the Eagles, they gave up 45- and 30-yarders to Greg "See Ya in Canton" Lewis, who has had all of one in his three-year career. I kept thinking about something A.J. Hawk, the Packers' rookie linebacker, said Sunday evening when we were talking to him about the defense. In an attempt to praise them, he said, "They're really vocal back there."
And I wanted to use that and scream, "Really? What does that mean, 'they're vocal back there'? Were they shouting, 'Look out, here comes another big touchdown on us!'? " For whatever reason, I didn't say it and I should have shouted it.
"They're really vocal back there." Can't. Stop. Laughing.
> Instead, I took the calmer, more rational approach. And, really, does anyone want to hear me be calm and rational? I know I don't... Fortunately, next week, there's Baltimore at Denver. Baltimore. Coached by my new best friend, Brian Billick. God, I'm going to kill that preening schmo.
The world is waiting:
"By the way, we continue to await Tony Kornheiser cutting loose, or doing much of anything, on these broadcasts. As The Mighty MJD put it at The Fanhouse last night, 'he's got to stop approaching this like he's Trent Dilfer, and start going after it like Brett Favre.'"
Posted by: Dan | October 04, 2006 at 11:10 AM
Well, at least he's aware of and acknowledging the problem. Unfortunately, I just don't see it getting solved. If he started to go off like he does in print or on PTI, Tirico and Thiesmann would flip and it would just get tiresome and detract from the game. He's better than Dennis Miller was, though. I could say that I'm not missing Michaels and Madden, either, but in that case, it's literally true.
Posted by: JL | October 04, 2006 at 11:22 AM