Sunday, February 5, 2012

Shut Up about the Hair Already!



This Super Bowl Sunday, ESPN reporter Ashley Fox tried her best to sound like she knew something about football, and writing- but she failed at both. I won’t put you through the torture of having to read the whole thing but one early comment she made, quite generally and without supporting facts what so ever, was about Eli Manning finally proving he was better than Tom Brady. LORD. Here we go again.
            Stop with the QB whose better! When I look at the greatest quarterbacks of history I don’t just look at one game. In fact I pride my criteria of great athletes to be their consistency and long term effects on a team that respects him and flourishes under him.
            Also, lets preface this by saying, I respect Eli Manning. I respect him for bringing his team to where they are, and for pulling off a season that’s inconsistency forced them to pull off feats. Each quarterback has different weapons both around him and within him. Being a good quarterback is about what you've done and what you continue to do. (Usually consistently Eli) 
            Here’s what Ashley said,
It all circled back to a relatively innocent comment from the usually innocuous Eli Manning, who in an August radio interview with Michael Kay said he considered himself "in that class" of elite quarterbacks with Tom Brady.

It was blasphemous then. And now?
Well, once and for all, Manning can prove it. End the debate. Silence the critics. Beat the best quarterback of this generation, the one with the three Super Bowl rings and the uber-hot wife and the great hair, in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday and there will be no question, no caveat, not anymore.”

Whoa, “great hair”?
 I’m a Patriots fan, but I called him the greasy Latino the entire time he tried to channel Fabio through his unbrushed oily mess of hair. That’s cute Ashley, but come on, your insulting your own intelligence. Because you know as well as I do that doesn’t silence the critics, it just wakes them up even more.
            This game can sure help Eli Manning’s case for being one of the best, but it doesn’t automatically trump Tom Brady, because, HELLOOOO, Tom Brady has a head start on that whole passing record, Super Bowl MVP thing. But what would I know, I’m not trying to force irrelevant storylines down sports fans throats like some four letter channel owned by ABC.

Oh and hey, despite everything, happy Super Bowl Sunday everyone! And go Pats! 
I guess it doesn't look too bad