During Sunday’s Vikings victory over the New York Giants, one of the announcers said other teams are going to look at film of the game so they can learn what the Vikings did to stop the Giants offense. Game footage? Bah! I can tell you right now why the Giants offense failed:
1)Eli Manning couldn’t hit the receivers–often overthrowing receivers, underthrowing receivers, or throwing to the Vikings.
2)When Manning did throw to the receivers, the receivers dropped the ball.
If you want to put “Hope Manning and Company all have bad games” as your game plan, more power to you.
Here are my ideas to help future teams stop the Giants offense:
1)Have your defensive backs wear Giants uniforms, enticing Manning to throw to them
2)Paint people in Giants uniforms on the field, enticing Manning to throw into the dirt. (You may even get intentional grounding penalties called on him.)
3)Coat the Giants receivers gloves with grease.
Stupid announcers. They really ought to watch the game.
Before Stephanie and I had a child, people would tell me that people change when they have children. Specifically, they become more conservative. Although I didn’t want to believe them, I was kind of scared of the prospect. Not only would I have the responsibility of a child, but I’d go brain dead, too? Not a pleasant prospect. But they were correct. I did become more conservative the moment I saw him. I looked into those playful eyes and said to myself, “Man! I cannot believe rich people have to pay taxes and are sort of restricted in what quantities of which toxins they can dump into the environment!†So, it is true.
For the record, I’ve waited about 10 years to say that. Ta-daaa! Happy anniversary!
Well, The Boy is a year old, so I’d best write something about him. I don’t want retaliation when he’s older. “You never wrote about me on that web page that only a handful of people read.â€
Speaking of handfuls, he is one. He runs around all day, yammering, grabbing things, eating things, and clenching his mouth shut when Mom or Dad try to remove said things from said mouth.
He does stuff he knows he’s not supposed to do. I can’t tell why. One possibility is that he wants to see just how far he can go. Another is that he wants reassurance that we really do watch him; giving him a sense of security I suppose. Still another is that he wants attention and that’s the quickest way to get attention. Finally, The Boy may just be trying to get The Dad to get up off of the couch. The Dad groans, creaks, and complains when he gets off the couch; fun to watch . . . { For the full commentary, please go to http://www.wentzmania.com/birthday1107.shtm}