Steelers Guarantee a Win Against Patriots
Dangerous, my friends, dangerous. In an Associated Press article, another over-zealous player has yet again "guaranteed" a win over the undefeated New England Patriots:Defensive back Anthony Smith is so certain the Pittsburgh Steelers will end the New England Patriots' unbeaten season, he is guaranteeing a win Sunday in Foxborough.The Patriots (12-0) may have the perfect record, Smith said Wednesday, but it should be New England that is worried about the Steelers (9-3) rather than the other way around.
``People keep asking me if we're ready for the Patriots,'' Smith said. ``They should be asking if they're ready for us.''
I love this, though, because immediately after making this kind of prediction, he qualifies it:
Is Smith so confident that he is willing to copy one of former Pittsburgh linebacker Joey Porter's familiar motivational ploys by guaranteeing the Steelers will win?
``We're going to win,'' Smith said. ``Yeah, I can guarantee a win. As long as we come out and do what we got to do. Both sides of the ball are rolling, and if our special teams come through for us, we've got a good chance to win.''
Get that? He guarantees it as long as the Steelers come out and do what they've got to do. Translation: as long as we play well enough to win, I'll guarantee a win. Actually, he even backs off of it and then says they've got a chance to win. The only thing that comes to mind as a response is, "Duh!" What kind of guarantee is that? Any team that does what they need to do to win will win. If special teams comes through?
OK, so we've got this dude saying that as long as both sides of the ball are rolling (i.e. as long as both offense and defense are playing well) and as long as special teams are playing well, they'll win. Uh, offense, defense, special teams...yep, that's everybody. So, as long as everybody is playing well, they'll (have a chance to) win. Gotcha.
Fortunately for the Steelers, not everybody on the team is making such brilliantly thought through statements:
Despite Smith's abundant optimism, no other Steelers are designating Sunday as guaranteed win day. Linebacker James Farrior, cautioning that Smith hasn't been in the NFL long and may not realize what he is saying, doesn't think the Patriots will pay any attention.He better hope they don't. Now, the Steelers may win (that is, of course, if all the Steelers are getting it done and the Patriots don't show up), but I wouldn't bet on it.
What do the Patriots think? Safety Rodney Harrison, asked by Fox Sports Radio about the comments, answered, ``Who was it?'
Told it was Smith, Harrison said, ``Never heard of him.''
That's about right.Labels: David C. Price, sports
posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 12/06/2007 10:56:00 AM
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1 Comments:
Yes the patriots will probably go undefeated. Not without a price, the toneless breaths and speaches of their head coach, to their endless, cleachea "one game at at time" to their "hero" who gets someone pregnant and walks away? nice. Fine line between confident and arrogant. No fine line between punk and class, this is where they sit.
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