I didn't know that Juan was on Youtube.

Expect a Colston blog later. As for now, I gotta get back to work.

The Debate Is On.

I've really been trying to stay away from this topic for the past 48 hours or so but sometimes you just have to go head on about things.

4th and 2.

Those words will haunt Belichick for a while.

They shouldn't.

I'm going to try and be as non-bias as I can about this but it was the right call. Don't tell me Belichick was arrogant. That he was just being cocky and thought he had the win in the bag.

He did what any half-decent coach would do: Put the game in Brady's hands. Unless you're the '85 Bears, you're always going to depend on Brady to give you the W ahead of the defense. Any defense. For 45 minutes, the Patriots D played as solid as it has in a while. Then the defense suddenly remembered that it was the nursing home that it is and got tired.

Tired D + Peyton Manning = TDs. And in this case it also equals a win.

If the Pats were to punt the ball, there was a good chance that Peyton would rally the Colts down the field and get the touchdown they needed. Just ask Miami. He doesn't need much time to score a touchdown.

However, Peyton can't score TDs if he's on the sideline. Belichick knew this. The Pats have rolled the dice on 4th down a few times this season and have been successful for the most part.

Why not go for it again? Make it, and the Colts are no longer undefeated.

Belichick shouldn't even be getting the blame for the lose.

Officiating was really sketch throughout the whole game.

The refs shouldn't get the blame either.

Blame Lawrence Maroney. If he doesn't fumble on the goal line, and the Colts recover for a touchback, this debate wouldn't even be happening. The talk of the town would be the Patriots closing in on 2007 form, (I perfer 2001, or 2003, or 2004. But that's just me). Maroney cost the Patriots the game. No doubt in my mind. He fails.

The First Quarter Is Over.

With the first four weeks of the NFL season over, we can get a clear idea of which teams are at the top of the class and which ones really need to go to the UFL. You know, that one league with the four teams? The league where Vick really should have gone to jumpstart his football career instead of playing back up to McNabb AND Kevin Kolb.

A tiny sidebar. Let's get real here. The Wild[Dog] offense isn't gonna work in Philly. Although Vick may be the perfect player to do this, Andy Reid isn't the perfect coach to make the plays for it. Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg isn't gonna do much either. In case you forgot, he coached the Lions. His record as Lions' head coach: 5-27. 'Nuff said.

Alright, so back to the top. Here are what Tha Sports Corna Top 5 looks like:

Picture Courtesy of ESPN.com

5. Minnesota Vikings

Brett Farve just won't leave. He showed everyone on that he can still perform, even on the big stage. And for people saying that they're sick and tired of Farve. That's BS. We all know it. As much as we hate to admit it, we damn love the drama this guy brings. The Brett Farve Show is the male version of Gossip Girl, Desperate Housewives, and the entire Oxygen network combined. The Packers/Vikings game was ESPN's most watched broadcast. We can't get enough Farve. It's true. It's true. And the Vikings defense was out for blood. They damn near killed Rodgers. Jared Allen was...well...I have no words to describe his play on Monday Night. All I can say about him is that he just took the title of best defensive lineman away from Dwight Freeney.

Courtesy of MVN.com

4. Indianapolis Colts

The elder Manning brother had doubters heading into the season, saying that he was in the decline. Not true. His ability to manage the game has allowed him stay at the top of his game. No one can argue against Manning being one of the smartest players on the field. He reads an offense like he's reading The Cat in the Hat. Their defense is their achilles heel. The Colts proved that they could win a Super Bowl with offense rather than defense but this is ridiculous. Their defense is something you'd expect from the Chiefs. If they want to add a 2nd ring to their collection, they have to tighten their play up.

Courtesy of ESPN.com

3. New Orleans Saints

We all knew that the Saints were going to be a great team. Not many though, thought that they would be undefeated going into Week 5. New Orleans have the best offense in the NFL, although Brees hasn't been in top form in the last two games. In the past two games, he hasn't thrown a touchdown. Since Pierre Thomas has returned, the running game has been revitalized, a breath of fresh air. The only question mark is the defense. They have been allowing way too many passing yards. The run defense has been solid though.

Courtesy of ESPN.com

2. New York Giants

The only reason the Giants are ranked higher than the Saints is because of their defense. They have been allowing about 100 yards less passing. Look at the two offenses, and statistically they are mirror images. The game between the two teams next week will easily The Game of the Week, if not the season, despite Eli's injury. That's where it all lies right now. Manning. Looking at the injury reports, there is little Eli can do but to suck up the pain. It's an injury that's easily going to affect him for the rest of the season. Facing the Raiders this Sunday, they can afford to give him a bit of rest. It's the Raiders.

Courtesy of ESPN.com

1. Denver Broncos

That's not a typo. The Denver Broncos. A team that was a laughing stock last year. A team that fired Mike Shanahan. The Mike Shanahan that worked with one of the best quarterbacks the world will ever see. And then, replaced the future hall of famer with a rookie 33-year old coach. And not only that, but they ended up trading their "quarterback of the future" for Kyle Orton. Everyone thought that they were going to repeat their 6-10 performance at the best. We all were wrong. The Orange Crush is back! 4 games and they only allowed 26 points. Orton has yet to throw a pick, and everyone is forgetting Shanahan's name. Despite not playing top-nouch competition (Cincy, Believeland, The corpse of Al Davis, and America's Joke), the record speaks for itself. Denver has been playing great all-around.

If gonna rank the top 5 teams, might as well rank the bottom 5 teams.

T-32. Kansas City, Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns, St. Louis, Carolina Panthers

Yeah, The Lions aren't in the bottom 5. They have a glimpse of promise, which is not saying much.

Back to these "teams". I only need two words to analyze them. Just two words.

THEY SUCK.

Alright, just a bit more detail.

It hurts to watch these "teams". Do I need to bring up the Panthers vs. Cowboys Monday Night game? Don't make me. I don't want to relive that. It pains me to even think about thinking about it. These teams have no hope. They are what I call the anti-Obama.

(Disclaimer: This is not a reference to George W. Bush and his administration, a presidency that was believed by some to be the worst ever. It is a reference to President Obama's hope. These teams have none, hence anti-Obama.)

I will honestly be surprised if these teams combined reach 10 wins. Until the culture changes, the suckiness is here to stay.

You Guys Need To Chill

Photo courtesy of Yahoo! Sports

So by now everyone knows that the Lions beat the Redskins, ending Detroit's 19-game losing streak. So the Redskins fans of the world are crying
their eyes out, ashamed they follow what people now consider "The Worst Team in the NFL".

Alright 'Skins fans, let's get something straight: losing to the Lions doesn't really mean much, regardless if you won, you still kinda suck. The team was a field goal away from being 0-3.

C'mon, let's be real here. The wide receivers have been fairly inconsistent. Don't give me none of that "Santana Moss crushed Detroit and had 178 receiving yards" crap. I didn't say they can't have their moments, I'm just saying they aren't the most reliable group of guys. Just be thankful they aren't at Ted Ginn, Jr. level.

Portis hasn't been getting the job done either. In three games, the most he rushed for in a single game was 79 yards. Against the Rams. Let's be honest, their D is weak. Without going on ESPN or whatever, not many people could name a single dude from the defense. I struggled to remember Chris Long. That's not gonna cut it.
And the Lions basically shut down Portis in that game. 42 yards on the ground. Really?

Your defense has 4 sacks and 1 pick. Washington faced Jake Delhomme Version 2 in Marc Bulger and a overrated rookie QB. Both teams with weak offensive lines.

No.

By the way, firing Jim Zorn wouldn't solve the problem. The team has made many coaching changes through the years recently, it hasn't done much to help the team's success. Don't blame Zorn too much. And plus, at the pro level, the job of a coach is sometimes overrated. At this point, it's mostly a player issue.

Only Jason Campbell has been resembling anything of success on the team. With a better receiving core, he'd probably have more touchdowns. His only mistake is that he holds on to the ball too long. Of the two 'Skins games I've seen, the O-lines gives Campbell a decent amount of time to throw. If receivers aren't open, he has to be more proactive.

The Lions are a better team than people are giving them credit. They aren't a good team. Not by a long shot, but they've improved. Although the changes in the coaching staff or personnel probably haven't done much of a difference, except firing Matt Millen, the Lions have something to prove: Not to be the league's laughing stock. After an offseason to let things sink in, they realize the shame and despair that goes with being winless.

Detroit doesn't have much to look forward to. Financial problems have decimated their hope. The citizens of Detroit have nothing to look forward to. Let them have this win. They need it.

Back from Hiatus

I'd like to take this time to apologize to our four and a half regular readers of the blog for not keeping up with it and well, to be honest, being lazy with it. I promise to be more consistent with Tha Sports Corna, starting now.

I'd also like to announce the launching of a Sports Corna Twitter Account. Here at Tha Sports Corna, we adapt to all forms of communications and websites on the interwebs. We also have a new email account thasportscorna@gmail.com Feel free to tweet and/or email us with any comments and questions. Who knows, enough questions and what not and we'll have to jock Bill Simmons' idea and have our own Mailbag.

With that out of the way...ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages. I just have one question. Are you ready? Internet, I said, ARE YOU REEEEAAAADDDDY?!?!?!?!?!

Let's start the re-launching of Tha Sports Corna with last night's Monday Night Football. Colts vs. Dolphins. Land Shark Stadium.

Let's be honest here, both teams' defenses were not impressive at all. Not only did Miami show-off the now legendary Wildcat offense, but the Colts had no idea how to even think about stopping it, let alone a standard run formation. At the same time, the Miami defense were just mere obstacles the Colts had to hop over to get touchdowns. First play of the game: Colts score on a 80 yard pass to Dallas Clark. The Colts didn't need to have the ball for an extended time, because they just needed a few plays tops to score.

The Dolphins' offense was close to perfect last night. Then Miami reminded us who they had behind center: Chad Pennington.

Pennington isn't a horrible quarterback. He's one of the most accurate passers in the league. Problem is that his accuracy doesn't extend beyond 30 yards. Not to pile on Chad but he doesn't exactly possess leadership qualities. And in the off-chance that he does; he doesn't exactly make them public, now does he?

The Dolphins didn't choke or anything. They played a great game for all 60 minutes. Sure they could have squeezed more time out of the clock in their last scoring drive, and sure they had some minor time management issues in the last drive of the game, but that's because Indy had Miami right were they wanted them. No one could have seriously though Chad Pennington could have engineered a game winning drive. It's just not in him. As great as the Dolphins' run scheme was, it's close to impossible to win a football game if you're dependent on the running game if you're down to one possession. You need some sort of reliable passing game in a two minute drill.

I don't blame Ted Ginn Jr. for the loss (although it was his ball to catch, I mean he did have BOTH hands on the ball).

The thing with Miami's offensive scheme is that it doesn't match up. You have a speed receiver in Ginn. He can spread out a defense with his God-given agility. The thing is, you can't do that when your quarterback doesn't have the arm strength to throw a ball beyond 10 yards. Greg Carmarillo isn't gonna cut it either. TE Anthony Fasano is a nice option. He did have a decent breakout year in 2008. But there are still some question marks about him.

That being said. The Colts aren't completely washed-up. Miami is a draft away from contending in the AFC. And oh yeah, Plax is in jail.

THIS BLOG AIN'T DEAD, BITCHES.

Ok, less talk football, K? K.

Where the fuck did the Broncos D come from? Amirite? Odom has 7 sacks so far this year and a strong pass rush only makes the legendary secondary's job that much easier.

Where the fuck did the 49ers come from? Ok, we knew Gore was a stud, but who thought that they'd be able to win games?

As of now, the best players in each position (as far as I'm concerned) are


QB - Drew Brees
RB - Chris Johnson (AP fumbles, CJ amazes)
WR - Andre Johnson (arguable, I know. But Andre doesn't have the QB that Colston or Fitzgerald have)
TE - Tony Gonzalez
CB - Charles Woodson
LB - Ray Lewis
DL - Antwan Odom

Team Defense - Jets
Team Offense - Saints

John Wall

Who the hell is Ricky Rubio?

SCREW YOU JUAN ITS FOOTBALL TIMEEEEE

My key players to watch this season are Miles Austin and Chris Henry. Two recievers that are highly slept on in a league that skeets itself over any running back that looks promising. I mean, I know Palmer's quite biased but he started calling Henry "Little Randy Moss".. That is a very bold statement, but if he even delivers half of Palmer's promise he'll show to be a great reciever.

My idea of the biggest flop this season? Stafford, hands down. He wasn't even that great of a college QB, the lions just needed a new face to make the fans happy. Not that I disagree with the move... but in the long run, it WONT work out. They need an O line first. Just ask Carr.

A team I see on the uprise: The Chiefs will definitely be much better than they were last year, and considering that they were a good team that just lost a lot of games last season.. I'd be filled with promise if I was a fan.

Superbowl contender - The Bears. If you need me to explain that, plz leave now.

Too Much Football?

So I'm trying to see what else is happening in the sports world other than Mark Buehrle's perfect game. Which by the way, I congratulate Buehrle on. He's an underrated pitcher who's been having a great season before the perfect game today. Big props also are needed for Dewayne Wise. Buehrle owes Wise everything after saving the perfect game with the play of the year.

Anyways, I'm surfing ESPN to get my hourly fix and I see that t he NFL Draft is expanding to 3 days.Before clicking on the story, I'm thinking to myself that they're actually going to increase the amount of rounds. The draft is excruciatingly long as it is. The teams on top of the draft board know who they're going to draft. The fans know who's going to be drafted. No reason why the first round needs to be 10 minutes long. If teams want to set up a trade, they have plenty of time before the draft to talk things out. I think 7 minutes are enough to hammer out details. A 7 minute time limit per pick in the first round works out. I had half a mind to personally call up Commissioner Goodell and complain the hell out of him. I was ready to start a Facebook group, write multiple posts on Serious Intertainment and Tha Sports Corna, make trending topics on Twitter, the whole nine yards. Keep in mind, all this is going through my mind before actually clicking on the link.

Then I actually click on the link and see the story.

Excerpt from ESPN.com "Commissioner Roger Goodell notified teams Thursday that the draft will be spread over three days in 2010, running Thursday, April 22, through Saturday, April 24.

In addition, the first round will start in prime time at 7:30 p.m. ET." The same story continues to say that the second and third rounds will be held on Friday, while the fourth through seventh rounds are for Saturday.

This isn't that bad of an idea actually. I can barely watch the entire first round, let alone the rest of the draft. Spreading the draft out like this is like having an extended bathroom break in between the different sections of the draft. This country as a whole doesn't have the best attention span. If you really expect for NFL fans to watch 2 full days on the NFL draft continuously, you have another thing coming. It's easier on the brain to watch three 3-hour chunks of the Draft than serving us two 6-8 hour servings. Ever since coming into the league, the Commish has been bring switching things up in the NFL. And it's been working. Keep up the good work.

Finally, Juan P. has come back to...Tha Sports Corna

18 days. 18 long days without a Sports Corna post. Let me explain myself first. I was in Massachusetts for 12 of those days. Sure I had internet connection up there but I had a lot of catching up to do. As much as I wanted to blog, there was little time. Second of all, I've been putting most of my resources to www.randallallday.com. A cute little project created by Doucet, Kyle, and yours truly. Peep it. And third, I still feel like I'm catching up on all the news that has happened in these past 12 days. Right when I'm caught up, or at least feel caught up, more shit keeps happening. Most eventful June EVER.

Anyways, here's just a few thoughts on recent sporting events.

The Seattle Supersonics, The OK City Thunder, whatever you want to call yourselves, they're a dumbass team. YOU PASSED UP RICKY RUBIO!?!?!?!?! As my Sports Corna counterpart, Doucet, pointed out, Rubio is the best. Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, Ricky Rubio. Could you imagine that team. Well apparently neither could the Thunder.

Speaking of Rubio. The T-Wolves are also idiotic. First you don't resign McHale back as coach. Obviously the man knew what he was doing and he was beloved by the main core of the team, if you can call it a core. But then you draft another point guard in addition to Rubio. Now Rubio is gonna bitch back to Spain and you wasted/missed out on a great talent.

The Red Sox are 7-3 in their last 10 games. I like that. Despite inconsistencies from Dice-K, or more like consistently bad outtings, the Red Sox are still in first place. Once Smoltz starts to get his rust off, they're going to be that much better. Their roster is that deep that a player of Dick-K's status can be missed without major repercussions.

That's it for now.