Commander Sheepard

I'll certainly play.

Have to apologize for dissapearing a couple of times on games. Not what I like to do, and I'm sorry for having done it. I'm back now and should have more time to spend on things. Especially this week, what with the west nile and all.

I honestly wonder if he didn't say that simply because he's running out of guys to throw at Jon Jones at 205. Seriously, if he beats Hendo, there's who left who would be looked at as any kind of a serious threat? Gustaffson, maybe?

Put me on the list. Mark it for now as Sheep's Possibly Themed/Possibly Not Themed, Fairly Small and Basic Mafia

Not ready yet, but I'm working on it.

Louis CK stand-up on Netflix. I needed a good long laugh.

Strength in numbers. (Y)

So TMZ is reporting that Jon Jones totaled his car and got arrested for DUI. Then got bailed out by his mom. Wow. Just...wow.

Actually, I've been down in my back, so I could use a REAL massage, if anyone's offering...

Ooh, one of those for me too?

I tried to find fourth quarter stats for Romo, but found this article.

http://thelandryhat.com/2011/06/14/tony-romo-is-more-clutch-than-you-have-been-led-to-believe/

A lot of people will point at Tony Romo for the reason the Dallas Cowboys have not returned to glory. You will often hear that Romo lacks any clutch gene and that he shrinks in the big moment. These criticisms of Romo sound awfully similar to those you used to hear of Peyton Manning or that you now hear of Miami Heat star LeBron James.

ESPN’s NFC West blogger Mike Sando wrote a piece inspired by LeBron’s fourth-quarter insufficiency and looked at the NFC West quarterbacks in clutch situations. Sando’s piece then inspired ESPN Dallas’ Todd Archer to look at Romo’s statistics in the big moments.

Does Tony Romo really lack the clutch jean? Is he unable to get the job done when pressure is on? The numbers tell a different story than what you may have been led to believe.

Archer looks at Romo’s stats in fourth-quarter games where the score was within seven points. In those situations, Romo has a passer rating of 101.5. In those close fourth-quarters during Romo’s career, he has 2,418 yards with 17 touchdowns and only 8 interceptions.

That doesn’t sound like a guy who shrinks in the clutch to me. In fact, only Peyton Manning has a higher passer rating in those same fourth-quarter situations.

People may continue to tell you Romo is not a clutch quarterback, but you can’t ignore the facts.

The Cowboys inability to make a serious run lately cannot be blamed on Tony Romo. He is doing all he can and the statistics back it up. If you want to point blame on anyone, blame the horrible offensive line play and the defense that has more holes than Swiss cheese.

Also found that Romo has the most yardage, second most touchdown passes and third highest passer rating in the fourth quarter by any QB since '08.

That's all well and good, and in fact, I was aware of all of that. But pure numbers don't always tell the entire story. Look, I support Romo because he's my teams QB, and he's a good QB, and lord KNOWS he's not the only thing that's kept the Cowboys from achieving what they should have achieved. But it's like I've told my friends: There's a difference between Tony Romo and QB's like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. Romo really likes to win. Those guys HATE to lose. It's a leadership mentality that I think lets Romo down at the most inopportune times. He's not the only QB in the league that (I feel) lacks it, but he's the one on MY team that lacks it, so obviously I'm going to focus more on him than any others. Again, I hope that he proves all of the doubters, myself included, wrong this year. Lord knows it's been long enough since the Cowboys made a serious run deep into the playoffs. I need SOMETHING to say to the Saints/Ravens/Steelers fans that make up my workplace.

Should be a good fight, and I honestly think that the winner would stand a good chance against Cruz coming off of his surgery and recovery. One thing that I was thinking about (and I'm sure has been pointed out many times already) is that so much of Cruz's game is based around his speed and movement, that it makes you wonder if he'll be nearly as good when he comes back. I know he'll have the best rehab and all of that, but still, that kind of injury isn't easy to come back from, and just look at the NFL where some running backs/wide receivers NEVER fully are 100% afterwards. I'm sure he'll still be good, but just HOW good?

Romo has had 14 or fewer interceptions during his past three complete seasons. And watching a Cowboys game, you'll realize most of Romo's interceptions are completely fluke-ish. They come off crap like Dez Bryant running the wrong route or bouncing off Witten's hands.

The one that really sticks out to me is last year's opener in NY against the Jets and Dez ran the wrong route and Romo ended up throwing a perfect pass to Revis that led to a Jets win.

I think the problem with Romo is the season he broke out ('06?) he had that disastrous hold that cost them a playoff game in Dallas against the Seahawks. That has followed him around for his whole career and every time he does something wrong, Dallas fans are so quick to jump against him.

I'll grant you that weird stuff sometimes happens to a QB and that it's not always that QB's fault. But when so much weird stuff seems to happen around ONE QB, whats the common denominator there? That, plus his less than impressive December winning percentage are my main problems with him. And sorry, but no, I don't hold that playoff game against the Seahawks against him. He shouldn't have been holding on that kick to begin with. And let me just say that I'll agree that Romo wasn't the big problem last year, the defense was. Or more precisely, the defense's inability to hold onto a LEAD was the problem last year. There's no doubt that Romo has tons of talent. But I'm just afraid that MENTALLY he's not ever going to get over the hump. I hope I'm wrong. I really really do.

Yeah, I grew up in Texas, so it's ingrained in me, lol. And even before that, I knew about and liked the Cowboys thanks to my Mom, who was a big fan of Roger Staubach. And I was lucky enough to marry a woman who's just as big a Cowboys fan as I am. And she gets even MORE upset when they lose, which makes for fun times at our house.

That's why I put it in quotes. As far as Dallas' defense goes, that's one of the main reasons I'm happy with their off-season pick-ups. Through free agency and teh draft, they addressed their biggest defensive need, which was the secondary. They already had one of the best defenders in the league (imo anyway) with Demarcus Ware, and adding some guys behind him that can hopefully stop SOME of the passing attacks will only help. Not saying they'll be on the level of the Bears that year or the Ravens in 2000, but should be a strength now instead of a liability.

That whole "Rex Grossman taking the Bears to the Superbowl" thing actually gives me some hope that if HE can do it, then maybe Romo can too. Romo may be inconsistent and big the worst times to implode, but he's not NEARLY on the same level as Rex Grossman. On his BEST day I don't think Grossman was really near the top of the QB heap, and Romo has definitely been there.

I'm trying to be in pro-Romo mode, and I really hope he proves me wrong. Told my wife that I thought this could be the year for something good to happen. So we'll see.

Now, I like McKenzie and everything, but I just don't see this fight going well for him. At ALL.

Yeah, like I've told all my friends, Romo is the type of QB who is just good enough to lose you the big game. And he's so damn inconsistent. He can throw for 330 yards and 3 TDs one week, and toss 3 INT's and fumble twice the next.

I've honestly never thought of him as a clutch QB just for that reason. I really don't see the Cowboys ever winning a Super Bowl with him as QB.

I'm in, if I counted right and I'm not too late. And if you'll have me of course.

You're probably right. And yeah, it's a little different animal fighting Anderson Silva, so he probably WOULD try to take it to the ground. Not sure he would have the same success Chael did, but it would be his best chance by far.

Yeah, Koscheck would draw more than pretty much any middleweight challenger who hasn't been tried already, and he *might* even have a shot against Silva given Silva's difficulty with good wrestlers. Wouldn't be a pretty fight though.

See, I'd disagree, cause Koscheck, at least for the last few fights, hasn't really USED his wrestling (except for this last fight which I didnt' see, so I don't actually know how that went). He's seemed more like he wants to go out there and rely on getting a big knockout shot rather than take things to the ground. Of course, if he were to fight Silva, you'd think he would know he HAS to take things to the ground.

And yeah, Chael would make him look silly at the press conferences, which would be amusing.

Yeah, I agree that he's marketable (though a lot of that comes from his image as the biggest douchebag in the UFC), and that he would have a chance to earn a title shot more easily than at WW. But, like we both said, I don't see him beating either Silva or Sonnen (or whoever else may be champ at that time).

Could be interesting. Though I don't really think he'll get any farther there than he did at welterweight. I think Koscheck has hit the limits of his ability, and it's not quite enough to carry him to a title. Could be wrong though. I guess we'll see.

Had a feeling that might be the case. Wonder who they're gonna match Koscheck up with now?

Wow, 146 is kinda snake bit, isn't it? Lots of re-shuffling there. Still should hopefully be a good fight though.

and for the record, I would LOVE to see Cerrone and Pettis mix it up. I think that would be an awesome fight.