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A question: why did that Gregg Easterbook Tuesday Morning Quarterback thing become popular? It’s idiotic. He knows even less about football than he does about politics.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard
Battle won, war still ongoing.
I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.
JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?
It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.
No one could have predicted…
“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”
Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?
The willow is too close to the house.
This fight is for everything.
Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.
Accountability, motherfuckers.
Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.
The revolution will be supervised.
I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.
This blog will pay for itself.
I was promised a recession.
Not all heroes wear capes.
A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.
Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.
Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.
We are aware of all internet traditions.
The GOP is a fucking disgrace.
It’s the corruption, stupid.
Baud
This could very well be the last NFL weekend in American solvency.
Geaux Saints!
raven
Well well, what a surprise.
Schlemizel
Because the inflamed asshole with wire-rim glasses has the baseball angle tied up as if it made him intellectually superior so football was something he could claim as making him knowledgeable about something outside of politics
Schlemizel
Here is a silly cartoon that is football related I’d like JC to see
http://www.gocomics.com/thenewadventuresofqueenvictoria/2013/10/13#.UlrWbXazKpg
Andrew
1) Teenagers
2) He was one of the first national type voices to embrace the far more aggressive style of coaching that says it’s better to go on a lot of fourth downs that were traditionally a punt. It appealed to the stat nerd in me.
PeakVT
why did that Gregg Easterbook Tuesday Morning Quarterback thing become popular?
Same reason McAddled is an expert on economics: both can write in a way that sounds like they know what they are talking about. Easterdunce is also somewhat amusing if you like that kind of humor.
scav
I can’t help thinking about what sort of head injuries they must have been racking up in Congress to get to this point . . . and on top of the three-scotch lunches . . .
Go somebody. I think I’ll root for all tight ends. Or maybe all the guys they keep telling to take a hike. They need some support.
C.J.
He mixes politics into the TMQ column, actually. It’s horrible
Corner Stone
I think I’m ready for some football.
The Texans, on the hand…not sure they’re ready yet.
Corner Stone
Welp, I guess the answer is that I am not, in fact, ready for some football.
Mudge
It’s at ESPN.com. Nitwits read everything posted there (although I like Barnwell). ESPN is the network that hired Kurt Schilling, then never mentioned that he had defrauded Rhode Island.
dr. bloor
The only thing ‘Merica loves more than an Idiot is a Polyidiot.
Thlayli
Easterbrook makes some good points, but the cutesy mannerisms and nicknames (“Squared Sevens”, etc) get old quickly.
burnspbesq
Well, it’s into the second quarter and the Steelers are not yet being blown out by the Jets. Cole must be lovin’ life.
BruceFromOhio
Greg who?
ETA @Baud: This is the game of the day, and the CBS affiliate has agreed to let the local market experience the winning fortitude. Saints, indeed!
2liberal
you’ve got it all wrong!!! His first name is spelled CURT !
2liberal
re: easterbrook. I enjoy reading him. he surveys a lot of games and tactics. also he often posts pictures of cheerleaders.
mainmati
Well I am off to Jakarta for several weeks. That used to mean no connection to US sports back in the day. No longer. The Big Durian has sports bars and Steeler fans that aren’t American though this year maybe not so much.
mainmati
Well I am off to Jakarta for several weeks. That used to mean no connection to US sports back in the day. No longer. The Big Durian has sports bars and Steeler fans that aren’t American though this year maybe not so much.
2liberal
re: Levi Brown. Today he got hurt AFTER the inactives are listed so both he and his backup can’t play. I predict bad things for the steelers as a result of him being on the roster. He was a complete bust for the cardinals.
Amir Khalid
Every time I see the word “football” in a Balloon Juice post headline I check for Randinho’s byline, and these days I am always disappointed.
Another Botsplainer
Very few people actually understand Hand Eggball. Most especially the sports talkers on your local radio station.
Spaghetti Lee
Dunno why/if he’s popular, but if you like seeing him torched, Drew Magary at Deadspin has a weekly “Gregg Easterbrook is a haughty dipshit” feature deconstructing his column.
raven
Jesus. I nap through most of the half and I see 3-0 and 3-3.
Dave
I liked TMQ a lot, back in the day, when I still considered myself just conservative enough to vote for John Kerry. For that demographic, what’s not to like? Contrarian football analysis, “both-sides-do-it-until-only-Dems-do-it” political analysis, occasionally funny jokes, and cheerleader pictures. I haven’t read his column in years.
Nerull
At this rate the packers won’t have 11 players left to play. Cobb is huge.
Redshirt
@Dave: I used to like the Star Trek references. But that was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
Redshirt
Also, for the first time in a LONG time, I’m afraid for the Pats fortune’s today. I can easily see a New Orleans route – like 35-3 or something like that. It could be a monumental loss for New England, and break a sort of spell the team has cast over the region, and entire league. Great danger I sense for Tom Terrific.
Baud
@Redshirt:
Anything’s possible, but they’re playing in New England and the Pats are looking to bounce back after a tough loss. I’m concerned about the Saints, but I’m that way every Sunday.
rj
b/c he featured cheerleaders
Batocchio
Finally a touchdown! Rodgers to Nelson.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)
Will the Vikings win a game on the North American continent this year?
Redshirt
@Baud: I’m predicting a 35-17 New Orleans win.
If the Sox lose tonight as well, there will be wild panic in the streets of Boston tomorrow.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
Cannot believe that the Panthers are destroying the Vikings like this. Of course, I will breathe easily ONLY after the final whistle.
raven
It’s “rout” girls and boys.
billgerat
Well, Cole will be happy for once.
BruceFromOhio
….aaaaaaand the Browns renew their spirit of suckitude after a brief flight of fancy,as the Stillers end their OWEN phase. Ravens get the result they deserve, now to see if Cincy rises to the occasion in OT over Beefalo.
BruceFromOhio
@Redshirt: I thought I heard a stat where NE is playing with 11 rookies on offensive squad? Something or other? They certainly haven’t looked like the Pats of yore.
Feebog
Packers pull it out, but will the injuries to Jones and Cobb hurt them down line?
ranchandsyrup
It’s irresponsible not to conflate correlation and causation to speculate whether an unnecessarily repeated letter at the end of a name is the mark of the douche. Gregg, Glenn, Johnnnnnnnn, etc.
Nerull
Jags seem to think their only chance is injuries. They’re probably right.
SFAW
@mainmati:
That’s, like, all of them. F’ing commies
ETA: Go J-E-T-S!
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Batocchio:
That was a good win. Hopefully it’s not a Pyrrhic victory, what with the injuries to Cobb (I don’t feel good about his return this season) and James Jones. Eddie Lacy is looking more and more like the real deal as the season moves on- most other rookies (or lesser vets) would’ve kept going on that last carry, either going out of bounds or risking getting the ball stripped.
Redshirt
@BruceFromOhio: Yes. Inexplicably, Lord Belichick decided to gift Tom Brady’s last years with a cast of “Who-Dat’s?”, and not the high scoring New Orleans kind.
That said, looking good so far.
billgerat
Seahawks are Seahacks again. Why in the hell was Hauschka in the locker room for? A bloody nose?
billgerat
A fumble by Rice, and a personal foul by Seattle. The Hawks don’t want to win this game.
Steeplejack
Where’d everybody go? Tom Brady just fired a TD shot with five seconds left to hose the Saints. Damn.
BruceFromOhio
@Redshirt: That game was as engaging as last week’s Broncos/Cowboys – two talented teams beating the fuck out of eachother not just physically, but mentally as well. Awesome contest.
Well done, Pats. And Saints got nothing to be ashamed of, they played better than the Pats, except at the very bitter end.
Baud
Congrats, Pats fans. We gave Brady too many chances. At least the pressure of an undefeated season is gone.
Death Panel Truck
That touchdown by Tennessee at the end of the second quarter against Seattle was a thing of beauty. Loved it.
Fuck the fucking Seattle Fucking Seahawks. From someone in eastern Washington who has loathed the Seachickens since the day they entered the league. Fuck ’em.