Peter King Watch: Sickening New England Patriots lovefest
I like Peter King, I really do. But when you see him write about the New England Patriots week after week it's just sickening. Downright nauseating. This week Peter takes it a step further.
I should protest this article and not write about it, but I will focus on the non-New England Patriots crap after three choice examples from Peter King.
You have to realize that the fawning by Peter is all fantasy constructed in his head concerning the upcoming season. Creative writing or fan fiction. You decide. Here are the three quotes:
- Tom Brady is 28, and it's likely that no player -- at least since a young Gale Sayers ran wild for the Bears 40 years ago -- has ever secured a bust in Canton by age 28.
- Several Patriots said Belichick was particularly serene at halftime. "About the worst thing he said to the defense was, 'You guys are playing like dog dung,'" said defensive end Richard Seymour. "He's been here before. We've been here before. We took a chill pill at halftime and knew we'd get it right in the third quarter.''
- Those are matters for another day. After the game, Brady and his new girlfriend, Lindsay Lohan, walked arm in arm out of Ford Field. "Time to celebrate,'' said Brady, who's so much like Wally Cleaver he even talks like him. "We're headed out for a cheeseburger and a chocolate malt.''
You ready to vomit.
Luckily, the rest of Peter Kings column is better. His factoid of the week is very interesting:
It is June 13. Washington and Pittsburgh have combined to win 66 games. The Red Sox and Yankees have combined to win 63.
He has three thinks I think that are very revealing:
- I think Travis Henry will end up in Tennessee, unless he's still on the market in mid-July, which I doubt, and Fred Taylor's still slowed by injury. If Taylo'rs hurt, I think Jacksonville gets him. I've said it all along: Henry will end up being moved for a first-day draft pick in the 2006 draft, which would be a good deal for both sides. He'd be a head case if he stayed in Buffalo, and he's still got a couple of 1,300-yard years left in him.
- I think the funniest holdout of the year has to be massive underachiever Cletidus Hunt in Green Bay. Son, they won't miss you. That is, of course, unless you've been taking Reggie White and now are the hard-trying, productive player you should have been all along.
- I think the NFL rushing leader this year will be Willis McGahee.
