Comments for He didn't inhale; he just sucked at http://www.18to88.com , comment 1 to 31 out of 20 comments http://www.18to88.com Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:51:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1825 Wow. Thanks for the insight. - DZ Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:39:13 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1816 Ed was kicked off Penn states football because a woman claimed he raped her and then locked her in a bathroom.. He was then let back and kicked off once again for testing + on a dope test.. He then then sucked up to Larry Johnson and Joe Pa at penn s tate to beg NFL coachs to get his foot in the door of the NFL.. He then was kicked off the NFL team for being charged with smoking pot in his car... The guy is a joke. He needs to be flipping burgers or in prison. Oh.. by the way.. I played with him for 4 years at Penn State.. Hes a dirt ball and needs his fat a** beat. - killswitch Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:12:40 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1782 Just to alert you guys, Freeney will be chatting at nfl.com at 5 pm. - Attila Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:29:44 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1781 I didn't say it was rational. Vanderjagct scarred me forever. I can live with AV missing a kick, I can't live with IRing him and letting someone else miss it when he could have been healthy enough to play. Sane? Probably not, but that's how I feel. At least I admit it's crazy. - DZ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:20:20 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1779 How clutch can a 36 year old Vinatieri be after a hip and a knee surgery, and few months without practice? - Attila Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:17:10 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1778 Yup. I don't trust AV much right now. But he makes kicks in January which is all that matters to Polian. IRing him seems like tempting fate... - DemondSanders Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:14:17 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1776 You don't want to IR Vinatieri if you know he'll be back just in time for the playoffs. I know it's irrational, but I still trust him come January. I want to feel secure my guy won't yack the kick, after years of being sure he would. - DZ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:11:34 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1775 I think Vinatieri should be put on IR and Ed or Santi or Senn ... should get the last roster spot... Ed needs to loose 10-15 pounds, if he wants to come back. - Attila Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:09:27 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1774 Yup. Let's be real: It is really unusual for the Colts to be carrying 3 kickers, 3 quarterbacks, and 4 RBs. Other teams, maybe, but it is weird for the Colts. And it has left Ed the odd man out. End of story. - DemondSanders Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:05:55 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1773 Six months ago we all assumed he'd be a day-one starter. Then with all the success and him not even being activated, I am not sure what I thought--probably that he was more raw than I expected back then. And now they say he's ready. Like we all thought in the spring. Strange world, and I assume Stover's addition had something to do with the cut rather than benching of Ed. And now it's Fili's turn--if you'll recall, the only man who could stop Freeney in his rookie season was... Dungy. 93 did not start until about his 7th game (and still had more sacks than Peppers). Maybe this is just another case of that and Fili will go on to challenge for DROY. - Bob M Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:37:17 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1767 Ed may not be the least productive DT on the roster, but it's totally possible he's the least talented. If you take the heart and hustle of guys like Muir and Foster, and the (perhaps unrealized) potential of Moala, it quite possibly made Ed the most expendable. If Tennessee was better and we hadn't just played them, I wouldn't have put money down on him ending up on their roster before the end of next week. But sniping ex-Colts might not be a real high priority for them right now, as it has been for so much of the recent past. - WJoel Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:55:59 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1765 Hey I just recently found this blog through Paul Kuharsky's blog over at ESPN, and I just wanted to say I love it. I'll be checking you guys out weekly from now on. I also want to give a big thanks to Preston for doing this analysis of Ed's play. It was very useful and much appreciated. I'll be seeing you all around. - 35er Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:06:46 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1762 (I'm keeping my Colts colored glasses on and hoping that Moola is just finally ready to play, and will actually make the defensive tackle rotation stronger. After all, the Colts were fine against the Jags without Johnson.) On another note, am I the only one that gets the impression from reading Oester and Phil B everyday, that Johnny O. makes it a point to write positive things about Ugoh (and point out plays where Peyton just gets the throw off before CJ's man sacks him), while Phil B. trashes Ugoh every chance he gets. Like all Colts fans, I just want what is best for the team. (i.e. Keeping #18 upright) Still, I find it interesting, that two prominent followers of the team, apparently have such differing views on Ugoh. I sure don't know who is right, and I am not equipped to do a "Preston like" breakdown of left tackle play, but I do wonder even if CJ and Ugoh both stay healthy, if the drama of this situation has played out. - Doug England Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:51:27 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1761 Like most everyone else I would take Caldwell's word about why he was let go. Is he really the least talented defensive lineman on the roster? Benching, rather than cutting would seem a wiser course of action. Maybe AV's injury forced their hand. Of all the guys in the roster that I think might be interchangable and replacable, I'd select Chad" the human touchback" Simpson. - Dave_H Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:39:33 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1760 I would expect Johnson to go unsigned. He should be there if they decide they need him later. Of course, you never know. - DemondSanders Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:12:41 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1758 I think it's interesting that Caldwell has earned everyone's trust so far. I guess the whole not ever losing thing helps. And I don't mean to criticize, I feel the same way. It's nice to be able to trust him so quickly. Hopefully he'll keep doing everything right. Congrats on the Argentina win. Hopefully Uruguay can pull it out against Honduras. Ecuador really choked away a spot in the World Cup. The real question now is how many players can Maradona get in to the game during the Cup. - psvirsky Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:07:58 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1754 I would let Fransisco, Baskett and especially Simpson go first, although I sorta understand the need for four RBs with Hart still coming back (I thought he was cleared). I would think DT depth, as in guys who can play in a pinch and know the system well, would be valuable to keep around as backup. I men, if he could start or at least play significantly all while the defense is performing well, then certainly he holds some value for us. At the same time and like others have echoed, I do trust the franchise and Caldwell earned the benefit of the doubt after the LT position ordeal. - coltsfanawalt Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:18:45 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1751 The truly cynical view (not saying I believe it) would be that he did something unethical and they wanted to stand by their decision to fire him, but they want the ability to resign him w/o looking hypocritcal come December if the run defense is terrible. Now the colts are character people and I don't believe they would do something like this, but if maybe this is a third chance kind of thing, keep it under wraps for big ed's sake,then perhaps it might make sense. Then again, if he really wasn't very good, then he wasn't very good, and that's all there is to it. Are you guys planning on doing your own analysis of his performance over the past few games? - bob patterson Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:41:46 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1748 Thats the thing I've seen him get the chance to make a few nice plays and he hasn't made any of them the play on Warner included. Without even looking for foster or Muir I've seen them make several great plays. I'm not saying Ed hasn't made any plays this year i haven't looked at each snap i'm just saying of the snaps I have looked at in detail (first halves of the Seattle, Arizona ,and Tennessee games)he has left a very high portion of those chances on the field. I'm guessing this is the conclusion the coaches have come to as well. The idea that since he was a starter he had to be better than the other guys who didn't start has a couple of problems with it. First of all he could have showed up in practice, but ended up just not getting it done on the field. Maybe the coaches though he was just rusty and needed to get a few games under his belt to play to his potential, and once he didn't make any progress after 4 games they decided to move on. This split is made more necessary by the other circumstances on the roster. Also just because he "started" it doesn't been he actually played the first snap of the game (Seattle game) or even the majority of snaps or even the majority of run down snaps. Also, when people make broad statements like "Run Stuffing" and "Pocket Collapsing" the problem is Ed wasn't doing either... not with any kind of regularity he just wasn't "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." - Preston Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:23:24 +0100 http://www.18to88.com/2009-archives/october/he-didnt-inhale-he-just-sucked.html#comment-1747 I appreciate the frustration. We all wanted Johnson to be a difference maker at DT. But I don't see a clear reason to doubt Caldwell's "poor performance" explanation. If it was a character issue, wouldn't they just tell us? I already bit on the Ugoh benching. I thought Caldwell was bs-ing us about starting CJ. He wasn't. I won't doubt him again. - DemondSanders Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:12:13 +0100