Comments on: The QB Blast: Expect Freeman To Use Old Script

By: George C. Costanza

George C. Costanza — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:43:42 +0000

you misused the word “whom” in the lede.

By: McBuc

McBuc — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:55:21 +0000

Just watch out…Jeff is still in pretty good shape, and may figure out who you are…Just kidding, I have heard he is a pretty nice guy. Everyone always says this and that about the talking heads on TV and the radio, most of them played as well. The only reason you guys are upset that anyone questioned Jeff is that it is right here in writing where Jeff can see it. Jeff has been around a while, and I am pretty sure he can take it.

By: eric

eric — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:05:52 +0000

Ill give him points for humor. It is clever.

As “Bill” once said:

Perhaps I over reacted.

By: BamBamBuc

BamBamBuc — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:55:52 +0000

and I would give Randy “why not Minot” Hedberg just as much respect for getting into the NFL as anyone else….

By: BamBamBuc

BamBamBuc — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:54:07 +0000

eric,

That’s funny stuff… I laughed when I read that (just the image was amusing). C’mon man, get a sense of humor. It wasn’t a knock on him, just a funny way of saying how he played the game. It’s true, he was so small compared to the rest of the guys, he looked more like a Jack Russell Terrier running away from a pack of wolf/pitbull hybrids than chasing rabbits… but it’s a funny analogy.

By: eric

eric — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:44:34 +0000

“but Garcia breaks down more well-designed plays by scrambling before they even have a chance to form that he looks like a Jack Russell Terrier chasing a field full of rabbits”.

That is not a comment on his age, but a remark on how he played during his career.

For a guy who only had slightly better stats than Randy “why not Minot” Hedberg, it seemed a little harsh.

By: BamBamBuc

BamBamBuc — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:35:06 +0000

Jeff didn’t call Garcia a “hack”, eric. He stated the obvious…. that Garcia is 40+ (which he is), he’s been out of the NFL for a year (true again), and that he has a tendency to scramble immediately after the snap…. which is the only debatable piece of that… I think he may have waited a second or two before scrambling sometimes. Gotta love Garcia… loads of heart, but he is a OC’s nightmare (and sometimes savior)

By: Sobo

Sobo — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:32:04 +0000

Would that be F. Lee Bailey before or after he was shamefully disbarred. …I think it’s clear that Carlson was merely saying that a 40-year-old, off-the-couch Garcia isn’t going to get it done. And as for him letting plays fall apart quickly, that wasn’t all bad when he could scramble with the best of them. Don’t think he can do that now. Josh Johnson can.

By: eric

eric — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:24:43 +0000

Hey, I am a small time local lawyer, so I wouldn’t call F. Lee Bailey a hack!

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:19:05 +0000

Come on guys. If us average folk think our opinion holds weight, then of course Jeff’s holds even more weight since he actually played in the NFL.

Stop ripping him. He thinks Garcia had his flaws, just like many fans out there.

He knows enough about the NFL to see whats what… he doesn’t have to be Peyton Manning for us to respect his opinion.

McBuc… watch out now! Defending Eric is like a disease. When you don’t kill that desire immediately, it will become bigger and spread. Next thing you know you’ll be predicting a 0-16 season! LOL.

By: BamBamBuc

BamBamBuc — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:12:01 +0000

And being a fan means you know more than a guy that made it to the NFL, but only for a short time?

I agree with the article, the team will stick to the “standard” preseason routine. I also agree that I’d rather have a Josh Johnson backing up Freeman this year than Garcia. And I think Garcia did a pretty good job when he was here.

By: eric

eric — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:45:56 +0000

Playing in the NFL is an awesome achievement.

Playing as well and as long as Garcia is a super awesome achievement.