Some People Kill Me

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I’m one of the many people these days that has a good sized commute to and from work. In the 40 minutes I spend in the car each way, I listen to nothing but ESPN Radio. My drive home used to be great – Erik Kuselias is a great radio personality, and he knows his stuff. However, he left for a NASCAR TV gig a few months ago.

In comes John Seibel. He makes me want to plunge sharp objects deep into my ear canal. Yesterday, he unloaded on the Patriots and any person emailing in about the Patriots. Apparently, Randy Moss isn’t going to work on the Pats – he’s going to become a distraction upon the team’s first loss. Also, according to Seibel, Asante Samuel was the top defensive player on the Patriots last year, and they’ll suffer without him. Ok first off, anyone who doesn’t cite Richard Seymour as the best defensive player on the team is completely and utterly clueless. Second, this team runs on a system based defense. As long as your name isn’t Starks and you’re intelligent, you’ll most likely do okay. Earthwind Moreland ring a bell?  Third, three of Asante’s picks were gift wrapped ducks from one Rex Grossman.   Puh-leeze.

The fact that people still think Moss is going to be a problem baffles me. Brian Cox seemed to work out pretty well. Rodney Harrison? Yup – he’s been great. The ultimate malcontent, Corey Dillon? He got his ring. What people like Seibel don’t understand is this: WINNING CHANGES EVERYTHING. On top of that, you have to think back when Randy Moss started being a problem. What had changed? He lost his veteran leadership when Chris Carter retired. The Patriots squad has so much veteran leadership on it that Moss will get absolutely flattened the first time he loafs on a play.

I’m not sure what Seibel’s deal is. Maybe he’s a fan of an AFC rival. In any case, I don’t mind that he dumps on the Pats or their players. What gets me is the fact that he’s supposed to be informed, yet he comes up with very poor reasoning for why the Pats aren’t going to do as well as expected this year. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he’s trying to make good radio that will cause people to spout off in their blogs the next morning.

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