January 10, 2019
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Assistant Basketball Coach and Head Swimming Coach at Central High
I can’t tell if I am just “being a Saints fan” with my nervousness surrounding Sunday’s rematch with Philadelphia or if my concerns are legitimate. I will let you decide.
I am buying Nick Foles making a difference in this matchup. Not only because of his mojo, which is clearly working, but also other players that will allow the Eagles to disregard the blowout from November.
Darren Sproles did not play in the first game. The Eagles running game is not good, but Sproles can do just enough to make it respectable.
Golden Tate did play in November, but he had been on the Eagles roster for less than a month after being acquired in a trade from the Lions. As we all saw at the end of the Bears game, Tate provides a great second option on the outside with Alshon Jeffery.
Goedert and Ertz. Ertz has been great all season, but Goedert has completed his rookie season and is a great target for Foles on third down to extend drives.
In short, the Saints pass defense ranks toward the bottom of the league in almost every category. The Eagles barely even pretend like they are going to run the ball. The Saints stopped teams this year one of two ways. First, the Saints would stuff the run in early downs or get a sack forcing third and long. Then the pass rush was effective enough to force a quick throw underneath. Second, the Saints forced just enough turnovers at the right time. If the Eagles are efficient in the passing game on early downs, it will be hard for the Saints to get stops.
The Bears had 50 sacks this year and 27 interceptions. The interceptions in the first half is what kept the Eagles offense in check, but the Bears were only able to sack Foles once the whole game. In the second half, the Eagles gained over 200 yards, on the road, in the elements, against a great defense.
The Saints had 49 sacks, but clearly the conditions in the Dome will be more conducive for the Eagles to throw the ball. As a result, I fully expect the Eagles to score around 28 points in the game.
Therefore the Saints will need to win the game on offense. Most people say that is no problem because the Eagles secondary is terrible. The Eagles tried things on defense that did not work at all in the first game, and Tre’Quan Smith had a career game.
It might sound like I am guaranteeing a Saints loss, but that is not what I am saying. I am saying that the Eagles are the champs who will be playing with an edge and the Saints managed to win 13 games with a very poor pass defense.
The game against the Eagles was clearly the best game the Saints played all year. They started to fizzle in the second half the next week against Atlanta. The Dallas game was the worst game of the year, then the Saints played poorly and won in Tampa. The Saints found a way to win at Carolina in another poor performance. The Steelers game was a good win, but the pass defense was utterly exposed and the Saints caught some big breaks. Then the last game against Carolina was the same defense from the first two weeks of the year.
So here we are. Am I a paranoid “older” Saints fan or have I convinced you to stay on the edge of your seat until after the last down plus 5 minutes after on Sunday?
HEY REF
Here we go again. For the life of me I just can’t understand how, for the most part college educated individuals, have claimed that since the NFL didn’t tell them of the hazards of having their heads slammed into the ground by someone weighing anywhere from 200 to 300 pounds would be hazardous to their health therefore the league owes them money.
Adding to this legal circus the courts have ruled in favor of the players thus causing the NFL to drop their challenge! No, I shouldn’t be surprised and neither should you as we all know how screwed up the country and its courts are at this time in history. I’ll share with everyone the definition of a concussion; “A concussion is a type of traumatic brain INJURY CAUSED BY A BLOW TO THE HEAD”. Anyone with a third grade education can understand that continued slamming of the head onto the ground or an opposing player will cause a concussion.
So you may ask why these so called educated men couldn’t put two and two together and come out with four. Simple answer; Lawyers are involved. Researchers claim that 96% of ex-NFL players had brain disease. Reports claim an increasing number of retired players who had concussions have developed illnesses like dementia, Alzheimer’s, depression and a condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. I guess the opportunity to rake in millions of dollars in a class action lawsuit against the NFL caused many of the retired players to develop those types of diseases.
So, looking down the road are any present day players considering getting out of professional football due to the risks to their health involved in crashing your head to the ground repeatedly and/or often. Well, heck no Mr. Ref they’ll take the millions of dollars to play the games then once they retire they’ll get on the cash wagon and join in with all the other unsuspecting retired players and grab for a few more millions due to CTE.
I want to touch on one case that is a common thread in this madness and it involves former San Diego linebacker Junior Seau. On May 2, ’12 Seau, 43, is found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot to the chest and ruled a suicide. Jan. 10, ’13 the National Institutes of Health releases their findings. They conclude Seau’s brain tissue did show he suffered from CTE. Less than two weeks later on Jan. 23, ’13 his family files a WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT against the NFL claiming “his suicide was the result of a brain disease caused by violent hits he endured while playing the game”.
Correct me if I’m wrong but as a linebacker in the game of football you are responsible for making these so called violent hits against offensive players. Again, the game is a violent one and steps have been taken recently to try and minimize the punishment players can dish out and/or absorb. Readers of this column know that one of the hardest calls officials must make is the one where we feel a player has gone outside the intent of a rule. It is by far the apex of an official’s career to be able to properly penalize a player and/or team when a certain line has been crossed. I have written many times about a team or player going outside the intent of the rule and what justifies penalizing that player or removing him from the rest of that night’s game.
In August 2013 the NFL and those ex-players that brought the lawsuit reached an agreement that the league would set aside $765 million to fund medical treatment, tests and other concussion related expenses. By that time the number of plaintiffs reached 4,500. In Jan. 2014 it was struck down and in her ruling the judge said it wasn’t enough. I feel the players and their union must bear some responsibility to the number of injuries sustained during their employment with the NFL. They have to share some of the burden for the many new players jumping on board this cash wagon since they were the ones dealing out the pain and suffering many players did absorb.
But then again for that to happen the players must admit they do have common sense and acknowledge the fact it was them that caused the vast majority of these types of injuries that caused the severity of the brain injuries. In all my 63 years I’ve yet to see an NFL owner put on a helmet and then slam a player directly into the turf. What will also be a part of this court ruling will be the extra charge fans will have to pay to keep the fund solvent. You didn’t expect the owners to pay the brunt of these costs now did you? I mean the owners didn’t get to be billionaires by spending their own money.
So any state or city looking to land an NFL team in the near future must factor in the costs associated with the suit by the players, their union and the let’s not forget how many millions will be deposited in the bank accounts of the many lawyers working this case. Lawyers aren’t in business to help people, they’re in business to make money off of people.
Till next week…
JON FINE
Jon@JonFineProductions.com
SUMMARY
Unparalleled work ethic, honest, leader, and team player with extensive experience in sales, marketing and communications while owning, running and operating businesses… Seeking out a management or marketing position in which I can teach and learn while producing positive results for an organization, while contributing to a healthy working culture/environment.
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT: Jon Fine Productions, Inc.
ArrestedDevelopmentMediaGuides
2013 to Present
--Own and operate an EBay store that sells sports publications. Presently have over 4,800 listed.
DENHAM SPRINGS HS FOOTBALL RADIO BROADCASTS
1994 to Present
--Producer/And anouncer for 4 hour Friday night broadcasts. Presently airing on Family Radio, 91.9 FM and on the net at JonFineProductions.com.
SPORTSGUMBO
1991-2006
--Producer/Host of a 2 hour drive-time sports-talk radio show, that, at its apex, aired in 5 of the 7 largest markets in Louisiana, including Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
SPORTSRADIO-1310-KEZM-LAKE CHARLES
2000-Present
Marketing Representative
--sell advertising time to Lake Area busineses
PAYJUNCTION
March 2018-Present
Representative
--sell merchant services to businesses
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Wharton School of Business
--Bachelors Degree with major in Marketing, 1982
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