The Book of Eli

Well its down to the wire. Cowboy n Giants for  the NFC East title and a playoff berth. The odds maker have my Giants as the favorites to win and move on. Will it be Romo Redemption or will the Elite Manning continue his record setting season? Will J-Rod finally get on the Its A Wrap Bus with G-Money or will he continue to prove all the Big Blue nay sayers wrong? In the mean time please pick up the 2012 version of the Book of Eli.

-J-Rod

Who's That White Guy...

Good to see that Razor Ramon still goes out to see the fans.

-DM

Just another morning on the set......

So I arrived at the J-Rod and Da Man studio early this morning only to find that the Da Man had beaten me there and was sitting in my chair patiently waiting for my arrival. I wave him a "Good Morning" and start heading to wardrobe when he stops me. Here is how the conversation ensued...

Da Man: "Yo son..... You picked the Colts last night??? Really???? The Colts???? Is life in Big Blue that bad?"

J-Rod: "Don't worry about my Giants or my picks. The Colts won right?"

Da Man: "Son.... we both know you didn't intend to pick the Colts. Either you clicked on them by mistake or you was mad drunk and forgot Peyton wasn't playing."

J-Rod: "Touche douche bag but no, I wasn't drunk and I DID SO intend to pick the Colts."

Da Man: "Son...... to use your word.... KAMAAAAAAN!!!!!" 

J-Rod: "Listen my dude.... I have sources I consult with when I do my picks."

Da Man: "Yeah I know, Jay Glazer during the NFL Fox Pre Gam show."

J-Rod: "FU and no." <damn Da Man, that was pretty funny> Here is a fun fact for you, did you know that the Texans have never won lifetime at Indy? They were 0-9 going into last night's game, 0-10 now."


Da Man: "If you knew that going in, why didn't you mention it earlier in the week?"


J-Rod: "Why the fuck would I want to give that info away? I'm trying to win a fuckin week and time is running out."

Da Man: "Whatever dude. Your team sucks. They lost to the Skinzzzzzz (laughs moockingly)

J-Rod: "FU" 

J-ROD OUT!!!!!

- J-Rod

Who's The Chick

Golfwang.


-DM

San Francisco's Fatal Flaw

The 49ers can play D, but when they get in the red zone, the offense disappears.

This article was posted on ESPN.com's NFL Insider page (which we at the show have a subscription to. For those that don't, enjoy the article). One might ask why I, Da Man, would post such a story about the 49ers as a die hard 49ers fan, especially one pointing out their "fatal flaw". Simple. Because it's true (and a good read).

If you watched only the highlights of the Arizona Cardinals' 21-19 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, and you saw Early Doucet and Larry Fitzgerald each score touchdowns of 40-plus yards, you could be forgiven for blaming the loss on the 49ers' defense. On the whole, however, the defense unit played well. The real culprit in San Francisco's defeat was an offense that again was at its worst in the most important part of the field.

Aside from the two long touchdowns, the 49ers' defense shut down Arizona's offense. The Cardinals finished with only 12 first downs. They went 3-for-14 on third downs, and San Francisco collected two sacks and three turnovers. San Francisco's defense repeatedly gave the offense good field position, but Alex Smith and company could do little with those opportunities.

San Francisco started four drives in Arizona territory and another at its 43. The results of those five possessions: one touchdown, three field goals and one missed kick. Three times the 49ers drove inside the Arizona 20, and three times they scored field goals instead of touchdowns. They tried three runs in the red zone for a total of three yards, losing yardage twice. Smith threw eight red zone passes. Six of them were incomplete, and the two completions gained only 12 yards. In a game that was ultimately decided by just two points, those failures loomed large.

Unfortunately for San Francisco, that's nothing new. The 49ers have scored touchdowns on just 36 percent of their trips to the red zone this seasons, the lowest rate in the league. There's plenty of blame to go around here. Whether passing or running, the 49ers are near the bottom of the league in average yards, first down percentage and bad play rate (turnovers or plays that lose yardage) when they get close to the goal line (see chart).

San Francisco's red zone offense

How the 49ers measure up inside the 20.

Offense	Yds/Play	First down rate	Bad play rate
Rushing	2.2 (27th)	15.7% (30th)	17.1% (28th)
Passing	2.8 (19th)	17.5% (31st)	8.8% (8th)
Total	2.5 (26th)	16.5% (32nd)	13.4% (23rd)

Is there a fix to this problem? For starters, the 49ers would be well served to pass more often once they cross the opponent's 20. San Francisco has rushed the ball on 55.1 percent of all red zone plays. Only the Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans run the ball more often at that end of the field. The 49ers certainly aren't great when passing in the red zone, but they've fared better throwing the ball than they have running it, especially when it comes to avoiding disaster. Based on their play distribution against the Cardinals, the 49ers may have already figured this out.

Specifically, San Francisco needs to throw more red zone passes to Vernon Davis. The tight end had eight touchdowns in 13 red zone targets in 2009 and four scores in 12 targets in 2010. This season, Davis has seen only five red zone passes and none since Week 11. He's caught each of those passes, three for touchdowns. So why isn't Davis a bigger part of the offense? Six other players on the roster have five or more red zone targets this season, led by Michael Crabtree's 12, and those six men have caught a total -- a total -- of two touchdown passes.

The 49ers can also make a simple change to run more effectively in the red zone: Less Frank Gore, more Kendall Hunter. Gore has 47 red zone carries this season for 2.1 yards apiece and five touchdowns, and he has been stuffed for no gain or a loss 13 times. Hunter, meanwhile, has only 13 red zone carries. He's averaging 3.1 yards on those runs, with two touchdowns and three stuffs.

Perhaps the only man in the Bay Area happy with all this is David Akers. So many 49ers drives have stalled short of the end zone that the kicker is on the verge of setting season records for field goals and attempts. He needs only four field goals to match Neil Rackers' record of 40 set in 2005 with Arizona. That could happen on Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers -- Akers has already kicked four field goals in a game five times this season. And if he gets eight more field goal attempts in the final three games, he'll become the first man ever with 50 attempts in a season.

The 49ers, of course, would just as soon keep Akers on the sideline and out of the record book. When you play defense like San Francisco does, you can beat some teams with a barrage of field goals. But it wasn't enough to beat Arizona. It won't be enough to take out Pittsburgh. And if the 49ers can't find a way to put the ball in the end zone, they'll find that it won't be enough to win in the playoffs, either.  --Vince Verhei

-DM

The Russian King Of Burgers

Watch then read...

After watching this "WTFOTD" (What The Fuck Of The Day) video I immediately thought of two things.


1. What the FUCK is going on in that video?? Forget that none of us can understand it, the video seems like a collage of things to do while high.... on every drug imaginable.
2. What did we just travel through at the 0:26 mark, because it seems to me like it was a jay-jay.


I know its early in the day (let alone the week) but truly wanna know....

"who can top that shit, who can top that shit, who can top that shit??"

-DM

Thanks Aziz

Our apologies to our fanbase. We got so caught up here on the show with the approaching NFL playoffs and all our key personnel on the show having teams already in/making the playoffs. So we had little time to comment on things outside the NFL sports world, like...

N*ggas In Paris

Huge shout to Aziz (a true favorite of ours on the show) for putting this out. That shit cray.

-DM

Back in Control

Man what an exciting Sunday night. First James "Jimmy" Darmody gets whacked by Nucky on Boardwalk Empire, then the NY Giants whack Romo and the Boys possibly out of playoff contention. What a monster season Eli Da God is having. He has finally gotten out of his big brother's shadow and cemented his spot in the "Elite QB" group. This Giant's victory was not only huge for the G-Men but for all NFL fans. The NY Giants are the only team so far to have GB up against the ropes and just shy from ruining their undefeated season. There was another "Undefeated" team that the Giants almost upended in the regular season. They got to finish the job at the Super Bowl. Could history be getting ready to repeat itself? Lets go down the list of NFC playoff contenders and see if they have a shot at beating the Pack in no particular order (starting with the NO CHANCE IN HELL teams).....

1. Detroit Lions

Ah the Lions. The former laughing stock of the NFL turned playoff contenders. They have a long history with GB. If they run into the Pack in the playoffs thats exactly what they will be.... history.


2. San Francisco 49ers

I think I might have not been as vocal about this team as I should have been. Let me be blunt, this team IS NOT a championship caliber ball club. Their QB is horrendous, Frank Gore is quite possibly the most overrated running back in the game and they have NO wide outs to speak of. I will give them their due credit defensively, but thats where it stops. This team will be the number 3 seed by the end of the season. The 9ers facing the Pack in the playoffs? That would be a Discount Double Check extravaganza!!!

3. Atlanta Falcons

I don't even want to waste my energy on yet another FALSE playoff team. Moving on.....


4. New Orlean Saints

Now we start getting to the creme of the creme. Drew Brees is having his typical yearly Brees Monster season just gobbling up those passing yards. I know what some of you are thinking, the Packers already beat NO. The thing is that Saints team, as good as they were, weren't playing at the level they are currently. In a rematch between the Saints and GB I would have to give the edge to the Saints. Even outdoors.


5. NY Giants

Yes I am biased. Anyone who knows me knows that. Shit you don't have to know me, just look at my posts! But with that being said has any other team besides the Giants gotten ever so close to defeating the unbeaten? Has any other team pushed Rodgers and company to the brink the way the G-Men did? No. The Giants proved that they can go toe to toe with power house that is the Packers. So what happens if the Packers have to run into Big Blue to get to the Super Bowl? Lets just say we have a history of beating the supposed unbeatable.

The bottom line is that last night's Giants victory was huge for the team and for the league. As long as the Big Blue are in contention, the Packers road to the Super Bowl won't be a cake walk. Take the Giants out of the equation, then there really is no reason to watch any more football now is there?

-J-Rod

Stripped Away

We're minutes away from kickoff of the Sunday Night Football game for 1st place in the NFC East. This has been called the "Game of the Week". Two powerhouses in the East. The Giants. The Cowboys.


But let's strip away the emotion of this being a hyped up game. Strip away the storied franchises. Strip away the supposed top QBs in the NFL, when both Eli and Romo have had their fair share of terrible plays and losses... THIS season. Strip away all that and what you get is two mediocre teams trying to make the playoffs. And as what, a 4th seed?? And possibly 5th??


No one expects either of these to make huge impacts in the playoffs, am I right? So it's a .500 team and a 7-5 team battling for 1st in subpar division (don't agree, look at the combined wins/losses in the East and compare it to CLEARLY subpar NFC West). Look for NO DEFENSE played tonight.


Yes, the Game of the Week.


-DM

Giants vs Cowboys

The way it should be.... Giants, Cowboys for NFC Supremacy . Here is what Romo will be doing after the Giants win and tie for first in the NFC East


.

Right. Wrong.

This will be real quick.


I was wrong. J-Rod was right. In a head-to-head matchup, the Giants would win both games against Dallas. The Giants will win the NFC East.


That is all.


-DM

REDEMPTION BORICUA SYTLE

Cotto proved the first fight was ALL plaster

Cotto crushing an unplastered Wetback

 

The end result. Much different than the first fight huh?

The Raid

This is why I don't sell drugs in Indonesia...

Apologies for the cliche metal playing...

I might have to check this film out.


-DM

Welcome back NBA

Classic.


-DM

False? Correct.

This post is an update/addendum to the previous post but it needed it's own post.

 

False? Correct.

The previous post wasn't one touting how great the 49ers have been this season.

No.

It wasn't a post proving we won 8 straight.

No.

It didn't showcase how effective we've played as a team.

No.

All it did was show (based on the schedule handed down by the NFL) how much of a "false" team we are.

9-2?? Please. Hardly the record of team heading to the playoffs or one that would could possibly make a mark in the playoffs.

A point differential of +101 (3rd best in the NFC) and our QBs name's is Alex Smith. Read that again, Alex Smith. The 21st best QB in the league based on total yds. To be a legit team, you gotta have a legit QB, right?*

But the biggest reason we've a false team, we've beat no one and got beat by the elite.

We lost to BAL. We know they've been a top team for years. They are 8-3 with losses to TEN, JAC, and SEA. No way those losses make them nothing less than stellar.

We lost to DAL. It's Tony Fucking Romo. I mean he's got a STAR on his helmet, it doesn't get more elite than that.

The teams we did "manage" to beat. All bum teams, correct? I mean look at this list: SEA CIN PHI TB DET CLE WAS NYG ARI. Look closer. Closer. Cmon closer. Not one of those teams are making the playoffs.** Not one.

They are ALL bum teams.

We are the epitome of falsehood in the NFL. Beat bums and lost to the elite. So I'll take the FALSE label. Absolutely embrace it. We are false. It's been proven so far this season. Think back to when the season started. If I told you the 49ers would be 9-2, you would have said, what...

False? Correct.

-DM

*Eli plays for whom again?

**CIN is currently holding the last playoff spot in the AFC but having already lost to PIT and BAL, play them both again with 5 gms to go. Doesn't look so bright.

The Hangover Pt 3

It's one of the worst feelings ever. Indulging on too much of a good thing then having to pay the price once we awake the next day. The groggy disoriented feeling like someone or something has knocked you around and left you in a complete disarray.

We general associate a hangover with alcohol but is it possible for it to occur outside the "nightlife"? Say to a sports team....?

Let me introduce to you the San Francisco 49ers.

"KAMAN, what the hell is this post about? WTF is Da Man talking about?!?"

Our top notch stats team here on the show provided me with a such a gem of a stats nugget it's almost too good to be true. Observe, The Hangover Effect...

The 49ers this season are on a unprecedented run considering for almost the last decade this team has been dormant laying waste in the awful NFC West.  While others saw dormant, I saw a rebuilding of young talent.  The 9ers do a couple of things well and it starts with DEFENSE. 1st in the NFL in opp rushing yards, 7th overall in defense. And on offense, 7th in rushing yds. Simply put, the 49ers get after the ball on D and pound you with the run on O (there's gotta be a pause somewhere in that statement).  We wear teams out with our big D (and there it is). Wear them out so much to the point that AFTER playing the 49ers, teams tend to "falter" for a bit.

"Preposterous!"

Let's go inside the numbers...  The 9ers are 9-2. Out of those 9 teams 8 of them "faltered"

W1 SEA - lost 3 of the next 5 gms (I get it, its the Seahawks. Next)

W3 PHI - lost 3 of the next 5 gms (waaaay before the "collapse" but they suck still right?**)

W4 TB - lost 4 of the next 5 gms (came in, 3-1)

W5 DET - lost 3 of the next 5 gms  (came in 5-0)

W6 CLE - lost 3 of the next 4 gms (came in .500 team)

W7 WAS - lost 2 of the next 3 gams (this beat beat the Giants, W1. Speaking of...)

W8 NYG - lost the next 2 games (came in 6-2. **AND lost to PHI??)

W9 ARI - only one game played so far (a W, but they do play DAL, SF respectively)

Only the Bengals posted a winning record in the next few games AFTER playing the 49ers.

But Da Man, what does it all mean??

Honestly, it all means nothing. LOL. It's just a fun stat. Unless.... you're a Giants fan. A closer look at the wins and losses of all the teams above, they all got a W in a least one of the 3 following games. The Giants already took an inexplicable loss to PHI and got ramnooddled (thanks Riley) by the Saints. And just whom do the G-Men play this weekend, the 11-0 Packers. So if it all holds true, the Giants will be giving the Pack their first loss of the season.

"Yea, no way. Not gonna happen. Have you SEEN the Giants pass rush??"

I have. And, LOCK IT IN folks the New York Football Giants will beat the Packers on Sunday.

-DM

More on this LOCK to come....