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Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

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  • #16
    Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

    Originally posted by Moses View Post
    I don't know if some of you guys have just never seen Winslow play, but he has great hands. Probably some of the best in the league at the TE position.

    to be fair, i mixed up winslow and edwards from the sunday night game when crafting my snarky two cents. my bad.
    This is the darkest timeline.

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    • #17
      Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

      Originally posted by ChicagoJ View Post
      He's also backed up most of his mouthing-off...

      Well, looks like the dolphins are backing it up right now for sure.
      "As a bearded man, i was very disappointed in Love. I am gathering other bearded men to discuss the status of Kevin Love's beard. I am motioning that it must be shaved."

      - ilive4sports

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      • #18
        Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

        Ronnie Brown absolutely abused us today. The Pats had no answer when Brown lined up under center and took a direct snap..talk about embarrassing. Cassel was terrible today.

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        • #19
          Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

          No one deserves that...
          Report: 82% Of Wiseguys Think They're Real Funny

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          • #20
            Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

            Joey Porter > you

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            • #21
              Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

              I didn't watch the game, but it looks like Joey Porter had three sacks, forced a fumble, and the Dolphins defense held the Pats to 216 total yards.

              I know Cassel is not Brady, but that's a big game from the 'fins defense.

              Maybe he isn't such a numbskull after all...

              Joey can't do that week-in and week-out any more, but he can still have big games on occasion.
              Last edited by Jay@Section12; 09-21-2008, 11:34 PM. Reason: Addendum
              Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
              Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
              Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
              Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
              And life itself, rushing over me
              Life itself, the wind in black elms,
              Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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              • #22
                Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

                Originally posted by Lord Helmet View Post
                31
                10
                If I were you, I would claim you put the logos in the wrong order. You were close on the actual score, though.
                Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
                Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
                Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
                Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
                And life itself, rushing over me
                Life itself, the wind in black elms,
                Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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                • #23
                  Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

                  Originally posted by Moses View Post
                  he sucks in pass coverage anyways.
                  I just saw this. 12 career INTs for a LB/ former DE that is primarily a pass rusher and run stopper is nothing to sneeze at. While he mostly plays going foward, he could play the entire field vertically in his prime.

                  Again, I wouldn't put him in pass coverage much at this stage of his career.
                  Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
                  Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
                  Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
                  Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
                  And life itself, rushing over me
                  Life itself, the wind in black elms,
                  Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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                  • #24
                    Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

                    Originally posted by ChicagoJ View Post
                    If I were you, I would claim you put the logos in the wrong order. You were close on the actual score, though.
                    Super Bowl XLI Champions
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                    • #25
                      Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

                      Michael Silver archives...

                      http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.c...68/1/index.htm
                      Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
                      Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
                      Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
                      Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
                      And life itself, rushing over me
                      Life itself, the wind in black elms,
                      Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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                      • #26
                        Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

                        another one from the archives:

                        The last super-embarassing regular season loss was not so damaging in the end:

                        http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=230907002

                        Bledsoe and Milloy combined to stick it their former team, the New England Patriots, sparking the Bills to a dominating 31-0 victory in their opener.

                        No, I'm not saying it's 2003 again. I am saying that one awful day could cause people to jump too quickly to incorrect conclusions.

                        A coach once said something like this, though some call it Kool-Aid:

                        Last year, last week, and yesterday don’t matter. Each game is its own entity. Today no points are added or subtracted due to the past. If we all do our jobs we can win, but if not, then we ought to lose, and to anybody. Whatever the outcome, don't cry about any bad breaks. It is what it is. We’ll do the best with what we have. Victories aren't cheap. Each win has to be earned by superior effort and execution, not by a God-given right, over someone who wants to take it from us. Now do your job!
                        The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).

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                        • #27
                          Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

                          He's traded Tom's Numbskull award into the defensive player of the month award. Not bad...

                          http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08307/924710-87.stm

                          They say you should never look back because someone might be gaining on you. But that hasn't stopped Joey Porter. He knows exactly who is in his rear-view mirror in the NFL sacks race.

                          1. Porter, Miami Dolphins, 10 1/2. ... 2. DeMarcus Ware, Dallas Cowboys, 9. ... 3. James Harrison, Steelers, 8 1/2. ... 4. LaMarr Woodley, Steelers, 7 1/2.

                          "Those Pittsburgh guys, they're coming on every play," Porter was saying over the telephone last week. "Good for them. I begged them to let me do that when I was there. They wouldn't turn me loose."

                          You should have heard Steelers linebacker James Farrior laugh when he heard that.

                          "Yeah, he begged. He and Clark [Haggans] both begged," Farrior said. "They're so mad right now. [Harrison and Woodley] aren't coming on every play, but they're rushing a lot more than those guys did."

                          Actually, Porter isn't mad at all. I can't speak for Haggans, who moved on to the Arizona Cardinals after last season and has one sack, but there's absolutely nothing wrong in Porter's world. Not when his Dolphins are 3-4 with a game in Denver today after going 1-15 last season. Not when he's on pace to break the NFL sacks record set in 2001 by the New York Giants' Michael Strahan ( 22 1/2.) And not when he's showing a lot of people -- including those in Steelers management -- that he still has a little something left on the football field at 31.

                          "What are they saying about me up there now?" Porter asked.

                          "Last year, everybody said Pittsburgh was smart for letting me go, that I was done.

                          "What are they saying about me now?"

                          They're too happy with Harrison, Woodley and the Steelers' 5-2 record to pay much attention to what's happening in Miami. But that doesn't change the fact Porter is having a tremendous season, good enough for him to get NFL Defensive Player of the Year consideration if he keeps it up.

                          "I'm so happy for him. It means the world to him to prove to everybody that he isn't fading away," said Farrior, who talks with Porter every week and described him as "real fired up."

                          This season is especially satisfying for Porter because of the abuse he took last year in South Florida. The Dolphins brought him in after the '06 season and gave him big money -- a $12 million signing bonus and $20 million guaranteed -- after the Steelers released him, deciding he wasn't worth the $5 million he was supposed to make with them in '07. That made him an easy target when the Dolphins lost, especially when he had just 5 1/2 sacks.

                          "Sure, it hurt. It's gotta hurt," Porter said of the criticism. "But what could I do? There was nothing I could do to make it right. It's not as if I could go outside the defense and just do my thing so I could prove everybody wrong. I had to play my role. That [4-3] defense wasn't designed for me to get sacks. I could have been 23 and it would have been the same thing. The defense was designed for Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas to make plays. That was cool. They made plays. It was what it was."

                          Bill Parcells came in late last season to run the Dolphins' football operations. "He revamped everything," Porter said. "I like the direction we're going."

                          Tony Sparano was hired as coach and Paul Pasqualoni as defensive coordinator. They installed a 3-4 defense, which better suits Porter as an outside linebacker.

                          For his part, Porter trained harder in the offseason than he ever had, adding 10 pounds of muscle. He's 6-foot-3, 260.

                          "People look at me and say, 'You look a little faster. What happened?' " Porter said. "We had a system change, that's what happened.

                          "They've got me in a good position right now. There's no holding me back. They're giving me freedom to do what I do best."
                          Porter was named AFC Defensive Player of the Month for October. He had two sacks and forced a fumble that resulted in a safety last Sunday in a win against Buffalo. He had two sacks the week before against Baltimore. He had four sacks and a forced fumble in a win against New England Sept. 21.

                          "I ain't stopping now," Porter told the Miami media last week. "It ain't like I'm going to turn my motor off -- 'I've got 10 [sacks]. I've done my job.' Nah."

                          Porter wouldn't be Porter if he didn't say something that makes you shake your head and say what the heck ...

                          So it was in our telephone conversation when he suggested the Steelers intentionally held down his sack total in '06 by having him drop into pass coverage more often because he was playing for a new contract.

                          "I'm serious," Porter said. "They won't let you get too crazy when you're in your money year. They have ways of slowing you down."

                          Hey, that's Porter's story and he's sticking to it.

                          It doesn't matter now. What matters is that Porter has found happiness in Miami. He openly longed last season for his old Steelers pals, Farrior and nose tackle Casey Hampton among them. But he's past that even if he still follows the Steelers closely.

                          Especially Harrison and Woodley, of course.

                          "The Steelers have moved on and I've moved on," Porter said. "I love it down here. I love these guys. They're my brothers now.
                          "One day, I'll be able to say that I was here when we were bad. And I'll definitely be here when we get really good."

                          Those 10 1/2 sacks are proof the man just might last that long.

                          Ron Cook can be reached at rcook@post-gazette.com. More articles by this author
                          First published on November 2, 2008 at 12:01 am
                          Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
                          Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
                          Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
                          Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
                          And life itself, rushing over me
                          Life itself, the wind in black elms,
                          Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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                          • #28
                            Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

                            I still hate Porter, but you can't deny how well he has been playing. He is one of the main reasons for Miami's resurgent defense.

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                            • #29
                              Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

                              What's there to hate?

                              First of all, without Joey, no way do you ever get your hands on Vrabel. He makes the rotation and we keep him. The problem wasn't Vrabel's ability, but that we had Gildon and then Joey (and for a couple of years, both) on the outside and that was an impossible tandem to break into.

                              Secondly, if Joey played for your team, you'd love him. He's like the John Starks of football - easy to dislike when he's the opponent but immediately loveable for all the same reasons when he's on your team.
                              Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
                              Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
                              Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
                              Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
                              And life itself, rushing over me
                              Life itself, the wind in black elms,
                              Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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                              • #30
                                Re: Numbskull of the Day: Joey Porter

                                Originally posted by ChicagoJ View Post
                                What's there to hate?

                                First of all, without Joey, no way do you ever get your hands on Vrabel. He makes the rotation and we keep him. The problem wasn't Vrabel's ability, but that we had Gildon and then Joey (and for a couple of years, both) on the outside and that was an impossible tandem to break into.

                                Secondly, if Joey played for your team, you'd love him. He's like the John Starks of football - easy to dislike when he's the opponent but immediately loveable for all the same reasons when he's on your team.
                                I have no problem with guys who are passionate for the game and have poor reputation around the league (We did have Rodney Harrison and do have Wilfork) but Joey Porter is a jackass off of the field. I don't dislike him as a player, but he has got a lot of work to do off the field (In other words, he is a huge punk).
                                Last edited by Moses; 11-03-2008, 12:51 PM.

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