Comments on: Jones-Drew says the Jags are the best team in the league

By: chugs

chugs — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:42:42 +0000

We’re not talking about colts getting beat up by the browns.
We’re talking about Championships.
…& the “With the exception of college football” argument is as weaker than my grandmother’s bladder during golden shower hour.

By: Jag4Life

Jag4Life — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:19:22 +0000

mr_snrub:
I got your back. Anyone that has played sports, (which no one on here clearly has, except for Madden) understands that sometimes the best team loses. Whether it’s just the best team on paper or actual overall physically best team, it is what it is.
I know this is hard for most of you to fathom, but sometimes the best team has a bad day. Here’s an example for you. Cleveland beats the Colts. That’s called an upset. Say it with me UPSET.
Clearly the Colts are the best team, but for that day Cleveland was the better team. Class is dismissed!!!!

By: Steeler4life

Steeler4life — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:01:42 +0000

@mr_snrub
I can say without a doubt that the Jags ARE NOT the best team in the NFL but they are better than the Lions, Rams, Cowboys, Patriots, Chiefs, Bucs, and Titans.
MJD is wrong.

By: mattitude

mattitude — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:28:58 +0000

@ mr_snrub
Please tell me you’re kidding. I fail to believe that any human being who can acquire access to the internet and, presumably, go to the bathroom without assistance, would actually understand what you just said. How can a team lose to another team on its way to the Super Bowl and still be the best team in football? You defy logic.

By: mr_snrub

mr_snrub — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:50:08 +0000

No eph521, what I’m saying is that “best” is a subjective term that’s thrown about way too much in sports. With the exception of college football no sports league is designed to determine who the best team is.
Best is something for the media and fans to argue. Teams measure themselves by championships – something that isn’t subjective or debatable.
If you’ve ever played sports you’d know the feeling of occasionally winning and not being the best team. Best is something you care about absolutely zero.

By: eph521

eph521 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:43:20 +0000

so mr_snrub, what you’re saying is that the team that wins the super bowl is just ok, the best team actually lost before that game. i get it.

By: eph521

eph521 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:40:53 +0000

my favorite part of this whole forum is the people who constantly read florio and constantly bash florio… what a great country we live in. you can read articles by people who you think suck. oh the joy.

By: mr_snrub

mr_snrub — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:17:53 +0000

Winning the Super Bowl does not make you the best team in the league – it makes you the winner of the Super Bowl.
Why people continue to equate winning a championship with being the best is beyond me.
Fact of the matter is no one can prove MJD is wrong.

By: Big Vinny

Big Vinny — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:53:37 +0000

Personally, I’d have been pissed if he said “we’re the worst .500 team ever. We barely beat the Saints and we’ll probably be the first Titans victim of the season. ”
You said the right thing, Mojo. Anyone who’s watched football for more than a couple of weeks knows that the Jags aren’t the best team – or even in the top half. Keep on carrying the flag. At least people are talking about something now other than 30,000 empty seats.

By: Jag4Life

Jag4Life — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:46:51 +0000

Bob Loblaw:
“They’re not even the best team in Jacksonville.”
So Bob Lowballs, who is the best team in Jacksonville?

By: Hosstyle In Tampa

Hosstyle In Tampa — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:15:17 +0000

I love that PFT gives pussy-footed losers, who’ve never strapped up their chin and walked across chalk lines, an arena to voice their myopic opinions. Pretty ironic when these key-pushers ask: “why won’t these guys shut up?”. At least when they talk, people listen, idiots…

By: LovinBlue

LovinBlue — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:06:43 +0000

I’m a Colts fan, and I say good for MJD. Players need to have a passion for their team and believe that they can top anyone in the league.

By: Bob Loblaw

Bob Loblaw — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:01:53 +0000

They’re not even the best team in Jacksonville.

By: scrapdawg12

scrapdawg12 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:59:06 +0000

and MJD is on drugs. His team has not beaten anybody. Until you beat teams like New England, New Orleans, Giants, Vikings, Cowboys or teams with excellent records, I do not want to hear such non sense coming from a player who has had 3 great weeks out of 6. Show up a little more MJD and not just half the time and maybe, just maybe you can say your team is the team to beat. Everyone just think about this. Jacksonville is always blacked out on tv and by MJD saying this, he is hoping to get more fans in the stands. I’d go to a game if it were closer only because I am a football fan not to see the Jags but the other team, lol

By: jj jones

jj jones — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:57:13 +0000

Who the hell cares? No good Channing Crowder stories?

By: JAG880

JAG880 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:47:40 +0000

This is why players hate talking to the media. If they give Florio’s answer, they’re criticized for giving player-speak cliches. If they give Jones-Drew’s or Bush’s answer, they are criticized for being slef-centered morons. If they don’t talk at all, they are criticized for being surly pricks.
How about we criticize the stupid reporter who asked him who the best team in the league is? How did that have anything to do with Sunday’s game with the Titans?

By: Jesse Custer

Jesse Custer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:46:48 +0000

“Stupid, out of context, out of touch post, awful really. This what so and so should have said, why don’t you make that a regular addition to the site.
“What SHOULD have been said”
You’re lame, just don’t post if this is all you got.”
Amen.

By: texasPHINSfan

texasPHINSfan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:44:52 +0000

the best team in the league doesn’t lose 41-0 to the seahawks.
just sayin’

By: chugs

chugs — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:30:05 +0000

@Nikhil.
It’s precisely because he’s a lawyer that he left out the rest of the quote: then he couldn’t control the angle of the story & put it in the context that he wanted his misguided story to go.
In other words, Florio wouldn’t be able to take something positive a player on a struggling team said to help boost his team’s morale & faith in him as their feature player & turn it into another flatfooted assumption that all players are the same, mouthy & irresposible saps that he was raised to be.

By: CurseofBoJackson

CurseofBoJackson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:21:41 +0000

Stupid, out of context, out of touch post, awful really. This what so and so should have said, why don’t you make that a regular addition to the site.
“What SHOULD have been said”
You’re lame, just don’t post if this is all you got.

By: slipkid

slipkid — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:18:12 +0000

maybe he can borrow onterrio’s whizzinator, cause he is going to get tested now.

By: mattitude

mattitude — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:10:29 +0000

MJD is a great player, but I’m not sure how often the synapses are firing upstairs. His question was basically the same as any question found in the logic portion of a placement test.
Q: Which is the best team in the NFL?
A. My team
B. The Rams
C. The Saints
D. Whatever team wins the Super Bowl that year
Most 10th graders know how to answer that question properly.

By: Ken1313

Ken1313 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:57:18 +0000

# Steeler4life says: October 29, 2009 10:02 AM
He could have just been honest and said, “we suck but at least we are better than Redskins, Patriots, Rams, Lions, Bucs, Raiders, and Cowboys,”
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There are intelligent fans that root for every team…..even the Steelers….unfortunately….Steeler4Life is not one of them. He still can’t bring himself to admit his team is not better than the Patriots…so he tosses New England into his “list” of so called “bad” teams the Jags are “better” than. Bravo….you are now the dumbest man on earth !

By: Asswipe Johnson (Pronounced Az-Wee-Pay)

Asswipe Johnson (Pronounced Az-Wee-Pay) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:46:21 +0000

Jones-Drew would have come across as less of a liar had he said three monkeys flew out of his butt last night…after he was abducted by neon colored space aliens.

By: TheDPR

TheDPR — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:43:18 +0000

Bulletin board material doesn’t work when it’s positive stuff like how good your own team is. It is only effective (and that only to a very small extent) when a guy disses his upcoming opponent.
The media goes ga-ga over quotes but to the players and most fans it’s benign.

By: bearsrule

bearsrule — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:42:26 +0000

Get your script to him earlier next time, Mike. That way, he’ll know what you want him to say.

By: raybin

raybin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:41:42 +0000

I get really sick of reporters baiting players into saying these things and then rushing out and trumpeting to the world “ZOMG HE MADE AN OUTLANDISH CLAIM!!111!!1!”
Jones-Drew has it right: Did they expect him to say anyone else?
Did they expect Richard Seymour to say “Man we suck, let’s just forfeit the rest of the season!”
Did they expect Reggie Bush to say “Of course we’re going to lose!”
This little game is getting old.

By: Nikhil

Nikhil — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:33:18 +0000

Mr. Florio, you are lawyer, as am I. As a lawyer, I’m surprised you left out an important sentence spoken by MJD which would have provided an accurate context. MDJ said that he “is trying to change the culture around here” including the city so that folks stay true to their team, win or lose. With that context, I think his comments are certainly commendable for one of the few leaders of the Jaguars.
Go Jags Go!

By: Route36West

Route36West — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:32:07 +0000

You really sound like an idiot here. First off you had time to think about your answers. You werent engulfed by reports and asked the question live. Secondly I think his answer is better then yours. I guess thats the difference between athletes and guys who talk about athletes. MJD is a winner and is going to talk like a winner and thats what your suppose to do.

By: jdub6

jdub6 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:29:05 +0000

# chapnasty says: October 29, 2009 9:53 AM
Good work Florio providing the proper answers, I guess you do read our comments after all.
Why in the hell can’t these guys just shut up? I dont understand why every day another player says this or that regarding how great they are. Just when you thought the “me” attitude was at its worst another guy opens his mouth.
Are you kidding me, he was talking about how great he thought his TEAM was, what is he supposed to say? There is nothing wrong with having confidence in your team and thinking that you are the best. You just sound like a goof with that comment.