Boomer Esiason the new Caste Clown

[white defensive back]

I listened to some of the Eagles/Bengals game on ESPN radio last night and Esiason made a startling comment about Bengals wr Andrew Hawkins after he dropped an uncontested pass. Almost verbatim " the Bengals need slot/possession type receivers in the future. You know guys like Welker, Edelman and Woodhead. " What the heck dude? Yes Welker is a slot guy who is VERY athletic, Edelman can play both outside and inside and can run after the catch or return kicks with the best when given the chance, but now calling Woodhead a slot receiver? Come on man. Its idiotic comments like this as to why I follow this site. I am sure there have been thousands of dumber comments through the years but calling Woodhead a slot receiver is just idiotic though he played a little of it for the Jets but the bias is very clear to about 95 % of these clowns. And how are any of these guys " Possession receivers " ?

 

[davidholly]

if $receiver == white; then
     echo "Great Welkeresque slot receiver!";
else
     echo "He's a superb deep threat!";

 

[jaxvid]

I listened to some of the Eagles/Bengals game on ESPN radio last night and Esiason made a startling comment about Bengals wr Andrew Hawkins after he dropped an uncontested pass. Almost verbatim " the Bengals need slot/possession type receivers in the future. You know guys like Welker, Edelman and Woodhead. " What the heck dude? Yes Welker is a slot guy who is VERY athletic, Edelman can play both outside and inside and can run after the catch or return kicks with the best when given the chance, but now calling Woodhead a slot receiver? Come on man. Its idiotic comments like this as to why I follow this site. I am sure there have been thousands of dumber comments through the years but calling Woodhead a slot receiver is just idiotic though he played a little of it for the Jets but the bias is very clear to about 95 % of these clowns. And how are any of these guys " Possession receivers " ?

I think in Boomer's small tiny twisted little pea brain this was meant as the ultimate compliment. Since he is prohibited from making any race-based criticism towards blacks he uses the term "possession reciever" to mean "someone who can catch the football, like a White guy".

The Patriots have had a dominant offense for years that basically dinks and dunks its way down the field based on the fact they have one of the only teams with White guys at reciever so that allows them to have that kind of offense. Most of the other teams (except maybe Denver, now the 2nd dominant offensive team) rely on offenses with black recievers that drop most passes but occasionally hit a home run or draw a PI and create enough offense to keep them in the game.

You would think that a few teams would catch on and say "hey I bet if we can get one of those new fangled White slot guys that actually catches passes our offense wouldn't suck so much" but I guess that is too much to expect from the blackcentric NFL. Still I think a small beam of light bursts through to a guy like Boomer once in a while and he sees a team dropping passes left and right and blurts out "they need someone who can catch like..um er.. Welker, Woodhead, Edelmann." Not being allowed to realize (or say) what we here with the blinders off can clearly see.

Boomer does a 60 second spot on ESPN radio several times a day with more commentary whelped up from that large vacant spot between his ears. It's the kind of stuff that makes you want to cram a spike into your ears for having heard it but I'm sure it's very popular.

 

[Don Wassall]

Esiason along with Merrill Hoge were Tim Tebow's most determined and outspoken critics from the day he was drafted. Caste clowns like "Boomer" are the reason Tebow was mocked so much when he played for Denver and why he's unlikely to get another opportunity to start as a QB.

I never watch the pre-game show Esiason is on, but I can't recall him ever not toeing the Caste party line. Esiason to Collinsworth, two successful NFL players who have built post-playing careers as talking heads who can be relied on to deliver all the usual cliches and stereotypes about White athletes and mindless exaltations about black ones.

 

[dwid]

Yeah he probably thought of it as a compliment in his head.

Edelman isn't as good in the slot compared to lining up on the outside, so no clue about that.

Woodhead has lined up in the slot quite a bit for the Patriots in 5 receiver sets. So has Darren Sproles for the Saints. None of them are possession receivers. Like I have been saying for a long time, Welker has had a similar role to a runningback. Bellicheck fused the typical wideout position with receiving role of a runningback. I mean Brian Westbrook ran similar routes during his career but also took handoffs, only one season with a ypc higher 9.6 with 4 seasons over 70 catches, the last big one was 54 catches, none over 1k. Marshall Faulk would be a better comparison as receiving threat, he ran similar routes, lined up in the slot quite a bit, 5 seasons with over 80 catches, 4 of them with over 10 ypc, 1 1k receiving season. But when these guys do it, its because they are "athletic", when Welker does it, people say they are "cheap yards" (like any yards come cheap lol)

Welker is the only wideout that has around half of his yards after the catch for the past 5 or 6 seasons. The only other one that has had more than half of his yards after the catch is Percy Harvin, also a slot receiver, he isn't as reliable and can't stay healthy. Everyone else with more than half of the yards after the catch are backs, Percy Harvin was a hybrid wr/rb at UF, just like Welker was a slot/kr/pr at Tech but a rb in high school. This is why Welker's season coming back from acl/mcl injury Woodhead had his biggest role, his receiving role declined last year. He should have at least a bigger receiving role now that Gronk is out, and is on pace to match his reception total from 2010, but not as close to his 2010 rushing totals. He had 20 less rushes last year but in a less creative way, and on pace for a similar number, seems like his receiving abilities were ignored until about week 6 this year.

No other black slot guys that have been as successful but are considered in the same mold like Davone Bess and McCluster. Bess might get 1k but will probably fall short, and less than 300 came after the catch. McCluster hasn't even come close but was supposed to be a "stud" coming out of the SEC.

If they really wanted to Woodhead could be put at the slot role permanently, but Id rather see him used more like a runningback, and not just the passing back that he is, a back that gets real running plays to go along with the screens etc, but it might play out that way if Welker signs somewhere else. Woodhead is just as explosive as Welker and faster than Welker with his top end speed, but I don't know if he'd be as consistent as Welker, as in 100 receptions a season 10 to 11 ypc. While Welker does get a lot of the passes a rb gets, there is a great deal of it that is more complicated than what a rb gets. Probably around 70 to 80 receptions, hopefully at least 30 to 40 rushes.

The problem is not every White guy has the skillset to be in the same mold as Welker getting a ton of yards after the catch, and a lot of these teams that get White receivers don't use them correctly, or try to force them into some role and these dumb coaches are just sitting their scratching their heads like "i don't understand".

Many of the coaches I have met aren't exactly the brightest people, wouldn't expect many to think outside of the box and utilize a player's talents to the fullest.
Former players like Boomer and Hoge are probably worse.

You think Hoge would understand a little bit and it seemed like he did earlier this season it must have popped into his head "hey, Tebow is a better runner than I was, maybe they should move him to runningback". He seemed to get "it" and talked about how Tebow was used at UF and how it really wouldn't be any different than him used in a power running game that the Jets have, except he won't be getting direct handoffs, and he was criticized heavily for it from what I remember. People said he was a clown and stupid.

There is no reason Tebow shouldn't have a big role in an offense, no matter where he is lined up. What did the Jets do? ask Tebow to get up to 250 when he was around 236, now he doesn't have the same burst when running it, not that they are letting him run on any creative plays or anything, but I think if he had stayed the same weight he would look much better with those few carries he has gotten. The weight he gained looks like fat. Now they can say "he can't run it either!"

 

[Extra Point]

Tebow took a losing team and led them to the playoffs and a playoff victory over the Steelers. His quarterbacking was a main factor in this playoff run. Tebow's low turnover ratio is one of the things that made him successful at QB.

So why don't people such as Esiason talk about his playoff win, his low turnovers and his clutch play when evaluating him as a quarterback? Surely they should talk about his positives as well as his negatives. Are they biased?

There is no reason Tebow shouldn't have a big role in an offense, no matter where he is lined up. What did the Jets do? ask Tebow to get up to 250 when he was around 236, now he doesn't have the same burst when running it, not that they are letting him run on any creative plays or anything, but I think if he had stayed the same weight he would look much better with those few carries he has gotten. The weight he gained looks like fat. Now they can say "he can't run it either!"

Maybe they want to make Tebow into a blocking fullback.

 

[FootballDad]

Tebow took a losing team and led them to the playoffs and a playoff victory over the Steelers. His quarterbacking was a main factor in this playoff run. Tebow's low turnover ratio is one of the things that made him successful at QB.

So why don't people such as Esiason talk about his playoff win, his low turnovers and his clutch play when evaluating him as a quarterback? Surely they should talk about his positives as well as his negatives. Are they biased?



Maybe they want to make Tebow into a blocking fullback.

What makes Tebow's accomplishments even more intriguing is that he did this while operating an offense designed to make him fail. His "zone read" offense with the Broncos was a joke compared to what he ran at Florida, what RG3 runs in Washington, and even what Kaepernick is running in SF. You put Griffin or Kaepernick in the designed-to-fail Denver 1-read-no-motion "zone read" and they would lose every game by 35 points.

 

[jerseypinebarrens]

I listen to Boomer and Carton almost everyday...But I eventually change it because they get away from being a sports show and turns into a craig carton jewish humor show. Boomer is a caste promoter, but he is also a huge hockey follower. He does a good job promoting hockey players and the sport. I don't like what he did to Tebow. I feel he would never had treated a black qb like that. But I have to give Boomer credit for the charity work he does, he's involved with a lot of causes and he's always looking to help people out.

 

[jerseypinebarrens]

What makes Tebow's accomplishments even more intriguing is that he did this while operating an offense designed to make him fail. His "zone read" offense with the Broncos was a joke compared to what he ran at Florida, what RG3 runs in Washington, and even what Kaepernick is running in SF. You put Griffin or Kaepernick in the designed-to-fail Denver 1-read-no-motion "zone read" and they would lose every game by 35 points.

How come when Tebow runs the read offense we heard, oh the nfl will catch up with that. But when the 2 black quarterbacks run it, its brilliant. the last thing FOX AND eLWAY WANTED WAS FOR Tebow to succeed , you could tell by their play calling. No way does Kaepernick handle the pressure of playoff games.......I can never watch another rg3 game again after that suckfest by Gruden 2 weeks ago totally unwatchable.