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Thursday, May 12, 2005
Rob Reischel
Sorry for all the Packer posts today, but I'm thin-skinned Packer-wise. And nothing bugs me more than Rob "Simply Put" Reischel. Last year, Reischel couldn't go three paragraphs without inserting an ill-fitting "simply put" into his stories. This year is starting off no better:On punter B.J. Sander:
But the Green Bay Packers' punter isn't tooling around Europe to improve his foreign language skills. He's there to better his punting. And right now, Sander is acing that part of his job.
Then there's this nonsense:
The Packers' schedule figures to be a major obstacle, too, as Green Bay faces seven teams that went to the playoffs last year and four division winners. Add it all up and it's easy to see why a fall from grace could occur.
The Packers play 4 division winners: Seattle, Philly, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta. The Vikings play 4 division winners: Pittsburgh, Atlanta and the Packers twice.
Simply put, the schedules no longer matter as much as they once did because the schedules have been rebalanced and, also, because the NFL has reached a new level of parity, where last year's division winner might well fall apart this year.
A professional reporter should be aware of these basic facts.
