Final Wednesday Thoughts
* I want to be like John Clayton one day. Comfortable enough to wear a suit on top, and khakis and sneakers below since that will never be on camera. I've definitely noticed a high stature:casual dress ratio in effect with a lot of the writers. Michael Silver, who looks like coolest guy in school (and one of my favorite writers) in t-shirts. Peter King in a hoodie and a Tampa Bay Devil Rays hat.
* This is going to be in a notebook on NBCSports.com tonight, but the Giants all say that the Patriots play a vanilla defense this season. They line up in their 3-4 and don't vary rushers much. It's a strange thing to hear about a Belichick defense, but undeniably true. I think it's because Belichick doesn't quite trust the depth of his back seven.
Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride believes the Patriots lulled them to sleep last time with this approach before unleashing some creative blitzes late. I don't think the Pats will wait so long this time.
* Michael Strahan says that Tom Brady moves in the pocket like he's on ice skates. I liked that image.
* Like Media Day, I felt bad for the players who were ignored. They sat at their tables reading the paper. The backup defensive linemen smartly brought a dominoes set.
* Here are my 16 reasons the Patriots can win
* At the big coaches pressers with a podium that you see on television, most of the big-name writers just stand off to the side and chat. They don't ask questions. They must figure that any good material is going to come from one-on-ones. Most of the questions come from the smaller fish in the pond like myself, which may explain why they are often idiotic.
* Once I finished my videos for the day, I barely fought the urge to take extra coffee/bathroom breaks from the writer's room just so I could stroll around radio row and pass by Brett Favre, Chad Johnson, Drew Brees, Tony Gonzalez, as they made the rounds. Key word there: Barely. At least I didn't ask anyone for autographs like a few knuckleheads I saw on Media Day.
That wraps it up for tonight. Thanks for stopping by.
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