Our first set of quotage is in for Week 1 of the 2013 NFL season. It comes from CBS Sports which now has two, count ’em, two pregame shows. So you have the notes and quotes from “That Other Pregame Show” that debuted today and The NFL Today which has been around since the beginning of time.
A strong debut in my opinion for That Other Pregame Show, but Adam Schein doesn’t need to shout at me at 9 a.m. Too early for that. I’ll have a written review of that program later.
Here’s the CBS quotage from earlier today.
NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON AND “THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW” WITH ADAM SCHEIN, AMY TRASK, BART SCOTT AND BRANDON TIERNEY FOR WEEK 1 ON SEPTEMBER 8
? QUICK HITS
(On Chicago and Jay Cutler)
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BOOMER: Jay Cutler reminds me of this generation’s Jeff George. That is who he is. A great arm, great player, but for some reason he just can’t seem to find his way.
PHIL SIMMS: Mark Trestman has tweaked the fundamentals of Jay Cutler. Jay Cutler has said he thinks it’s going to make him better on the field. When you take a player of his caliber and make him just a little bit better, you have a chance for greatness.
RICH GANNON: There are no more excuses for Jay Cutler.(On Cincinnati)
BOOMER: All the years I’ve sat here I’ve never said the Cincinnati Bengals have a legitimate Super Bowl shot, and now today I can sit here after watching “Hard Knocks” on HBO this year, they have a legitimate shot. Andy Dalton, we always talk about quarterbacks. Who is going to be this year’s Joe Flacco? Who is going to validate their career by getting their team to the Super Bowl and perform like Joe did against the 49ers? I think Andy Dalton is ready to take the next step. We always talk about this. They have quality defense, quality running backs and a great wide receiver.
?SUPER BOWL PREDICTIONS (winners in bold)
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BOOMER: Seattle vs. New England
SHARPE: Seattle vs. Denver
COWHER: Atlanta vs. New England
MARINO: Seattle vs. Denver?THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW (TOPS) NOTES
(On going across the middle)
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SHANNON SHARPE: When I first came into the league in 1990 it was an honor to go across the middle and have Mike Singletary hit you, or Ronnie Lott hit you, or Steve Atwater hit you. Now we have guys that are going across the middle, they’re like, I’m not even worried about anything because first of all you can’t intimidate me by hitting me before the ball gets here. I must catch the football, put both feet down and get into a running position before you do anything. Now everybody has courage. Football was not meant to be played like that.
AMY TRASK: Jack Tatum once told me that he never ever ever ever wanted anyone coming across the middle. George Atkinson told me I want them coming one time, come across once, one time.
(On the Tuck Rule)
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TRASK: Since that fateful night in Foxborough there’s been a lot of attention focused on the Tuck Rule and whether or not the Tuck Rule was appropriately applied that night. And it was not. But I think what’s missing in the entire dialogue and analysis is this: What is the fundamental underpinning of the replay system? You have to have indisputable visual evidence. Now let’s talk about the word indisputable. That means you can’t dispute it. It’s not disputable. You may not dispute it. It’s indisputable visual evidence. Let me ask you this, someone show me, where’s that great picture of the Tuck Rule? If a call is made on the field, there needs to be indisputable visual evidence to overturn it.
That is all.
