Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?

[Leather]

...I mean, really, Peter? No QB?

"The Seahawks are my new favorite team."
-- Brett Favre, in a text to Seattle kicker Ryan Longwell, sent Tuesday, a couple of days after the injury in Washington to Steven Hauschka on Jan. 6. Longwell is a close friend of Favre's, and was one of the three Vikingswho flew to Mississippi to persuade Favre to return to the Vikings for one last season in 2010

I thought it was because he knew Russell Wilson was going to throw a game-ending INT.

Talk about the kiss of death, btw.

"Y'all tell Richard Sherman to get some humble pie! And you tell him I said it!''
-- Atlanta cornerback Asante Samuel, walking through the Falcons' locker room after Atlanta's win over Seattle, apparently figuring Sherman was a little mouthy even for the taste of the mouthiest player in the league (Samuel).

Wait. What? Really? Is this a well known thing?

a. I realize that everyone is in the habit of calling them the "Divisional Playoffs" and that this column is even labeled as such, but I think the name is dumb. Pick something better. "Conference Semifinals'' or "Final Eight." Anything but "Divisional Playoffs.''

I'm actually with King on this one. The games don't anoint the champions of particular divisions, and division champions from the regular season aren't guaranteed to make it to the divisional round. I don't like "Final Eight" (that's dumb), but "Conference Semi Finals" might work.

d. OK. That's the end of amateur hour at the movies. I'm no Rotten Tomatoes.

On one hand, I praise King for being a little self-aware with this comment. On the other hand...is he aware that Rotten Tomatoes is based on the reviews from critics? And that, it's not a single person? I'm guessing he does, but this is phrased a little awkwardly. I think he meant to say "This column isn't Rotten Tomatoes".

k. But ... and this is a big "but" ... the [MLB HOF] voters, at least most of them, know things I don't about the players. It's their province, not mine.

Such an odd statement (the second of its type in the same column, really), in the context of King's writing in general. Dude, you always give your opinion on stuff you have no professional experience with. I wonder if someone said something to him.

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

The asterisk, of course, is that Denver safety Rahim Moore made one of the all-time dumb plays in a playoff game.


Don't do that. Don't call Manning one of the greatest QB's ever and then throw some other player under the bus when Manning had multiple turnovers in a game they lost despite having two special teams TDs. Manning came up small.

I thought that this was majorly weak of King. Yes, Moore screwed up, no doubt about that, but Manning threw three picks and like you said Leather, two of the Broncos' TDs were of the special teams variety.

It's okay to say your hero wasn't at his best today without blaming everyone else. And even though King did give Manning his "Goat of the Week" horns, he also gave it to Moore too.

 

[DJnVa]

Denver: Has anyone ever had a smooth approach upon landing at the Denver airport? Not me, either at the old one or new space-age one. I guess it's the proximity to the mountains, but in 33 years I've had some armrest-grippers, like the one on Frontier Airlines around 11 Thursday night ... Balls of snow pelted the rental car on I-25 Friday. Not flakes. Audible little balls. Never saw or heard that before ...

Does he mean snow pellets? He's never heard of them before?

 

[CoffeeNerdness]

He just wanted to use the phrase "audible little balls".

 

[coremiller]

Flacco's a good road quarterback.

Um, PK, Saturday's game notwithstanding Flacco had a HUGE home/road split this year. He had a 99.0 rating at home and a 74.9 rating on the road.

 

[nattysez]

Such an odd statement (the second of its type in the same column, really), in the context of King's writing in general. Dude, you always give your opinion on stuff you have no professional experience with. I wonder if someone said something to him.

This is a completely self-serving statement. King is on the NFL HOF committee and gets torched every year when players that people believe should be in the Hall don't make it. This is his way of saying "Fans don't know what they're talking about when it comes to determining who belongs in the HOF, so they should STFU." God, he sucks.

 

[Corsi]

RT @MuchoMacho: Out of curiosity: Do you read Kissing Suzy Kolber or just ignore it? ... Read it years ago, then decided to get a life.

https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/291244377685241858

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Classic print guy response.

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

RT @MuchoMacho: Out of curiosity: Do you read Kissing Suzy Kolber or just ignore it? ... Read it years ago, then decided to get a life.

You know that King was proud of his burn. I bet he called up one of his daughters to brag.

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

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[DJnVa]

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Exactly.

 

[Leather]

Someone ask him if he's ever heard of DrLeather.

I mean, he clearly hasn't , but I want to get burned by Peter King!

 

[ifmanis5]

Someone ask him if he's ever heard of DrLeather.

I mean, he clearly hasn't , but I want to get burned by Peter King!

Rather pedestrian internet snark. He prefers something imported or locally sourced.

 

[H78]

I thought King's column this week was the worst I've ever read from him. There was almost NOTHING insightful in there.

 

[H78]

Oh, except he heard Ray Lewis say the word "respect" to Manning.

Ray Lewis, drop that line? No way!

 

[gtg807y]

Good thing Peter decided to mill around the locker rooms an hour and a half after the game so he could catch that epic meeting. That or Ray told him to stick around so someone would write about it, though it's not like him to put on a show for the sake of publicity :rolling:

 

[Leather]

You know what, though? It's a story about football players reacting to a football game. That's stuff King is supposed to write about.

If he had ignored it so he could talk some more about who belongs in the MLB Hall of Fame, it would have been ridiculous.

Like I've said before: If all King did was report on football-related issues, even if they are a little fluffy, I'd have no beef with him.

 

[Leather]

Now this is an example of why Peter King sucks, even when writing about football:

So,[Manning's long pass numbers from year-to-year are] not that different. But with the CBS report Saturday -- which I didn't hear about until Monday -- about Manning having some trouble with numbness in his fingertips, the question makes sense.

What?!

I had a minute alone with Manning postgame and would have asked him about it had I known.

"If only I had bothered to do 20 minutes of research during the 24 hours leading up to one of the biggest 8 games of the year, perhaps I would have stumbled upon some important information that would have allowed me to do my job, which is report on football. Oh well!"

Pure negligence.

But it's something to keep in mind as Manning continues to recover from his four neck surgeries.

Ya think?

ON RAHIM MOORE. "While I think it is correct to criticize the Denver safety Rahim Moore for allowing the 70 yard TD pass at the end of the Broncos-Ravens game I think it is completely unfair and unprofessional to suggest it was "laziness" as a possible culprit. You don't think that kid is heart broken over what happened? He screwed up big time but don't pour salt in his wound by suggesting he was lazy.''
-- From Rudy Dyck, of Kingsville, Ontario.

I said he was either lazy or had a lapse in concentration. It was one of the two, probably the latter. I understand your outrage, but how do you or I know which it was?

"If only there was an NFL reporter of some kind, maybe one from a major sports publication like, say, Sports Illustrated, around to ask Rahim Moore what happened. What a shame there isn't, we'll just all have to keep on guessing."

 

[ifmanis5]

Doesn't the quote

I said he was either lazy or had a lapse in concentration.

describe Peter King's reporting process more than a player making a mistake in the heat of the moment?

Hey Peter, how about doing your job and getting actual answers to your own lame questions? No different than what Cafardo does on a regular basis.
I think they both prefer not knowing the actual hard facts so they can stick to their own ginned-up lazy gut opinions, which are usually decades out of date and flat out wrong. It's easier to just say 'Favre is a gutty winner' then to dig into the matter it any further.

 

[Leather]

Well, it's also a fucking inane observation to make in that they are the only two plausible options.

"Well, I don't think he was trying to throw the game, so I'll have to go with...lazy or lack of concentration on that one, guys."

 

[ifmanis5]

Well, it's also a fucking inane observation to make in that they are the only two plausible options.

"Well, I don't think he was trying to throw the game, so I'll have to go with...lazy or lack of concentration on that one, guys."

False flag. Fake dead girlfriend was third option.

 

[Dogman]

Well, it's also a fucking inane observation to make in that they are the only two plausible options.

"Well, I don't think he was trying to throw the game, so I'll have to go with...lazy or lack of concentration on that one, guys."

It's all part of his mantra to not ask a really stupid question/print something scathing about a player or team so that he will always have access to teams and players.

I bet King misses the irony of his "lazy or lacks concentration" statement.

 

[Leather]

Of course it is. The only people he's been harsh on in the past year or so are the replacement refs.

 

[Ray Culp]

Of course it is. The only people he's been harsh on in the past year or so are the replacement refs.

Don't forget your third shift hotel clerks!

 

[ifmanis5]

Don't forget your third shift hotel clerks!

Yeah, I was going to snarkily add that the people giving him dirty looks on the quiet train and the lady who needed a blanket on the plane got a pretty decent lashing from Mr. King in print. #GoodDaySir

 

[Corsi]

Bet I'm the only one on here to have seen Oscar-nominated "Amour" this week.

https://mobile.twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/292094953033723904

oh you're just so fucking cultured

 

[bbc23]

Of first 12 coach/GM hires of 2013, 12 are white. Jets likely 13th of 13 with GM hire Friday. Your move, Browns, to avoid total NFL shame.

https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/292093609593933824
Yep, because this year has been a total conspiracy to shut down minority hires, hiring the best man for the job be damned!

 

[mpx42]

https://mobile.twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/292094953033723904

oh you're just so fucking cultured

Seriously, I didn't think he even had that level of pomposity in him.

 

[JohntheBaptist]

Yeah, really--the only one "on here" to see it. On where? Twitter? Has anyone here ever met anyone with such a chasm between their self-estimation and what they actually put out into the world? I'm not sure I have and I live in NYC.

He's bragging about seeing movies now, like they "coolness" test you before you're let in. Scary.

 

[Ralphwiggum]

https://twitter.com/...093609593933824
Yep, because this year has been a total conspiracy to shut down minority hires, hiring the best man for the job be damned!

There is no debating the fact that the NFL has historically had an issue with minorities being under-represented in the head coaching ranks and in the front office. They've done a much better job over the last decade or so, but I do think it is interesting to note that all of the vacancies have been filled by white men so far this year, particularly given the number of vacancies. It isn't about a conspiracy, but on its face without looking into any of the larger trends, it sure seems like a step backwards for the NFL in this area.

However, the use of the phrase "total shame" and the suggestion that the Browns have some kind of obligation to save the NFL by hiring a minority just because they are the last team to fill their head coaching vacancy is Peter King stupidity at its best.

 

[weeba]

The sub-headline in his SI piece on the Ravens:

This is what it takes for the unflappable Joe Flacco to finally earn his due - and epic comeback on Peyton's home turf? So be it. As Flacco heads to New England to face Tom Brady, let us make room for him in the upper echelon of NFL quarterbacks.

 

[lostjumper]

3 weeks ago PK wasn't sure if the Ravens should pay for the big deal that Flacco wants in the off season. Now he wins 2 playoff games in a row and PK wants to put him in the upper echelon of NFL QB's? Amazing...

 

[H78]

King thinks the Ravens are going to score 26 points Sunday.

Hmmm, two touchdowns and four field goals? Nice prediction.

 

[Hendu for Kutch]

King thinks the Ravens are going to score 26 points Sunday.

Hmmm, two touchdowns and four field goals? Nice prediction.

I can buy it. The Ravens, down 31-20 late in the game score a TD to make it 31-26. They have to go for 2 but don't make it. 31-26.

 

[E5 Yaz]

King thinks the Ravens are going to score 26 points Sunday.

Hmmm, two touchdowns and four field goals? Nice prediction.

3 touchdowns, 1 field goal and 2 one-point safeties

 

[mpx42]

I'm glad I don't have to drive Peter King around in a taxicab.

 

[Corsi]

h. Coffeenerdness: So I spent part of Friday and Saturday mornings (longer Saturday) writing in a very user-friendly Starbucks in the coolio Buckhead neighborhood north of Atlanta. And at a table in the corner on Saturday was a regular, an older man reading the paper a little after 7. He was joined by a pal around 8:30. Then, around 9, an apparent stranger to both, a woman, happened by and they began talking. They stayed until 10:30. I thought how great that was that three people could converse for that long and solve the problems of the world. I also thought: I don't think I've ever ambled into a bar or coffee place thinking I was staying five minutes and staying an hour and a half or so after some happenstance meeting with strangers. Imagine having the time to be able to do that. It's foreign to me. I'm missing something, aren't I?

Have I mentioned lately just how busy I am?

 

[johnmd20]

Have I mentioned lately just how busy I am?

Did he really need to finish that paragraph with the, "Imagine having the time to be an average joe?" Totally pompous. For the record, he does have the time. He was there, watching what he doesn't have time for happen. He's claiming he was writing when he was probably just listening in and wishing they would invite the FAMOUS Peter King into the conversation.

 

[Corsi]

I'm glad I don't have to drive Peter King around in a taxicab.

Yeah, what an asshole. I mean, I get that that situation sucks when you're trying to get to the airport, but it was the driver's first day and he was clearly panicked and I'm sure having King breathing down his neck from the back seat didn't help matters.

"Terminal D,'' I said. "'D' as in dog.

Patronizing fuck.

 

[Leather]

To be fair, I've had something similar happen to me in an NYC cab, and it is really frustrating, especially so given that you're going to be asked to pay for the extra mileage that was a result of the bad driving.

But, where King and I differ is that I got into the habit of asking drivers "You know how to get to X?" before I entered the cab. If there's any hesitation, or they say "You tell me, yes?" or something, I used to just wait for a different one.

EDIT: And you want to use the opposite tact, of getting into a cab and saying where you want to go, when it's late and you have to go to an outer borough. By law, drivers have to take you within city limits, but lots of drivers will say "No" and drive away if you ask them to drive out of Manhattan after 11:30 or so, but if you're in the cab, there's not much they can do about it.

 

[epraz]

I wonder if being psychoanalyzed by SOSH is the only thing Peter King and Mark Sinacori have in common. What I wouldn't give for Sina to be writing his blogs again.

 

[epraz]

Defensive Player of the Week
Bernard Pollard, strong safety, Baltimore. The renowned Patriots basher (Tom Brady's knee, Wes Welker's knee, Rob Gronkowski's ankle) did it again with the game on the line Sunday night. With Baltimore hanging on to a 21-13 lead with 13 minutes left and New England driving, running back Stevan Ridley was leveled by Pollard, knocking Ridley woozy and causing him to fumble. Baltimore recovered and four plays later had the insurance touchdown. For the game, Pollard had nine tackles and added a deflected pass. What Alex Rodriguez is to Red Sox fans, Pollard is to Pats fans. "That was the turning point of the game,'' John Harbaugh said of the Pollard hit on Ridley. "It was a tremendous hit, football at its finest, as good a tackle as you're ever going to see."

Except for the context of the play and the stats, every single word of this is wrong.​

 

[twibnotes]

The Onion captures Peter King...

http://www.theonion.com/articles/peter-king-works-terrible-stay-at-courtyard-marrio,31044/

 

[Cousin Walter]

Tweet of the Week

"Gotta give well wishes to Rondo. One of my fav players in the world. My
prayers r with u lil bro. I'm here if u need me #respect"

-- @kobebryant, after Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo tore his ACL last Friday against the Hawks

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130128/super-bowl-xlvii-preview-peter-king-monday-morning-quarterback/#ixzz2JKWH8UX0
 
This just struck me as being non-germane to his entire column. If he put something about it in his non-football thoughts of the week or whatever, OK, but of all the things in the twitterverse, that is the single most notable tweet of the week?

 

[bbc23]

So Terry Francona came to the Barnes and Noble in my Manhattan neighborhood the other day to sign copies of the book he and Dan Shaughnessy wrote. I stopped by. Naïve me. I’d never met Francona, and, being a Sox partisan, I wanted to stop by and just say thanks for the two World Series titles. Silly me. Seventy-five minute wait. In Manhattan, no less. Well, thanks in spirit, Terry. And I’m sure I’ll enjoy the book. 

I almost feel like this is quiet outrage that famed Red Sox fan Peter King wasn't able to pass by the mere mortals in line.  I really think he thought of it as an implied invitation to hang out and talk with Francona privately.  

 

[Skeesix]

I almost feel like this is quiet outrage that famed Red Sox fan Peter King wasn't able to pass by the mere mortals in line.  I really think he thought of it as an implied invitation to hang out and talk with Francona privately.  

I'm inclined to believe so as well, simply because... how is a line for a book signing in ANY city with Francona going to be less than an hour?

 

[Leather]

 The "In Manhattan, no less" comment slays me, as do the passive aggressive "Silly me" and "Naive me"s.   
 
1) Manhattan is probably the most densely populated place in the country, and lines in Manhattan are always long.  Complaining about stuff being hard to get/in demand in Manhattan is like complaining that San Diego gets too much sun.  
2) It reads as if he's mad that, in the privileged Valhalla that is Manhattan, people are made to wait in line.  You know, like the rest of the commoners who live elsewhere.  

 

[Corsi]

It just irks me that he constantly reminds us that he lives/does business in Manhattan:
 

 

 

• I got into a taxi on the east side of Manhattan Thursday about 4:45 p.m.
• Walked past a demonstration in front of Macy's in Manhattan on Black Friday.
• We’re moving to Manhattan.
• I live in Manhattan, on the 16th floor of a high-rise.
• Just my luck Sunday to get behind the Parisians with the $47 order in line at Starbucks in Manhattan.
• Well I mean -- I feel really guilty nothing happens to me I live in midtown Manhattan and you know it didn't even lose power.
• I was walking in Manhattan on Friday afternoon, approaching the corner of Park Avenue and East 54th. 
• I live in midtown, 40 blocks north of the East Village
• So my wife and I organized a party of 16 to come into the city 10 days after the attack for dinner at Carmine's in midtown.
• I'll tell you what we need in midtown Manhattan -- a Starbucks open until midnight on Sundays.
• Friday afternoon, just before 4 p.m., I'm walking from the Sports Illustrated Building in midtown
• Dying to Tweet. Rumor has it I'm going to be taught how by my SI.com people this week, when I'm town for some high-level (ha-ha-ha) meetings in midtown Manhattan
• I saw the adaptation of the great When Pride Still Mattered book by David Maraniss on Friday night at Circle in the Square Theater in midtown Manhattan and was impressed with a few things.
• Great coffee order at Starbucks in midtown Manhattan the other day.
• Well, at least the Egg Nog latte is skim this year. At least that's what one of the midtown Manhattan baristas told me this year.
• Tonight, on the walk back from NBC's studios, I stopped at a midtown deli in need of some caffeine.
• You see, the Football Night in America studio crew was dismissed after halftime of the Jets-Colts game, and so Rodney Harrison, Dan Patrick and I adjourned to a midtown Manhattan bar for the wrap party a little early and watched the last 10 minutes of the game on TV.

 
I could go on...

 

[Leather]

He really is an insecure blowhard.

 

[soxfaninyankeeland]

I thought he was expressing surprise that a former Red Sox manager drew a 75 minute line in the middle of Yankee territory. Which is stupid, because if you live in Manhattan, as I've heard he does, you would know that you can't swing a dead cat without hitting somebody wearing a Sox hat.