Comments on: Tomlinson Getting Hurt Helped SD http://larrybrownsports.com/football/tomlinson-getting-hurt-helped-sd/1238 Brown Bag it, Baby Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:27:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: maxsportz http://larrybrownsports.com/football/tomlinson-getting-hurt-helped-sd/1238#comment-77595 maxsportz Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:30:05 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2008/01/18/tomlinson-getting-hurt-helped-sd/#comment-77595 Sometimes weird things happen when games go differently than the teams plan on. Like when a back up Qb comes in & plays well & the underdog team wins. The opponent likely never looked at much tape of the back up so they were less prepared. and when a team gets a big lead and changes the defense or the team that is behind scraps the game plan and starts slinging it (Colts over Pats last year in playoffs and San Fran over the Giants in the playoffs a few years back). It is like a Karate expert getting in a fight in a bar with a Drunk Brawler. Every once in a while the Brawler lands a knockout shot. Sometimes weird things happen when games go differently than the teams plan on. Like when a back up Qb comes in & plays well & the underdog team wins. The opponent likely never looked at much tape of the back up so they were less prepared. and when a team gets a big lead and changes the defense or the team that is behind scraps the game plan and starts slinging it (Colts over Pats last year in playoffs and San Fran over the Giants in the playoffs a few years back). It is like a Karate expert getting in a fight in a bar with a Drunk Brawler. Every once in a while the Brawler lands a knockout shot.

]]> By: kevin http://larrybrownsports.com/football/tomlinson-getting-hurt-helped-sd/1238#comment-77516 kevin Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:15:24 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2008/01/18/tomlinson-getting-hurt-helped-sd/#comment-77516 First off, L.T. has run behind some crappy lines. Calling him overrated is stupid, he has done things Barry Sanders could never do. He scores more touchdowns than all of those backs and he is one of two backs to gain at least 1200 yards through the first seven years of their careers. He also catches more passes and even throws some. So calling him overrated is not thinking correctly. First off, L.T. has run behind some crappy lines. Calling him overrated is stupid, he has done things Barry Sanders could never do. He scores more touchdowns than all of those backs and he is one of two backs to gain at least 1200 yards through the first seven years of their careers. He also catches more passes and even throws some. So calling him overrated is not thinking correctly.

]]> By: Gene http://larrybrownsports.com/football/tomlinson-getting-hurt-helped-sd/1238#comment-77090 Gene Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:20:31 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2008/01/18/tomlinson-getting-hurt-helped-sd/#comment-77090 I still believe LT is overrated. He is a GREAT back, but when people start putting him in the class with Walter Peyton, Barry Sanders and my personal pick as the best of all time, Jim Brown, I question it. LT does run behind a great line, just as did Emmitt Smith in Dallas. It makes it a bit easier to gain yardage that way. However, as you've also pointed out, he appears to be a great guy when things are going well, but has a tendency to lose his cool and class when they aren't. I would never to as far as that columnist to say that the Chargers are better off without him. I still believe LT is overrated. He is a GREAT back, but when people start putting him in the class with Walter Peyton, Barry Sanders and my personal pick as the best of all time, Jim Brown, I question it.

LT does run behind a great line, just as did Emmitt Smith in Dallas. It makes it a bit easier to gain yardage that way.

However, as you’ve also pointed out, he appears to be a great guy when things are going well, but has a tendency to lose his cool and class when they aren’t.

I would never to as far as that columnist to say that the Chargers are better off without him.

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