Look: I have no problem with athletes who celebrate their accomplishments on the field. In fact, if they’re athletes who deserve to be celebrating, I support them wholeheartedly. This is why I think Jose Reyes is so cool.
Kerry Rhodes is not one such athlete. Kerry Rhodes can not tackle. When an opposing running back is bearing down on Kerry Rhodes, he turns his back and falls down. It’s terrible looking, and embarrassing. Then, in the rare event that Kerry Rhodes knocks a pass down or does something vaguely good, he gets up and carries on like he’s God’s gift to football.
It’s particularly awful because Kerry Rhodes plays in the same defensive backfield as Darrelle Revis, who might actually be God’s gift to football. And Darrelle Revis almost never carries on. He just trots back to the huddle and prepares to do something else unspeakably awesome on the next play, while Kerry Rhodes is dancing around trying to take credit for something Revis just did. It’s infuriating.
There was actually a kid like this on my high school team. I hated the kid. He never made any tackles, but after every play, he used to run over to the spot where the tackle had been made and flex in the general vicinity of the tackle. Often the statistician would assume he made the play and give him credit, but he never actually did. He just had the gall to flex like he had made the play even though he was 15 yards away, getting knocked around by some weak-ass opposing blocker.
That’s Kerry Rhodes. So in honor of Kerry Rhodes, I’ve made this graph. It’s a bar graph, charting the rate of posturing per defensive contribution. Check it out:
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haha, agreed on rhodes. god forbid he actually wrap someone up past the line of scrimmage. he only throws shoulders. and nice chart. i recently made one that shows a direct correlation between mets wins and the frequency of guiseppe franco commercials.
In Rhodes’ case, I see nothing but a pattern. Why did a benching have to be the fire in which needed to be lit under his ass for him to produce? And even in that aspect, his tackling skills are still horrendous. He actually believes that he only has a couple of bad tackles. Well I have news for him, the number far passes simply a couple (Have you ever noticed that he jumps like a jackrabbit after having arrived about 3 seconds late to a pile? lol). He’s an example of what happens when an individual believes his or her own hype. He’s so quick to take credit for a win, but on the other hand, he never wants to be held accountable for a loss. There isn’t an “I” in team, but this clown fails to comprehend that.
You best believe that he’ll read this page (if he hasn’t already done so) because he DOES in fact care what others think about him. He tirelessly tries to front as if he’s thick-skinned, but always manages to engage in a back and forth game with an individual who isn’t impressed by him, and refuses to kiss his ass.
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