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Declining guarantees

September 28, 2007

It's truly a sad day when "the guarantee," once made famous by Babe Ruth, Joe Namath, Mark Messier and former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel, becomes an obvious motivational ploy for 0-3 NFL teams.
Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter and St. Louis Rams wide receiver Isaac Bruce both pushed their chips to the middle of the table in Fasselesque fashion and guaranteed wins this Sunday over the improving Oakland Raiders and the Dallas Cowboys, respectively.
And I'm just not seeing it either case.
The Dolphins defense can't stop the run - as demonstrated by Clinton Portis, Marion Barber and Thomas Jones' success against them in consecutive weeks - while the Rams roll into Texas Stadium without injured running back Steven Jackson, but with an injured Marc Bulger at quarterback.
Motivation is one thing, but delusion is quite another.
I guarantee it.

Posted by Stephen Smith at 9:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Comments

Looks like you were dead-on. So what's up with those knuckleheads making these ridiculous boasts?

Posted by: david squires | October 1, 2007 7:03 PM

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