I know Peter King is an easy target ...

[BurnsWhenIPee]

But man does he make it easy sometime.

Today's MMQB subhed touts the "first-ever look at potential new stadium in STL" and in the story it says "This is the first time anyone outside the league or the committee charged with keeping the Rams in St. Louis has seen the renderings of the proposed $1 billion, 64,000-seat open-air riverfront football stadium on the banks of the Mississippi River."

Except, of course, if you saw several renderings when the St. Louis people released it at a big press conference in mid-January.

Here's the gallery in the Post-Dispatch from then ...

Gallery: Proposed St. Louis NFL stadium renderings : News

What a ****.

 

[Boom_70]

Just to balance the ledger, a few weeks back King had a great story in MMQB on
The Pats Super Bowl gameplan as developed by Josh McDaniels and executed by
Tom Brady. King got both to talk pretty freely about what they did which is a-typical for
the closed mouth Pats. The end result is really good insight:
Tom Brady explains fourth quarter of Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl XLIX | The MMQB with Peter King

 

[JackReacher]

I once got an angry e-mail from a high school athlete's parent. Worst e-mail of my life. I so feel for the King family.

 

[Alma]

Just to balance the ledger, a few weeks back King had a great story in MMQB on
The Pats Super Bowl gameplan as developed by Josh McDaniels and executed by
Tom Brady. King got both to talk pretty freely about what they did which is a-typical for
the closed mouth Pats. The end result is really good insight:
Tom Brady explains fourth quarter of Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl XLIX | The MMQB with Peter King

That wasn't a story, but it was a Q&A. I would have liked to have seen King make that into a narrative though.

King is a league "insider," which is: He polishes the aura, asks hard questions a step too late on purpose, and generally wants to present the game for the glorious, gladiatorial thing most fans like to see it as while they eat their Sunday wings. His presence requires other people to be the assholes who take on the league, because he won't do it, and because he won't, only assholes can, because the NFL expects objectivity to look more or less like King's objectivity looks.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Who are "the assholes who take on the league" Do they exist anymore?

 

[wheels89]

Just to balance the ledger, a few weeks back King had a great story in MMQB on
The Pats Super Bowl gameplan as developed by Josh McDaniels and executed by
Tom Brady. King got both to talk pretty freely about what they did which is a-typical for
the closed mouth Pats. The end result is really good insight:
Tom Brady explains fourth quarter of Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl XLIX | The MMQB with Peter King

There are times when PK does have some great articles, but those are few and far between anymore. He is now more or less a caricature of himself.

 

[Boom_70]

Who are "the assholes who take on the league" Do they exist anymore?

I would not label then "assholes" but Don Van Natta and Kevin Van Valkenberg did a nice job of not following
the party line on Ray Rice story.

 

[Boom_70]

 

[playthrough]

There are times when PK does have some great articles, but those are few and far between anymore. He is now more or less a caricature of himself.

I read the MMQB almost every week just because it covers a lot of stuff and I know he'll link to some others' work that I haven't seen. But I realize the depth of his criticism will usually not go much farther than "Gotta make that tackle, Rey Malaluga" in his mishmash at the bottom.

 

[Boom_70]

Peter or parody?

Aggravating/Enjoyable Travel Note of the Week
I took the redeye from L.A. to Atlanta last Monday night, then connected Tuesday morning to Newark.

Aisle seat in coach on a jumbo jet from LAX to Atlanta. Two seats on either side, with three seats in the middle row. I'm on the left of one of those three-seaters. Boyfriend and girlfriend, I assume, next to me in the other two seats. They put a blanket over their head upon takeoff. There is movement under the blanket. I'm creeped out. I try to fall asleep. Every 10 minutes or so a leg or arm jolts me slightly. Are they stretching to sleep, somehow? Are they doing something else? No one knows. After an hour or so they fall asleep. Blanket stays over their heads until we're cleared for landing. Then they sit up and get un-disheveled.

Don't ask me what was going on under there. I don't want to know. You don't either.

 

[JackReacher]

Peter or parody?

Aggravating/Enjoyable Travel Note of the Week
I took the redeye from L.A. to Atlanta last Monday night, then connected Tuesday morning to Newark.

Aisle seat in coach on a jumbo jet from LAX to Atlanta. Two seats on either side, with three seats in the middle row. I'm on the left of one of those three-seaters. Boyfriend and girlfriend, I assume, next to me in the other two seats. They put a blanket over their head upon takeoff. There is movement under the blanket. I'm creeped out. I try to fall asleep. Every 10 minutes or so a leg or arm jolts me slightly. Are they stretching to sleep, somehow? Are they doing something else? No one knows. After an hour or so they fall asleep. Blanket stays over their heads until we're cleared for landing. Then they sit up and get un-disheveled.

Don't ask me what was going on under there. I don't want to know. You don't either.

Were they 20-ish? Quasi-30-ish? Age makes a difference with ol Petey.

 

[JackReacher]

This week's Fun with Peter King:

Peter King Says Chip Kelly Is Not One For The Holler Guys | Kissing Suzy Kolber

 

[goalmouth]

Peter King? It's typing, not writing.

 

[LongTimeListener]

This week's Fun with Peter King:

Peter King Says Chip Kelly Is Not One For The Holler Guys | Kissing Suzy Kolber

I know we fundamentally disagree on this topic, but Peter King is far more entertaining and less painful to read than the deconstruction of Peter King, which is by now such a cliche.

 

[EddieM]

Thought I'd feed the buzzards with a typo...

 

[YankeeFan]

 

[Riptide]

Damn, these personal farewell tours are getting pretty long.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

That kid did a real good job of letting the facts tell the story there and allow ol' PK to hang himself with no assistance at all. I think my favorite part was the gushing hosannas from Kerry Byrne and Greg Aiello, who just happen to be two people whose organizations benefited from PK's hasty defenses.

Also, PK on the campaign trail in 2020? Dear God let this happen.