MONDAY COMMENTARY – PUMP THE BRAKES
Photo: Miami Dolphins
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Consider the Monday commentary to be the perfect wrapper to the sports weekend, covering all your favourite sports.
We start with the NFL where just about everyone, who’s anyone, is raving about the Dolphins 70-to-20 blowout of the Denver Broncos here in Miami.
No, it’s not a typo. Miami scored 10 touchdowns against Denver to improve to 3-0 and remarkably, could’ve set a record with 73 points had Coach Mike McDaniel not elected to take a knee on the final drive and decide instead to kick a field goal.
Afterwards he said he’s not there to set records and embarrassing the opponent is not what he’s about.
But it says here they embarrassed Denver anyway so why not make history? So now the Washington Redskins still own the record of 72 points going back to 1966.
Meh. It’s McDaniel’s team; he can do what he wants.
Meanwhile up in Calgary they’re still celebrating today following the Flames’ 10-0 rout of the Vancouver Canucks in both teams’ preseason opener on Sunday in the Saddledome.
After an ugly year in Cowtown, you can understand why the fans, media and players are so exuberant with the blowout but guys, pump the brakes.
The Flames had a full lineup while Vancouver’s was a bunch of guys we’d never heard of (look it up).
New Calgary coach Ryan Huska is too classy to run up the score so you know the Flames showing was legit but c’mon Calgary …
Even you know these games mean exactly nothing.
And finally the weekend’s CFL games seem like ages ago but Rider Nation hasn’t forgotten. The Green & White got spanked 36-28 in Ottawa in a game where the score flattered Sask but at this stage of the game, the point spread doesn’t matter. All that matters are wins and losses and the Riders have more of the latter.
Saskatchewan has a real tough schedule ahead and have blown their last two games, against teams with a worse record.
Fortunately for them, Alberta’s turned into Death Valley for the CFL as both the Stampeders and Elks lost on the weekend so the Riders may make the playoffs based on a war of attrition. Those teams are a combined 8-21.
At this stage of the game, I’m sure they’d happily take that playoff spot.
That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary
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Mike I am a retired RCMP member and in regards to your comments that members are baiting drivers into passing them and getting tickets is totally false. The reality is that if members are going over the speed limit there is a good chance they will be reported by a member of the general public and then get there hands slapped by the detachment commander. Being an RCMP member is like living in a fish bowl.
I could see living in a fishbowl, but giving people tickets for going 5-10km/hr over the limit is bad in my opinion. It’s not like it increases the “danger” or likelihood of an accident at that speed (especially highway). I could see going 20 or more over the speed limit maybe. Anyways, just an opinion.