READ TODAY'S STORIES AND E-EDITION SUBSCRIBE |  CONTACT US |  SIGN IN
Sports Extra!



SPORTS EXTRA BLOGS

FOR THE RECORD
LOCAL PROS

ALL SPORTS

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

OUTDOORS

FIND A STORY

EMAIL ALERTS

SOCIAL MEDIA

RSS FEEDS

CONTACT US
BUY PHOTOS & PAGES

ADVERTISE ON SPORTS EXTRA


Print story only Print story with comments Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest
Sam B. Is In Big Trouble
Published: 8/16/2010 12:46 PM
Last Modified: 8/16/2010 12:46 PM

Former OU quarterback Sam Bradford is up against it on two fronts.

1. He is slow.

Slow with footwork, to side-step the rush.

Manning and Brady won't win many sprints. But they're quick IN the pocket.

Sam seems lumbering.

2. St. Louis is terrible.

It can't block, catch or defend. The offense looks like something off a juco campus.

If it wins a game or two, it will be because the Tech returner runs a few kicks back.

In more weekend news, Tebow looked good.

On his first run, he was almost elminated from the sport, however. He keeps that High School Harry stuff up, a safety will spin him like a top.

Former Texas quarterback McCoy was horrific, showing a noodle arm.

Big 12 quarterback lack of tradition continues.

In golf news, a rule is a rule.

In more golf news, the local CBS affiliate, KOTV, showed its backside by putting an idiotic weather bug, a radar screen and a wide meaningless crawl, over the PGA final round. On many occasions, the cup was below Stigler! If anybody is in the building over there, please wake up.



Reader Comments 20 Total
senor notas (3 years ago)
Travis and his toys. They are all idiots. Isn't Stigler in the OKC viewing area? RUN!!!
Tulsan in Exile (3 years ago)
Before seeing Bradford's first game, I thought his career would be short simply because he was drafted by one of the worst teams ever. But now, seeing just how ungainly he is against NFL speed, I think he would not have great success with any team. His foot work is awful, as is his field awareness. For all that money, the Lambs have to play him. But they better have a back-up sacrificial lamb ready. I hear Jeff Garcia is available...
The Picker (3 years ago)
Don't start him! It's his only chance. The offensive line is too bad.

But What Do I Know? (3 years ago)
But he is a scratch golfer. And he probably knows what a bunker is.
Tulsan in Exile (3 years ago)
The scouts were not wrong about Bradford. He has great potential... but with the Rams, his greatest potential is to get destroyed. If he could back up for a year or two, while the Rams try to rebuild, he would have a chance. But I doubt they let him. Pick is right: except for blocking, catching, running, tackling, the Rams look great.
But What Do I Know? (3 years ago)
Oops, bad choice of words. A bunker is what he will need to hide in behind the Rams line.
willie (3 years ago)
Stop it now!!!Your gonna make Dave Sittler mad.
Adapted (3 years ago)
Really? One practice, not a game, we're talking about practice. Cut him? 50 million dollars guaranteed and you want to cut him. Slow, back-up, don't start him and finally a Heisman and the one and only no. 1 pick in the draft. Do you people ever get tired of being right? Rhetorical.
Someone New (3 years ago)
So Teblow looked good against the 8th string defense? Yeah... That's real...
Glenn616 (3 years ago)
I would use Sam Bradford as a backup for his 1st year or two. However, it's too early to tell how good Sam Bradford will be at QB. A QB isn't gonna look very good with no O-Line.
Maniac (3 years ago)
Are we just noe figuring out about the dippy-do weather wonks at KOTV now? I have complained to them each year for 5 years running now to stop throwing that weather crawl over major sporting events, particularly golf, when it blocks the ball roll and the cup. Their response to me: "We are providing a critical service to our viewers that might save their life ( No BS! He actually said that to me!)Let's get real here- Phil putting for birdie to win is far more life and death than the pop-up thunderstorm cell on the Missouri-Arkansas border. These geeks just love to wield their power, it brings meaning and purpose to their otherwise inessential lives.
The Picker (3 years ago)
Maniac, putting the golf hole under some county barely in SE Oklahoma was the all-time worst. I flipped over to Channel 8 at the time, and it had nothing on its screen where a movie played. Channel 6 seems to be running a lot of its operation from OKC, so maybe a robot covered up the PGA last weekend.
The Picker (3 years ago)
More people are probably injured by can opener accidents in the kitchen than are hurt by tornadoes. Yet still the crawls block the screen.

Anybody stay up late and watch Bomar with the Giants? He looked like an All Pro.
Loki (3 years ago)
Mr. Bradford might want to invest $10 million or so to hire an offensive line.
Kenmore (3 years ago)
Bradford might be slow-of-foot, but then again as long as the Rams' O-line can't block, Carl Lewis would look slow as well. I also remember when Joe Montana was picked by San Fran, "experts" said he couldn't make it because Joe couldn't throw more than 30 yards...I think he made it...

I remember...oh, so long ago, when the late, great Jim Giles once interrupted my fave show to warn us about thunderstorms...in central Kansas. Storms with NO potential of tornadoes about 100 miles outside the viewing area. Which means I put nothing past any weatherman on any station with a radar & time on his hands.
The Picker (3 years ago)
Does anybody know why local weather people talk baby talk?
Loki (3 years ago)
They know their audience. You might consider going monosyllabic as well. All the cool kids are doing it.
The Picker (3 years ago)
Who will last longer, Favre or Sam B?
Loki (3 years ago)
We face the prospect of a "franchise" player begging the coach NOT to put him in.

Rams would do well to emulate the parents who bought really expensive furniture no one was allowed to use.

Gerontology aside, what team doesn't want a QB whose TD/INT ratio was 33/7? Vikes are contender with him, not at all without him (QED).
Gene M (2 years ago)
Mr. Picker, in your Favre - Bradford challenge, does the clock start today or duration of careers? If its the second option, I'll go with Favre and give you five years.
20 comments displayed


To post comments on tulsaworld.com, you must be an active Tulsa World print or digital subscriber and signed into your account.


Out Pick The Picker

The Picker began entertaining – and infuriating – sports fans in 1993. Each week during football season, he writes about his picks of college and NFL games in his Thursday Sports column. He's never afraid of sharing his opinions about the game and the personalities who play it. Readers have a chance to go against him each season in the Outpick the Picker contest. He welcomes the competition.

Follow The Picker on Twitter

Subscribe to this blog


Archive

Past Articles By The Picker

1/31/2013
      The Picker: Super Bowl merely a distraction from OU woes
 
The Picker's Blog Archive:

2/2013  1/2013  12/2012  11/2012  10/2012  9/2012  
8/2012  7/2012  6/2012  5/2012  4/2012  3/2012  
2/2012  1/2012  12/2011  11/2011  10/2011  9/2011  
8/2011  7/2011  6/2011  5/2011  4/2011  3/2011  
2/2011  1/2011  12/2010  11/2010  10/2010  9/2010  
8/2010  7/2010  6/2010  5/2010  4/2010  3/2010  
2/2010  1/2010  12/2009  11/2009  10/2009  9/2009  
8/2009  7/2009  6/2009  5/2009  4/2009  3/2009  
2/2009  1/2009  12/2008  11/2008  10/2008  9/2008  
8/2008  7/2008  6/2008  5/2008  4/2008  3/2008  
2/2008  1/2008  12/2007  11/2007  10/2007  9/2007  
8/2007  7/2007  6/2007  5/2007  4/2007  3/2007  
2/2007  1/2007  12/2006  11/2006  10/2006  9/2006  
8/2006  





Home | Contact Us | Search | Subscribe | Customer Service | About | Advertise
Copyright © 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.