Jared Allen: Lock For Most Valuable Douche

Why does tragedy never strike where it's needed most?

Vikings defensive end Jared Allen is a lot of things: a great pass rusher, a redneck, a drunk, an idiot, a douchebag and occasionally an infuriating jack-in-the-box.  Ravens offensive lineman Michael Oher is also a lot of things: a rookie, a former foster-child, gigantic, and the main character in an upcoming feature film. So, when those two individuals have a war of words in the media, which one do you think I’m going to side with?

The Vikings survived a furious comeback attempt in Minneapolis Sunday when Ravens kicker Steven Hauschka missed a 44-yard field goal attempt.  After the loss, Oher was asked how he thought he handled Minnesota’s Pro Bowl D-end after making just his second career start at left tackle.

In the second half, I feel like I shut him out.  There is nothing really special about him[...]

I think he found out I’m an OK player.  Guy makes like $100 million. I think I did all right.

Allen ended the game with 7 total tackles, 4 for loss, and one sack.  That’s a productive game, but certainly not as dominating as he has been in other contests.  Also, the Ravens scored 4 second half TDs including 3 in the 4th quarter and drove into range for a game winning field goal attempt.  I’d say that Oher has a decent case for saying that he shut Allen out in the second half.  As for saying there’s nothing really special about him, well, I have to disagree with him there.  Allen is all kinds of special.  The kind of special where you wonder if he rides the team bus or follows in a significantly shorter model.  The kind of special where you wonder if his doctor has advised him to keep that helmet on at all times.

Asked to respond to Oher’s statement, Allen took the opportunity to show off his special intellect:

Well that’s just some idiot trying to talk himself up.  I beat that dude like a red-headed stepchild, let’s be honest. If he was so good why did they have to chip me all day? Ask him that[...]

Besides, you lost and your quarterback spent his whole day on the back of his head until the fourth quarter. That guy will watch film today and realize. Everybody else in the world saw me abuse him.

So, to recap, Oher claimed to have shut Allen out and Allen responds to that egregious allegation by claiming to have dominated Oher except for the 4th quarter, which happens to be a fairly large piece of the second half.

Plus, the whole world didn’t see Allen do anything yesterday because the Saints were playing the Giants and Drew Brees and I are tight like pants on Beyonce.

I will give Allen credit for choosing his method of response well.  Rather than an email or text message, he appeared on a radio show to voice his opinion, which is a positive for him because even he hasn’t figured out a way to misspell words while speaking on the radio.

When all is said and done, the Ravens still lost, the Vikings are still undefeated and Jared Allen is still an insufferable douche and leading example that football causes irreversible brain damage.

Tags: Baltimore Ravens, football, Jared Allen, Michael Oher, Minnesota Vikings, NFL

Hollywood Loves White Ladies

Here we have the trailer for the film adaptation of a book written about former poor, black child, taken in by an upper-class white family and eventually drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, Michael Oher.  It all sounds like one helluva story doesn’t it?  Well, it did until I saw Sandra Bullock. 

Oher was a blue-chip high school offensive-line recruit in 2004 and signed with Ole Miss.  He made the Freshmen All-America team and was first team All-SEC last season.  The Ravens took him with the 23rd pick in this year’s NFL Draft and he has signed a 5-year, $13-million contract.  Don’t expect any of that to be in this movie, however.  Do expect Hollywood to take a truly inspirational story about a kid who was essentially orphaned and homeless and turn it into a story about a wealthy housewife who courageously adopts a minority.  Wow, I can’t believe someone would have the strength to go through all of that.  I don’t mean attending11 schools in 9 years, having no parental figures, having no fixed address or alternating between various foster home, all before you are 16.  I mean taking in a 300-pound black teen when you already have a couple kids and a husband with a great job.  The word hero is thrown around too much these days, but in rare instances like this one, it’s warranted. 

The film also won’t cover the fact that it was another man who found Oher and attempted to enroll him in the private school.  You also won’t hear about the allegations that the family that took Michael in only did so to ensure that he’d play football for their school.  Or how his high school coach steered Oher to Mississippi in order to secure a coaching job with the Rebels.  I’m not saying the allegations are true, but integral parts of the story should at least be refuted somewhere in the film.  But, I guess if you actually gave an actual portrayal of what happened, there wouldn’t be time to show Sandra Bullock threatening the ’street thugs’ that are threatening Oher.  And they would have had to cut goosebump inducing dialogue like, ‘you’re changing his life’, ‘no, he’s changing mine.’  Without great stuff like that, what would you be left with?  A well-made, inspirational true story?  No one is interested in something like that.

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Tags: Baltimore Ravens, football, Michael Oher, NFL