“Excuses are for weak people” – Blaine Gabbert

Zoltan Paksa — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:43:50 +0000

Lately I discovered a disturbing new trend in the mainstream media covering the NFL. There is a now a new sport out there: “Who can slam Blaine Gabbert the most?” It first started with Mike Lombardi (who in my opinion should stay away from commenting about QB development after drafting Jamarcus Russell with the 1st overall pick….) saying the Jaguars are waisting their time with Gabbert. In response to that, Pete Prisco (who -a bit shockingly- seems to be the only major sportswriter who thinks Gabbert can be successful in the NFL) wrote a counterpoint article, where the second year QB acknowledged that he has to became much better, and he knows he can only silence his critics playing on the field. But it seems to me, that everybody read just one line from that article, where Gabbert asked Prisco “Who is Mike Lombardi?” Prisco showed Lombardi’s article to the young QB, and I really think he just really didn’t know who the current NFL Network analyst is. Yet Lombardi was so upset that he wrote an open letter in response to this. It was good to see an expert act like a serious, grown up person.

So who can’t take the criticism Mr. Lombardi?

Gabbert is back, more focused, and looks way more clean cut. Source: Phil Sears-US PRESSWIRE

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“Excuses are for weak people” – Blaine Gabbert