So for now, my plan is to tune out the noise and both honestly evaluate and genuinely enjoy Jones, because rookie Coming of Age tales are supposed to be fun, in part because they tell us something about ourselves.Īs for Caillou, I have no doubt that he grew up to be more of an Aaron Rodgers type. How the quarterback and his team responds when they arrive is what matters, not who pounded the table the hardest during a winning streak. Even if Jones is on a rocket to superstardom, the setbacks will inevitably come.
Or they become one of 100 other quarterbacks all over the spectrum from Teddy Bridgewater to Trevor Siemian, Chad Pennington to Chad Henne, Jared Goff to Baker Mayfield. They're more likely to turn into Sanchez, who (lest it's forgotten) started in a pair of AFC Championship Games. History tells us that young game managers rarely turn into Brady. The Jones story is likely to take a turn, perhaps soon. Some of my colleagues nearer the top of the food chain might benefit from catering to a less over-stimulated national fanbase as well. And both the Patriots and their quarterback would be more likeable if they endured some genuine suffering in this generation.
Punishment is healthy! Caillou would have been a better show (and less reprehensible little gremlin of a character) if he got his toys taken away, or at least some Ward Cleaver speeches. There's admittedly a twisted part of my psyche that wants to see the Patriots fail because there are grown adults in New England who have no idea what football fandom is like for the other 95%. And the Thursday night takes as the Patriots cause fresh trauma for the Falcons are sure to be extra pungent, on both sides. Seriously, my Twitter timeline sounds like a bunch of overbearing parents bullying the teacher into giving their kid an A on a project for which they obviously did most of the work. The tone of the Jones conversation got so shrill this week that sober analysts such as Chris Trapasso of CBS Sports felt the need to couch his Twitter Jones criticism in the form of a near-apology. How dare you question his success, fools! Surrender to his excellence! There's something unnecessarily pugnacious (and often a teensy bit overcompensatory) about the pro-Jones conversation which bubbled over after the Patriots routed the Browns in Week 10. Only a snark-hearted hater would suggest that the precious tot was anything short of wonderful in every way. Heck, we're downright obligated to love him. He never faces any criticism his bad early-season games have already been forgotten. Jones never faces consequences, even when he tries to yank a defender's leg off. preaches cooperation, prosocial behavior, or math facts, and then this coddled Canadian degenerate-in-training shows up for a half-hour to tell your kids that selfishness is cool. Caillou is one of the most universally loathed children's programs and characters of our era: every other program on PBS or Nick Jr.
Caillou is supposed to be a lovable four-year-old, but he's actually a terrifying little tantrum factory who is never, EVER corrected by his parents or faces any real consequences for his ceaseless brattiness. Those explanations never started with "the Jets defense held their opponent to 163 total yards."Īs for Caillou, you probably encountered that little starter sociopath on children's television if you are a Late Millennial/Early Zoomer or the parent of one. The television and talk-radio tastemakers of 2009-2011, predecessors of today's NFL social media influencers, never tired of finding fresh explanations for Sanchez's success to satisfy a New York audience. I had forgotten just how sparkly Sanchez's reputation was before I began researching TebowMania: 10 Years After. Sanchez spent two-and-a-half seasons as the "poised" quarterback who "wins" for a Jets team that had a great defense and offensive line (D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Nick Mangold). The Sanchez comparison, while uncharitable, offsets the Brady comparison like sriracha in the honey sauce. Patriots fans of a certain age remember that Brady too, and it seems like they're trying (understandably) to will him back into existence. I remember 2001 Brady, the young underdog game manager who found ways to win. You probably don't need the Brady comparison over-explained.
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NFL Week 11 - Mac Jones reminds me a tiny bit of Tom Brady, a little bit of Mark Sanchez, and a little too much of Caillou.