{"id":57008,"date":"2016-12-26T23:22:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T06:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=57008"},"modified":"2017-06-10T11:03:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T18:03:19","slug":"the-peterson-principle-12262016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=57008","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle: 12\/26\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tim<\/a>

Tim Peterson<\/p><\/div>\n

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

It\u00a0wasn’t so much that the\u00a0Rams\u00a0lost to\u00a0the 49ers last Saturday. They were 4-10\u00a0coming in and for all intents and purposes\u00a0the game was\u00a0meaningless. But it was the way they lost.<\/p>\n

When you’re up two touchdowns in the fourth quarter\u00a0against a team that had one win in 14 games you should put them away. When you’re facing a quarterback\u00a0that has been known more for his actions\u00a0off the field than on\u00a0you should get the job done. When you’ve already\u00a0blown fourth quarter leads in the past\u00a0one would think that you would make adjustments and learn from your mistakes. But this\u00a0is the\u00a0way it is for the Rams\u00a0in 2016.<\/p>\n

The only bright spot is knowing that\u00a0a new coach is on the way\u00a0and hopefully\u00a0with him comes new hope and optimism. Some\u00a0of the players on the field\u00a0against San Francisco could be gone\u00a0by the time the 2017 season kicks off. With a new coaching\u00a0staff brings new faces and the way the Rams look right now that’s a good thing.<\/p>\n

The scariest part about Colin Kaepernick’s run for the two point conversion was\u00a0the\u00a0roar that erupted from the crowd when he crossed the goal line. Wasn’t this game at the LA Coliseum? Wasn’t this supposed to be the hated\u00a0Niners against the beloved Rams?\u00a0When the camera panned to the crowd\u00a0the cheers were coming from 49er fans dressed in red.\u00a0Okay, so they made the trek down. But where were all of Ram fans? Had they\u00a0all left already? In a close game in the fourth quarter?\u00a0Please don’t tell me\u00a0the city has lost the team already.<\/p>\n

Did you hear the other day Jeff Fisher\u00a0said he wanted to play the Rams?\u00a0As the coach of who? I know the\u00a0coaching carousel always allows for\u00a0someone to get another shot but\u00a0what NFL team, actually\u00a0what team on any level, would\u00a0hire Fisher right now?\u00a0Fisher\u00a0had to go and\u00a0Rob Boras should be next. Who’s the answer? Chucky!<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

I’m not an Oakland Raiders fan\u00a0at all\u00a0but what happened to Derek Carr was truly heartbreaking.\u00a0The Raiders\u00a0were poised to make\u00a0a run. The offense was clicking, the defense\u00a0was solid and even the running game was starting to come around.\u00a0The thing\u00a0that\u00a0couldn’t happen, the absolute worst scenario,\u00a0the\u00a0definite deal breaker, was that Carr, the quarterback and leader of the team,\u00a0the heart and soul of the silver and black, would go down with an injury.\u00a0So of course Carr breaks a fibula and is out for the season.\u00a0Just terrible, no other words.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Anybody else get the feeling that the New York Jets\u00a0quit last Saturday against the Patriots?<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Just watched the\u00a0Dallas\u00a0Cowboys destroy the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football.\u00a0The Cowboys\u00a0should have an easy road to the\u00a0Super Bowl…well unless they have to face the New York Giants.\u00a0Although it’s hard to\u00a0beat a team three times\u00a0in a season the Cowboys would just as soon\u00a0not\u00a0have to\u00a0find out. The victory over the Lions was\u00a0number 13 for Dak Prescott and the Boys\u00a0which tied a\u00a0record\u00a0for\u00a0wins by a\u00a0quarterback in his rookie season.\u00a0Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger also won 13 games as a rookie in 2004.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Former Mid-Valley Staffers “Big” George\u00a0Hernandez and\u00a0Matt\u00a0“Matty Ice”\u00a0Shuler engaged in a heated argument on Facebook\u00a0Monday night about who was the better receiver- Odell Beckham Jr. or Dez Bryant.\u00a0Hernandez is sold on\u00a0Beckham while Schuler was honking for Bryant.\u00a0Who do I like? Antonio Brown.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

The NBA had no chance on Christmas Day with\u00a0NFL\u00a0games on. Christmas has been a day, for the last several years anyway, that\u00a0was owned by the NBA.\u00a0The league and ABC plugs\u00a0it\u00a0from October on and then televises three or four consecutive games from morning to night. But this year with Christmas falling on Sunday, football\u00a0was back in the mix.\u00a0I don’t care if it’s\u00a0LeBron and Cleveland against Kevin Durant and\u00a0Golden State, as soon as football started\u00a0that’s where the channel stayed. I did catch the end of the Lakers-Clippers game\u00a0though after the last football game ended.\u00a0Did anybody know Raymond Felton was still in the league?<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Nothing new on the\u00a0high school coaching front.\u00a0I’ve heard a\u00a0few whispers here and rumors there\u00a0but it’s usually pretty quiet during the Christmas\u00a0break.\u00a0I expect\u00a0a lot\u00a0of things to happen the\u00a0first couple of weeks of\u00a0January.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

If the Cowboys do get by the Giants who will they face in the Super Bowl?\u00a0The popular pick is the Patriots.\u00a0Tom Brady is playing like Tom Brady and New England has rolled to a\u00a013-2 record. The one team in the AFC that had a shot at the Pats\u00a0was the Raiders, but with Carr out, not so much. If you’re going to Vegas the safe bet is Dallas vs. New England. If you want to take a chance put some dough on the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Thoughts and prayers from the Mid Valley go out to the family of\u00a0Santa Fe high school football player Chandler Ray who died after being hit by a car last Thursday night while riding his bike.\u00a0Ray, a junior defensive lineman, alternated between the\u00a0junior varsity and varsity teams this past season. A GoFundMe page has been established\u00a0for the family.<\/p>\n

That’s my principle.<\/p>\n

Tim can be reached at tim@midvalleysports.com or on Twitter @tspeterson40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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