What cliché or fallacy are you sick of hearing from the media?

**Teavo** · 01-10-2012, 11:08 PM

My favorite: "Their strategy should be to get a lead on the other team."

May as well just say: "They should score more points than the opponent." Duurrrrrrr.....

My second favorite: "It's really really hard to beat a team X times." -- said after the team in question has already been beaten X-minus-one times.

**Teavo** · 01-10-2012, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by Irish Raven

Mike Mayock talks a whole other language. Sticky leg? Heavy legged waist bender?

I like Mayock a lot but that is a perfect description!

**Beau Petard** · 01-14-2012, 07:41 PM

Had to bump this one up after watching the NO-49ers.

I heard one cliche earlier and forgot to write it down (this CRS disease is F-ing DEBILITATING!), but the one I CAN recall is something to the tune of, "The refs are letting them play!"

...for those of you who are unfamiliar with media football-speak, that means the officials aren't calling holding, pass interfernece, and a boatload of other stuff!

**Sirdowski** · 01-14-2012, 09:45 PM

"Now that guy is a football player." Oh is that why he's wearing that uniform...?

**RockyMRaven** · 01-14-2012, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by galen sevinne

im sick of hearing about miracles.

Couldn't agree more.

**PurpleApocalypse37** · 01-15-2012, 02:06 AM

Calling Joe Flacco a game manager. Ugh. If Joe Flacco is a game manager than so was Tom Brady until his second Superbowl. Flacco has had 23 games with 100 plus quarterback rating out of 66. Tom Brady also had 23 games with 100 plus quarterback ratings in his first four seasons starting. Also, Tom Brady was cheating, and had a better defense than Flacco has had (largely in part to cheating).

**jaydee414** · 01-15-2012, 04:33 AM

"He came to play today"
No shit.

**jgar** · 01-15-2012, 05:47 AM

Elite is used way too much. I thought this was the ultimate team game. If a QB wins a SB he is considered Elite now. I also can't stand bandwagoners for any sport. You root for your team through good and bad. Before the Red Sox won their 1'st WS in about 100 years you never saw any Red Sox fans. Now their everywhere. Same with Yankees and Steeler fans. Its easy to root for a winning team. How about rooting for your own team. I worked in Redskins territory for years when we had no team. I didn't ever root for the Skins. Then when we got the Ravens I wore my Purple even though we weren't that good. Now I can be proud of "My" team. Go Ravens!!!

**Irish Raven** · 01-15-2012, 06:54 AM

Adding gate to every scandal

Spygate was one but there are others

It's not witty or original, it's lazy journalists trying to hype something up

I just know if Goodell was caught in some financial irregularity the headlines would scream corruptiongate or scandalgate, something like that

**Strange Bru** · 01-15-2012, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by Irish Raven

Adding gate to every scandal

Spygate was one but there are others

It's not witty or original, it's lazy journalists trying to hype something up

I just know if Goodell was caught in some financial irregularity the headlines would scream corruptiongate or scandalgate, something like that

No doubt. The only reason the Richard Nixon scandal was called Watergate (where all of this nonsense started) was because it took place at the Watergate Hotel. Why not give each scandal its own unique name? Thank God there is no Penn State Gate.

**Raven Maniac** · 01-15-2012, 07:49 AM

When they refer to a player as "A" Joe Flacco or "A" Ray Rice. Why can't you just say their names???

**RavensRock** · 01-15-2012, 08:30 AM

The word "classy" is so overused in football.

**RavensRock** · 01-15-2012, 08:31 AM

"They need to get a lead early"

Because they are trying to fall behind early?

**RavensRock** · 01-15-2012, 08:35 AM

I just heard someone on NFL Network say, "Its a one game season once you're in the playoffs".

Uh yea, its been that way ever since I've been watching football way back in the 70's. They make these comments like its some sort of revelation.

I don't watch as much pregame analysis as I used to. Most of these guys give you information that is obvious to even the most casual football fan.

**RavensRock** · 01-15-2012, 08:37 AM

"For the Texans to win today they need to get at the quarterback"

They say this every game. Isn't this an obvious strategy? I mean, does any team go out their NOT trying to get at the QB?

**RavensRock** · 01-15-2012, 08:40 AM

"We need to play 60 minutes of football today" or
"We need to finish games"

Why would you play less than 60 minutes? Is this some kind of new revelation at the NFL level?

Sorry guys, I could go on forever with ths thread. I few years back when I went to Minnesota for Ravens vs Vikings my friend and I had a contest to see who could some up with the most obvious football cliches. This went on for 3 days and we never ran out!

**Dade** · 01-15-2012, 09:26 AM

Don't stop RavensRock I'm enjoying this.

**spoon** · 01-15-2012, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by RavenusMaximus

The one I hope to hear February is "defense wins championships."

Thats no cliche - That's a fact, Jack

signed Spoon - former Defensive Player

**SNAFU** · 01-15-2012, 10:29 AM

"It is what it is." My God, everyone is using it. Can it!

**4G63** · 01-15-2012, 10:38 AM

That "X" Quarterback can't beat "Y" Quarterback....aka Joe could never beat Ben or Peyton could never beat Brady. They don't actually go against each other so how can Joe ever beat Ben?