Morons vs Geniuses

[Mr. Scot]

Recent post after a tweet by Gil Brandt said Cam Newton could be as successful as Aaron Rodgers in the right situation...

Brandt invented the modern draft, of course the man knows football.

Another post, after Brandt said he doesn't see the Panthers making the Super Bowl this year...

FUG BRANDT!

Now to be clear, these two posts were not made by the same person, but they highlight a trend around here of deciding which analysts know what they're talking about based on their most recent opinion of the Panthers.  To be totally frank, an opinion of someone's football knowledge based on whether the last thing they said about the Panthers was positive or not is a weakly formed and poorly thought out opinion, especially when you've previously said the opposite.

So I'm gonna challenge folks to do a little bit of objective analysis.

Tell me which analysts / writers / commentators / whatever you think truly know football and generally give informed, well thought out opinions.

Likewise, tell me which ones are consistently poor and hardly worth listening to.

In both cases, tell me why, and you need to give me something better than whether or not they like the Panthers or their players.

So you tell me: In the world of football media, who are the geniuses and who are the morons?

[nctarheel0619]

Mr. Scot, Jeremy Igo, and SCP.  

[Mr. Scot]

Mr. Scot, Jeremy Igo, and SCP.  

You didn't specify whether we were morons or geniuses (or both).

Mind you, Jeremy could reasonably be considered "media".  Me and SCP, not so much :(

 

[ooglechi]

Daniel Jeremiah is probably one of my favourite analysts. He may not always know every situation of every team, but because of his scouting background, he knows his poo. I highly recommend his podcast.

[Nate Dogg]

David Newton - Moron.

[Mr. Scot]

David Newton - Moron.

To be fair, it's not entirely his fault he's been assigned to cover a sport he's not steeped in.

That said, the whole "right tackle" thing...Ouch!

[Mvp2014]

Obiviously Marty Hurney

[ooglechi]

Obiviously Marty Hurney

As a moron or genius? I've never actually heard him on the radio because I'm not from Charlotte, but I would bet he knows more about football than a great deal of people in the media.

[PizzaTheHutt]

Peter King is definitely a moron. Unless you like your 5 page football columns about coffee and haikus.

[Krucid]

Most media outlets spew bullshit just to give their sites hits. Outside of this forum and even this forums sometimes i take what i read with a grain of salt.

[pantherphan96]

Prisco DAMESHEK is by far the worst.

[PntherPryd]

Not sure why they can't be both.  I know sometimes I'm a moron and sometimes I'm a genius.  Same with media.

I listen to Gil Brandt on Sirius quite a bit and totally respect his knowledge and background.  But in listening you can also occasionally hear his age negatively affecting his points.  Not often, but it happens.  Most of the time he is right on.

The fact that he can simultaneously (in one offseason) argue that you can drop Cam onto the Packers roster with great success and also state that the chance of the Panthers challenging for a Super Bowl is on par with the Jags is absurd after the way we have finished the last two seasons and with an improved roster.

 

 

[London Loves Luke]

Matt Bowen on Bleacher Report and Mike Mayock on NFL.com

[mc52beast]

Morons= basically anyone who works for ESPN GENIUS= Jeremiah is about the best, but I wouldn't call him a " genius".