Alfie Dogs

I have been well aware of the greatness of Ramsey from the moment he was tormenting UM football with his ridiculous athleticism and tenacity. I would see him play, and much like Sean Taylor (R.I.P #26), he struck fear in my heart. A generational talent that was well deserving of his draft pedigree and has performed in his 7 year career worthy of a first ballot hall of famer. Six pro bowls, 3 all pro selections, and the physical phenom has only missed TWO games in his sensational career. That is what I generally knew, but to be honest I have not followed his career in detail and never really evaluated his tape. Now he is a Miami Dolphin and I went deep dive, and I was floored! I would like to first respond to the one statistic that national media uses to suggest a decline in his game. Yes it is true that in 2022 Ramsey allowed a career high passer rating against of 98.6. However, according to PFF he also scored his second highest defensive rating of 86.4, ranking him 3rd amongst all cor...

12 Personal. Anyone that knows me, is probably bored and tired by my droning, obsessively repetitive promotion of a two TE formation. I am convinced, that the most devastating, most demoralizing, most effective destabilizer of a defensive game plan is 12 personal (1RB-2TE). The Resiliency of Brutality.  At a young age, during my inaugural year playing organized football as a defensive player, I formulated a fundamental football philosophy; "Chasing and missing strengthens resolve, Planting and losing all leverage and anchor to a player with no intent to elude, is DEMORALIZING." It may seem ridiculously rudimentary and an oversimplification of an extremely complex team sport, but it is a reality that can be cited OVER AND OVER AND OVER again. An effective brute force offensive attack may not be sexy, but it is immune to travel, resistant to turnovers, effective in bad weather, ideal for clock management, and predictable in the 4th quarter. Brutality is the most effective metho...

“Rosie the Riveter” In 1942 The US Launched a propaganda campaign to empower women to support the millions of enlisted men in their war effort, a desperate and ultimately historically successful campaign to introduce all able body American women to industrial manufacturing. Women where not only capable, they EXCELLED, US Manufacturing almost tripled that of any other nation during the war. Men where the guardians by sacrificing their lives, but women ultimately won the war by their violent instincts to support the men they loved by slaving under brutal industrial work conditions In the infinite narratives of victorious battles, coastal invasions, and naval combat, one thing is always overlooked, never examined , and tragically dismissed, even by our enemies during World War II. The United States was the first country, and only country in the world that mobilized the AWESOME power of female perseverance because of love and duty! A production work force that no one in the world could hav...