The same, thank goodness, cannot be said for Lynch’s mother, Delisa Lynch, whose Facebook rant this week against Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell instantly gained her a place in the sports tirade Hall of Fame — even without sound.
Delisa, bless her heart, called Bevell “the worst play-caller ever” after the Seahawks’ 34-31 overtime loss Sunday to the St. Louis Rams.
If you remember last year’s Super Bowl, you probably recall the Seahawks throwing the ball on the New England 1-yard line with time winding down instead of giving it to Lynch, their powerful workhorse. And you probably know Russell Wilson’s pass was intercepted, gift-wrapping a fourth Super Bowl victory for the Patriots.
Sunday, Lynch did get the ball, this time on fourth-and-1 from the Rams’ 43, only to be stopped behind the line of scrimmage, sealing the Seahawks’ defeat.
In her rant, which can be read here, Delisa Lynch suggests her son's number was called Sunday to make up for what happened in February. She adds that Bevell should have been fired after the Super Bowl.
OK, audio would have helped and Delisa's rant is not quite up to the standards of Lee Elia, who managed the Cubs in the 1980s and profanely took his own team's fans to task, or even Reds manager Bryan Price, who cracked my personal all-time top 10 earlier this season when he cussed out a mild-mannered Cincinnati Enquirer reporter who dared report a few facts about the team.
But this is a new twist on social media embarrassing family members, which perhaps places it in a separate category, roughly the equivalent of writers being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Some athletes don’t like it when reporters call family members for comment. Former New York Knicks guard John Starks almost had to be dug out of a New York Daily News beat writer at practice one day in the 1990s after the reporter contacted his grandmother for a story.
Now, with Facebook and Twitter at their disposal, relatives can weigh in whenever they feel like it, no matter how idiotic or pointless their comments.
Maybe Delisa Lynch will start a trend of more moms serving as mouthpieces for their athletic offspring. Given the entertainment value, we can only hope.
Hoyer was on a short leash in Houston after all
In a move that pretty much vindicates the Browns for letting him walk, the Houston Texans have benched quarterback Brian Hoyer after one game in favor or Ryan Mallett, sources told The Associated Press.
Hoyer was terrible in the Texans' loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, but that was fast! And this after Texans coach Bill O'Brien said on HBO's "Hard Knocks" that Hoyer would not be on a short leash.
If Hoyer’s leash had been any shorter, he’d have choked on it. But I guess when you’ve seen enough, you’ve seen enough.
Good thing they spent all that time in training camp figuring out Hoyer should be the starter.
Meyer: Internal competition benefits Buckeyes
Are Buckeye fans getting nervous about the offense? Probably not, but with only one pass play covering more than 20 yards in Saturday’s 38-0 whitewash of Hawaii, maybe a little apprehension is in order with high-scoring Northern Illinois arriving in Columbus this week.
Then again, any pressure to keep up with the Huskies is eased by a Silver Bullets defense that is showing signs of being truly special this season.
Which doesn't mean coach Urban Meyer is above pitting the offense and defense against each other. In fact, he lives for it, as OSU beat writer David Jablonski tells us here.
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