The Player: Jordan Cameron
The Box Score: 2 catches, 19 yards
Listen, Jordan Cameron, we need to talk. When you were drafted by the
Cleveland Browns in 2011 in the fourth round, you were talked about as
being one of the biggest steals in the draft, and that hype machine
continued to build. You were going to be the next great tight end, and
your breakout third season only confirmed this: 80 catches for 917 yards
and seven touchdowns.
After an injury-plagued 2014, this was supposed to be your year. You
were in Miami to join forces with Ryan Tannehill and his freshly minted
contract extension, destined to join the ranks of the elite tight ends.
How have you repaid that faith? By starting out weak and only getting
worse as the season progresses. Need proof? Here are Cameron’s stat
lines:
Week 1 at Washington: 4 catches, 73 yards, 0 TD
Week 2 at Jacksonville: 3 catches, 62 yards, 0TD
Week 3 vs. Buffalo: 3 catches, 16 yards, 0 TD
Week 4 vs. New York Jets: 2 catches, 19 yards, 0 TD
You simply are not who we thought you were, while Travis Kelce is
everything we thought you would be. I’m not mad at you, Jordan — how can
I be? You do, after all, play for the moribund Miami Dolphins with a
fraud as a quarterback. I’m just disappointed.
As the Phillies game began yesterday, I spent much of the first few innings complaining to the cadre of people that were at my house rendezvousing for our fantasy football draft, which was set to begin at 3 p.m. at the bar down the street, that Eric Bruntlett was still alive and actually starting a baseball game when, you know, he sucks. Then the guy gets two hits in his first two at-bats.
It seemed like the fun thing to do. The Phillies were already up 6-0 after just one inning thanks to the good fortunes of facing Oliver Perez, perhaps the biggest headcase of a pitcher I can recall. Ollie did us all a favor by serving up two 3-run homers in the first inning — one to Jayson Werth and the other to Curbball — and couldn't even make it out of the first inning. His line: two-thirds of an inning pitched, 4 hits, 6 earned runs, 2 walks, 0 strikeouts, 2 home runs. Great signing there, Omar.
Anyway, as Pedro started to get rocked (perhaps he isn't any better than Jamie, my bad), we headed down the street to get our draft going. I got myself a seat right in front of the TV and watched intently as the 14-team keeper league draft ensued. After both Chad Durbin and Ryan Madson surrendered a run to make it a 9-6 game, it was Brad Lidge time. Just what we all wanted and expected after going up 6-0 in the first.
This time, it wasn't Lidge who screwed up. He got Angel Pagan to hit a grounder to first, only Ryan Howard missed it, resulting in a 3-base error. On the next play, Bruntlett, who was 3-for-5 with a run scored, actually resembling a real baseball player for the first time this season, returned to form, booting an easy grounder hit to him to allow Pagan to score and Luis Castillo to reach base. 9-7, one on, nobody out.
I began to berate him once again. This utility player who is supposed to be good at defense, who hits below .200, can't even make a simple play. He's not a great fielder, despite what some might tell you. He's not fast. He can't hit. All he has is that stupid beard, and I was just killing him.
Then on the very next play, David Murphy hits a "single to second." The official scorer may have given Murphy a hit, but in reality, Bruntlett booted another ball. Granted, it wasn't an easy play, but it was one he should have made. And I have no doubt Chase would have made both of those plays, rendering what happened next obsolete.
Thanks to some divine intervention, Jeff Francoeur and his incredible waste of talent came to the dish, and thishappened:
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