Everybody knows of Eddie Trunk as an authority on heavy metal. You've heard him for years on the radio on Q104.3 or Sirius' The Bone Yard. You watch Eddie on VH1 Classic's That Metal Show. You might even know Eddie has a book out called; Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. When I get a few minutes to speak with Eddie I like to talk with him about a different passion of his. Sports. Eddie is a huge fan of sports. With that in mind I recently did a quick Q+A with Eddie.
Back in August when we last spoke about Eli Manning, he had declared himself an elite quarterback. When I asked you if you agreed you said, "Although I do think he has some intangibles that you love in a QB. You can’t rattle him and he does not miss games and can make some big plays, but so far I would not agree with 'elite'". What would you say now?
I’d say he has graduated to Elite status. This has been his best and most consistent year and he is without question now in his prime. The statement I said earlier is still true; he is tough, can not be rattled, and makes big plays. Now he’s going to his second Super Bowl after winning essentially five straight playoff games including in GB and in SF. He’s an elite QB for sure now and a class act for a class organization. Many are now making the case he is the best QB now in Giants history, especially should he beat the Pats again.
Now that we know who the final two teams are, give me your Super Bowl pick.
I respect the hell out of the Pats and Brady, but I was much more worried about the playoff games in GB and SF. I thought those were much tougher matchups for the Giants than the Pats will be. I’m not saying for a minute the Patriots will be a push over, but I think the Giants have their number. New England’s secondary is very suspect and the Giants have three receivers that are huge playmakers. How they cover them I do not know. Brady is obviously a machine and those two tight ends he has are beasts, but if the Giants get their pass rush going hopefully they can neutralize that. How healthy Gronkowski will be is huge for the Pats I think. But taking the fact I’m a psycho Giants fan out of it, I feel more confident about the Super Bowl than the last two playoff games.
I know you don't like the Jets, but what do they need to do to improve next season?
Get rid of the clowns in the locker room and get the coach to learn to stop shooting his mouth off. Rex Ryan I’m sure knows the game of football, but he has a lot to learn from what I see about running a team. You can’t be every players best buddy and expect some level of discipline. I’m not on the inside so I have no idea of what truly goes on, but on the outside he wants to be one of the guys and that does not work. Judging by what some of the players have now said it seems like a mess. He also needs to stop shooting his mouth off and firing up every team he faces and putting all this extra pressure on his team. As a Giants fan I never liked the Jets, but I have never disliked them more than since when he took over. He’s now like the boy who cried wolf, it’s a joke. Saying he’s winning the Super Bowl every year? What team does NOT play to try and win the Super Bowl? Have you ever seen a team make more of going to two AFC Championship games and LOSING them? Who does that? Get a grip, grow up, and run your team like a leader, and stop with the silly predictions that only serve to make them a target. Much of what the Jets do going forward to me depends on Rex growing and learning about being a better head coach. Wonder how Rex is feeling watching a Super Bowl with the two teams he hates so much this year!
Is it too soon to give up on Mark Sanchez?
I don’t think so. Look what we are seeing with Eli! He was God awful at times and now has truly blossomed. Same with Alex Smith in SF. I mean there are far smarter NFL minds out there that can read these things, but I think it’s too soon. He’s still relatively young. I would get a true veteran to push him as a backup though.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 2:19PM
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