Landry is going to let it loose,"powered by the holy spirit"

[Legacy User]

I'm rooting for Landry. I hope he "flashes" like Jesse James did last week.

[FortyThree]

I'm not a "religious" person, but I think everyone is reading too much in to Jones' statement. He's a person of faith...if it works for him, so be it. But I highly doubt he goes through life thinking that his decisions are inconsequential because everything is predetermined by a higher power.
Some people get worked up over anything.

I agree, I don't think he thinks that way either. But it wouldn't surprise me if he did. And so I worry about what could happen if that was the case.

[FortyThree]

Now if plan means that god just controls everything you do and sticks thoughts in your head, well, I not only don't want you on the team, I want you locked up.

That's my point. If that is the idea that Landry subscribes to then the team is fucked.

[Quixotic]

I also believe Roger Goodell routinely scripts and predetermines games.

It's not trolling. I will admit it's a far-fetched idea but it's certainly within the realm of possibility. If Jones thinks that all events are predetermined and predestined and that whatever happens was supposed to happen, it could absolutely affect his play.

I don't necessarily believe it will, but if given the option of my team having a QB who believes their actions are predetermined and the outcomes don't matter or one who does not, I'm going with the second guy all day. Assuming the talent is similar.

Not only could it affect his play, but apparently it HAS affected his play. He has gone from a pre-season disaster, consistently wilting under any kind of pressure, to a serviceable, dependable, acceptable NFL backup. If he stands in the pocket, keeps his composure, reads the defense, checks his options, and hits his man, all because the indwelling Holy Spirit has a calming influence, I would say that his belief has absolutely affected his play. And we have two of our five wins because of it. Without Landry Jones’s faith in the God of Abraham, Isaak, and Jacob, the Pittsburgh Steelers would very likely be 3-5 right now, rather than 5-3. That is very close to sounding like evidence to me.

If he throws six picks, three of which are pick sixes this weekend, we still got more out of him than anyone expected. He has been transformed from something less than acceptable to something none of us expected.

So, I repeat, watch the game, stop whining, and pass the nachos. And stop whining.

[Legacy User]

In Laundry We Trust

[BethlehemSteel]

http://espn.go.com/blog/pittsburgh-steelers/post/_/id/16202/powered-by-holy-spirit-landry-jones-to-let-it-loose-in-second-career-start

That's a scary thought.

Seems we have our own Timmy Tebow.

Make you're there as the maytag repair man when LJ breaks down physically or crying

[FortyThree]

I also believe Roger Goodell routinely scripts and predetermines games.

It's not trolling. I will admit it's a far-fetched idea but it's certainly within the realm of possibility. If Jones thinks that all events are predetermined and predestined and that whatever happens was supposed to happen, it could absolutely affect his play.

I don't necessarily believe it will, but if given the option of my team having a QB who believes their actions are predetermined and the outcomes don't matter or one who does not, I'm going with the second guy all day. Assuming the talent is similar.

Not only could it affect his play, but apparently it HAS affected his play. He has gone from a pre-season disaster, consistently wilting under any kind of pressure, to a serviceable, dependable, acceptable NFL backup. If he stands in the pocket, keeps his composure, reads the defense, checks his options, and hits his man, all because the indwelling Holy Spirit has a calming influence, I would say that his belief has absolutely affected his play. And we have two of our five wins because of it. Without Landry Jones’s faith in the God of Abraham, Isaak, and Jacob, the Pittsburgh Steelers would very likely be 3-5 right now, rather than 5-3. That is very close to sounding like evidence to me.

If he throws six picks, three of which are pick sixes this weekend, we still got more out of him than anyone expected. He has been transformed from something less than acceptable to something none of us expected.

So, I repeat, watch the game, stop whining, and pass the nachos. And stop whining.

He can believe in anything he wants as long as he plays well. And shuts up about it.

[jeemie]

I agree, I don't think he thinks that way either. But it wouldn't surprise me if he did. And so I worry about what could happen if that was the case.

Has he shown any evidence that he thinks that way in the games he has played so far?

The probability he thinks in such an extreme manner is extremely unlikely.

It's an extreme trait not often found in people of even great religious faith.

You can worry if you want to.

But you'll be like those people who bought duct tape when the Department of Homeland Security blathered on about a chemical/biological attack while at the same time not exercising, eating McDonald's 7x a week, or driving drunk.

[jeemie]

He can believe in anything he wants as long as he plays well. And shuts up about it.

Why does he have to shut up about it?

[Legacy User]

So Cody do you just not believe in God, or are you pissed off at him?

I'm guessing the later or none of this activity would bother you in the slightest.....

[jeemie]

I also believe Roger Goodell routinely scripts and predetermines games.

It's not trolling. I will admit it's a far-fetched idea but it's certainly within the realm of possibility. If Jones thinks that all events are predetermined and predestined and that whatever happens was supposed to happen, it could absolutely affect his play.

I don't necessarily believe it will, but if given the option of my team having a QB who believes their actions are predetermined and the outcomes don't matter or one who does not, I'm going with the second guy all day. Assuming the talent is similar.

Not only could it affect his play, but apparently it HAS affected his play. He has gone from a pre-season disaster, consistently wilting under any kind of pressure, to a serviceable, dependable, acceptable NFL backup. If he stands in the pocket, keeps his composure, reads the defense, checks his options, and hits his man, all because the indwelling Holy Spirit has a calming influence, I would say that his belief has absolutely affected his play. And we have two of our five wins because of it. Without Landry Jones’s faith in the God of Abraham, Isaak, and Jacob, the Pittsburgh Steelers would very likely be 3-5 right now, rather than 5-3. That is very close to sounding like evidence to me.

If he throws six picks, three of which are pick sixes this weekend, we still got more out of him than anyone expected. He has been transformed from something less than acceptable to something none of us expected.

So, I repeat, watch the game, stop whining, and pass the nachos. And stop whining.

Um...my guess is..he didn't just come to faith this year.

[FortyThree]

I agree, I don't think he thinks that way either. But it wouldn't surprise me if he did. And so I worry about what could happen if that was the case.

Has he shown any evidence that he thinks that way in the games he has played so far?

The article makes it sound like this is a recent thing, like since the Kansas City game recent.

[FortyThree]

He can believe in anything he wants as long as he plays well. And shuts up about it.

Why does he have to shut up about it?

I don't watch football to be proselytized to. I always cringe when people evoke god after a game. As if that mattered at all in how the game unfolded.

Religion and politics have no place in sports.

[Stosh-67]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gx1Pv02w3Q[/youtube]

you may never know if he is among us......................

[FortyThree]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gx1Pv02w3Q[/youtube]

you may never know if he is among us......................

[jeemie]

The article makes it sound like this is a recent thing, like since the Kansas City game recent.

How little you know the players on your own team.

Google results of Landry Jones religious faith

Note some of the dates...I remember the "I Am Second" stuff and the fact he wants to go into the ministry after football being bandied about after he was drafted.

[jeemie]

I don't watch football to be proselytized to. I always cringe when people evoke god after a game. As if that mattered at all in how the game unfolded.

Religion and politics have no place in sports.

You have control over what you watch and don't watch...what you read and don't read.

Landry Jones lives in a country where he is free to say and do what he wants.

Those rights weren't abrogated when he put on a football uniform.

[Legacy User]

I sometimes pray to the football gods during periods of heavy in-game bedwetting.

Is that wrong?

[Legacy User]

Can anyone read the word "obtuse", without thinking of the Warden in "Shawshank Redemption" or is that just me?

Put him in the hole for a month

[Legacy User]

Can anyone read the word "obtuse", without thinking of the Warden in "Shawshank Redemption" or is that just me?

Put him in the hole for a month

Loved when Andy played the music with the warden and his boys locked outside the room

[jeemie]

Can anyone read the word "obtuse", without thinking of the Warden in "Shawshank Redemption" or is that just me?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKdUsJU-cQ0[/youtube]

[stinger8]

There are many things that cannot be explained...

Do you believe in love? Prove it

Can guarantee me your wife or significant other loves you? You hope so, you have a belief in it...hopefully.

BTW, I'm not religious and my rearing was southern baptist...oh my but since I can't disprove there is a God, why would I discount those that believe?

Anyways, there are far worse things in this world then to have a sport figure talk about his faith...he's not beating anyone, taking drugs, killing dogs, screwing college girls that are drunk....

Whats wrong with screwing drunk college girls?? I did it plenty, always consensual, and fun

[swissvale72]

I sometimes pray to the football gods during periods of heavy in-game bedwetting.

Is that wrong?

Do you offer these prayers whilst at the Haberdashery?

[COR-TEN]

I don't watch football to be proselytized to. I always cringe when people evoke god after a game. As if that mattered at all in how the game unfolded.

Religion and politics have no place in sports.

EDIT :
Fortunately, you live in a country where freedom of speech is paramount.

Proselytizing is fundamentally part of religious freedom. Frustrating and annoying, I know.

But they do have the right, just like you have the right to call them stupid and ignorant.

[955876]

Can anyone read the word "obtuse", without thinking of the Warden in "Shawshank Redemption" or is that just me?

Literally the first thing I thought of...

[COR-TEN]

Whats wrong with screwing drunk college girls?? I did it plenty, always consensual, and fun

Well, that's up for debate. . .

Neither one of you were coherent enough to consent. Therefore, you both raped each other.

[W&M_Steeler]

He can believe in anything he wants as long as he plays well. And shuts up about it.

Why does he have to shut up about it?

I don't watch football to be proselytized to. I always cringe when people evoke god after a game. As if that mattered at all in how the game unfolded.

Religion and politics have no place in sports.

Wow, talk about thin-skinned. I don't think God cares about who wins a football game either, but I don't "cringe" when players talk about their faith after games. It's important to them. You don't have to agree with them. I think your cringing speaks more to your intolerance than it does to anything else.

[W&M_Steeler]

I don't watch football to be proselytized to. I always cringe when people evoke god after a game. As if that mattered at all in how the game unfolded.

Religion and politics have no place in sports.

Unfortunately, you live in a country where freedom of speech is paramount.

Proselytizing is fundamentally part of religious freedom. Frustrating and annoying, I know.

But they do have the right, just like you have the right to call them stupid and ignorant.

I've seen plenty of players thank God, but don't think I've ever seen a player actually proselytize in post-game interviews. Can anyone find a clip where a player tells the reporter or the camera that we need to find God / Jesus / Allah/ Vishnu/ etc?

[W&M_Steeler]

Dunno Cody. Don't have the answers to those questions.

Neither do I, so I'm not trying to be a dick.

Sure you're not.

[FortyThree]

The article makes it sound like this is a recent thing, like since the Kansas City game recent.

How little you know the players on your own team.

Google results of Landry Jones religious faith

Note some of the dates...I remember the "I Am Second" stuff and the fact he wants to go into the ministry after football being bandied about after he was drafted.

I have too much of a life to learn everything there is to know about 3rd string quarterbacks.