He's saying that they started well last year but had a terrible second half, so even though they are currently 6-3, they can't rest on their laurels. They have to win today to set the tone for the rest of the second half.

"They don't want to do, or repeat what they did last year. And the reason they don't want to do that is because they would look very bad going down the stretch."

a) You don't need to explain to us why finishing the season 2-6 isn't desirable.

b) Somehow, your explanation is fucking wrong. I would think they're worried about missing the playoffs, rather than "looking bad".

He tries to sound intelligent, but that's just not happening.

Like MNF a few weeks, fox/siragusa just talked over the National Anthem during the standup for giants/lions

Dammit....I missed it Anon. Can we please get people to stop this practice. This really bothers me...when did our anthem start getting so disrespected?

The "bottom half" of the season - hilarious

This wasn't exactly the most elequent thing ever said, but he had a point, and it had nothing to do with things carrying over from last year. He said they choked their season away last year and they don't want to do it again.

No Anon...that's what he was trying to say. Big difference.

Did anyone get footage of Rich Gannon talking about "ball" care?

I really need to get a job where I'm home on Sunday. How can I live with myself knowing I am missing such comedy? Wait this isn't comedy? I think we should rename Emmitt. His new nickname is Private Joker.

Could we get ESPN to use subtitles when Emmitt speaks?

Would it matter? Prolly not...

Ian Eagle just said, "He grabbed the wrong part of Boller's equipment."

Or maybe it was Solomon Wilcotts. One of them.

The practice of talking over the anthem started when we were given dishonest honey in our supermarkets.

Aren't all these shows completely scripted? Maybe he has trouble seeing the teleprompter?

Could you see him wearing big Eric Dickerson goggles, maybe the Horace Grant model, just to see the prompter?

WTF?????????????!!!!!!! I am seriously embarrassed for him (well, not really), ESPN needs to put him out of his misery. He is AWFUL! I feel bad for the other people on Countdown, what must that be like? You want to be nice I guess, but they have to be thinking wtf everytime he opens his mouth. Oh, and Barry was better.

Yeah everyone defending Smith's point would have a better case if the Lions went 3-13 last year and as such didn't start 6-3. Their wins were even distributed pretty perfectly (weeks 2 10 and 17).

Sshould have been "hadn't gone"

I actually understand the 6-2/6-3 part. It was after that when things started going off the rails. I think his problem is that he blows right through the punctuation when he reads the teleprompter. He may make more sense if he didn't turn everything into a giant run-on sentence.