Post-Hiatus NFL Wrap Up
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Post-Hiatus NFL Wrap Up
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
I know it’s been quite a while since I’ve tackled the issues of the day here at the TMQB, but I’m back with renewed vigor; or maybe just a hangover from not having written in so long; and am ready to get back to it. My first order of business is to declare the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers the worst teams in the NFL…the Cardinals, Lions, Jaguars (more on them later), Texans and Vikings notwithstanding. I have officially lost all respect for Eli “The Bad One” Manning, Tom “I should just step down now, shouldn’t I?” Coughlin, and most of the rest of the Giants brain trust; as well as who ever is attempting to run the show down in Raleigh-Durham. Seriously, any team that is fighting for their playoff lives, and is playing at home, and is controlling their own destiny has no business losing. At least the Giants can say the Eagles are fighting for a playoff spot as well, or blame Eli, that seems to be the thing to do these days; but what’s the Panthers excuse? What are the Steelers playing for; a slightly worse draft pick? I was so upset watching the Giants I became more disinterested than Al Michaels sounds reading promos during commercial breaks on Sunday Night Football.
Speaking of Sunday Night Football, is everyone in the Junior Circuit trying to hand San Diego the AFC Title so Rivers can square off against Brees? I mean, Jesus, Philip Rivers was something like 6-of-20 passing midway through the 3rd Quarter and the Chiefs were only able to muster a measly 2 field goals at that point. In their defense, the Chiefs did get the Joan Collins Special on a blocked punt that clearly went off a defenders hand, then crossed the line of scrimmage, before being touched by another defender and finally “recovered” by the Chargers. I don’t want to start making proclamations like this, especially because I’d rather eat at a Long Island-area Taco Bell than watch the Chargers in the Super Bowl, but that play could be this year’s tuck rule. That one play would’ve given the Chiefs the ball on the Chargers 12 and although they probably would’ve pissed away the opportunity to score a TD, the score would’ve been 7-to-6 Chargers (had KC kicked a field goal) instead of 14-to-3 Chargers after Tomlinson broke the run he did on the very next play. I mean, c’mon NFL, Lamar Hunt just passed away and the Chargers were going to get into the playoffs anyway after amassing 11 wins over tough competition like the Raiders, 49ers, Browns, Broncos and Bills; throw the Chiefs a f-ing bone. When it was all said and done, the Chargers beat the Chiefs 20 – 9 further pissing me off the spread didn’t go to 11.5 on that game.
The rest of Sunday was equally disappointing, mainly because the teams I picked to cover couldn’t get their shit together and made for a not so enjoyable afternoon (Read: one filled with heavy drinking and sailor-like cursing.) The Bears, who managed to open up a 20-point lead on the Bucs, comfortably covering by the way, let Tim “I was a Rodeo Cowboys Backup” Ratty throw for 3 TD’s in the second half and needed overtime and 2 field goal attempts to win. Meanwhile, the Vikings whose one saving grace had been their running game, left crap all over the sheets playing the same Jets team that was embarrassed by the Bills last week. By the way, the Vikings didn’t just lose, they were being shellacked in the first half and things got so bad Brad Childress had to pull Brad Johnson in favor of Tavaris Jackson. Just a word of advice to the current Vikes coach, who incidentally seems more clueless than Mike Tice: when you replace your starter with a rookie who seems to have a hot hand, don’t replace said hot-handed rookie with crappy playing veteran in the following game. I’m not saying the Vikings would’ve won if Jackson had started but c’mon, even the guys on the team don’t want Johnson starting. If that doesn’t tell Childress something, nothing will.
If that wasn’t enough, I had to sit and watch Miami lay a goose egg up in Buffalo; giving false hope to those goofy, hockey-loving Canadians with US passports. Not only did the Bills officially knock the Dolphins out of playoff contention (something we all knew was inevitable anyway, since it seems any Saban-coached Miami team is guaranteed to lose at least 6 of its first 8 games); but I had to listen to Jaws talking about the “emergence” of J.P. Losman as a good QB in this League. Yeah Jaws, you know who else played lights out football this week? Eli Manning and David Carr…please. This is the same guy who dumped all over Vince Young and was ready to name Jay Cutler Rookie of the Year before even taking a snap. Kinda like FOXNews, can’t accuse Jaws of not being fair and balanced…
The one bright spot of football came Monday night when the Colts Defense, which apparently has not been traveling with the team to games, showed up this week in Indy and held the Bengals to 16-points, their second-lowest total of the season. Carson Palmer was also held to his lowest output since the start of the season, while Rudi Johnson rushed for only 79 yards. Things are starting to look up for Indy, but the real test will be these next two weeks when they go on the road to Houston and then host Miami to close out the season. 2 more wins would mean, at the worst, 2nd seed in the Playoffs and the confidence to actually win a game in January.
Random Observations:
TO is appealing the $35,000 suspension he got from the League for spitting in the face of DeAngelo Hall? Hey jackass, didn’t you admit to spitting in his face? Just do some more sit-ups in your driveway, refuse to directly answer more questions and pay the damn fine.
God, I still can’t get over the Giants. The Eagles were literally giving the Giants opportunities to win that game, and nothing…absolutely nothing! Terrible.
Am I the only one who thinks the 15-game suspension of the Denver Nuggets Carmelo Anthony is just a little out of hand? The last time two players engaged in fisticuffs they got half as many games combined…8! Just because Melo is the Anti-Bron doesn’t mean he has to be penalized like he stole a Marble Rye from an old lady.
Tomorrow:
Yeah, that’s right, “Tomorrow.” More TMQB; although in this case WMQB, comin’ at ya!
Post-Hiatus NFL Wrap Up
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
I know it’s been quite a while since I’ve tackled the issues of the day here at the TMQB, but I’m back with renewed vigor; or maybe just a hangover from not having written in so long; and am ready to get back to it. My first order of business is to declare the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers the worst teams in the NFL…the Cardinals, Lions, Jaguars (more on them later), Texans and Vikings notwithstanding. I have officially lost all respect for Eli “The Bad One” Manning, Tom “I should just step down now, shouldn’t I?” Coughlin, and most of the rest of the Giants brain trust; as well as who ever is attempting to run the show down in Raleigh-Durham. Seriously, any team that is fighting for their playoff lives, and is playing at home, and is controlling their own destiny has no business losing. At least the Giants can say the Eagles are fighting for a playoff spot as well, or blame Eli, that seems to be the thing to do these days; but what’s the Panthers excuse? What are the Steelers playing for; a slightly worse draft pick? I was so upset watching the Giants I became more disinterested than Al Michaels sounds reading promos during commercial breaks on Sunday Night Football.
Speaking of Sunday Night Football, is everyone in the Junior Circuit trying to hand San Diego the AFC Title so Rivers can square off against Brees? I mean, Jesus, Philip Rivers was something like 6-of-20 passing midway through the 3rd Quarter and the Chiefs were only able to muster a measly 2 field goals at that point. In their defense, the Chiefs did get the Joan Collins Special on a blocked punt that clearly went off a defenders hand, then crossed the line of scrimmage, before being touched by another defender and finally “recovered” by the Chargers. I don’t want to start making proclamations like this, especially because I’d rather eat at a Long Island-area Taco Bell than watch the Chargers in the Super Bowl, but that play could be this year’s tuck rule. That one play would’ve given the Chiefs the ball on the Chargers 12 and although they probably would’ve pissed away the opportunity to score a TD, the score would’ve been 7-to-6 Chargers (had KC kicked a field goal) instead of 14-to-3 Chargers after Tomlinson broke the run he did on the very next play. I mean, c’mon NFL, Lamar Hunt just passed away and the Chargers were going to get into the playoffs anyway after amassing 11 wins over tough competition like the Raiders, 49ers, Browns, Broncos and Bills; throw the Chiefs a f-ing bone. When it was all said and done, the Chargers beat the Chiefs 20 – 9 further pissing me off the spread didn’t go to 11.5 on that game.
The rest of Sunday was equally disappointing, mainly because the teams I picked to cover couldn’t get their shit together and made for a not so enjoyable afternoon (Read: one filled with heavy drinking and sailor-like cursing.) The Bears, who managed to open up a 20-point lead on the Bucs, comfortably covering by the way, let Tim “I was a Rodeo Cowboys Backup” Ratty throw for 3 TD’s in the second half and needed overtime and 2 field goal attempts to win. Meanwhile, the Vikings whose one saving grace had been their running game, left crap all over the sheets playing the same Jets team that was embarrassed by the Bills last week. By the way, the Vikings didn’t just lose, they were being shellacked in the first half and things got so bad Brad Childress had to pull Brad Johnson in favor of Tavaris Jackson. Just a word of advice to the current Vikes coach, who incidentally seems more clueless than Mike Tice: when you replace your starter with a rookie who seems to have a hot hand, don’t replace said hot-handed rookie with crappy playing veteran in the following game. I’m not saying the Vikings would’ve won if Jackson had started but c’mon, even the guys on the team don’t want Johnson starting. If that doesn’t tell Childress something, nothing will.
If that wasn’t enough, I had to sit and watch Miami lay a goose egg up in Buffalo; giving false hope to those goofy, hockey-loving Canadians with US passports. Not only did the Bills officially knock the Dolphins out of playoff contention (something we all knew was inevitable anyway, since it seems any Saban-coached Miami team is guaranteed to lose at least 6 of its first 8 games); but I had to listen to Jaws talking about the “emergence” of J.P. Losman as a good QB in this League. Yeah Jaws, you know who else played lights out football this week? Eli Manning and David Carr…please. This is the same guy who dumped all over Vince Young and was ready to name Jay Cutler Rookie of the Year before even taking a snap. Kinda like FOXNews, can’t accuse Jaws of not being fair and balanced…
The one bright spot of football came Monday night when the Colts Defense, which apparently has not been traveling with the team to games, showed up this week in Indy and held the Bengals to 16-points, their second-lowest total of the season. Carson Palmer was also held to his lowest output since the start of the season, while Rudi Johnson rushed for only 79 yards. Things are starting to look up for Indy, but the real test will be these next two weeks when they go on the road to Houston and then host Miami to close out the season. 2 more wins would mean, at the worst, 2nd seed in the Playoffs and the confidence to actually win a game in January.
Random Observations:
TO is appealing the $35,000 suspension he got from the League for spitting in the face of DeAngelo Hall? Hey jackass, didn’t you admit to spitting in his face? Just do some more sit-ups in your driveway, refuse to directly answer more questions and pay the damn fine.
God, I still can’t get over the Giants. The Eagles were literally giving the Giants opportunities to win that game, and nothing…absolutely nothing! Terrible.
Am I the only one who thinks the 15-game suspension of the Denver Nuggets Carmelo Anthony is just a little out of hand? The last time two players engaged in fisticuffs they got half as many games combined…8! Just because Melo is the Anti-Bron doesn’t mean he has to be penalized like he stole a Marble Rye from an old lady.
Tomorrow:
Yeah, that’s right, “Tomorrow.” More TMQB; although in this case WMQB, comin’ at ya!
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