Week 12 Awards
Wow You Guys Suck: Atlanta Falcons Pass Offense, I watched much of this game as the Jet game was mostly out of hand in the second half and while Michael Vick was running wild it was blatantly obvious that the problems in the passing attack are two fold. First Vick is not the best passer in the world, he never throws touch passes and his accuracy is often suspect. That being said he is the least of their passing problems, their receivers simply can't catch. Jenkins dropped a big time ball which hit him directly in both hands. Roddy White dropped a deep ball which he was camped under like a punt return. Matt Millen gets destroyed for drafting two terrible receivers in the first round, wheres the heat on Rich McKay and the rest of the Falcons front office. Runners Up: Pittsburgh Steelers thanks for defending your Super Bowl title with such vigor, Cleveland Browns way to give the home fans a nice show by the way the Bengals defense is terrible just in case you guys were not informed.
Cough Cough Cough: New York Giants, If you were going to define choking a game away could you possibly script it better than throwing away a 21 point lead against a below average team with an anemic offense led by a rookie QB. Every single play from the terrible penalty, to the failed sack to 3 and outs to Eli's int, it was the perfect choke job. Runners Up: Eagles rush defense turned Joseph Addai into a rookie of the year candidate, Rex Grossman turnover machine.
This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: Eli Manning, What is going through this kids brain. Looking at replay after replay of that pass at the end of the game there was no chance he was going to thread that ball over Pac-Man's head for a reception and yet he made the throw anyway and his team suffered the consequences. Runner Up: Jake Plummer threw away his job and the game on the Thursday Night Game that no one saw, Randy Moss's mouth and attitude have eliminated him from the offense.
The Shocker: Tennessee Titans, Pulling off back to back shockers, maybe the Titans aren't that bad. Check that they are still a bad team. If you watched any of the first three quarters of this game there was zero sign that the Titans would throw a single punch in the fight and some how in the final round they pulled off a knockout. Runners Up: Pittsburgh has essentially been eliminated from the playoffs by week 12 who saw that coming, Redskins knocking off the Panthers behind Jason Campbell.
The Pimp: Tony Romo, Romo fiested on the Bucs on Turkey Day and put every fantasy owner who was lucky enough to start him in the driver seat before the weekend even started. Does Romo ever stop smiling, have you seen this guy on the sidelines or during an interview, he pretty much has a perma smile its a bit ridiculous. Runners Up: Joseph Addai had his breakout game of his career with 4 tds and 170+ yards, LaDainian makes his weekly pimp stop as he is responsible for all three Charger touchdowns.
You Got JAKKED UP: Three Day Old Cheeseburger, I bet his head was spinning after this hit which completely lifted him in the air. It certainly added to what was a miserable day for Cheeseburger and his boys.
My Fantasy MVP: Steven Jackson, Big Boy was dominated the ball for the Rams and helped them and me get a victory by putting up 100+ rushing yards 70+ recieving yards and a td.
New York Jets MVP: Mike Nugent, Nugent was a stud in the first half of the game and showed for really the first time the flashes that made him a 2nd round draft pick. In addition to the 54 yard field goal he made a tackle on a long kick off return.
My Picks
My Picks: 10-6
Preseason Picks: 12-4
Picks Vs. Spread: 10-6
Movin in the correct direction again, still quite odd how succesful my preseason picks were this week considering I made them in September.
Week 12 Extra Quick Notes
~This week all of the negative awards could easily have gone to the Giants if I so decided, they were that bad in the 4th quarter.
~Everyone is going to get on Mathias Kiwanuka for stopping on the tackle of Vince Young but honestly I understand why he did it. If you have watched much of the NFL season, and as I have complained about prior, they are getting ludicrous with the roughing the Quarterback penalties. Just watch highlights of the monday night game and the penalty called on the Seahawks final td drive, incredibly lame. If you watch the Kiwanuka replay you see immediately after he let go he turned to see where the "pass" that he thought was thrown went. He let go because he knew if he brought Young down, he would have received one of those lame Roughing the QB penalties and the drive would have continued, unfortunately for him Young held onto the ball over his Kiwanuka's head, out of his line of sight. And the embarrassment pursued. I blame the NFL.
~Tom Coughlin is always emotional which isn't typically a bad thing, but it is when that emotion is panic. And nobody panic's more on the sideline than Tom Coughlin at the end of a game going in the wrong direction.
~Coughlin was upset about Tiki calling him out last week and what does Coughlin do in his press conference following the loss, throw the blame down on Eli. A Little Hypocritical.
~Speaking of Lame penalties the only reason the Bears moved the ball on the Patriots and scored a touchdown was two very questionable pass interference calls and another phantom defensive holding penalties. While I agreed with the second which led to a field goal, the first pass interference as well as the holding penalty two plays later were just terrible, the defensive back had perfect coverage. Gotta love the Contactless NFL.
~The Plummer miserable season was unavoidable, I knew it on draft day. You have a quarterback coming off his best season, when he typically isn't the most steady guy on the planet and you draft a quarterback in the first round and even trade up to get him. That had to crush his confidence and make him try even harder to make the big play, which turned him back into Jake the Mistake. I think that draft pick sabotaged their season, it may benefit them in the future but it was a pitfall in 06.
~I hate when they declare it a leg injury or arm injury, for instance Junior Seau blatantly broke his arm in half, just say his arm is broken, why declare it an arm injury the next day. Whats wrong with a little detail.
~I will miss the Vanderweenie Cowboy era as it led to so many of my favorite Bill Parcells bitter and angry scowls.
~Watching Jerricho Cotchery this season makes me wonder why the guy never got any playing time in the Herm era. He did break almost all of Tory Holt's NC State receiving records, so what if he isn't lighting fast, he's tough as nails and comes down with almost every ball. Shouldn't we value hands and the ability to make a tough catch more than speed. Watch the Falcons if you disagree.
~And the Jaguars continue to boggle the mind of anyone attempting to figure out how good they are.
Wow You Guys Suck: Atlanta Falcons Pass Offense, I watched much of this game as the Jet game was mostly out of hand in the second half and while Michael Vick was running wild it was blatantly obvious that the problems in the passing attack are two fold. First Vick is not the best passer in the world, he never throws touch passes and his accuracy is often suspect. That being said he is the least of their passing problems, their receivers simply can't catch. Jenkins dropped a big time ball which hit him directly in both hands. Roddy White dropped a deep ball which he was camped under like a punt return. Matt Millen gets destroyed for drafting two terrible receivers in the first round, wheres the heat on Rich McKay and the rest of the Falcons front office. Runners Up: Pittsburgh Steelers thanks for defending your Super Bowl title with such vigor, Cleveland Browns way to give the home fans a nice show by the way the Bengals defense is terrible just in case you guys were not informed.
Cough Cough Cough: New York Giants, If you were going to define choking a game away could you possibly script it better than throwing away a 21 point lead against a below average team with an anemic offense led by a rookie QB. Every single play from the terrible penalty, to the failed sack to 3 and outs to Eli's int, it was the perfect choke job. Runners Up: Eagles rush defense turned Joseph Addai into a rookie of the year candidate, Rex Grossman turnover machine.
This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: Eli Manning, What is going through this kids brain. Looking at replay after replay of that pass at the end of the game there was no chance he was going to thread that ball over Pac-Man's head for a reception and yet he made the throw anyway and his team suffered the consequences. Runner Up: Jake Plummer threw away his job and the game on the Thursday Night Game that no one saw, Randy Moss's mouth and attitude have eliminated him from the offense.
The Shocker: Tennessee Titans, Pulling off back to back shockers, maybe the Titans aren't that bad. Check that they are still a bad team. If you watched any of the first three quarters of this game there was zero sign that the Titans would throw a single punch in the fight and some how in the final round they pulled off a knockout. Runners Up: Pittsburgh has essentially been eliminated from the playoffs by week 12 who saw that coming, Redskins knocking off the Panthers behind Jason Campbell.
The Pimp: Tony Romo, Romo fiested on the Bucs on Turkey Day and put every fantasy owner who was lucky enough to start him in the driver seat before the weekend even started. Does Romo ever stop smiling, have you seen this guy on the sidelines or during an interview, he pretty much has a perma smile its a bit ridiculous. Runners Up: Joseph Addai had his breakout game of his career with 4 tds and 170+ yards, LaDainian makes his weekly pimp stop as he is responsible for all three Charger touchdowns.
You Got JAKKED UP: Three Day Old Cheeseburger, I bet his head was spinning after this hit which completely lifted him in the air. It certainly added to what was a miserable day for Cheeseburger and his boys.
My Fantasy MVP: Steven Jackson, Big Boy was dominated the ball for the Rams and helped them and me get a victory by putting up 100+ rushing yards 70+ recieving yards and a td.
New York Jets MVP: Mike Nugent, Nugent was a stud in the first half of the game and showed for really the first time the flashes that made him a 2nd round draft pick. In addition to the 54 yard field goal he made a tackle on a long kick off return.
My Picks
My Picks: 10-6
Preseason Picks: 12-4
Picks Vs. Spread: 10-6
Movin in the correct direction again, still quite odd how succesful my preseason picks were this week considering I made them in September.
Week 12 Extra Quick Notes
~This week all of the negative awards could easily have gone to the Giants if I so decided, they were that bad in the 4th quarter.
~Everyone is going to get on Mathias Kiwanuka for stopping on the tackle of Vince Young but honestly I understand why he did it. If you have watched much of the NFL season, and as I have complained about prior, they are getting ludicrous with the roughing the Quarterback penalties. Just watch highlights of the monday night game and the penalty called on the Seahawks final td drive, incredibly lame. If you watch the Kiwanuka replay you see immediately after he let go he turned to see where the "pass" that he thought was thrown went. He let go because he knew if he brought Young down, he would have received one of those lame Roughing the QB penalties and the drive would have continued, unfortunately for him Young held onto the ball over his Kiwanuka's head, out of his line of sight. And the embarrassment pursued. I blame the NFL.
~Tom Coughlin is always emotional which isn't typically a bad thing, but it is when that emotion is panic. And nobody panic's more on the sideline than Tom Coughlin at the end of a game going in the wrong direction.
~Coughlin was upset about Tiki calling him out last week and what does Coughlin do in his press conference following the loss, throw the blame down on Eli. A Little Hypocritical.
~Speaking of Lame penalties the only reason the Bears moved the ball on the Patriots and scored a touchdown was two very questionable pass interference calls and another phantom defensive holding penalties. While I agreed with the second which led to a field goal, the first pass interference as well as the holding penalty two plays later were just terrible, the defensive back had perfect coverage. Gotta love the Contactless NFL.
~The Plummer miserable season was unavoidable, I knew it on draft day. You have a quarterback coming off his best season, when he typically isn't the most steady guy on the planet and you draft a quarterback in the first round and even trade up to get him. That had to crush his confidence and make him try even harder to make the big play, which turned him back into Jake the Mistake. I think that draft pick sabotaged their season, it may benefit them in the future but it was a pitfall in 06.
~I hate when they declare it a leg injury or arm injury, for instance Junior Seau blatantly broke his arm in half, just say his arm is broken, why declare it an arm injury the next day. Whats wrong with a little detail.
~I will miss the Vanderweenie Cowboy era as it led to so many of my favorite Bill Parcells bitter and angry scowls.
~Watching Jerricho Cotchery this season makes me wonder why the guy never got any playing time in the Herm era. He did break almost all of Tory Holt's NC State receiving records, so what if he isn't lighting fast, he's tough as nails and comes down with almost every ball. Shouldn't we value hands and the ability to make a tough catch more than speed. Watch the Falcons if you disagree.
~And the Jaguars continue to boggle the mind of anyone attempting to figure out how good they are.
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