NFL Week 12 Awards

Wow You Guys Suck: The Patriots Pass Rush, Everyone is pretty much going to kill the Patriots young secondary for getting torched last night but where in the world was the pass rush. The Pats had one sack and outside of that Brees pretty much had all the time in the world to pick apart the defense. Runners Up: the Giants were an embarrassment on Thanksgiving, Detroit once again providing us with no entertainment on Thanksgiving.

Cough Cough Cough: Houston Texans, Sure there was ample time remaining in the game when the Texans were up 17-0, but they were up 17-0. They have a high powered offense that did pretty much nada the rest of the game while watching the Colts rack up td after td to storm back. Runners Up: down goes Jacksonville's playoff hopes, the Cardinals basically needed to make one good defensive play on the Titans final drive and they failed.

The Shocker: Denver Broncos, This game was pretty much a toss up. The Giants had been on a miserable slide save for one coin flip and the Broncos were amidst a 4 game losing streak. The Broncos reversed the clock and looked like a 6-0 team in crushing the Giants. Runners Up: the Saints defense hitting Brady on nearly every play, the Jets won its amazing.

The Pimp: Drew Brees, I think 371 yards and 5 tds in a Monday Night showdown against Tom Brady is enough for pimp status. Runners Up: Vince Young just wins, Brett Favre is a td machine.

This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: Hines Ward, Dude shut up about the Three Day Old Cheeseburger. If he's got a concussion and a head ache and doesn't want to risk his life than its his damn decision. Not everyone is as dumb as you and he is your two time Superbowl winning QB so shut up. Runners Up: NFL execs for scheduling the Raiders on Thanksgiving, the Falcons for rushing back Michael Turner just to watch him get reinjured.

You Got JAKKED UP: Kevin Faulk, Darren Sharper absolutely lit up Kevin Faulk last night.

My Fantasy MVP: Brett Favre, Every week it's the same old story. Brett Favre throws for 300+ and 3 tds with no ints and is the best player on my team.

New York Jets MVP: Darrelle Revis, The man is a hero who deserves to be cloned.

My Picks

My Picks: 9-7
Preseason Picks: 12-4
Picks Vs. Spread: 6-10
Pick Suggestions: 1-4

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Numbers On Steroids: Mickey Mantle

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. This week it's throwing a curve ball and looking at All Time Great Yankees. Players that we know did not take steroids to see if this gives a defense to any of the players 'convicted' by Numbers on Steroids. Time to look at my dad's favorite athlete of all time, Mickey Mantle. Averages Say: What's with the mysterious dip at 27 and then the uptick? At Bats Per Home Run Says: That's a mighty jump from 22 to 24 Explaining As If It Was the 90s If you take a look at the numbers there are two time frames which in the 1990s would be questioned. First would be the incredible leap he took from his first year in the big leagues to his first MVP season in 1956. His batting average jumped 50 points. His slugging percentage jumped 90 points and he hit 15 more homers than his previous high. This wouldn't merrit a conviction nowadays though because the young age he...

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Guest Post: Thoughts on Sabathia Signing

I asked Grutt what his thoughts were on the Sabathia signing and I thought his response pretty much nailed it. So here it is. I don’t know. Every year I get a little more disenchanted with baseball. Yea, it’s great we signed the top pitching free agent. But we were supposed to. No team was even in the ballpark of the Yankees offer yet they still needed to jump from the already ridiculous price of $140 million to $160 million to close the deal. Now I hear we are going to sign more pitchers who will also get large contracts and the position player gaps are still glaring. Each new, large contract just adds to the feeling that the Yanks are supposed to win it all. “I think we have a good chance this year.” That is a lost feeling. If they don’t win I’ll wonder why, like there has to be some other reason besides that it’s a sport you can never predict how things will work out and some years just aren’t yours to be won. If they win I will be pleasantly smug. It gets a little more...

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