WEEK 17: THE FUCKING COACH THREW THE GAME WHY ISNT THE WORLD SHOUTING OUT OF THEIR WINDOWS HOWARD BEALE STYLE

(It was either that or "GIVE US BACK OUR MOTORCYCLE, DICK")

Remind me to never under any circumstances draft Peyton Manning in my fantasy leagues ever again. EVER.

Buffalo over Indiapolis
Cleveland over Jacksonville
Chicago over Detroit
San Francisco over St. Louis
Pittsburgh over Miami
Minnesota over Ney York Giants
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
New Orleans over Carolina
New England over Houston
Philly over Dallas
Denver over K.C.
Baltimore over Oakland
Green Bay over Arizona
San Diego over Washington
Tennessee over Seattle
Cincinnati over Jets

^at least afc-wise, that is what trent dilfer predicted on espn, landing balt & pitt in the playoffs

i do not think the jets will lose but will lol all nite if they do

11-5 on the week, 158-81 on the season (I have been wrong abt MN winning two weeks in a row and I am rly pleased about it)

Buffalo over Indiapolis
Cleveland over Jacksonville
Chicago over Detroit
San Francisco over St. Louis
Pittsburgh over Miami
New York Giants over MN
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
New Orleans over Carolina
New England over Houston
Philly over Dallas
Denver over K.C.
Baltimore over Oakland
Green Bay over Arizona
San Diego over Washington
Tennessee over Seattle
Cincinnati over Jets

Curtis Painter over Buffalo
Jacksonville over Cleveland
Chicago over Detroit
San Francisco over St. Louis
Pittsburgh over Miami
New York Giants over Minnesota
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
Mark Brunell over the Steve-Smith-less Panthers
Houston over Tom Brady's backup (whoever that is)
Dallas over Phillie
Denver over K.C.
Baltimore over Oakland
Green Bay over Arizona
Billy Volek over Washington
Tennessee over Seattle
Jets over Cincy in a practice game for their first-round matchup the following week

Pro Bowl rosters:

http://www.nfl.com/probowl/story?id=09000d5d8155c2fa&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

what, orakpo but no london fletcher!? really disappointed.

yea that is a good gripe imo

i was hopin ced benson would make it

re: fletcher, too many guys are better than him :/

I figure Al Davis would probably believe Yahoo Sports on this, but he probably doesn't know about "The Internet" yet.

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This is pretty great:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/30/polian-fails-to-make-the-case-for-not-trying-to-win-on-sunday/

I woke up Monday morning steaming about that game, and half way expected to flip on the news and see Indianapolis had been burned to the ground by rioting fans. (Missed all the earlier chatter on here about it, due to being out of town and all.)

@SI_RossTucker Just ran into and met Joe Montana in line for "The Incredible Hulk" coaster at Universal in Orlando.

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/91088/lasertar.jpg

what the hell

avatard

lol

hahaha that is amazing

oooooooooooomg

IND > BUF
JAX > CLE
CHI > DET
SF > STL
MIA > PIT
MIN > NYG
ATL > TB
NO > CAR
NE > HOU
PHI > DAL
DEN > KC
BAL > OAK
AZ > GB
SD > WAS
TENN > SEA
CIN > NYJ

10-6 week again, 165-75 season

lolz 4eva at "avatard"

Indy at Bills- I think after last weeks debacle the Colts will somehow win this one. No matter what they do from here out, laying down against the Jets in such an obvious way is going to haunt. If they get bounced out of the playoffs it will be doubly bad. If say they beat Buffalo and win it all, the story will still be how they threw away that game. Screwy.
Jville at Clev- I want to take the Browns, but I think the Jags will win this one. Jags looked like they were playoff bound a month ago.
NO at Carolina- I'm going to take the Panthers, who knows how this one will play out.
Bears at Detroit- I figure the Bears should win this one, whether they will or not is to be seen.
NE at Houston- NE isn't going to take the week off, they will win, but the Texans will give them a game.
Steelers at Dolphins- I'll take the Steelers. Miami has been off a bit in the last couple of weeks and the NFL really would like the Steelers to be in the playoffs.
Giants at Minn- The Giants have pretty much given up, but I have a feeling Favre and Petersen won't be playing much. I'll take the Giants in an upset.
Niners at Rams- Niners will win and finish at .500.
ATL at Bucs- Falcons haven't been much on the road, but I think they will get this one.
Philly at Dallas- I'm going with Philly and asking for the most hilarious way to beat the Cowboys.
GB at Arizona- How does this work out? Can these teams again play the next week? Possibly. I'm going to take the Cardinals, not for any good reason as Green Bay's defense has gotten some injuries.
KC at Denver- Broncos should win, but they are 2-7 since their hot start. KC doesn't appear to be particularly good at anything.
Bmore at Oakland- I wonder what the over/under is on penalty yardage? We could have a new record this weekend in this game. B-more is only 2-5 on the road, so I have some doubts on them but the Raiders have Solei Moon Frye at QB. I'm taking the Ravens but I don't feel strong on it.
Wash at SD- I figure even though the playoffs are coming up Norv would like to stick it to Snyder, so he will play Rivers all game and they will win stating we wanted to stay fresh.
Titans at Seattle- I'll take the titans even though they are really banged up. Seattle has been getting clobbered of late.
Cinci at Jets- Probably a decent game. I'd figure the Jets, but I've got a feeling the Bengals will play it out for real.

changed my NE pick to HOU when I realized where they were playing

Titans getting to .500 and Chris Johnson getting the APY record is a serious moral victory considering the way their season started.
gotta figure collins retires after this year.

IND at BUF colts
JAX at CLE browns
CHI at DET bears
SF at STL niners
MIA at PIT stillers
MIN at NYG giants
ATL at TB falcons
NO at CAR nola
NE at HOU pats
PHI at DAL eagles
DEN at KC broncos
BAL at OAK ravens
AZ at GB pack
SD at WAS bolts
TENN at SEA titans
CIN at NYJ jets

11-5 last week, 161-77 overall

"It is historic to go 16-0, because that means you have a chance to go 19-0," Bruschi said. "You only can go 19-0 if you go 16-0 first and 19-0 trumps every single team record ever."

OTM

that whole clip w/bruschi is worth watching & pretty OTM

"when you compare the 09 colts to the 07 patriots, i'm gonna say something a lot of people are thinking but won't say it.. at least the 07 patriots had the guts to go for it"

I love that he still says "we".

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_14106841

mcdaniels benches bad apples, contemplates empty basket

"I don't think it's gutsy," McDaniels said. "I don't know about Eddie's status yet. But like I said what's important is we're fielding the team we think gives us the best opportunity to win. And the guys that are going to play hard and do what we asked them to do and fight through adversity and be committed to one another, that's the group."

on the bright side, at least the team already sucks. now it will be sucky without actual talent.

Looks like Brees is sitting tomorrow -- Brunell is a pretty strong reason to change my pick to the Panthers...

tbh i'd probably pick the panthers even if brees was playing. carolina has one of the league's toughest pass defenses, and any team that can run the ball well is almost guaranteed to give the saints fits.

hey guys btw i saw this excellent ad on local TV over christmas

CITY OF CHAMPIONS CRUNCH

i think hines ward could watch his children being eaten by lions and still keep that goofy grin on his face

and then passive agressively imply that his children wussed out

Dammit, I wanted to see the Steelers/Dolphins game, but the Jags must have sold enough tickets to get on tv today. :(

Browns v Jags or Falcons v Bucs. THIS IS BULLSHIT

Oh man, I think the Saints already gave up in Carolina.

hahaha ewww, condolences (xp)

I'm pretty sure I have the pick'em league sewn up, so I tried some challopy picks this week. Also, not a huge challop, went ahead and switched from NO to CAR.

dang welka down, screwed up l knee

Uh oh, Wes Welker just planted his left leg wrong and bent his knee.

Oops xp.

Aww, he's crying and everything. That is rough.

Oh no! MJD got hurt!

I WILL SEE YOU IN HELL MIKE FURREY YOU DON'T INJURE A BRUIN

this sucks... none of my streams are working and it's the 49ers vs the Rams. :S

i picked the Panthers, too.

oh no. not welkah!!!!!!!!! pats are f***ed without that guy in the playoffs

I hate this day for all eternity!!

OK apparently Jones-Drew is fine and back in the game.

Dude's a bowling ball.

there are a lot of steeler fans in miami

god this Rams game is depressing. reminds me of a pre-season game or something. can't even hear the crowd.

giants whole team cannot tackle AP

Roethlisberger is just lethal when he's not having to throw under pressure. And even then sometimes he'll get out of it!

Vernon Davis cut his hair!

k, i didn't see the play myself but.. welker was injured trying to get away from *bernard pollard*?? wtf

Hahaha, yeah. It was just one of those freak accidents of planting your leg wrong, though, where the lower leg sticks awkwardly and the rest of the body goes elsewhere.

Hahaha, the Vikings tried to hard count the Giants offsides on 4th and 1 and ended up getting a false start penalty.

they just replayed welker injury.. ugh that looked horrible

Oh New York Giants, you don't even care anymore, do you?

i just can't accept that football giants are that bad, but they are right now. do not understand it at all.

cribbs jsut had a sweet TD run out of the wildcat. it's amazing he's only making like 500k a year

conditions in buffalo look amazing

i know, i almost wish i was watching that game

niiiice 4th and goal stop pats d.

hahahaha and someone fumbles and fucking POLLARD scores for tx

poor brian hoyer first series too! wasn't his fault

Hahaha, Bernard Pollard will be the very death of the New England Patriots!

fire everyone on the nyfg except eli & coughlin imo

and PAT missed. horribly so. not even close. this game is weird.

Is the Texans kicker like some contest winner or something?

yep. imma lose the ilnfl title game in embarrassing fashion thanks to football giants defense and eli, probably

Wow, Derek Anderson just tried to call an audible and his offensive line assumed that meant he wanted the snap. Oh, The Browns...

I just now switched over and saw that the Jags/Browns game is actually in Clevo, which means there's absolutely NO GOOD REASON it's on my television. I want Steelers/Dolphins NOW!

Holy crap it is snowing like crazy in Buffalo.

f you football giants for quitting on this game in the first 2 minutes

Seriously, there is nothing more horrible to watch than a team that does not care.

NE has put Wes Welker's clone into the game.

The dude from Kent State? I kinda like that dude.

yeah it was a good thing they cloned him, excellent plan NE

roughing the passer on hoyer by.. POLLARD

God, Curtis Painter is going to be banned from the state of Indiana.

how bad is he?

loooooooooooooooooool painter

daria, on 4 offensive posessions, painter has had 1 three and out and 3 turnovers

He is soooooooooooooooooo bad.

He lost another fumble, and then threw a pick that was nowhere near anybody other than the Bills' safety.

he is my favorite nfl player of all time

i love football in the snow!

Did Peyton even come to the game today? He should've just stayed in his hotel room watching When Harry Met Sally.

could someone throw some goddamn money at josh cribbs btw

peyton played the first three offensive drives for the colts

re: painter, that's hilarious! brian hoyer is doing a pretty decent job running NE offense, it's 13-13 tie right now

enough to get dallas clark and reggie wayne to 100 receptions on the season, i guess

wow the ny football giants

the giants are pissing me off

Fuck the Colts, for real.

i know everyone on the team is injured but it doesn't really look like they're trying

(Polian and Caldwell, anyway... not the players (except for Curtis Painter)) xp

The Rams QB is some guy named "Keith Null". There is so much I do not know about the Rams.

<3 those bills highlights

You really cannot replace Jim Sorgi.

― earlnash, Sunday, December 27, 2009 7:38 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

I told you. You cannot replace Jim Sorgi.

http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/resources/2007/02/sorgimaytag.jpg

i think it's safe to say that Brett Favre is having fun today.

Oh man, the Rams. Just...*shakes head*

so if NFL extends the season we'll have 3-4 weeks instead of 1-2 weeks like this, in which clearly at least half the league is either resting key players, just doesn't care, or both?

oh i think i have one of keith null's albums, from when he got signed to atavistic

The Rams started playing for Ndamukong Suh about six weeks ago.

Probably the best thing they could do for their franchise is to begin again with Ndamukong Suh. Although I really do not want him to go to the Lions, because Aaron Rodgers seeing him twice a year would make me v nervous.

miami runnin the patcat

chad henne just hangin out on the sideline, not in a hurry to play here?

thinkin baout things

thinkin about how he's glad pat white took that hit from unblocked stiller pass rush

Tom Brady is back in?

If I were Bernard Pollard I would just stare at Brady the entire time.

Chad Henne has an eye injury, apptly.

boston sports fans needed something to be superstitious about

Hahaha Tom Brady is pissed off the Texans line is getting at him. Nothing good will come out of this.

GO CLEVE

Chris Jennings is pretty awesome, judging by nothing other than that play.

aw snowplows plowed ralph wilson during halftime ;_;

still snowin in buffalo, though, let's obliterate this field, guys!

I just hope that the suddenly awesome Cleveland Browns don't use the end of the season as an excuse to keep Mangini.

Awww, the Texans just threw a Red Zone Pick 6.

pick six! GO PATS

ELI. ELI, WHY. FOOTBALL GIANTS, WHY ARE YOU SO BAD

God the GIANTS!

smh

UH

http://i46.tinypic.com/293zq69.jpg

$10 that girl is into some messed-up bedroom stuff.

smdh

JESUS CHRIST THE NEW YORK GIANTS MAYBE PUT SOMEONE AT ALL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE END ZONE

jesus fucking christ i think the vikings are going to end up with 70 points

41-0 lmao

The only good that can come out of this is if Brett Favre refuses to come out and gets into another fight with Childress.

so fml for not ranking the Vikings/Giants game higher but GODDAMN THIS IS FUCKING FUNNY

who told the Giants that putting high school kids in to play for them would be a good idea

falcons are trying pretty hard to get gonzo a TD for his 1000th catch

i feel like we've failed tony for not getting him into the playoffs :'(

*by not

I'm sure he's just happy to not be on the Chiefs anymore, Ade.

OMG IT'S ELI'S BIRTHDAY

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SADFACE, WE GOT YOU 41 UNANSWERED POINTS

Kris Brown, I am embarrassed about how crappy you are doing today, buddy.

its weird/confusing to me that there's a white safety on the bucs named lynch

DEAR GIANTS,

I WOULD INVITE YOU ALL TO EAT MY DICK BUT I THINK YOU WOULD SCREW THAT UP AT THE LAST MINUTE AND SPEND FIFTEEN MINUTES LICKING MY KNEES AND SHOULDERBLADES

― HI DERE, Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:22 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lolz

texans kicker is HORRIBLE.

Pat White just died.

Oh shit, Pat White is DONE for the day.

ugh that looked bad

Helmet to helmet with Ike Taylor, full speed. GAAAAAAAH

where is schef? am i the only one here who doesn't hate eli and want him to fail?

poor schef ;_;

i don't hate eli and there is no excuse for encouraging brett favre and jared allen the way the giants are today

Man if it weren't for the Giants and the Colts, I feel we would be spending a lot of time talking about how the Saints do not give a fuck in this game.

i dont hate eli or want him to fail but 41-0 is pretty funny no matter what team it is

Eli is def one of my 5 favorite QBs in the league, and the Giants are the only team in the NFC East I do not mind having to watch all the time.

xp but yeah 41-0 is what it is.

Welker Jr is doing pretty good.

Pat White is getting backboarded, Jesus.

so the Vikings brought in Tavaris and they are still steamrolling all over the Midgets

tavaris!

The Dolphins apparently used up all their miracles last year.

I hate the Vikings with the fury of a thousand burning suns, but I'm not even mad at them for this, really. It's not their fault the Giants don't really feel like winter is a time for football.

ugh siragusa

Hey, the Jags might actually get back in this game. Good for them.

pat white was moving his legs a little right after the hit

hahaha we're gonna lose

i knew this would happen, the falcons just had to find a way to not have a winning season

8 catches, 86 yards for mini-welker so far

ugh, pat white. i think i've seen this kind of situation about ten times just this season. he was moving his arms as they carted him off..

Yeah, it didn't look like a spine issue, just a massive lights-out concussion.

Totally clean play by Ike Taylor -- he was going for White's midsection but White stumbled a couple of steps before the hit and was already going down when the hit happened.

27-13 pats

"The Saints decided to not play this game, and boy, did the players respond." Scott Hanson feelin' it today.

The only proper way for this NYG drive to end is a 100 yard Pick 6.

Giants TD! Good for them.

booooo no shutout

aw fred jackson just went over 1000 on the season. even though it's the most dubious of honors, he was totally the team mvp this season.

browns running out the clock with 8 minutes left and it's working :D

Nice TD from Schaub to Jones.

falcons winning!!

Dan, we could all change our facebook status to HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELI MANNING but the schef would kill us with laser eye rays.

GO DOLPHINS

Dolphins!

Oh man, the Texans are threatening.

Jags are done, though. Am excited for the Tebow era! It will be...something.

Whoa, Fred Jackson has 205 yds in today's game!

t.o. is now the third receiver all time in yards <3

Houston Texans are alive!

thigpen is magic! for the dolphins

lol steelers

HOLY SHIT BESS!

miami dolphins! all right

DOLPHINS!!!

MIAMI

I hate to see Mike Tomlin sad/angry, but I <3 the Dolphins, those scraggly rascals.

JASON FUCKING SNELLING

TYLER FUCKING THIGPEN

THIS IS GREAT FOOTBALL TODAY GUYS

Texans got a pick! BERNARD POLLARD got the pick!

mike tomlin is the only steeler i like anymore, so he's out of luck

BERNARD POLLARD got the pick!

O_O

/superstitious

If the Dolphins pull a win here and squeak into the playoffs via circumstances falling in their favor, they'd better get to the Superbowl.

Bernard pollard should be cut every week and signed by the pats' next team

theyd never win again

Seriously Tom Brady is going to have a nightmare where he is playing a defense made out of 11 Bernard Pollards.

wait, what is required to keep texans OUT of playoffs? they're unlikely to make it right?

holy shit phins

lol, roffles

MIAMI DOLPHINS!!!!

ZOMG DOLPHINS

LOLTHLISBERGER

dammit

Awww, Tyler Thigpen, nooooooo

omg, this game

Wow, that's just a shitty idea to make that pass.

TOUCHDOWN HOUSTON TEXANS!

Ooh, SF scored again, St. Louis is ready for Ndamukong fever.

Texans win shuts out Dolphins, tho. :(

My emotions!

I want the Dolphins to make the playoffs when they are fully able to run the Ronnie Brown wildcat insanity. I love the 2009 Dolphins but they will be better off in 2010.

<3 roffles

and they send in hoyer to try and take it to OT

Horseshoe did u know about this? http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/16/kawika-mitchell-sounds-off-on-incognito/

"BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT THIS YR. THE GUYS A BUM. DIRTY AND ALWAYS WILL BE. REALLY WISH I WAS PLAYIN RITE NOW. SERIOUSLY... I KNO WE'RE N NEED OF OLINE BUT THIS GUY SUKS BALLS."

A playoffs that includes like multiple games like Dolphins-Colts from like Week 2 would be the best playoffs.

Ronnie Brown goes FA after the season, though, right? They should pay him whatever he wants to stay in Miami.

My Bears fan friend was saying yesterday Cutler needed to throw 4 TDs and 0 INTs to finish with more TDs than picks, and I was like, "Pfft, not gonna happen." But so far Cutler is 4 TDs, 0 INTs!

xp oh God to me Ronnie Brown IS that franchise.

wow i did not know about kawika on incognito; that's kind of awesome

Aww, Steelers just broke off a first down.

Houston Texans did it!

TX wins

fast willie parker lives

DOLPHINS NOOOOOO

OK if the Ravens, Broncos, and Jets all lose to put the Steelers in the playoffs, the Steelers officially have some sort of voodoo power and cannot be killed.

Broncos in complete disarray again,so that's possible. The Jets losing is ALWAYS possible. Ravens stand in the way.

lol Hines Ward

Hines Ward, leading the league in smiles and obvious holds.

I missed it -- what happened to Rofflesburger's arm?

haha never mind, I just saw the replay.

yancey thigpen > tyler thigpen

Tyler Thigpen, awwww.

did joe buck just call the new stadium a monstrosity?

jesus christ why am i stuck with the Broncos/Chiefs? also lol at some huge plays by KC right off the bat

smoot. has rivers int right in his hands. drops it. C MON MAN

Mike Cox scores, KC 7-0.

I've got both a CBS and Fox late game. Yay last week of the season!

Nooooooo. Cowboys take the lead. :(

dallas lookin pretty good D:

Arizona really needs to never wear those red pants + red shirts again

Well of course Chris Johnson should score the 1000th touchdown of the NFL Redzone channel season.

1000 touchdowns? I guess I've never done the math on a whole NFL season before, but I wouldn't have guessed there would be quite that many.

Thankin' you for blatant PI, Super Cardinals.

It's actually more, since the RedZone channel only shows the Sunday 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm games. If you count MNF and SNF and Thursdays and Saturdays it might be like 1100.

i swear these cards uniforms bleed out into my entire screen so everything looks red. it's hard to look at

Ryan Grant! Yet again he is weirdly better in the 2nd half of the year.

(Psssst Horseshoe check your webmail. Sorry to interrupt your thread ppl)

welp I'm glad the raiders game is on at least i can root for Charlie Frye over the hated ravens

But what happens if the Broncos and Jets are both losing, and the Ravens are the only team standing in the way of the Steelers making the playoffs?

SI_PeterKing ... If Dallas, Jets win and Balt, Den lose, then it's Houston at NE, Jets at Bengals, Phil at Dallas, GB at Ariz. 11 minutes ago from TweetDeck

Even though the Jets game isn't on until 8, nm.

Three repeat games would be madness!

prefer the steelers over the ravens tbh

Oh wait, four repeat games!

YAY EAGLES INT (got it, btw, Erica <3 <3)

good job iggles

Aww, I was trying to figure out a way that the Packers could play a 3-6 vs the Vikings next week, but apparently it will either be #3 Cards vs. #6 Packers if the Cards win today or #4 Cards vs. #5 Packers if the Packers win today. Makes the pathway to Final Blood a lil' trickier, and almost certainly would force it to be the NFC Championship, which I have mentioned, would kill me.

Holy crap, great play by Charlie Frye, but maybe incomplete because he was throwing it to an Oakland Raider receiver.

Aaron Rodgers <3

What in the goddamned hell, Kansas City Chiefs? A gadget play bomb to Matt Cassel as the WR into triple coverage?

did it work? <3

i mean, they're going nowhere, it's the last game of the season.. F*** IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE

no he is not the greatest qb, that kansas city fullback

Nah, it was an interception.

((got it, btw, Erica <3 <3) YAY! <3 back at you.)

Wait also I just realized that if the AFC scenario does set up NE vs. Houston again, that means it is the Patriots vs. Bernard Pollard for the 2nd consecutive week. Even if the Patriots win they will only have like seven healthy offensive players at the end of that game.

ay rip pats lol giants out

Matt Leinart in for the Cardinals, Matt Leinart throws an interception to Green Bay, <3 pro Matt Leinart so much.

OK, nm, the Cardinals actually got called for holding in the end zone on the intercepted pass, so GB took the safety.

Chris Johnson just passed Faulk's all-purpose yards record.

lol willis mcgahee just wrecked some poor raiders db with a stiffarm

wake up, philly!!!

Hahahaha that was awesome!

Matt Leinart threw a pick-six to Charles Woodson! I kind of want to watch this entire game.

frye looks good!

i'm bored of this and it's prob my last game on the job anyway, should i just tell zorn to call the plays and watch another game? what's good on tv?

Balt-Oak and KC-Denver seem to be pretty engaging, I dunno, maybe there's a movie somewhere. Could you run a swinging gate play again before you go, though?

Matt Leinart: intercepted again. I have dreams that are basically just this entire GB-Arizona game.

i don't know how i feel about running another swinging gate play. everybody was laughing at me last time and stuff, and i didn't want to throw the guy who drew it up under the bus.. so i was just like sorry guys, my bad.

i'm starting to realize there is a bit of a disconnect between what should happen when i call a play, and what actually happens when the guys run it on the field? nfl is so cool that way! you never know what will happen. i figured if brett favre can have fun and be like a big kid out there, i could use that as inspiration in the booth, so i'm thinking that fumblerooski play might be fun to try out. texting hunter the punter right now. (there's a punter in that play right? idk?)

I think running fumblerooski out of punt formation will only make it more of a surprise play, so I am in favor of this.

oh man you know what, everyone says dan the snyder is going to do the coaching staff firings probably monday night. so i'm gonna have to sneak out of redskins park at lunch break and go buy a car while my job is still my credit! putting that on to-do list

Maybe Eastern Motors will give you an extra discount if you can get some Redskins to do another commercial, too!

did joe buck just call the new stadium a monstrosity?

― horseshoe, Sunday, January 3, 2010 4:16 PM

yes! then he tried to cover up his slip up, because I think it is against NFL broadcasting rules to point out how this stadium is a terrordome, by saying something like, "i mean by that, it just awes you in its spectacle and size" and i shouted from the kitchen, "JOE BUCK THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT WORD MEANS"

also this day, sigh.

Would have given $20 American dollars for Troy Aikman to respond to that with "That's exactly right, Joe."

charlie frye dead; jamarcus in game

well eagles game is over, see you next week dallas

honestly reid, what the motherfucking fuck @ kicking a fg from the 36 there

Broncos officially losing to Chiefs. JaMarcus Russell may have to keep the Steelers out of the playoffs all by himself.

Chris Hanson is trying to jinx the Packers into an injury, although to be fair maybe it is time to pull the starters, Mike McCarthy.

Desean Jackson and Brent Celek both came up lame in the last few plays for Philly.

OTOH touchdown Rodgers to Finley.

lol @ bal & den

Nooooo I do not want to have to watch the Eagles if they have no DeSean Jackson! That is the only reason to watch the Eagles!

mcnabb is the fucking worst, ugh

jesus philly

Kyle Orton Pick-Six, Jesus Christ, the Denver Broncos...

cosign re: THIS DAY. rip wes welker

Green Bay seems to be preparing for next week by trying to murder everyone on the Arizona Cardinals.

lol @ announcers of skins-chargers:

why isn't zorn going for it on 4th down? if it's my last game i'm going for it on every 4th down!
like playing a video game!?

I think if you are that lame of a duck, the Lane Kiffin "Fuck it let's go for a 70 yd FG" approach to football is the most fun thing to do.

lol jamarcus

Holy crap Broncos might be back in their game too!

The Steelers were in a much better position for the playoffs like five minutes ago.

Chris Johnson just got to 2000 yds and a whole lot more on a TD, but it got called back for holding. That sucks.

Ok, he got it back. But if he had gotten credit for the long TD he would have been like 50 yds away from getting to Eric Dickerson.

JaMarcus fumble.

jamarcus jamarcus jarmcus

seriously jamarcus

Welp there go the Broncos.

when Jamarcus fumbled they flashed to some Raiders fan in the crowd clearly yelling, "You fucking suck!" lol

REDSKINS. 4th and 1 near the goal line. "looks like they're going with the regular season game plan here"
/ call time out
// false start on offense

ochocinco better do something craaaaaaaazy to redeem this week in nfl

bengals better win

hopefully romo will die in his sleep or something

you know what, though, guys? next week: PLAYOFFS! :D

O i <3 playoffs!

RAIDERS STILL ALIVE

playoffs!

Russell is one of the most awkward least athletic looking quarterback i've seen... but he can really put some heat on that ball.

Welker completely tore his ACL and MCL

o raiders

Man, the McGahee + Ray Rice combination is back to looking completely terrifying.

Welker completely tore his ACL and MCL

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jesus

wow jamaal charles

looool at the broncos, rofl rofl rofl

Jamaal Charles just made sure the Denver Broncos didn't have to worry about going to practice tomorrow.

whoa, the welker play was just a weird cut

rip welker & eagles season :'(

welker :(

pats r fucked 8 ways from sunday

That sux about Welker. From the looks of it initially his MCL had no chance, but I was kind of futilely hoping the cruciates would stay intact.

kev i think the eagles will beat the cowboys next week u heard it here first!

cad that guy who filled in for welker today looked pretty good at least!

;_; welkah. i figured, esp when they kept brady in there with mini-welker as the replacement. man every time i think the football gods are done with NE

billy volek!

Chargers B team > Warshington's A team

BILLY VOLEK CANNOT BE CONTAINED

The Broncos started at 6-0...LOL. I think the gloss has worn off of the boy genius coach.

JaBustus Russell is pathetic. The guy might as well have been waving the freaking ball over his head on that last fumble.

If you needed a backup to win a playoff game, I'd think Volek would be about choice #1.

i am feelin the chargers to go to the sb even though i still want the colts to

super chargers are up by 3. 35 seconds left here.
let's run a gadget play!

horseshoe going out on a limb! re:eagles

time to bet some wings!

i have many thoughts

lol and wings

OK wait, though, Eagles can def beat Cowboys next week, as long as it is not the Eagles team that played in this game, and so if Packers beat Cards again, I get my dream scenario for Packers-Vikings III: Final Blood! I AM EXCITED.

wow broncs going out lame

okay i did not realize what the score of the kc-denver game was

Ugh, the Denver Broncos, Dick Enberg cannot even find the words to tell you how badly you suck.

Yeah, Denver did not just lose this game, they gave up 44 points to the Kansas City Chiefs.

holy sh!t kc put up 44 points on them!? go cassel

chiefs considering Romeo as their D-coordinator for next year! dude needs to be back in the NFL

Looking at the remaining AFC scenarios, I am strongly in favor of the Jets losing tonight.

u r MR Scenario!

This is true, I enjoy Possibilities~

chiefs considering Romeo as their D-coordinator for next year! dude needs to be back in the NFL

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yes i am in favor of more cuet

u snowed in horseshoe? it just keeps coming in clevo

i have not dared to set foot outside tbh

it is beautiful to behold

2008 Bears 9-7 out of the playoffs
2009 Bears 7-9 out of the playoffs

2008 Broncos 8-8 out of the playoffs
2009 Broncos 8-8 out of the playoffs

I guess you can say the whole Cutler trade didn't really make much difference either way. That being said, the Bears losing Urlacher in the 1st game and having no running attack all year, they did about as well as expected. Cutler could have made a couple of less mistakes against Atlanta and the Niners or caught a break against Philly, they might have won a couple more games. That being said, Cutler got pounded in quite a few games, as the Bear offensive line was pretty bad all around. The passing attack was really the only reliable offensive weapon the Bears had. The Bear defense also had problems at times on 3rd down getting clubs off the field and they didn't generate the turnovers which have been a big part of their game.

so bitter cold

i went out east (eastern clevo county) on new years day and it was like a postcard

The Browns offensive box scores look like a high school team. I got to hand it to Cleveland, they just realized the best way to limit mistakes was just by not passing the ball. They have won like 3 games by only passing the ball a dozen times and just running the rock every play (like many high school teams).

jamal lewis getting hurt really lit a fire under the running game - sad but true

Bears are in better shape than the Broncos, to be honest. They'll get some guys back, but at least they all like each other. The Broncos are a mess.

rex ryan's teeth are perfect

xpost lewis simply could not cut back when the hole closed - rumors were swirling that mangini wanted to cut him in preseason

rex ryan's teeth are perfect

Holy shit, I just picked up my laptop to come here to post this!

Mangini was probably right. Lewis looked slow as molasses in his last year in B-more.

Rex Ryan's mom - total blitz defense.

why do cris and bob look like old tyme cabbies

haha

yeah that was weird. i was like what...kind of pressure do you mean, rex?

xpost i was going to say street urchins but they look a little too fancy for that

they look like they are about to board the titanic

They got Pat Summerall's cold weather announcing clothes when he retired.

Newsies!

"Dad would always see the good things in a situation. Mom would always say 'more pressure'."

I think our synopsis of the Ryan household from earlier this year might have been a bit backwards.

Buddy Ryan would always see the good things? Whaaa

tmi from the ryan family

it was like cris was his therapist all of a sudden

xposts

"After a game, when I would see Mom call, I would always know what she was going to say. You got to blitz more."

it really seemed like he was choosing his words carefully, like he was speaking in code about some non-football domestic situation /nosy

I think this might be the theme for the playoff week 1 thread, if the Jets win.

"Mom would always say 'more pressure'."

See what happens next at godaddy.com

keith olbermann finally said enough annoying bullshit in his highlights that dan patrick could only stare blankly at him

LOL at John Harbaugh's post-game press conference. I think regardless of what happens there should be a Harbaugh-Belichick joint press conference after next week's game.

They should have a summit also including Ray Ray and Randy.

chad ochocinco is an angel from heaven and costas is smitten

"I got a parking ticket."

this interview is like a date

that was like a colbert-colbert interview

OH GOD NO CHAD OCHOCINCO CANNOT BE HURT

NO HE IS FAKING HE HAS TO BE FAKING

if revis shuts him down he's going to change his name back to chad johnson

belichick presser: "I have no update." "I have no update." "I have no update." "Just trying to win a football game."

maybe it is a fake-out? i hope?

*Hyperventilating*

i saw that belichick press conference and my love for him is not abating one bit

as a broncos fan, watching d-bag extraordinaire mcd gack it was a pleasure. what awful football on both sides except for charles.

is mcdaniels a dbag? explain! also, what's going on with the broncos?

Try to understand this one.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Brandon-Marshall-benched-because-he-won-t-play-?urn=nfl,211405

seriously, cincinatti?

went from a near 3 and out to 0-7 reaally quick

hoo boy

is cincy's d any good? like if this game mattered i mean..feel like losin mauluga is bad news

OH MY GOD PEPSI THROWBACK IS BACK

USA! USA! USA!

so ciny has their choice do they want to play jets or texans - waht do they do

Hahaha, "THE Oregon State". Chad Ochocinco you are the bessssstttt even if you didn't get to that one.

i liked the right guard who said his intro as slowly as possible

i liked how 1 of their lineman tried to say "arkansas razorbacks" in as drawn out a fashion as possible. i like these cinncinati bengals, and have not seen them on tv in 5 yrs or so?

lol xp

i fuckin hate when dudes do that with their intros!!!! bobbie.... williams.... arkansas... *labored breathing* .... razor... backs....

You never like to see a team's season recap set to a Coldplay song.

lol @ why can't we be friends

this game blows, furthermore

it will be good if the jets win

sanchez

+

the playoffs

=

http://plorf.com/dramatic-cupcake-dog1.gif

(where cupcakes = interceptions)

http://i49.tinypic.com/o6mdmr.jpg

awwww forgot abt cupcake dog!!

my understanding is that revis islands lack of mcdonalds is really hurting its tourist economy

this game is dumb get me off revis island ffs

someone needs to strike fireman ed dead imo

ochocinco trash talk beforehand was one million times more interesting than this game

I don't really think you can give credit to Revis for shutting down Colston, Henderson, and Meachem all in the same game.

The only thing that would make this game watchable right now is Mike Tirico and his disgust with poorly playing teams. Al Michaels is trying to be sort of diplomatic about the Bengals playing so crappy, but no, I want to hear Mike Tirico get into a two-hour long argument with himself about whether to just get out of the booth and get away from the horrible Cincinnati Bengals.

a friend of mine was actually at the cowboy terrordome today & commented that it was very well designed and the best stadium experience and blablabla. so it's confirmed that we speak completely different languages, because i don't care how big the video board is or how many cage dancers they have, it's horrible! because it's dallas and i hate them and want them to fail.

ugh @ this game. might be time to put on a movie.

what the hell happened to carson palmer

uh yep

al michaels i do not want to think abt if rex is wearing thermals

Aaaaaaggghhh this game sucks, I kind of even like the 2009 Jets, too! I just wanted them to lose because I like Houston more, but that's not gonna happen. Instead this boring game has to happen next week.

Goddammit, now Al Michaels is making terrible puns. SMH

the texans are v. likeable its true however will never make the playoffs

that boos/booze pun was solid!

Yeah, they are going to be the sleeper pick to emerge for the sixth consecutive year and then go 8-8.

OK wtf the preview for the late local news said "Jim Zorn might be out of a job, a live report after the game". MIGHT BE? It's OK, guys, everybody knows already.

I mean maybe if Zorn can somehow confuse Daniel Snyder by waving a bright shiny object around, but let's not kid ourselves, Zorn would probably be just as captivated.

and ehhh i kinda feel like fuck the texans because they lost three straight division games in november/december and imo that does not a playoff team make

that tailgating history shit is just anti-humor

Yeah, but we have to watch this game again instead. This game has already proven to be v boring. Unless the Bengals are tanking it so hard.

Oh God it's time for the weekly halftime SHUT THE FUCK UP BOB COSTAS

we have to watch ALL of these games again. all of them! i mean what is this!

boy that green bay - arizona game was so amazing, please let me watch that again next week NFL!

they should disregard conferences and have a lottery imo

Yeah, this whole "Week 1 of the playoffs could have multiple rematches from Week 17!" idea really did not take into account that none of those games in Week 17 were actually any fun to watch.

Howie Long is absolutely calling that guy a tool for owning a Ford.

we have to watch ALL of these games again. all of them! i mean what is this!

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yeah this is crazy btw

xxp will be different next week; sadly nfl week 17 is fatally, cruelly flawed

eagles/cowboys is barely tolerable 2 times in a season

^^this is by far the worst one - pretty much hate the nfc east in general

why did sanchez just hurl a ball at edward's ass.

CHAD OCHOCINCO NOOOOOO

Revis Island is apparently very slippery, in addition to not having a McDonald's.

can't believe the 2009 regular season is goin' out like this

Collinsworth just made me lol about the "might not want to change his name back to Johnson... I don't know"

ugh god of course phil/dal is the sat primetime game

JT O'Sullivan you are disgracing that mustache and the UC Davis Aggies.

"So, Matt Schaub, how does it feel to watch the Bengals not even try in this game?"

"Denver became the third team to start a season 6-0 and miss the playoffs. The Vikings in 2003 and the Redskins in 1978 are the other two teams."

loool

Ugh, this game.

WEEK 17: THE FUCKING COACHES THREW ALL THESE GAMES

when are the packers going to play the vikings already

Jan 24.

we have to watch ALL of these games again. all of them! i mean what is this!

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boy that green bay - arizona game was so amazing, please let me watch that again next week NFL!

― everyone kills people (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Sunday, January 3, 2010 10:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

eagles/cowboys is barely tolerable 2 times in a season

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^^this is by far the worst one - pretty much hate the nfc east in general

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whole lotta otm

tho tbh i am probably looking forward to gb-zona the most

so peter king posted the all-pro team that he sent to the AP today and i gotta say that him picking vincent jackson over andre johnson— and saying that he's more consistent!— is one of the most asinine things i've seen written about the nfl this year

and i really <3 peter king! (at least his reporting, but it usually informs his opinions pretty well)

peter king and i have been on a streak recently where i disagree with him vehemently on just about everything. it's weird.

sorry to hear you guys are having trouble

thanks for the support max, i'm sure we'll get through it :)

so peter king posted the all-pro team that he sent to the AP today and i gotta say that him picking vincent jackson over andre johnson— and saying that he's more consistent!— is one of the most asinine things i've seen written about the nfl this year

Speaking as a Chargers fan, I totally agree. Andre Johnson > Vincent Jackson.

But I would rather have Jackson on my team (or Randy Moss, or Reggie Wayne, or...) than Wes Welker! Welker feasts on the space Moss creates. Andre Johnson is more than capable of doing the over the middle short passing game stuff that Welker handles. Not that I don't like Welker, of course.

rip wes welker

"he feasted on space"

that's deep

I don't think writers should be allowed to have ties on an all-pro team.

lol @ shep on fox just now, irate about the JETS ending up in the playoffs because indy and cincy didn't bother to show up

cavuto on fox wants to know why jim zorn lost his job b/c of screwing up, but janet napolitano keeps hers?

i have to say, i never thought of the redskins situation that way

heckuva job, zornie

cavuto inadvertently negating his own argument by saying a few minutes later that it wasn't zorn's fault the redskins were 4-12?

"Who's been wrong more than Charley Casserly since he left the Redskins? His percentage is like a meteorologist," Belichick said.

"He has no relationship to this team. I'd say less than zero. Based on what? He's never at a practice, never at a game," Belichick said before getting into a discussion of sports media practices in general.

"At least he put his name on it which is more than a lot of guys. But, like he usually is, he was 100 percent wrong."

haha wow

i had no idea the colts chased so many individual streaks against the bills

RT @ShaunPhillips95 How do U guys feel about Mike Tiricos stupid ass hat on MNF. He should put a beanie on, because that hat is hella wack.

Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles quietly passed on a chance for a huge NFL record Sunday. After piling up 259 rushing yards, a Chiefs franchise record, Charles could have threatened Adrian Peterson's NFL record of 296.

Instead, he asked his coach Todd Haley to take him out and put backup rookie Javarris Williams.

"I didn't want to do it like that," said Charles, of trying to set the record late in a blowout win. "I'll get it some other time."

haha

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9-7 on the week, 167-88 on the season

"Mom would always say 'more pressure'." WILD CARD WEEKEND!

This was my vote for the thread title this week.

9-7 finish, 174-82 total. Pick'em threepeat®!

Congrats! I won three individual weeks this year, but still came in fourth place.

Only won one individual week, #13. I was hoping for not winning any individual weeks but still winning the season in the tortoise/hare stylee.