NFL Week 8 Thoughts & Halloween Costume Ideas

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Oct 31, 2011 2:13 PM CDT in Notes

It's always an interesting Sunday of football when the Bears have their bye week. At noon I was blessed to have the Giants and Dolphins on my CBS feed, and there was no FOX game available. What to watch... The afternoon games available in my area featured the riveting Detroit at Denver contest and the Patriots in Pittsburgh. At least one was a decent game. I'll admit I was hoping Tebowmania would run wild on the Lions, but the Chris Harris effect was to strong to overcome. On to my thoughts...

1) Is Seahawks head coach Pete Carrol going through manopause? He blamed hormones on his play calling.

2) I'm stealing this one from sports radio this morning; How bad is Tim Tebow if he couldn't carve up the Lions secondary?

3) Did you see the Lions Stephen Tulloch sack Tebow then drop down and "Tebow" him? Hilarious!

4) Adrian Peterson is the funnest back to watch in the NFL.

5) And Chris Johnson is the most disappointing back in the NFL. Holdout backs that end up getting paid rarely have good seasons.

6) I thought Cam Newton wouldn't be able to play this way in the NFL? Yet another example of scouts over analyzing.

I'm having an abbreviated version of Thoughts this week, as I'm in the holiday spirit and want to help some of you out that are still searching for that perfect costume.

Last minute NFL Halloween Costume Ideas:
For a little fun, see if you can guess each costume...

Wear a San Francisco 49ers fleece pullover and hat, then every time you shake someones hand do it forcefully, and add an overexuberent back-slap.
Get a mountain man beard, print up a Harvard diploma, and place a very thick wallet in your pocket.
Put on a Department Of Corrections jumpsuit.
Put on a suit, a large Super Bowl ring, sit behind an ESPN desk, and take shots at Jay Cutler every chance you get.
A white wig, glasses, a faulty Motorola headset, a mad scientist lab coat, and a 500 page playbook.
Glasses, a mustache, a Dolphins windbreaker, and a pink slip.

OK. It's your turn, give us some of your NFL thoughts or your NFL inspired Halloween costumes.

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My thoughts...

If you take those ladies from above and place them into a room with a stage, a crappy DJ and low lighting they’d be strippers. But I do love Halloween.

Will Tebowing take the place of planking???

Someone once called Mr. T, Mr. Coffee...his body was found in a dumpster shortly after.

by Ditkavsworld on Oct 31, 2011 2:31 PM CDT reply actions

that must be a boring strip club

by TR MacReady on Oct 31, 2011 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions

I dunno I've never been bored at a strip club.

Someone once called Mr. T, Mr. Coffee...his body was found in a dumpster shortly after.

by Ditkavsworld on Oct 31, 2011 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah needs more C section scars

by No It All on Oct 31, 2011 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions

3) The funniest event of the weekend. Also a strong runner up from that game was Suh’s post game quote of “In the battle of Good vs Evil, Evil won.” I’ll be damned if I don’t like/fear that guy.

4) Whenever he gets the ball, the group I watch the game with starts humming the Super Mario invincibility theme. A lot of times it gets turned off quick, but when he starts rolling, it’s always fun.

6) I admit, I was wrong about Newton. Especially since I had mentally grouped him with JaMarcus Russell, but he’s doing well, and he’s got some awesome targets out there too. I wish him the best.

When you go to somebody's house, you don't crap on their floor. Being a fan of one team does NOT give you license to be a dick to fans of another.

Corollary: When people are visiting your house and behaving themselves, them being a fan of a different team is NOT a reason for you to piss in their beer.

Come add to my future suffering at http://www.skullsfortots.com

by Robert Rence on Oct 31, 2011 2:41 PM CDT reply actions

I missed the Suh quote!

When Mike Ditka calculates pi it's decimal representation ends.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Oct 31, 2011 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I caught it listening to ESPN Radio last night. Can't find a source.

I’ll let you know if I can.

When you go to somebody's house, you don't crap on their floor. Being a fan of one team does NOT give you license to be a dick to fans of another.

Corollary: When people are visiting your house and behaving themselves, them being a fan of a different team is NOT a reason for you to piss in their beer.

Come add to my future suffering at http://www.skullsfortots.com

by Robert Rence on Oct 31, 2011 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Here we go:

Okay, backstory:

NFL had been hyping up the Broncos Lions game on their site as “Good vs Evil” which you can find many whiny articles by the Detroit press on. In the post-game when he was asked about it he said:

“Evil prevails. And we’re going to continue to keep it that way, if that’s what they want to perceive us as.”

http://www.detnews.com/article/20111031/OPINION03/110310348/1004/

When you go to somebody's house, you don't crap on their floor. Being a fan of one team does NOT give you license to be a dick to fans of another.

Corollary: When people are visiting your house and behaving themselves, them being a fan of a different team is NOT a reason for you to piss in their beer.

Come add to my future suffering at http://www.skullsfortots.com

by Robert Rence on Oct 31, 2011 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Hitman

the Chris Harris effect was to strong to overcome.

Did he play or even suit up?

by boondock_saint812 on Oct 31, 2011 3:23 PM CDT reply actions

I don't think he played a snap

When Mike Ditka calculates pi it's decimal representation ends.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Oct 31, 2011 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Very nice:

1. I believe it’s called Manstration

2. He looked pretty awful! Maybe he should’ve spent the offseason working on his fundamentals and footwork as opposed to writing an autobiography at the age of 24. But having said that I don’t think he should be pulled (even though I don’t like the guy) after 1 bad game. The season has gone down the tank anyway so they might as well stick with him because if he keeps stinking it up the Broncos will be that much closer to Andrew Luck.

3. Funny indeed!

4. He is BUT Matt Forte is funner! Yes this is the homer in me talking!

5. Agreed

6. Very much agreed! He actually spent the offseason working on his game and it shows.

by frenchbears113 on Oct 31, 2011 4:29 PM CDT reply actions

I'm dressing up like da Coach for the night!

Happy Halloween everybody!!!

Jay Cutler is our QB, and I for one am proud of that

by Erik Christopher Duerrwaechter on Oct 31, 2011 6:28 PM CDT reply actions

In regards to (2)

Tebow was definitely bad, but I don’t remember Cutler ‘carving up the Lions secondary’ three weeks ago. Perhaps you should expand the parameters of your question.

No slogans. Just win!!!

by drgarnett on Oct 31, 2011 9:15 PM CDT reply actions

He had a heck of a game passing,

he was just running for his life because Martz was an idiot and failed to adjust all the 7 step drops against the Lions Wide 9 defense.

He had a 73.7% passing (best of the year) and a 99.6 rating that game. The last time he carved up a secondary with a better percentage was last December against the Lions when he completed 80.8% of his passes. So I guess there’s no need to adjust any parameters to the joke that I heard yesterday morning.

When Mike Ditka calculates pi it's decimal representation ends.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Nov 1, 2011 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions