Thoughts From NFL Week 16: Chicago Bears and beyond
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Dec 27, 2011 1:00 PM CST
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Sixteen weeks up, and sixteen weeks down in the NFL, and there are still three division champs yet to be determined. The Giants and Cowboys will actually play on Sunday Night Football to determine who becomes the NFC East Champ and who snags the final NFC playoff birth. The AFC has the final wildcard spot still in play for a few teams, and the West and North titles are up in the air as well. The Broncos and Bengals hold destiny in their own hands, if they win their respective games they're in. I do have some additional Thoughts on the weekend games, so jump like Cincinnati's Jerome Simpson. And if you didn't see his TD you need to.
1) To all those that are grumbling about the Saints running up the score on the Falcons so that Drew Brees could get the passing record I say, who cares. If the Falcons have a problem with getting scored on, they should play better defense.
2) I wonder if the 49ers are distraught they finally gave up a rushing TD this season? That would have been a cool record had they went all 16 games without allowing one.
3) The injury to Adrian Peterson is exactly why teams are hesitant to dole out huge money to running backs. In this day and age, many teams view a good running back as a dime a dozen.
4) OK, be honest, raise your hand if you thought Reggie Bush would be a 1,000 yard rusher in the NFL.
5) Sticking with the Dolphins for one more (pun intended), is Matt Moore their long term answer at QB? In 12 games he has 15 TD to 7 INT and a QB rating just shy of 90.
6) Various reports have Jon Gruden returning to coaching next year, with the hottest rumor placing him in St. Louis. If your favorite team had a head coach vacancy, would Gruden be a guy you'd like to see hired?
7) When will Rex Ryan just shut his mouth and coach the Jets? Trash talking from the players is one thing, but from the coaches it comes off as classless. I can't believe I'm going to type this next sentence but... It was good to see the Giants win this weekend.
8) I wonder how the crow is tasting for all those that doubted Cam Newton? The Panther QB has thrown for more yards than any rookie ever.
9) Kyle Orton may be playing his way to another starting gig next year, 599 yards in two games with an offense he's still learning.
10) I'll say this about Chicago's Josh McCown... He played better then Caleb Hanie. I'm not about to get overly excited for 1 game, but that TD Dunk was splendid.
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THIS GUY...
… would not want Jon Gruden.
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by Steven Schweickert on Dec 27, 2011 1:06 PM CST reply actions
Comments on your bullets
1. Agree.
2. I was hoping they could pull it off, still a great feat this deep into the season,
3. It’s bad enough to injure either ligament, but both? Wow, I feel for the guy, but as you say, any RB is a knee injury away from retirement, potentially,
4. Never would have thought he would do it with that team.
5. Hard to say, might as well stick with him at this point.
6. Sure, why not? I’ve been tired of Lovie for a few years now. Time to move on.
7. Been tired of Ryan for a while now, too. It’s not working anymore. Silencio!
8. After game one of the season, I was on his bandwagon. The kid is the real deal.
9. Good for Orton. He’s not going to lead a team to the SB, but there are a lot worse QB’s to have. Wish KC would have passed on him, Bears would have been so better off with him than Hanie and the rest of the benchwarmers.
10. YOU could play better than Hanie! LOL
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10.
Apparently my grandmother could play better than Hanie..he needs to stop wearing those gorilla glue gloves when holding the football(and give them to Roy Williams while he’s at it)
No Teblow talk?
Oh yeah…we hold ourselves to a higher standard than espn
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Tebow did nothing to warrant his inclusion in my thoughts this week
But if they find a way into the playoffs I’d expect a mention next week!
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by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Dec 27, 2011 2:08 PM CST up reply actions
Oh Great ... let the Gruden vs. Cowher meatball discussion begin
Fire Lovie! Hire Gruden!
Lovie Sucks! Hire Cowher!
Fire Everyone! Hire Someone!
Photo note: So that’s what an offensive line looks like … interesting. Very interesting.
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Photo note: So that’s what an offensive line looks like … interesting. Very interesting.
I do think that if we can get Carimi and C. Williams back 100% and bring in someone to lock down the left side, our O-line will be okay next year, though.
ahhh
Because the guy they picked up as a preseason camp body is playing better than Olin did.
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Fire Angelo
I may be off here, but I think that most of the “fire someone” is aimed at Angelo. Some people like Lovie, some don’t. But I think the consensus is that he is not THE problem. The biggest problem is Angelo. He has had too many blinding failures in the draft and free agency. A non-Bears fan asked me if I thought the price he paid for Cutler was too high. My answer was “No! Those picks were worthless!” because I knew Angelo would not have been able to draft starters with them, let alone a star QB. Fix the Angelo problem, and then figure out if the coaches are keepers.
Personally, I'd take it a step further up the chain and fire Ted Phillips, then Angelo.
Then I’d bring in a real football guy to head up the team and let him pick his own HC. If he felt Lovie was that guy, fine, but if he took the Ricketts/Cubs route and cleaned house and started a whole new culture around winning consistantly, even better.
1) Brees wasn’t cruising over them. One thing is to run up the score against an helpless team (except the Colts because, well, they were doing that to themselves to begin with), other is to play a tough game. He had around 200yd on the first half, yet he only got the record yards in the final drive. It’s not like he got the record on the third and then spent the fourth quarter throwing 70 yard bombs just to boost his stats.
2) It would be a cool record to have, but their true challenge will start in three weeks time.
3) We thought we were unlucky with Forte, at least his injury was minor. AP could have his ended his relevant career on that play . I’m liking the “two running backs splitting plays” idea more and more.
4) In THE DOLPHINS.
5) Maybe he is, maybe he isn’t. They need to strengthen the team around him.
6) No.
7) I think he’s trying everything to fire up his players. Like a certain fist-pumping d-bag.
8) I had no doubts about his abilities two games into the season. I do agree, however, that Dalton also deserves a look at best offensive rookie of the year.
9) He’s a solid guy. I wonder if Cassel will stick around, or move to the Rams.
10) Well, he played like he has no future in the NFL, fearless scrambles and recovering fumbles. I still think that repeating the performance will land him a backup spot somewhere in the league, possibly here.
McCown
Would love to see the guy that was a high school coach at the beginning of the season have another good game against the vikings (non-capitalization intended). If he could go out there and throw for 220, maybe go 20 for 30 with 1 or 2 TD’s and win, I think we got ourselves a new backup QB for next year.
Brees wasn't even as good this year as Marino was in 84
Marino did it with less passes (Brees had about 20 more pass attempts than Marino before the game even started yesterday) in an era where you could actually play defense.
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More like an era where the even allowed teams to PLAY defense
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by Erik Christopher Duerrwaechter on Dec 27, 2011 8:57 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Any team should love to have Gruden
He took the Bucs to a Super Bowl… That alone should warrant him another coaching job…
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Reggie Bush's achievement is not all that special, this isn't the 20's where it was a rarity due to a twelve game schedule. It was more surprising that he actually had 200 yards rushing in one game.
The 49ers have to be angry because they lost that mark with Willis on the bench.
1, 3 and 7.....Amen!
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by Timothy Hockemeyer on Dec 28, 2011 6:55 AM CST reply actions
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