NY Jets vs New England Patriots

Armageddon is upon, please go repent. The game can’t possibly live up to all the hype leading up to the game. It turns out Antonio Cromartie hates Tom Brady and thinks he’s an ass. It’s personal for Rex Ryan and it’s horrible I can’t shake the thought of foot of fetish when I hear it’s personal.

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Point spread: Patriots -9

The Jets were 6 – 2 on the road this season, which is good, but the Patriots were 8 – 0 this season at home. Weather should play too much into the game, it’s going to be cold, but that’s about it.

This game is going to come down to 2 simple things for the Jets.

1. Can the Revis and Cromartie defend Wes Welker and Patriots’ passing attack? This is why the Jets traded for Cromartie and signed Revis to the big contract, so they will get a chance to prove their worth.

2. Can Greene and Tomlinson run the ball effectively to keep Brady off the field? Tomlinson has faded or disappeared in the playoffs for what seems like forever. You have to think this is his last real chance to the shake the label.

I don’t like anything Boston, but the Jets have no shot at winning this game. Bill Belichick had the bye week to prepare and he’s the best game planner in the NFL. Tom Brady is the best QB of his generation, he’s clutch and a winner. As much as I’d like to the see the Jets move on, I don’t see it happening.

Taking the Patriots -9, hoping for an upset.

Apparently Vick is interested in having a dog again, but as part of his probation he’s not allowed to own or have one. Hypothetically, if Vick could own a dog, what breed do you think he should get? I’m thinking Pitbull  is out of the question and I would probably stay away from Rottweiler and Doberman too. I’d suggest a Pug, because it’s chick magnet, but not sure if Vick’s posse would be down with that.

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With 3 weeks to go there isn’t a whole lot of drama or question about which teams are going to make the playoffs. The only exception would be which dog is going to win the NFC West and do you really care? Below are some predictions on how it will all finish.

NFC East

Champs: Eagles 12-4

I hate to say it, but the Philadelphia Eagles will probably win out and finish the season 12-4. I’m not a Michael Vick fan, but he’s probably going to be the MVP this year and he’s put the Eagles in serious contention to make a run to the Super Bowl.

NFC North

Champs: Bears 10-6

All the preseason hype was the Packers and Brett Favre, but a solid defense has put them a top their division. With Aaron Rodgers being questionable at best, its their division to lose.

NFC South

Champs: Falcons 14-2

Looking like a home field advantage and a bye. Combine that with Matt Ryan, Roddy White,  Michael Turner and an outside chance they may face Vick in the playoffs, good times.

NFC West

Chumps: Rams 8-8

Early exit, but after so many miserable seasons, getting in must feel nice.

Wild Card

Saints 12-4

Quietly, last year champs have won 6 in a row, but the final 3 games will tell if they are a contender or an early exit.

Giants 11-5

There going to get in, but playing Rams on the road vs. the Bears will be the big story.

Once the Wild Card round is over, the potential for some great match ups exist. Still 3 weeks to go, but already looking forward to playoff time.

Right now the Bucs are on the outside looking in for a playoff spot and would need the NY Giants or the Philadelphia Eagles to falter down the stretch for a chance to sneak in. The Bucs would probably need to win their final 3 games, which includes:

Week 15 Detroit Lions

Week 16 Seattle Seahawks

Week 16 @ New Orleans Saints

Not an impossible task, but much harder to do with all the injuries the Bucs have suffered.

It’s looking like the Bucs will finish 9-7 and just miss out going to the post season. If they don’t make the playoffs, I won’t be disappointed, because that’s 6 more wins than last year’s 3 -13 team and the Bucs have some very promising young talent on the team, so things are looking up. Looking forward to watching it all play out.

Go Bucs!

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Old Timer – Throwback Lambert Jersey

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Him – Troy Polamalu Jersey

Michael Boley may have ended Tony Romo’s regular season campaign and any playoff hopes the the Cowboys may have had when he came on a blitz and broke Romo’s collarbone. To add insult to injury it was during Monday Night Football, at home and against division rival NY Giants. Boley said, “When he hit the ground, I heard he let out a little scream”. I think that little scream may have been Jerry Jones or Wade Phillips or maybe all three of them together. Jerry Jones may have screamed, because he knows the season is all but over. Wade Phillips may have screamed, because his job hangs in the success of the this season. Tony Romo may have screamed, because I’m guessing getting your collarbone broke probably hurts, especially when it’s done by a 6’3″ 223 pound man that’s running full speed and drives you into an artificial surface.

How bout them Cowboys? Well they are 1-5. Their coach has one foot out the door and the other on a banana peel. The starting quarterback is Jon Kitna, who by the way is 38 years old, hasn’t played since 2008 and I don’t think carrying the clipboard has been enough of a cardio workout, because he’s almost  heavier than Michael Boley. Things aren’t looking too good.

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Up north in the land of thousand lakes, an old man named Brett Favre has stress fractures in his left ankle. What did everyone expect from a 41 year old man? He may dodge the Jenn Sterger bullet, but he can’t escape Father Time. Honestly, this may be a blessing in disguise for the Vikings. Favre has been terrible this season. His 68.0 passer rating is 30th in the NFL, he has 10 interceptions and only 7 touchdowns and his 58.1% completion rate is 25th. Starting Tarvaris Jackson is probably an upgrade at this point, but putting the load on Adrian Peterson will make the Vikings a better team.

Talk about drama with the clock winding down in the 4th quarter Josh Freeman found Cadillac Williams with 10 seconds left in the game to win it. Freeman has had some clutch plays this season, he’s not burning up the stat sheet, but he’s finding ways to win games and he’s not turning the ball over.

The Bucs are still getting eaten up on the ground, but the Bucs did make some adjustments, because Stephen Jackson got out to quick start, but the Bucs slowed him down the 2nd half. Jackson finished with 110 yards and averaged 5.0 per carry. The Rams as a team finished with 161 yards, which is right in line with the 157 yards per game the Bucs typically give up on the ground.

Cadillac Williams had the winning catch, but he was completely ineffective running the ball. 12 yards on 4 carries just isn’t going to get it done. The good news is LeGarrette Blount stepped up this weekend and finished with 72 yards and averaged an impressive 6.5 yards per carry. He would have have had an even bigger day if a 46 yard run hadn’t been called back on a penalty. Mike Williams continues to impress as he caught 5 passes for 82 yards. Stylez White finally stopped the sack slump and got the Bucs only sack on the day and first sack since week 2.

The Bucs are 4-2, second in the NFC South and currently in the playoff race.

Go Bucs!

This a nice match up between two up and coming teams.

The Rams rely heavily on rookie QB Sam Bradford. Bradford is 3rd in pass attempts with 234, but his 56.8% completion rate is 28th and he’s tossed 7 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. He’s going against a Bucs’ secondary that been giving up the long ball since the suspension of Tanard Jackson, but they are 2nd in the league with 10 interceptions. Rookie Cody Grimm and Sabby Piscitelli have made some timely plays filling in at the safety positions, but they have also had some lapses in coverage.

The match up of the Bucs secondary vs. Bradford isn’t the biggest concern heading into the game, it’s the fact that the Bucs don’t have a pass rush and are last in sacks with a grand total of 4 on the season. Troy Crowder leads the team with 2 sacks, Stylez White has 1, Quincy Black has the other and rookies Brian Price and Gerald McCoy have combined for 0. It one thing to have only 4 sacks on the season, but it’s another thing when there is absolutely no pressure being put on opposing quarterbacks and they have all day to pick a part your secondary. The Bucs defensive line gets manhandled every weekend, they just aren’t a physical group of guys and when you use the teams 1st and 2nd overal picks to shore up that need and your worse off than the previous year it’s very concerning.

The Bucs rush defensive is 31st in the NFL and they allow 157 yards a game. If I’m an opposing running back, I have to be licking my chops knowing that I have a chance to gain 200 yards when I play the Bucs. It’s like turning loose a group of fat people on Las Vegas buffet, the damage they can inflict on that food is serious. The Bucs allow 5.3 yards per carry, it’s dead last in the NFL. This week’s fat person is Rams’ running back Stephen Jackson. He averages 4.0 per carry and he’s a work horse. I’m guessing he didn’t sleep last night due to the sheer excitement of getting to running against the Bucs’ defensive line.

The Bucs’ running game looked to be a bright spot coming into the season. Cadillac and the offensive line looked healthy and would hopefully take some of the pressure off the Josh Freeman by grinding it out on the ground. The Bucs are 27th in rushing and only avarge 91.2 yards on the ground. Cadillac Williams is averaging 2.5 yards per carry and that’s not a typo, his tank seems to be on empty. Josh Freeman has realistic chance to take over and be the Bucs’ leading rusher, if he gets loose and has a few big runs today.

The lone bright spot for the Bucs today is the fact that the Rams are 20th against the pass and Josh Freeman, Mike Williams and Kellen Winslow may have a chance to put up some decent numbers today. The bad news is the Rams are 6th in sacks with 17 on the season and they could cause Freeman some problems.

The line is Bucs -3. It will come down to how well the Bucs’ defensive line does against the run and how much pressure they put on Bradford. I think Raheem Morris knows his job is at stake and he finds a way to get his defensive line to play better. Taking Bucs -3.

Go Bucs!

The NFL is 6 weeks old and some teams that were thought to be contenders are anything but that and other teams are worse than they probably should be. It’s only a matter of time before an NFL coach gets canned, but which one do you think it will be.

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Below are the usually suspects and odds on favorites to be out of a job sooner than later.

Wade Phillips – Dallas Cowboys

How bout them Cowboys? Well they are 1-4 and last in the NFC East. Owner Jerry Jones is on record saying there won’t be any mid-season firings, but their next opponent is divisional rival NY Giants and if they lose on Monday Night Football then Jerry Jones’ stance may change.

Brad Childress – Minnesota Vikings

Childress went all in and bet the farm that Brett Favre could lead to the Vikings to the promise land. Favre has some physical concerns with a sore elbow and his alleged sexting to Jenn Sterger could cause the Vikings to implode. The expectations for the Vikings are Super Bowl and their current 2-3 record wouldn’t even get them in the playoffs if the season ended today.

Mike Singletary – San Fransisco 49ers

The 49ers were a trendy pick to win a soft NFC West, but with a 1-5 record they are dead last. The next 3 games should be wins for the 49ers starting with the hapless Panthers, then the Broncos and finally the Rams. If Singletary can’t get the 49ers headed in the right direction over this stretch of games, it could be over for him and the 49ers.

John Fox – Carolina Panthers

The winless Panthers are 0-5 on the season and only a bye week saved them from going 0-6. They average 10.4 points per game and they are last in passing. Jimmy Clausen and Matt Moore have combined for 3 TD’s, 9 INT’s and a passer rating of 43.6. Not sure how John Fox is still around.

Eric Mangini – Cleveland Browns

The Browns are 1-5 and the Saints are up next on the schedule. If they get blown out by the Saints, Mike Holgrem may have no choice but to fire Mangini.

Marvin Lewis – Cincinnati Bengals

After last season’s run, the expectations were high for the Marvin Lewis and the Bengals. The Bengals have all the tools in Carson Palmer, Chad Ochocinco, Terrell Owens, Cedric Benson and a solid defense, but they are coming off back to back losses to the Buccaneers and Browns. The next 4 games are against the Falcons, Dolphins, Steelers and Colts, depending on how they do it could be make or break the Bengals’ season and Lewis too.

Norv Turner – San Diego Chargers

The AFC West isn’t a tough division and the Chargers are the cellar dwellers in it. Statistically, they are dominating. The Chargers are 1st in passing, 13th in rushing, 1st in pass defense and 6th in rush defense, but they have found ways to lose to the Chiefs, Seahawks, Raiders and Rams. It’s so bad that former great middle linebacker, Junior Seau drove off a cliff.