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Comments December 10, 2009
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1/3
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Colts
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12-0
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The Colts ended Tennessee’s recent magic en route to a little magic
of their own… Tying New England’s record of 21 straight regular season
wins.
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2/1
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Saints
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12-0
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For a team to go undefeated in the NFL, there’s a decent chance
they’ll need a little luck… In 2007, New England had a little luck
against Baltimore… In week 13, New Orleans had a little luck @ Washington.
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3/2
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Vikings
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10-2
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I thought Minnesota would use their trip to Arizona as a measuring stick
to see how they match up against the NFC’s Super Bowl representative
from a season ago. I expected their best game. Instead, they
brought their worst game… Meanwhile, Arizona used the game to prove
they are still Super Bowl worthy.
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4/4
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Chargers
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9-3
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LaDainian Tomlinson became the fastest to notch 150 touchdowns as the
Chargers took care of business rather unimpressively in Cleveland to stay
ahead of Denver in the AFC West.
Like we always say; a road win is a road win.
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5/5
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Broncos
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8-4
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Denver rolled the Chiefs in Kansas City.
Up next a trip to Indianapolis. Don’t be too surprised if they
end the Colts’ run at perfection.
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6/11
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Cardinals
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8-4
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Arizona truly reclaimed last season’s flare as they destroyed
the Vikings on Sunday night.
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7/6
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Bengals
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9-3
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After falling behind 7-0, Cincinnati cruised to win number nine
at home versus Detroit. Up next a trip to Minnesota…
And while not a popular notion,
it’s certainly not a huge stretch of the imagination to bill this as a
potential Super Bowl preview.
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8/13
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Packers
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8-4
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Green Bay won their 4th straight, taking down the Ravens on
Monday night. They appear to be morphing into the squad everyone thought they
were in preseason.
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9/14
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Giants
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7-5
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The Giants kept their season alive with a key victory
at home over Dallas, thanks in great part to Hixon’s
79 yard punt return score.
The Giants were our money line underdog of the week…
Not much of an underdog, but we’ll take it.
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10/7
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Cowboys
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8-4
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Dallas had an opportunity to bury the Giants.
But despite a monster game from Romo, they couldn’t get it done
as the running game and kicking game floundered.
Up next, San Diego then @ New Orleans… The Cowboys
need to win one of these two games.
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11/12
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Eagles
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8-4
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A weakened Eagles team went into Atlanta and destroyed a weakened
Falcons team… But qualifying for the postseason
may not be easy with games remaining @ Giants, versus Denver, and
@ Dallas.
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12/9
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Patriots
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7-5
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Bill Belichick’s decision to go on 4th down
cost the Patriots again– this time in Miami
with a 7 point lead when in reasonable field
goal range… In my book, the benefit of going for a 14 point lead as opposed to
settling for a 10 point lead *DOES NOT* outweigh the risk of getting stuffed
on 4th down,
and walking away still only up 7 points… You have to take the two score
lead in that situation.
Instead Belichick chased the extra 4 points at the
risk of losing 3 points. His team lost by just 1 point…
Belichick has had so much success going for it on 4th down
in the past that he appears to be disregarding the situations
his team is in when deciding whether or not to go on 4th down.
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13/10
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Ravens
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6-6
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Turnovers and penalties did the Ravens in @ Green Bay on Monday night.
At (6-6) the Ravens likely need to run the table to make the
playoffs. The big problem is they still must travel to Pittsburgh.
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14/16
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Dolphins
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6-6
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Just after we busted out the fork, the Dolphins sprung back to life
with a come from behind victory over New England to keep their playoff
hopes alive. Their week 17 game versus Pittsburgh may be
a playoff game yet.
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15/8
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Steelers
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6-6
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The Steelers were upset and embarrassed in a last second home loss
to the Raiders. Pittsburgh faces a stiff test next week
when they head to Cleveland… Okay, just trying to get a rise
out of everybody with that comment.
But seriously folks, in their last three games, the Steelers have losses
at K.C. and versus Oakland. I can’t imagine adding Cleveland to the
list. Can you?
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16/20
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Jaguars
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7-5
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The Jaguars scored a key win over Houston to improve to (7-5).
Jacksonville was our free pick of the week. These have been
too hot… Up next a critical game versus Miami.
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17/21
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Jets
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6-6
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The Jets got back to .500 as they ran all over the Bills while
playing solid defense at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
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18/15
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Falcons
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6-6
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Without Ryan and Turner, the Falcons were decimated
by Philadelphia. Even running the table may not get
Atlanta into the postseason.
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19/17
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Titans
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5-7
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Chris Johnson continued his torrid rushing streak, but Vince Young and the
rest of the Titans
could not continue theirs, falling at Indianapolis.
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20/18
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Texans
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5-7
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Suddenly Houston is two games below .500, having fallen @ Jacksonville.
The Jags were our free pick of the week. Although I swear
we didn’t know Schaub would get hurt on the first play of the game.
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21/22
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Panthers
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5-7
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Without Williams or the struggling Delhomme, Carolina took care of business
at home versus Tampa Bay, picking off Josh Freeman
5 times… With the Patriots, Vikings,
Giants, and Saints on deck, it would take a virtual miracle for the
Panthers to finish (9-7) and perhaps a greater miracle to make the
playoffs.
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22/27
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Raiders
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4-8
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Oakland upset the champs on the road behind the arm of
Gradkowski. If they only suited up a QB who wasn’t such a liability
from day 1… For example, Jeff Garcia– or even this
here Gradkowski.
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23/25
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Redskins
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3-9
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The Redskins nearly upset the Saints, falling in OT. This was Washington’s
third blown contest in a row. And they were mathematically eliminated
from Super Bowl contention… Shocking, I know…
At any rate, you know what they say…
Better to have led and lost, then not led at all.
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24/19
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49ers
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5-7
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San Francisco’s road woes continued and their playoff hopes were almost certainly
put to an end on the heels of their 3 point loss
at Seattle in week 13.
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25/23
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Bears
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5-7
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The Bears scored an unimpressive home win over St. Louis
in what’s become a total write-off season in Chicago.
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26/28
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Seahawks
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5-7
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Seattle scored a last second win over the 49ers to pull to
within two games of the .500 mark.
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27/26
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Bills
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4-8
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The Bills’ grand opening at their home away from home in Toronto
was marred by a loss to the Jets.
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28/24
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Chiefs
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3-9
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Cassel was yanked in a crushing loss at home to Denver as the Chiefs
fell six games below the .500 mark.
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29/29
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Buccaneers
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1-11
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Remember that “5 interception bug” that was going around a few weeks ago?
It’s back. And Josh Freeman was the latest victim as the ‘Bucs
fell in Carolina.
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30/30
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Rams
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1-11
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Steven Jackson had another good game. Unfortunately they’re not
translating into wins as the Rams picked up loss number eleven
in week 13 at Chicago.
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31/31
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Lions
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2-10
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After leading early, the Lions turned inept at Cincinnati.
That’s happened a few times this season…
Like we always say… Better to have led
and got dominated the rest of the way, than to not have led
at all.
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32/32
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Browns
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1-11
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Cleveland played to within 7 points of the Chargers at home,
which might be considered a moral victory if 16 of their 23
points hadn’t come late in the 4th quarter.
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