1.) How can you not love the way Mike Vick is playing? He's finally playing the way we'd all hoped he would. Well, outside of those who thought he was an elite QB in Atlanta. The thing with Vick always was was that if he could ever develop into a good passer and use his running as one option, not THE option, he'd be a QB like we'd never seen. He seems to have become that. Unless they fear injury, Philly should lock him up now. You can't let a talent like that hit the market.
2.) The Cowboys worry me this week. Changing coaches in the middle of a season sometimes lights a fire under the players, especially those who'd quit on the old one. Dallas is not short on talent. If the Giants sleep on them, they could be in for an upset.
3.) Great win for the Jets. Down 10 with four minutes left. Sanchez bounced back from playing a bad game to help get the win. That's what you want to see from a young QB. I have to be fair, that's what I always harped on when Eli was young.
4.) It is funny, though, how winning a game makes people forget how bad things were uring the game. At one point in the Jets game, the Lions were up by three with first and goal just outside the five. The Jets lined up with too many men on the field and were forced to call a timeout. Then on second down, it happened again! They burned two timeouts in a close game with most of the fourth quarter left. That's terrible. Still, players are dumb. Say you're the player who realizes that you need to run off the field to acoid a penalty. Now the other team has first and goal at around the six. Now, you can try to run off the field, drawing attention to yourself and telling the offense to snap the ball for a free play, or cost your team a timeout in a close game. What should you do? The correct answer there is secret choice C. You should run up to the line and touch an ofensive player, get called for encroachment (a dead ball penalty), give the offense half the distance to the goal (3 yards) and save your vital timeouts. If you can't stop them from the three, you probably wouldn't have stopped them from the six. Timeouts are more important there than three yards.
5.) It is interesting how much people hate the BCS, yet talk about the NFL in the same way. This week I heard so many media people talking about which teams can win the Super Bowl and which potential playoff teams may as well go home. That's stupid. Anything can happen in the playoffs (Yep, you guessed it, I'm about to make a Super Bowl XLII reference). Just ask the 18-0 Patriots. I wonder how many media people were talking about the Giants as a team that could win the Super Bowl.
6.) I don't understand why the Browns refuse to commit to Colt McCoy as the starter. He's already at least as good as anyone on the team and has a high ceiling.
7.) The roughing the passer penalty against Philly when Peyton's helmet was touched was ridiculous. It should more of a judgement call, not so strict that allows for no interpretation. And the penalty on the Collie hit was even worse. That was a reaction to the result, not the actual play. You shouldn't throw a flag because a hit looked vicious or the hittee isn't getting up.
Limerick of the Week
In July I was crushed by The Decision
October forced me to make a World Series revision
My picks were bad
Still, not as sad
As seeing Wade Phillips exiled from the division.
Peace
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