Week 14--seriously???

Alrighty, after watching a couple of games over the weekend, here are my thoughts from someone else's couch for week 14:

Tennessee-close the deal. That's what they'll have to deal with the rest of this week and if they miss out on the playoffs. They had San Diego beat, and quite handily. Honestly, it was a woodshed game for 3 quarters. The Titans were stuffing the run, and Philip Rivers was throwing off his back foot. Kyle Vanden Bosch was part of his pants, making LT Marcus McNeil look like a turnstile. It was impressive. And then they ran out of gas. And can I stop listening to people tell me Vince Young is a winner? He doesn't work at his craft of quarterbacking enough. 7 TDs and 16 picks on the year....who else keeps his job being that awful? Last thing about this team...uh, Chris Brown, maybe you should remember that you're in the NFL, not at CU anymore. You cannot raise a hand in the air from the 3 yard line when there is a LB on your ass...hence you may have scored, but I think you're hurt now...dummy.

SD-luuuuuccckkky. And that's the end of that. I don't want to hear or read that you've made it over the hump as a team. You beat a team on the road. And? I still wouldn't take you over Indy, Pittsburgh, or Jacksonville. I read a lot about their defense being improved, but I'm still thinking they can be beat by the passing game. I love that Titans Head Coach Jeff Fisher pounds the ball, he had you beat. I still say San Diego is a fraud, and when the playoffs roll around, Norv Turner will be out-adjusted at halftime.

Dallas-even luckier. Find that horseshoe that got stuck up Detroit K Jason Hanson's patoo and fire it at every opponent from here on out. He missed a 35 yard FG to put the Lions up 9. That would've been the ball-game. Detroit outplayed Dallas. I watched a bunch of this game screaming at the TV, especially when Dallas couldn't sack QB Jon Kitna....he's been hit more than a pinata at a mexican birthday party, and you couldn't touch him?? (total fantasy football implications for me-disclaimer). Detroit called a hell of a game, running some 30 times, and Dallas wasn't ready. I know a lot of people think Dallas is going to the Super Bowl, but if they lay down on the defensive side like that again, I'm thinking Brett Favre, Eli Manning and Matt Hasselbeck will pick them apart in the secondary. All that being stated, Jason Witten had a great game, with 15 catches, including the game-winning TD with :18. Great route, and a damn fine throw. However, Tony Romo's 1st TD of the game was even sweeter. It's nice to watch this guy grow into being a QB, and playing loose. Hey McNabb, you hear that, loose?

Blitzburgh-shhhh. Stop talking, you're trying to speak like a lil' kid that just got his ass whooped by the neighborhood bully...see, there's that snot-bubble again. Knock it off. No more discussion of how good Pittsburgh is. You've beaten 2 teams that are playoff bound right now, Cleveland twice and Seattle. Hmmm, let's look back a few weeks, shall we? You beat a Seattle team at home, 21-0. You beat Cleveland after their Head Coach made some boneheaded moves with timeouts at home, and squeaked by at home after a FG came up short. And you beat Cleveland in Week 1 with Charlie Frye at QB, who was subsequently benched in the 2nd quarter and then dealt to Seattle the next week. The only person that I know of that's noticed this little trend is Emmitt Smith, of all people. I can't stand listening to that guy, but he's right. You've done nothing this year. And you got spanked yesterday. Yes, you ran the ball well. That doesn't help when the opposition scores 14 points in 2 minutes, now does it? Oh, and the little bitch moves at the end will not work in New England. I couldn't listen to the sound of the game, since I was at a bar, and they decided listening to Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker call the Broncos/Chiefs game was way more important. I can only hope the Razor was loud, because our boys will need that come playoff time.

Anthony Smith, your new nickname is Toast. And I wouldn't be surprised if someone ordered a Code Red on you. You're not known in the league, and you went and popped off and guaranteed a win. Your dumb ass should've just said that you were going out there to win a football game, and you won't be going to Foxborough to lay down. Of course, that wouldn't get you in the papers and on ESPN. I can only hope you decide to open your big yapper come playoff time. Believe me, I know Brady, McDaniels and Belichick picked on you. Peyton Manning won't be nice, either, and I'm sure Derek Anderson is hoping to make it and play you in the 1st round.

Patrick Kerney has 13.5 sacks, which leads the league...but 3 3-sack games??? I'd say that investment has been worth it.

Brandon Marshall is going to get fined for throwing snow in the air-back to the No Fun League, after scoring a TD. He showed no one up, yet the league is stating he was using a prop. When the hell did snow become a prop? It came from the sky!!! It's not like he chucked snowballs at the DB he torched, or had them hidden in a cooler and it's September. If he's healthy, that kid is going to Hawaii next season. He's a big receiver with a motor and moves. I'm telling you, next year could be Marshall, Javon Walker and Brandon Stokely lining up in 3WR sets next year. No one in the AFC West has a defense for that. Oakland comes close, but that's it.

Jamaal Tinsley is a target, and yet that's not how it's being portrayed. I've been looking at this all day, and it kind of makes me nauseous. So he went out with his boys, 3 cars, a Rolls, Benz and a Charger. People give him crap as he leaves a club, and he gets followed and shot at. Now, I will not excuse the time he was out, around 3 AM, but how was he asking for it? Haters of the world, let me know. Look, if I had it, I wouldn't flaunt it in cars, it would be in things that appreciate in value, like artwork, gold and real estate. That's me. Jamaal has been a good guy this year, playing at a potential all-star level. The Pacers had stated they needed to talk to him because this behavior isn't really good for the club. Are you kidding me? He went out to hang out at a club with his boys, maybe get a drink or twelve, and look at some booty-shakin' hoochies, and this is his fault. Lord, don't let me become famous.

And finally, a preemptive good luck and attaboy to Eric Mangini-pal, you're about to get pasted. We in New England don't like anyone with the last name of Clemens, so your QB is dead meat. The spread is currenlty at -25 for this weeks NYJ/NE game....it ain't enough. Anyone else looking forward to the coldest of shoulders at the end of the game?