Green Bay at Detroit +7: The Lions biggest game since the
Christmas Eve 2000 season-ender, when all they had to do was beat a 4 win Chicago team to earn a playoff spot. But negro starting QB Charlie Batch punked out of the game at the last minute, claiming sore ribs, forcing the Lions to play inept back-up QB Stoney Case. The Lions lost, the Fords panicked and fired Gary Moeller, who would have been a helluva NFL coach, and then began the disastrous Matt Millen era. The Lions are in a wildcard chase now, and a win over the Packers would put them at 8 - 3, meaning they’d probably only need 2 more wins to get in. But they must beat Aaron Rodgers. . .Aaron Rodgers, the
Greatest Quarterback of All-Time. . .that’s right, the
Greatest Quarterback of All-Time. No QB has ever played like this guy is playing. Not even close. There’s only one way to beat Rodgers, and that’s the way the Lions beat him last year, knock him out of the game. There’s no hoping for an *off game* with this guy. You have to physically beat him out of the game. Fortunately, the Lions front four gives them a chance to do this. You’ll see a bunch more defensive penalties from the Lions in this one, as they try to injure the NFL’s
All-Time Greatest Quarterback. I guess you could try to outscore the Packers, as Kurt Warner and Arizona did in that amazing playoff game a couple years ago, but that’s a sucker’s bet. . .although
Mathilda Stafford will come into this game with a pretty hot hand, hitting 23 of her last 26 in the comeback over the Panthers. Stafford might be able to keep the Lions in range, but they’ll need Suh, Avril or Corey Williams to twist Rodgers head off to win this one. What the Hell, let’s say Nick Fairley finally does something, and rolls up Rodgers’ leg.
Detroit.
Miami +7 at Dallas: Dallas has won three in a row, and statistically, they’re pretty good in every category. . .but they’ve played a pretty soft schedule. . .and Tony Romo hasn’t fucked anything up in a while, so you know he’s do for a bonehead moment, and with the Thanksgiving TV audience watching, maybe he can match Leon Lett’s 1993 Turkey Day boner, which was also against the Dolphins. . .and Miami’s won three straight anyway, allowing only 20 points total.
Miami.
San Francisco +3 at Baltimore:
Harbaugh Bowl I. Jim Harbaugh has the 49ers on one of the best rolls in recent NFL seasons. Not one of the flashiest, like the Brady Patriots, but one of rock solid disciplined play. . .we haven’t seen this kind of football in the NFL since maybe those old John Riggins Redskins teams. But Jimmy maybe is feeling a little tight about this one, as he has already prepared an
excuse for a loss to big bro. That’s not a good sign, in my opinion. The Ravens don’t play every week, plain and simple. They lose to crap teams on the road. But this is a home game, against a good team, and the Ravens will come with their A game.
Baltimore.
Buffalo +8 at New York Jets: The Jets have lost two in a row, including that incredible defeat at the feet of Tim Tebow. The Bills have lost 3 in a row, and are getting pounded, even by bad teams. Both sit now at 5 - 5, needing a win to boost their wildcard hopes. The Jets beat the Bills handily 3 weeks ago in Buffalo--if they can’t beat them at home this week, their season is over.
New York Jets.
Chicago +3 at Oakland: No Jay Cutler. The Bears had been on a pretty good streak, 5 straight, and they beat some decent teams. Now it’s up to Caleb Hanie, who actually played better than Cutler in the NFC title game against the Packers last year. The Bears offense won’t be the reason they lose this one. The Bears defense won’t be able to stop the Raiders power run game, and Palmer will hit a few big passes. The Raiders have a chance to pull away in the AFC West.
Oakland.
Denver +7 at San Diego: The Chargers have flopped miserably, losing 5 in a row after a 4 - 1 start. I think it’s safe to say their Super Bowl *window* has closed. Now it’s time to begin speculating on their next coach, etc.
BUT, I’ll stick pick them to beat Denver. Even though the Chargers run defense sucks, which conveniently plays into the Broncos’ one strength, I can’t imagine Denver winning. I couldn’t imagine any of those crazy scenarios which allowed the Broncos to win 4 out of 5 with a 44% passer. Watching Tim Tebow play QB is like watching a Jerry Lewis movie. . .all slapstick, incredible bumbling and awkwardness and lack of coordination, and yet Tebow, like Lewis, somehow manages to be the hero at the end. What’s he gonna do this week, throw a last second pass that hits a zebra in the head, and ricochets 20 yards back to him, he catches it and zigzags 40 yards through the Chargers defense for the winning TD?
San Diego.
It looked like the Lions were going to lose any way, but Suh did them no favors with his head-smashing and foot-stomping.
ReplyDeleteThe "misunderstood" thing is laughable. "Only the Man Upstairs knows what I did. . . . " hahahaha!
Dat's right! None of us could see what he did! None of us saw him push the opponents helmeted head to the ground OR stomp the guy as he was "removing himself from the situation." Nope. We didn't see that!
God saw Suh trying to "remove" himself from a "situation."
He got booted and he'll be suspended. Good job, Suh.
Mathilda threw a couple picks, one that looked pretty bad. Passing the ball two feet over the head of a waiting linebacker is a bad pass.
GB looks too good. Wonder if they'll stumble in the playoffs.
And for old time's sake, here is my favorite clip concerning playoffs. Happy Thanksgiving, man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-eavMSBnk&feature=related
The Lions SUCKED. . .they weren't beaten physically. . .they were beaten mentally. . .you have to wonder now if their psycho coach can bring the discipline necessary for the Lions to be a real playoff contender. You look at the 49ers. . .they lost to the Ravens, but they lost playing football. . .they have a limited offense, and the Ravens shut them down, but the 49ers still hung in there for most of the game, they didn't have a fucking meltdown. . .they reflect the mental toughness of their coach.
ReplyDeleteNow the Lions gotta go down and play the Saints. ..ouch. . .half the secondary is inured, and Suh will be sitting in the fucking penalty box. NBC might be sorry now they switched that game to Sunday night, it won't be close.
I liked the SF/BA game. Even without Lewis in the game, the BA defense looks good.
ReplyDeleteOof, the Lions secondary is in bad shape. They had to bring in the special teams gunner to play safety? Oh boy. Now Suh is out, so what kind of rush on Brees will there be? None. Brees will pick the secondary apart. Peyton, if he has any sense, will pull Brees out at the half because the game is over by then, however, the "fighting" Lions may not be done and go for a season ending injury on Brees.
When Suh got booted, he started complaining to his coach and coach nodded his head as if to say, "I know, I know" instead of chewing Suh's ass.
You have to wonder if Schwartz is scared of Suh. That's how it looked to me.
I agree. . .Schwartz wilted before Suh. . .and that kind of enabling no doubt contributed to the baloney Suh was spouting after the game. . .had Schwartz told him right then and there he was a dumb fuck-up, and that shit could not be tolerated, Suh wouldn't have felt he could make those lame excuses for himself. . .but since he got away with it with Schwartz, he figured he could get away with it with everybody else.
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