I just got back from my non football watching inlaws.  How the hell are the lions keeping pace with the Pats.

APRTW wrote:

I just got back from my non football watching inlaws.  How the hell are the lions keeping pace with the Pats.

Did you really think Herr Goodell was going to let his favorite team lose on national TV?

tkihshbt wrote:

I don't see any way Jason Garrett doesn't receive the Cowboys job now. There are no minority candidates that are going to blow him away (not even Raheem Morris) and I think Cowher would be foolish to come out of retirement for a blowhard like Jerry.

Someone needs to tell Garrett to not tuck that sweatshirt into his pants. He already looks gay, and he doesn't need any wardrobe malfunctions to enhance that image.

tkihshbt wrote:

I don't see any way Jason Garrett doesn't receive the Cowboys job now. There are no minority candidates that are going to blow him away (not even Raheem Morris) and I think Cowher would be foolish to come out of retirement for a blowhard like Jerry.

True and I think a NFL team is better off promoting from within in case were the team isnt a complete lose.  It is impossible for a new coach to come in, do things his way and win in the first year.  Vikings needs to keep Frazior as well.  That is unless they want someone to take him and him win a super bowl for them like every other assistant has done.

FWIW: "Points for" are now in perfect correlation with ranking, first place to last place, with the lone exception that AP has scored the second most points but is tied for 4th place.  And points against are a decent fit, with AP again being the radical outlier. 

So, in a way, while AP is clearly getting screwed by bad luck, pretty much everyone else more or less deserves to be where they are at this point, as long as we maintain the adage that 'injuries are a part of the game'.

"It is impossible for a new coach to come in, do things his way and win in the first year."

Regards,
Jon Gruden

artie_fufkin wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

Bill Simmons managed to work a Patriots reference where it was not necessary into his chat this week. When talking about the Jets constantly coming from behind, he said they remind him of the 03-04 Patriots.

Yeah. That's who I was thinking of, too.

I'm consistently perplexed that you pay attention to Simmons, TK. He's is to sports media what Carlos Zambrano is to baseball players - an ill-tempered asshole who thinks everything is about him.

It's probably a generational thing. I find him quite amusing and especially informative about the NBA, but a know-nothing when it comes to football or baseball.

I do think he's right about west coast teams playing 1 p.m. games, though.

Max wrote:

FWIW: "Points for" are now in perfect correlation with ranking, first place to last place, with the lone exception that AP has scored the second most points but is tied for 4th place.  And points against are a decent fit, with AP again being the radical outlier. 

So, in a way, while AP is clearly getting screwed by bad luck, pretty much everyone else more or less deserves to be where they are at this point, as long as we maintain the adage that 'injuries are a part of the game'.

I will be in my rightfull place at the bottom soon.  None of my moves are working anymore and it is a weekly struggle to fill the roster with player who suck the least.

artie_fufkin wrote:

"It's probably a generational thing."

I'm 48, TK. I'm still a few years away from eating the Early Bird Special and turning in at 7 o'clock.

Yeah, but Simmons' readership is mostly guys that are in their 20s and waste time with meaningless pop culture stuff. For example, how many episodes of "The O.C." did you watch?

APRTW wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

"It is impossible for a new coach to come in, do things his way and win in the first year."

Regards,
Jon Gruden

Tony Dungy didnt exactly have the team sucking when Gruden took over.

No, he didn't, but at the time the knock against Dungy was he had Schottenheimeritis - a good regular season coach who choked in the playoffs.

If Rivers doesnt have a good game I think I might have a chance.

APRTW wrote:

If Rivers doesnt have a good game I think I might have a chance.

I'm screwed, as apparaently even God is against me this week.

http://www.tmz.com/2010/11/28/steve-johnson-buffalo-bills-game-winning-touchdown-twitter-god/