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Turkey Day!!!

20th November 2009 by under Uncategorized     

Ok kids, it’s that time again! Thanksgiving has more or less always been a day for food and football, but I’m wondering if certain aspects of that need to change in this modern day and age. The Lions have been a turkey day staple for years now, and there’s something to be said for tradition, but with the Lions not so recent down fall in talent and watchability, should we continue to be forced to watch them on our football high holy day? Who (other than Packers fans or Lions fans) really wants to watch the Lions get their asses handed to them on a stomach full of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and/or yams (ok gotta stop, getting hungry!)? On the one hand I will say it is the one time a year that the Lions are guaranteed to be on national TV, but still; I think it’s a much better idea for the networks and the league to have an interesting and entertaining game on. Just like there are casual fans that only watch the Super Bowl every year, there are also people who watch only the Thanksgiving day games, shouldn’t they be allowed to watch a game that exemplifies the wonder and excitement of this great sport?

Furthermore, with Dallas now also being allowed into the ranks, doesn’t that make it even worse? I am a Cowboy hater from way back, so the prospect of them getting the privilege to play on the football holy day makes me sick. More over, the fact that they go up against the Raiders at home means that they get an easy win and everyone starts to fall over the Cowboys as if they’re something special.

The only game that appears to be worth anything on Thanksgiving is the late game of Giants and Broncos, but of course that game is on NFL Network and I (and no one I know oddly enough) don’t have NFL Network.

Tradition is very important to most people, and I’d never try to lessen that, but I think it’s time for a change to this one. Thanksgiving is a day when all people watch football; I remember my family watching football on turkey day before I even liked football, back when I thought it was just a bunch of fat guys playing kill the man with the ball (oh how misguided I was!) This abundance of people deserve to see the very best the league has to offer. With games such as Colts v. Texans, Saints v. Patriots, and Bears v. Vikings all taking place the week of Thanksgiving, I say that anyone of those games would be better games to watch on Thursday. Lets go NFL, teams should earn the right to play on this day the same as they earn the right to play in the Bowl. How long should we wait for good games to go with out good food?

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Looking Forward in the AFC

12th November 2009 by under Uncategorized     

Is it too early to start looking at the NFL play off picture? Yes! Are we all guilty of doing it anyway? Of course!

South:

I think it’s pretty safe to say the Colts have the South locked up. With potential losses coming from the Pats (which even I don’t think is a loss, but to be fair…), the Ravens, and the Texans, and a tough game against the Broncos that I’m still counting as a narrow win, the worse case for the Colts is to end up 13-3 (12-4 maybe), forcing the Texans to go perfect in order to tie them, but the Texans have games against the Pat and Dolphins to end the season, and one more against a Titans team that looks like its on an up swing. Do I think the Titans will win that game? No, but I do think the Pats and Dolphins will prove too much for this Texans team and will drop them to 10-6 and leave them in second place.

East:

The Pats are looking rather good standing at 6-2 right now. But with losses (I feel) coming against the Colts, Saints, and Dolphins, I think they’ll end up at 11-5. The Dolphins could potentially pull in close as I don’t see them losing again, except they do end the season against the Steelers so I think the best case for them is 10-6. The Jets looked like they had a chance at the start of the season, but with losses coming against the Pats, Falcons, Colts, and Bengals, I think they’ll find themselves in 3rd with a respectable 8-8.

North:

Arguably the toughest division in the NFL this season, I have a tough time saying where it will end. The Ravens are the shocker for me sitting at 4-4 currently. Looking forward, they could potentially win out this season with only one loss coming to the Steelers leaving them at 11-5, but with that being said, the Steelers could also win both of their games, and their games against the Colts, Packers, and Bears could go either way. So I’m saying best case for the Ravens is 11-5, worse case is 7-9. The Bengals and Steelers are ruling that division, and honestly I don’t know where it will honestly end up. The only losses I see the Bengals maybe (key word) getting are this week to the Steelers and one later to the Vikings. But honestly I think the Steelers is much more likely than the Vikings which will leave the Bengals at 13-3. But likewise I only see the Steelers dropping one of their two to the Ravens from this point on which will also put them at 13-3. But with the Bangels getting both of theirs over the Ravens, I guess that would leave them at the top of the division (right?)

West:

This is a closely contested race between the Broncos and the Chargers. The Broncos have finally been brought back down to earth with two back to back heart breaking losses to two really good teams, but looking forward, they have two more losses to the Colts, and Eagles, and a possible loss to the Giants if they get back on track, and that would leave them at 11-5, or 12-4 depending. I expect the Chargers to lose both games to the Broncos and a loss to the Bengals, but other than that there’s only a possible loss to the Cowboys, but that game comes in December and we all know how the Cowboys look in December, so I’m not sure of the outcome of that one. This places the Chargers at either 10-6 or 9-7.

Wild Card:

I expect the wild cards to come out of the North here, plain and simple. The Ravens maybe being 11-5, and the Steelers being 13-3 put them in my AFC wild card match up.

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