Coach Brett Explains Week 12 Victory

That, right there, is how you win a football game boys. It wasn’t exactly pretty, but we won. I’m proud of you guys. Good win.

I wanted to simplify the playbook against the Redskins. The playbook has been way too big. Way too many plays in it. Way too complicated. I needed to turn around and hand it off more. It worked out for us.

And when Adrian got hurt, I knew I had to take over. Who needs Michael Vick when you have my 41-year-old legs? The run I had for the first down late in the fourth quarter was really good for 50 yards, you just didn’t see all of it.

That play was the reason we needed to simplify the playbook. The Old Head Coach called that same play last year against the Saints, but I threw it instead. Did you see how I tucked it away and ran this time? Who says I’m too old and senile to play quarterback in the NFL?

Now, we’re 4-7. Our next three games are all at home against the Bills, Giants and Bears. The season is not lost yet. We only need to win two of those games to become bowl eligble. If that Leslie character can just remember who he’s working with here, everything will be alright.

Week 12 TV Schedule

Here are the TV maps for your post-Thanksgiving viewing pleasure:
CBS
FOX at noon
FOX at 3:00pm

Games to be televised in the Iowa City area:
Noon: Green Bay at Atlanta, FOX
3pm: Kansas City at Seattle, CBS
Philadelphia at Chicago, FOX

Maps from The 506.

Thanksgiving Day Games In Pictures

All photos courtesy of the AP.

Coach Brett

Brett is powerful. Brett has a rocket arm. See Brett use his rocket arm last year. Brett had a career year. Brett threw 33 touchdowns. Brett made Coach Childress happy.

This year, Brett fired Coach Childress. Brett has thrown 17 interceptions. Brett said hi to Randy Moss. Brett said bye to Randy Moss. Brett has played poorly on defense. Brett hasn’t run the ball as efficiently as last year. Brett has divided the locker room.

Brett. Brett. Brett.

Leslie Frazier, say hello to Coach Brett. He would like to welcome you to Planet Brett. What’s that? Some people want you to bench Coach Brett? But why? Coach Brett has started almost 300 straight games. How many games have you been head coach for? Coach Brett has also thrown 500+ touchdowns. Coach Brett even gets stupid celebration-graphic love doing so.

Coach Brett says good luck Leslie.

Monday Musings (video friendly edition)

• Steve Johnson has to be the favorite for the best premeditated touchdown celebration of the year award through 11 weeks. Hopefully he isn’t fined for it:

 

The NFL should consider making any game Gus Johnson calls a national broadcast. Not only is Gus a blast to listen to, but he’s now called two fantastic games in as many weeks. Last week it was a successful hail mary, this week a massive second half comeback. Oh, and the Bills have won two in a row. Look out.

• All Richard Seymour wanted to do was invite Ben Roethlisberger to the black hole. Why did Big Ben have to create such a scene?

 

• It took 11 weeks, but the NFL season is now official. The 2010 campaign saw its first streaker on Sunday during the Texans/Jets game in New York:

 
Rex Ryan sure seemed to enjoy that. If the NFL really wants deter fans from such acts, I say they force feed the streaker to the Jets coach right there on the sideline and put it up on the jumbotron. If nothing else, it would make for some great bonus Hard Knocks DVD material.

• As if the Detroit Lions needed another reminder that they are the Detroit Lions, Bryan McCann returned a punt 97 yards for a touchdown in an unusual manner. After it appeared the Lions were about to down the punt inside the 5-yard line, McCann scooped up the ball at his own 3, normally a major no-no. Unless it is against the Lions:
• Check out the tackling clinic put on by the Browns’ #24 Sheldon Brown late in the fourth quarter. Before allowing Maurice Jones-Drew to scamper 75 yards down the field, Brown appears to completely whiff on the Jags running back just after he crosses the 35-yard line: 

Week 11 TV Schedule

TV maps for 11 time this season:
FOX
CBS at noon
CBS at 3:00pm

Games that will be televised in the Iowa City area:
Noon: Green Bay at Minnesota, FOX
Houston at New York Jets, CBS
3pm: Indianapolis at New England, CBS

Maps via The 506.

Monday Musings

• Yes, this is a day late. You can thank Mike Vick for that. As I sat down to write this at the start of last night’s Eagles/Redskins monday night
  shellacking, the Eagles signal caller put on a show I could not stop watching. The guy looked like a video game version of himself. Everything that could possibly be said about him already has been said, so here is this. ESPN’s Tristan Cockcroft wrote where Vick’s performance ranks among the all time fantasy showings.
• Oh, and check out how Redskin running back Keiland Williams decided to celebrate his Redskins finally denting the scoreboard:
  
  video via Kissing Suzy Kolber
• Break up the Bills! Not only did they pick up their first win of the season, but their 32nd ranked run defense held Javid Best and Kevin Smith to a measly 54 combined yards rushing. If only the Bills could play NFC North opponents every week. Last week, they allowed 62 yards to Matt Forte and Chestor Taylor of the Bears. For those who are wondering, the Bills play the Vikings and Adrian Peterson in week 13. Doubt that goes as well.
• There was another Gus Johnson citing during week 10 action. If there is ever a time for Gus Johnson to be doing play-by-play of a football game, its during a hail mary. Well, it finally happened:
  

Week 10 TV Schedule

Week 10 TV maps at the click of a mouse:
CBS
FOX at noon
FOX at 3:00pm

Games televised in the Iowa City area:
Noon: Minnesota at Chicago, FOX
3pm: Kansas City at Denver, CBS
Dallas at New York Giants, FOX

Maps via The 506.

“Hair-On-Hair Assualt”

Just the latest from the genius minds at Kissing Suzy Kolber. After discussing Troy Polamalu’s hair before the NFL season started, this was too good to pass up. Check out KSK’s full post after the video.

Full post

Monday Musings

• Week nine was an interesting week for emergency kickers. The Lions Jason Hanson and the Patriots Stephen Gostkowski suffered injuries during their teams’ games. Patriots receiver Wes Welker came on to kick an extra point late in the fourth quarter. His strategy appeared to be to kick the ball as hard as he could. It worked:

 

Ndamukong Suh, who is now famous for playing soccer when he was younger, was called on by the Lions for kicking duties. Apparently all those days spent kicking a soccer ball didn’t payoff:

That darn plant foot. A few more things to note about that last clip. Listening to the crowd noise as the Lion faithful anticipated the football leaving Suh’s foot and then towards the uprights was pretty comical. Also, I can’t help but think what Gus Johnson would’ve been like if that was a last-second, game-winning opportunity. The guy probably would’ve had a heart attack.

• Don’t look now, but the Bears running game is pretty bad. No, really bad. Like, Shaquille O’Neal shooting a free throw-bad. Matt Forte and Chestor Taylor managed to gain a total of 62 rushing yards on 24 combined carries. That was good for an embarrassing 2.5 yards per carry against a Bills defense that was  surrendering a NFL-high 178 yards per game to opposing backs (ok, now I’m just being mean to Shaq). Yet somehow, the Bears find themselves in second place in the NFL North, only a game behind the 6-3 Packers. Maybe Mike Martz really is a mad scientist after all.

 

• Did anyone catch the name of that Chargers receiver who put up 111 yards and two touchdowns yesterday? Seyi Ajirotutu? What?