NFL Week 12 -- I Wish Turkey Only Cost A Nickel

Q, you have omitted cases like Joe Flacco and Nick Foles, where a journeyman and a backup turned into Joe Montana during their teams' Super Bowl runs. Doesn't negate your point, but teams have caught lightning in a bottle in the recent past.

 

I mentioned Foles. Forgot about Flacco.

 

Not sure if this was mentioned or if there’s a thread for it and I’m too lazy to look for either one, but Denver 29, Cleveland 12 on Sunday was a Scorigami.

 

I thank you so much for using "journeyman" correctly. It means a skilled and reliable performer who is not a star. It does NOT mean a player who has played for many teams -- though many journeyman-type players end up playing for multiple teams.

According to Merriam-Webster, "The journey in journeyman refers to a sense of the familiar word not often used anymore: 'a day's labor.' This sense of journey was first used in the 14th century. When journeyman appeared the following century, it originally referred to a person who, having learned a handicraft or trade through an apprenticeship, worked for daily wages. In the 16th century, journeyman picked up a figurative (and mainly deprecatory) sense; namely, 'one who drudges for another.' These days, however, journeyman has little to do with drudgery, and lots to do with knowing a trade inside out."

 

Like Bob Griese or Troy Aikman.

 

Behind the '99 Bucs, right?!

 

Yep. Would be interesting to see how many hits across the league in 2000 would be flagged today.

 

Nick Foles had one of the oddest careers in history. A Super Bowl hero who played 11 years in the league but started a majority of his team's games in only two of those 11 years.

 

I just learned that the flipping-the-bird emoji gets deleted upon posting it as a response.

 

What if they’re all trash and you shouldn’t read any of them?

 

Like I said, I am smart enough to decide.

 

Saying it isn’t racism because the white kid in a faux headdress also went with red face paint is one hell of a hill to die on.