NFL Week 11: In four weeks we can put TEBOW!!!! in the headline

Not that I was complaining about the Steelers' good fortune at the time.

Also, even if Mendenhall doesn't fumble and Pittsburgh goes on to score a touchdown on that drive, no way in hell that defense stops Rodgers with the game on the line. Not the way he was playing.

 

This applies to every season, sans 1986 and 1990, since NFL Films' footage was black and white.

 

The way the receivers were playing, maybe.

 

Good to see Belichick channeling 2007 here by pouring it on for no good reason. Cause that worked out so well four years ago.

 

You want the Patriots to punt on fourth down from inside the five?

 

No. How about running the ball instead of throwing to Hernandez? Or--I don't know--just taking a knee? I got going for the first down earlier in the drive. But this was pouring it on for the sake of pouring it on.

 

Such a break for Detroit though, for real. Lions' remaining schedule is rough.

On another note, the Saints-Lions game in a couple weeks has been flexed to Sunday Night Football to replace the Patriots-Colts game. Two Lions night games in one season; hell has frozen over.

 

I have gotten a lot less annoyed about this in the last few years. The guy who scored is a young player who needs to go against live bullets to get up to speed. And overall for the team, every play helps them improve their timing, and playing the full 60 helps their conditioning.

 

I don't think that was running up the score - this was sort of an awful game that could have gotten much uglier had the Patriots really cared enough to play hard and let's not forget this - the Chiefs were still calling timeouts on that last drive, so they obviously wanted to get the ball back and hadn't conceded.

 

So you want them to quit? Just give the ball back to the Chiefs? There was too much time to just kneel the clock out. Hernandez is a second-year guy and the rest of the skill guys were all backups. They need their reps as much as anyone else.
Zagoshe hit the nail on the head - I didn't see the Chiefs ripping their starters off the field.
We have a prep coach in our area who leaves in starters in during blowouts. At first I was OK with it, but I realize it's super shitty to leave your kids in to beat up on the opposition's JV and expect them to keep their starters off the field.
It's either both teams take starters out or no one does. You can't say one team should while the other shouldn't.

 

The Browns have already ruled Peyton Hillis out for Week 12. He hasn't played in almost a month and a half with a hamstring injury.

 

There's a big difference between quitting and taking four knees when they've eaten up all of the clock and KC has no timeouts. (I believe the Chiefs were out of timeouts by the two minute warning, but I could be wrong).

Regardless, the starting QB was the one handing off to the 19th-string RB. All it takes is one pissed off d-lineman channeling Charles Martin to put the Patriots' championship in the hands of Brian Hoyer. And Aaron Hernandez is pretty damn good and experienced. He doesn't need reps up 24 against the dog-ass Chiefs.

And the Chiefs ran the ball twice when they got the ball back, so it wasn't like they were waiting to try and air it out to make the score closer for cosmetic purposes. Of course, that might have something to do with a QB whose arm strength rivals mine.

I don't even care that the Patriots did this against the Chiefs. Todd Haley is one of about 30 NFL head coaches who is insufferable for the sake of being insufferable despite not doing anything to warrant the ego. So I kind of enjoyed it. I'm just saying, that shit bit the Patriots in the ass in 2007-08 (whether you want to call the Giants' SB win karmic payback or the Patriots running out of gas b/c Belichick had his foot on the pedal for 20 weeks).