The Giants are out, but the Jets are still in it (it's good to have two teams), travelling to Cincinnati for a rematch with the Bengals. Needless to say, I'll be pulling hard for this game to turn out the same way as the last one. Cincy will be playing all their starters this time, so I expect the game will be closer, but I do think the Jets have an excellent chance of winning again and advancing to the next round. Let's Go Jets!
That's the game that matters most to me, of course... but it's no fun watching a football game unless you care about the outcome, so I'll be rooting for certain teams and against others in the other three wild card games as well.
I hate Evil Little Bill, so of course I will be cheering for the Ravens to upset the Patriots and eliminate them from this year's tournament. I have mixed feelings about the Ravens themselves. I don't much like Ray Lewis, but I've always been fond of Bawlmer, and of course I am an Edgar Allen Poe fan. But I'd cheer for almost anyone against the Vile BB.
I also hate the Philadelphia Eagles, but not as much as I hate the Dallas Cowboys, so I guess I have to cheer on Donovan McNabb and company. If the Cowboys get eliminated, extending their long drought of playoff victories, Jerry Jones will probably fire Wade Phillips and the Cowboys will start all over with a new coach, which always causes a certain amount of chaos.
So here's hoping the Eagles win. (Then next week I can cheer for someone else to beat them).
In the Arizona - Green Bay game, my feelings are mixed. I think Green Bay treated Brett Favre shabbily; but then, I'm more a "loyalty" guy than one of those "it's a business" guys. On the other hand, I love the Green Bay fans, the history and tradition, and the fact that the team is publically owned, rather than being the personal plaything of some asswipe billionaire like Jerry Jones. (More teams should be publically owned). On the Cardinals side, I like Kurt Warner, who was a class act when he was with the Giants, as a mentor to Eli. But I don't like the Bidwells, or the fact that the Cardinals still refuse to give up the championship they stole from the Pottsville Maroons. Tough call... but Pottsville takes it. May the curse endure. Go Packers!
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If you want to feel good about cheering for someone, then cheer for the Vikings. We have never won a Super Bowl, and my poor Dad has been cheering for them for darn near 50 years now without seeing them win one. And if you want to see Brett Favre redeemed from his shabby treatment by the Packers, then you know what to do!
I don't have anything against Favre for wanting to play again, and I can understand why he would have second thoughts about retiring. That being said, what other job can you retire and come back 4 months later and demand they reassign the person who has replaced you? You say the Packers should have had some loyalty to Favre, but what about its responsibility to Aaron Rodgers, who had been handed the starting quarterback job when Favre retired? Benching him because Favre, on third thought (yes, not second thought, but third thought), wanted to play after all would have been reprehensible.
GB all the way,I agree about fan loyalty and hey,the Vikes got Brett!
Jets/Bengals will be a great game,I'm rooting for the Jets for you but what a good season the Bungles are having!
The Pats are too smug by half but I have never forgiven Modell for moving the Browns,a tough choice.
I don't know what to call a place where you hear Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban talking every night on the news, except "Hell."
Hell can't win things.
Yes, he bent league bylaws past the point of breaking with the taping scandal (although you can watch practices, so I'm not sure how much of a difference it makes to have tape versus an expert observer writing down what he sees). Yes, he runs up the score on beaten teams. But he's always run a tight ship, his players don't hate him, and he's been a consistent winner.
What team (besides the ridiculous Colts) doesn't try to score on every drive? Sure, when the game is well in hand and there is no time for the other team to come back most teams, INCLUDING the Pats, take out the starters. A team who gives up 35-45 minutes into a game deserves to be beaten into the turf.
Above I read a comment about the Pats being too smug. Please... the Patriots are less boastful than most teams including those whose records in the last decade pale in comparison.
Jets suck. Go Pats!
PS love ya GRRM :)
Vancouver animator and cartoonist Rebecca Dart has been inspired to draw her interpretation of Brienne, which can be seen at her artblog livejournal here:
http://r-dart.livejournal.com/11157.htm
Rebecca is INSANELY talented and INSANELY shy about promoting her own work, so I thought I'd share it with you all. Shower her with love, please. She's a sweetheart.
It's cool if you hate the Eagles though, actually; if they were to succeed, my neighborhood would turn to ruin at the hands of drunken fans.
So you root for Green Bay against every team? You must because they are the ONLY publicly owned team and every other team out there is owned by an asswipe Billionaire. Yes, as I am sure you are already well aware, even the Jets are owned by an Asswipe Billionaire, heir to the Johnson and Johnson fortune. The difference between Jerry and Mr. Johnson? Jerry made his money. He was neither a Billionaire nor a millionaire when he popped out of the womb. After Jerry bought the Cowboys, he parlayed that into becoming a Billionaire. He is by far the best Businessman/Owner in the NFL and is one of the reasons the Cowboys Frachise is the most popular Footbal Franchise on the planet. This is a pretty good accomplishment considering the local Metro size of Dallas vs. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, etc. Add the fact that Dallas has not won a play-off game in 14 years and it is pretty amazing. Every year Dallas beats teams like Giants in Merchandise sales. Some years doubling the next closest rival. Hmmm... Interesting stuff, don't you agree?
Jerry leads the parade in that department. He established his asswipe credentials immediately on buying the team by firing Tom Landry, the man who made the Cowboys. And confirmed it when he fired Jimmy Jones, his own guy, for no better reason thatnjealousy,
It was Landry and Tex Schramm who made Dallas so popular.
Jerry Jones is also leading the effort to destroy revenue sharing within the NFL... an effort that, if successful, will turn football into baseball, with a handful of big-market franchises enjoying a huge financial advantage over small-market teams. He wants to be George Steinbrenner.
Edited at 2010-01-08 05:24 pm (UTC)
And I've got to weigh in on Farve... I don't think that either he or the Green Bay management treated each other well. Through his indecision, Farve kept Green Bay from developing new quarterback talent for years longer than they should have. But I feel for Brett as well, because when GB finally came out and said that they didn't want him anymore they wouldn't let him play for any NFC teams like he wanted! It's as if they said, "You're past your prime and we don't want you playing for us... but, you're too good for us to let you keep playing in the division." I think they kinda screwed him over, too.
Maybe it is time for some special games where the defunct teams get to put together a team and play some games against each other.
Anyway, I gave up on Dallas pretty early this year, so any win since around game 4 or 5 has had a certain wow factor for me. To be playing in January is pretty shocking for me. To have beaten the Eagles both times this year is great, though now there's the hurdle of being able to beat a team 3 times in one year statistic. Not good.
But yeah, a Cowboys loss tomorrow may be potentially fatal to Wade's career (whether pro football or just with Cowboys is another question). I still don't like Romo though, and I think he should be on the chopping block as well as Wade since he's probably even more responsible for Dallas' woes. The Cowboys have suffered most of this season thanks to his poor, under-achieving, performances for a $65 million contract. Maybe getting canned will finally wipe that smile off his face after playing worse than a rookie most of the season. So yeah, lose and Wade needs to be replaced, but so does Romo! I can't stand him. Bring in Colt.
Breaking down game wise, he had one really terrible game with 3 interceptions against the Giants the first time they played. Another terrible game of under 200 yards against Washington that they won. He had six interceptions spread out throughout the season (only one a game) other than that game.
He had eight 300 yard games. Six other games of 250 yards or more.
Looking at stats, he's had two crappy games this year, one of which the Cowboys won.
In the five games they lost, the Cowboys worse margin of defeat was 10 points.
Some of that can be attributed to outstanding defense (Wade is running that by the way), but you have to give credit to Romo for not making many mistakes this year.
Now all of that is moot if Romo crashes and burns on Saturday. Then, everyone will compare him to Danny White (who lost 3 NFC championships but had a .500 playoff record).
I might remind you that Peyton Manning played I believe eight seasons before he won a Super Bowl and yet everyone is putting him in the Hall of Fame and his career isn't over yet.
Needless to say, I will not be rooting for Philly on Saturday, I've been a fan of Dallas since the 70's.
If I could get rid of anyone, it would be Jerry as the general manager (Firing Tom Laundry in a humiliating manner, not sucking up to Jimmy to keep him around and possibly get 4 Super Bowls, hiring Barry, drafting Quincy Carter (see we could have the dope smoking marginal quarter back instead of Romo), and the list goes on and on.
As for Wade, I really think his job does hinge on this game. If he can fight through adversity after two disappointing seasons and take the Pokes to the Super Bowl, then he deserves to keep the job. If he wins two games, I'd say he keeps the job, but if he loses tomorrow or after only winning one. Yeah, send him packing and beg Cowher to be the coach.
I really like the Jets. Their fans were all class when they came down to New Orleans earlier in the year.
I like the Ravens over the Pats because of my own dislike of bellicheat. Although the thought of Jets going to Foxboro and knocking off the Patriots in the AFC championship game kind of gives me giggles, but I just don't think they are there yet since they would still have to go through Indy first.
Packers and Cardinals....I really just don't care. I like them both. I won't be upset at either outcome. I like seeing Rodgers succeed and get out of Farve's shadow and I like the cardinals because of Warner.
Oh I know you hate the Cowboys more than any other team. It's a given if you root for the Eagles, Giants, or Skins you always hate the Cowboys more. There are countless reasons why.
But given this past week's events, I'm obligated to defend Jerry Jones on one account. An employee of the Eagles videotaped himself spittint twice on the star in Cowboys stadium and posted it online. Not only will he not be reprimanded but he will be back at the stadium. Nice job there owner Jeff Lurie. Lurie fired another team employee for posting his regret for Brian Dawkins leaving the team.
Jerry would have fired an employee that did that to another team. I have no doubt of that.
P.S. Be careful what you wish for. If Jerry does fire Wade, it could be Bill Cowher coming to Dallas.
Good Luck, but not so much!!
(Please don't pull a Pittsburgh and put Carson out of the game!!)
The Packers know they have a pretty good and potentially great quarterback with Rodgers, that he did his apprenticeship under Favre and was ready to go and now Favre changes his mind. Favre won't be Rodgers backup, he has to come back and start but for how long - a year, two years? Rodgers is ready do you just tell him "tough"? As I saw it, the Packers had no graceful way out, they had to decide to either piss off Favre or piss off Rodgers and they made the right call.
If I were running the Packers I would have been more frank (and public) about it with Favre and told him he'd be carrying the clipboard if he came back barring a trade - and I certainly would have not traded him to anyone in the NFC. I can't fault the decision the Packers made in the end just the PR failure of how they handled it.
In the Jets-Cincy game, I will be cheering for the team coached by the former Raven's defensive coordinator.
No offense, George, but I do not want to hear about football ever again after the trouncing the Big-10 and Big-12 did to my very beloved Pac-10.
Sir, it was not just one game, but an entire series of them. Several regions of these great United States Of America picking on our idyllic shores in the promised land that is Northern California.
BCS championships? There are none in this game: no champions, no winners...just a lot of sad young men wrestling about in the mud.