Once again, it's tough to pick out the biggest and best moments of a Sunday filled with pretty amazing football action, but so many people try and do it, so here we go!
Like the homer I am, allow me to begin with the Denver Broncos! Coming into today's game, the Broncos were a dismal 1-15 against the Chiefs in Kansas City, in the month of December. Well, not only has that record improved, this Bronco team scored more point in Arrowhead Stadium than any other Bronco team that has ever played in KC. 44, to be exact. After a 4 game losing streak, where they looked so very bad, the Broncos have played 2 very impressive games that have resulted in pretty lopsided victories. Have the righted their ship? The Giants, as much as they have struggled this year, are still a pretty good team, and KC had been playing with a lot of spirit, even though that really didn't show up today. I suppose we will see what they are made of when they play the unbeaten Colts next week.
Pittsburgh is continuing to fall. I have no idea what happened to these Steelers this year, but they have now lost 4 games in a row, and are in immense danger of missing the playoffs. Now, I'm not exactly a historian of the NFL, but I do know that it has been incredibly rare for the defending Super Bowl champs to miss the playoffs entirely the following season. Has it happened? Sure, just not very often. Did they really lose that many key players during this past off-season? Or did they just drink to much Kool-Aid and figured they'd get back into the playoffs no sweat? I don't think they, or anybody, really expected the Bengals to be as good as they've been. As it stands, there doesn't seem to be much hope of a run at a repeat for the Steelers.
Again, I'm not a league historian, but I'm pretty sure that there haven't been many, if any, seasons where 2 teams have gotten to the record of 12-0, but that's what we have! This is pretty remarkable, because there is an actual possibility that we could end up with 2 teams playing each other in the Super Bowl, with the same record of 18-0. How would the '72 Dolphins like that one? The Colts have been incredibly impressive and will, I believe, beat the Patriot's consecutive win streak of regular season games this year. Manning has just managed to win, no matter what. That game against the Dolphins where the Colts had the ball for about 15 minutes, yet still managed to win late. That amazing come back against the Patriots in Indy. How can you bet against them? The same can be said for the Saints. In my eyes, Drew Brees almost has to be the MVP. They've been down, late, in a bunch of games this year and he rallies them every single time. Plus, he's put together amazing performances against 2 teams that most people had as preseason Super Bowl picks when he demolished both the Giants and the Patriots. The Saints, I think, have more to worry about because they will get caught, one of these days, in that little mode of playing only the second half against teams they should have beaten by the end of the first half. But who knows? Great performances by each of these teams, though. Truly amazing.
Michael Vick returned to Atlanta today, and got 2 TDs, one running and one passing. Anybody care? Nope, because Atlanta barely even showed up. I'm sure he still wants to be something other than a wildcat quarterback, but a guy who got convicted for running a dog fighting ring shouldn't exactly be choosy, in my humble opinion.
Finally, Chad "Ochocinco" just can't stop, can he? Now, I am pretty certain that I am in the minority here, but I just can't stand it how this guy has all these pre-planned touchdown celebrations. Today he brought out a sombrero in Bengals colors, and a pancho. And the best part about it was that he knows that he's going to get fined for it, but does it anyways. The thing that bugs me the most is how too many people let this go. They say that it's all fun and games, and that he should be allowed to have fun. Okay, fine, but what about this professionalism that so many people are dying for when we have other people like Pacman Jones or Michael Vick that get caught doing other stupid things. Yes, dogfighting and gangbanging are not endzone celebrations, but why is it okay for people to say that they need to behave more like grown men and be proud of the position they're in for one, and with the other you're creating "the No Fun League"? I find it a slight double standard. Secondly, this is the only thing that Chad "Ochocinco" has done, to this point, in his career. If you added up the amount of times he's been fined by the NFL for some stupid, egocentric, prop infested gag versus how many playoff games he's won, which do you think is more? Exactly right. Now, if he's ok with being remembered as a receiver who does stupid dances and gets fined all the time, then fine, that's his choice. But I think most players want to be remembered as professionals who played the game well, and who won. Right now, he sure as hell isn't going to be remembered as the second.
Those are my big moments from week 13 in the NFL! I have to do some research for my College Bowl picks!
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