In his biggest game as a Colt, Wentz came up so small. And needing one win in the last two weeks to get the Colts to the playoffs, he lost to the Raiders at home and the Jags on the road. No wonder the Colts were so crestfallen after this game. Wentz came to Indianapolis to solve the quarterback problem.
Jags won, , knocking Wentz and Indy out of the playoffs. The NFL is changing. There are many ways to show how the sport of football has been revolutionized in the last half-century, but perhaps none more than this comparison of regular-season TD and interception numbers of three great quarterbacks.
Kansas City won its 13th straight road game in the AFC West on Saturday, which, despite the overall weakness of the division until this year, is a pretty amazing feat. The last time KC lost in the division, Oct. Bolton accepted a scholarship to play college ball at Missouri. On Saturday night, Bolton, a Kansas City second-round rookie, scooped and scored the winning touchdown in the 13th straight road win with an yard fumble return.
Covid positives among NFL players on the last six Mondays, per Howard Balzer of All Cardinals, pre-Omicron through the teeth of Omicron and now, just maybe, starting to get to the other side of Omicron:. In the span of two weeks, the Colts went from the team nobody wanted to see in the playoffs to a team nobody is seeing in the playoffs. In all seriousness, I have never seen Frank Reich more devastated than during our talk with him just now. This is a new low, and he knows it.
Former Giants are calling Joe Judge to tell him how much they wish they could be running a QB sneak on third-and-9 pic. Just the right amount of snark from the sports site, after the Giants coach called a quarterback sneak on fourth-and-nine Sunday. Just went through airport security and, as I walked through the scanner, the TSA agent kept looking at me oddly and asking what was in my pocket. I turned them inside out. He pointed at my sport coat. The veteran Chicago sportscaster with a telling story about the Bears and one of the best centers in franchise history.
You can reach me at peterkingfmia gmail. Good perspective. What he did Sunday was irrational and almost scary. The question becomes, what helps? A punitive approach, in his case, will not.
And a public shaming by journalists fuels the fire and contributes to a gross misunderstanding of mental health, perpetuating stigma that needs to be eliminated. If you, as a journalist, can write that his behavior is irrational and almost scary—both claims that are subjective—then you can absolutely write that he is in need of support, instead.
It is clear that he does not respond to threats or a lack of a support system. I would argue that this is the case for all of us. I suppose all of this is just to say, it would be great if you used the subtle nuances that make your writing so enjoyable to cause people to think about this situation with more compassion, not more judgment.
Excellent email, Peter. Thanks a lot. I think what happens in a case like this—and we saw after his end in Pittsburgh, and then after his end in Oakland, and again now—is we see Brown acting out and clobbering those who have legitimately tried to help him become a productive member of a team. I do believe he does not need football right now.
He needs help. I think you share my hope he gets what he needs. Probably not. From Corey Livermore, of Henderson, Nev.
Or does availability only count when you say it does? One: Rodgers and Cousins were not vaccinated when they tested positive; Fields was. Two: The Packers and Vikings were alive in the playoff race when their two unvaccinated QBs tested positive; the Bears were long since out of it when their vaxxed QB tested positive.
Three: Rodgers and Cousins are the no-doubt number one quarterbacks for their team. So Fields is not really comparable to the others. Make sure you use your MVP vote on Dr. Fauci, you boot-licking hypocrite. My, that was harsh. I got about 25 similar emails, with many writing they applaud Cousins for exercising his right to stay unvaccinated.
And of course, that is his right. My point, particularly as it pertains to the most important position in the game, is that the quarterback has an outsized importance on the outcome of games versus other players on the field. So he has an outsized meaning to his team, his franchise and his fan base. Until very recently, when the NFL followed the CDC and reduced the time an unvaccinated quarterback must sit when he tests positive from 10 days to five, an unvaxxed quarterback was guaranteed to miss at least one game when testing positive.
That is a big imposition on his team. Really big. Much bigger than even a Pro Bowl player at another position. And life goes on. What a great comparison. Anything I could say about Madden would be an understatement. But it made me think of another person who was, at one time, widely regarded as the greatest at three things. Ted Williams: hitter, fighter pilot, fly fisherman. In a game season in , Detroit cornerback Night Train Lane had 14 interceptions, a record that has never been topped.
Packer Travis Williams had four kick returns for TDs in , in a game season; that single-season record still stands. I think the NFL suffered a big loss last week, with the news that chief strategy and growth officer Chris Halpin, 45, was leaving the league to take a big job with media holding company Interactive Corp. Halpin would have been one of the strong candidates to replace commissioner Roger Goodell whenever Goodell steps down.
Halpin had imagination, and he knew how to get things done. Case in point: Last year, he pushed hard for franchises to be able to do individual team marketing deals outside the United States. Usually, such marketing deals are split into 32 equal pieces and shared by every team in the league.
So he proposed a system whereby teams would apply to the league to work in one or more countries. In years one and two, the teams would keep percent of all revenue generated through marketing and sponsorship deals; after that, teams would keep 80 percent of the revenue and share 20 percent with the other 31 teams. The measure passed , owners energized by the thought that they could make incremental money in football-hungry lands like Mexico, the UK, Germany and Brazil.
Eighteen teams were awarded rights in eight countries in round one of the application process. It would have been wise for the league to find a way to keep Halpin, who loves football. Without him, the NFL needs to find someone with the imagination and business sense who can keep pushing the ball forward on the international and strategy front. I think this is a piece you should read , by Dr.
All the reforms made may be completely offset by the fact that football players at every level are bigger, stronger, faster, and therefore creating higher magnitude impacts. Did you hear about new position-specific helmets? When you think about helmets and CTE, think about trying to prevent automobile deaths by only investing in better bumpers. CTE could be the cause of everything. Or it could not. But how utterly pathetic is that? How many times does a player have to thoroughly disrupt a team happened in Pittsburgh, happened in Oakland, happened in Tampa and then release privileged communications— on every team!
He released a private phone call with Jon Gruden! He released private text messages with his coach and a personal trainer in Tampa! Brown played 18 games, including playoffs, for the Bucs. He caught 95 balls for 1, yards, an In average yards per catch, 54 receivers were better.
In passes caught, 11 players were better. In receiving yards, 13 were better. Brown was a member of the Bucs for 29 games. He was hurt or sat for 11 of them. That is a guy worth a big deal? Moral of the story: Let Brown fix his life.
I mean, really fix it. Address his issues. The reaction was swift. And it seems like this was a prank anyway. At his post-game press conference, Fangio was asked what was separating the Broncos from the three other teams in the division.
We just need to get a little better. Stop the presses!!! It would be wonderful if coaches could simply say what they think consistently, rather than telling the very mild truth and getting raked over the coals for it. This KC team looked flat in Denver on Saturday.
Reid had better hope this effort was meh because the players felt they had little to play for in game Which means 14 percent of all coaches in the NFL have an intimate connection to the team that hired them.
The league has tried to encourage the hiring of more minority coaches through the expansion of the Rooney Rule. But the league needs a nepotism policy too. What are the chances that in an open hiring process, the Raiders would have hired nine coaches related to a current or former coach there?
Zero, of course. Story of the Week : Kent Babb of the Washington Post on how one man, Brian Kelly, got incredibly rich at LSU while scores of others at the school in recent months either got laid off or subsisted on terrible wages. Books, electronics, clothes. He clicks on a blue quarter-zip for his younger son. Too much for his paycheck from Louisiana State University. Yet sitting here two weeks before Christmas, on the verge of asking his mother to buy Christmas gifts for his kids, Chris exists on one side of a vast wealth gap that divides his employer, his city, his country.
Sometimes reporters hold a mirror up to the society in which we live, and it is a very ugly sight, but necessary. Good job by Babb doing it here. I love stories like this, that tell you step by step what you need to do to have a pleasant experience in a situation that has the potential to not be very pleasant.
Advised Martinez:. They've gone much longer without a postseason victory, as they've lost eight straight playoff contests since defeating the Houston Oilers in the Wild Card round following the season. Kickoff from Paul Brown Stadium is scheduled for p. Cincinnati is a five-point favorite in the latest Bengals vs. Raiders odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over-under for total points scored is Before locking in any Raiders vs. White, has to say. It's no surprise, as White has cashed huge twice in the world's most prestigious football handicapping competition, the Las Vegas SuperContest.
Anyone who has followed him is way up. Now, White has locked in on Bengals vs. Raiders from every angle and released a confident against-the-spread pick.
However, a Raiders win would put Las Vegas in the postseason over Los Angeles They could also both get in if the Jags beat the Colts, but they probably shouldn't count on that happening. The Packers have already clinched the top seed in the NFC and the first-round bye that comes with it, so there will be no drama for this spot on Sunday. However, if they lose and the Cardinals beat the Seahawks, then L.
The Buccaneers can't get the top seed, but they can still move up to the two-spot. Although the Cowboys are likely going to earn the fourth-seed, the win over the Eagles has opened the door for them to get up to the two-spot. If the Cardinals, Rams and Buccaneers all lose, Dallas will get the two-seed. The Cardinals have an outside shot at winning the NFC West, but they're going to need some help from the 49ers. If San Francisco upsets the Rams, then Arizona will take home the division title with a win over Seattle.
If the Rams win or if the Cardinals lose, then Arizona will be stuck as the fifth-seed. Although the 49ers are sitting pretty right now, it's still possible for them to miss the playoffs. However, the 49ers will get in the postseason with a win OR a Saints loss. The Eagles have already clinched a playoff spot, so the loss to the Cowboys on Saturday night didn't really mean anything to them.
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