The Play60 Campaign.

The NFL really needs to rethink their community service campaign. There's just something not right about the super sensual slow-motion camera shots of NFLers and Barack Obama in a seemingly unsupervised environment with a bunch of kids, while a deep voice talks about an "hour of play" in the background. I'm just waiting for the deleted scene of Jared Allen and Brad Childress half naked peering at the dancing children from behind a bush. Gross.

Last week: 7-8
All Time: 95-87
 
CLEVELAND BROWNS (+10.5) cover Pittsburgh Steelers

Death. Taxes. Carmelo Anthony scoring at least 20 points a game. The Steelers' inability to cover big spreads. Those are the only inevitabilities in life.

Call me what you will, but when Mike Tomlin starts using big words and run-on sentences to say "changes will be made," I think it's code for "I'm going to put a cap in someone's ass." Don't be surprised to find out CB William Gay "shot himself" in the leg with his "own gun" at a club next week if he gets once again toasted by another no name reciever like, Muhammed Massaquoi.

Conspiracy theory might say the Steelers have never really dominated an entire season and gone on to win a super bowl at a strong time in the league. First, the 2005 Steelers backed in the playoffs as the sixth-seeded team. So maybe 11-5 isn't exactly "backing in," but six seed none-the-less. Steel-town sends an assassin to take out Carson Palmer's knee the first series and wins the first playoff game. Jerome Bettis handed the game, literally, to the Indianapolis Colts, and Mike Vanderjact kicked it right back in the divisional round. Followed by a Jake Plummer led Bronco team in the AFC Championship? Please. Tack the historically dominant ... passive Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl, and it may very well be the easiest path to the Super Bowl title in history.... well, I guess they did play perennial chump Arizona in 2008.

If history tells us anything it is that the Steelers are the poster-child of consistency. Always pretty good, always hanging around, never really dominant. Could this explain why Pittsburgh went 8-8 and missed the playoffs the year after they won the super bowl (2006)? A pretty good team can sneak up on others, and in a down year, beat everyone in the league. However, a pretty good team with a target on its back will eventually show their true colors. A pretty good team doesn't cover double-digit point spreads against 3-8 teams.

So let's not fool ourselves. Yeah, the Steelers are pretty good, and without Troy Polamalu, they're just alright. Otherwise, there are just too many other good teams this year. Playoff birth this year? Maybe, but history says no.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (-7) over Denver Broncos

The undefeated label on the Colts is annoying. I just don't see it Bronco fan.... but I never do. 


Cincinnati Bengals (+7) cover MINNESOTA VIKINGS

It is unclear whether or not Chad Ochocinco understands the concept of currency, and that is why he is awesome.

I am reminded about a conversation that happened in the most recent season of HBO's "Hard Knocks." In one of the episodes, head coach Marvin Lewis had a discussion explaining the banking system to Chad Ochocinco. In an innocent, and perhaps satirical jab at the banking system, conversation Ochocinco could not understand how a bank could lend out his money to other people. Word Chad.

But so what, if someone put him through Intro to Finance 1001, no one is seeing a thirty thousand dollar sombrero on the field. It is the equivalent of telling your two year old cousin Santa isn't real. Let these people dream that there is a fat man dressed in a red suit that travels by flying reindeer, or that thirty-K isn't very much money. It's worth it.

New York Jets (-3) over TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

So Kellen Clemons and the Jets are still playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers right? Just checking.


Seattle Seahawks (+5.5) cover HOUSTON TEXANS

I'm putting the Seattle Seahawks in with the Denver Broncos in teams that need to desperately change/update their uniforms. Can't quite decide whether that "rainy teal" color or awesome orange "pant swoosh" is more Arena League. As if Kyle Orton wasn't ugly enough. I mean if you want to make that you're identity then fine. Just change your names to the Seattle "Storm" and Denver "Destroyers." Pick one.

<--- colorblind vs. swoosh!---->

Buffalo Bills (even) over KANSAS SHITTY CHIEFS

Ah man, courtesy flush NFL.


New Orleans (-11) over ATLANTA FALCONS

The Saints' quality is defined by their ability to dominate despite blowing the third pick in the draft on Reggie Bush.

CHICAGO BEARS (+3) over Green Bay Packers

Not so much a vote of confidence in the Bears so much as a vote of no confidence in Supreme Chancellor Valorum... the Green Bay Packers offensive line.


BALTIMORE RAVENS (-13.5) over Detroit Lions

I'm speechless.

Miami Dolphins (+3) over JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

Here's betting this game determines Jacksonville NOT getting a wild card spot.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (-13.5) over Carolina Panthers

Adalius Thomas was not happy about being sent home after arriving late to team meetings on Wednesday. Grab a cushion, the Mahatma Adalius Thomas is about to drop some philosophy...

"I don't try to figure it out. I really don't. I could care less what the reason is. I seek to understand, not to be understood. I'm done with all the phonetics, trying to figure it out. I'm really done with that. Whatever I'm asked to do, I'm gonna do."
Very zen. It really is important to put all of life's phonetics behind us. If we as a society remain stuck on the proper pronunciation of harassment, crevasse, Colorado, how will we ever move beyond the hatred that keeps us killing each other. Let's all be like Adlaius.

TENNESSEE TITANS (-13) over St. Louis Rams

Ah sick what is that?

OAKLAND RAIDERS (+1) over Washington Redskins

Come on man! Courtesy flush! Please!

DALLAS COWBOYS (-3) vs. San Diego Chargers

The beautifully sad thing about the Cowboys recent loss to the Giants was that it wasn't Romo's fault. An unacceptable punt return, and paper mache defense can take the blame for this one. Even Roy Williams caught two touchdowns!

Now, with the questions swirling yet again, the NFL's December retard takes on its prized Thoroughbred. The chargers are 16-0 in their last 4 Decembers. Tony Romo will also be reassuming the holder position for field goals. My nuts feel like they're in a vice.


New York Giants (-1) over PHILTHADELPHIA EAGLES

Ugh, for almost definitely the last time barring a miracle via tiebreak... TOP OF THE MOTHERFUCKIN DIVISION TO YOU!

Arizona Cardinals (-3.5) over SAN FRANCISCO 49ers

'Zona=Darkhorse... again

"how we makin' money on the buffs this week": Buffs (-3)

This section ain't dead. The University of Colorado Basketball team will travel to Colorado State to take on the 5-3 Rammies.

It should be noted that the University is 7-2 in this most recent decade against State. Like football, the all-time head to head matchup does not imply a rivalry (86-35 Buffs). Jeff Bzdelik is 6-0 all time against State. Alec Burks is the truth. What more do you need to know? Free money.

Comments, Criticisms, and Creole


Greg says: I think I'm the only person left who doesn't care about golf, or Tiger Woods. I don't even know much about him, besides the fact that he seems to be the sport's Barack Obama.

I'm torn on his speech. Hypocritical and arrogant though he is, the-gentleman-formerly-known-as-Tiger's message about privacy makes sense to me. We, by which I mean the general public, shouldn't be getting off at the drama of celebrities, who we likewise shouldn't be over-idolizing by throwing them paychecks the size of which would bring a tear to the eye of the Ethiopian Finance Minister.

So yeah, he's a prick (Whose game has about as much legitimacy being called a sport as does Cup Stacking or Call of Duty), but he still deserves privacy. I just hope he can have his privacy and lose a few endorsement deals, to let him know that what he did was not OK.

First off, yes. Golf is a game, not a sport. But that doesn't make it not cool. Go to a driving range and see how you do.


I personally don't think this really has much to do with celebrity. It's freaking Tiger Woods, is anyone surprised he gets offered sex a lot! The thing is, corporations have built his image up like he is the premier role model for people ages one to one hundred. He is being paid to be a role model. That's his job. Ever since we first saw a black man dominate a white man's game, it's for some reason been a foregone conclusion that he acts like all the other 50 year old white conservative schmucks in golf pants that played the game before.

So, while I agree that his speech was hypocritical and arrogant, I also believe that his speech is wrong. It's his job to be a model citizen. Chances are he has never had a real job so can't quite grasp this concept, but when you don't do your job by doing anything with a hole, it's the right of the employers (media, corporations) to get theirs. I agree that we as a society shouldn't be lobotomized idol-worshipers, at the same time, that's never going to change and to differ this to another issue is giving Tiger a free pass. He wouldn't have to worry about his privacy if he wasn't screwing Perkins waitresses. I had no idea Tiger looking up girls dresses and not studying the right choice of soap in those commercials.. 

Association Observations

The National Basketball Association is five weeks through the season, some things I've observed...

- Life is good without Glen Davis

Right?  Aside from throwing down with his homeboys, and running... waddling his mouth off about playing in the NFL, no one has been forced to watch his clinically overweight ass jump up and down, or daddy Garnett scold big baby Glen Davis on Sportscenter.

The Boston Celtics are the only people missing Glen Davis less than myself. Are the 16-4 Celtics to believe they will be anything but fatter and slower upon his arrival in two weeks? If you don't believe 85% of Glen Davis's rehabilitative workout regimen involved bicep curls of Cheetos, I've got a sandbox in Florida for sale.

Two more weeks until we get to see this...  and this.... and of course again, this.

- Gettin' Old

That one Allen Iverson press conference was painful. No, not practice, not a game, this one. It's pain is drawn from the realization that AI is no longer relevant, even if he is. Ty Lawson was born in 1987, he was 10 years old in Allen Iverson's rookie, cross-up Jordan (2:13), season. Every year since Ty Lawson was 12, and until last year, Allen Iverson has been in the playoffs. Ty Lawson, and the Facebook generation grew up with Allen Iverson being at very least worth conversation for half their lives, now no one really wants him on their team.

Even if AI can still drop 26 points a game, no one talks Iverson-Shaq-Duncan anymore. It's all about Kobe-Lebron-shouldbeMelo. That press conference was Shakespearean tragedy; it looked like a hero's realization of his own mortality. "I mean I crossed up Jordan and I can't get a job at a salary above the league minimum?" Damn AI, here's five bucks, It's all I got.

Allen Iverson was this ten year old Denver transplant's first favorite NBAer. The hip-hop culture, tattoo wearing, unstoppably athletic drives to the basket, and points and steals per game have already been done before, Lebron James. Allen Iverson did it.

As Nugget fan watched Duncan, Ginobili, Parker and the Spurs be too old, NBA fan has so too watched the foreshadowing of Iverson's retirement. Big time careers are starting to wind down, I'm looking at you Garnett, Nash, Artest, and the rest of you.

I'm just sayin' find me a contending team with it's four core players under 28 years old.

(Anthony 25, Lawson 22, Nene 27, Smith 24... even Afflalo 24.)

- Who the hell is Anthony Carter?

Oh, that guy? Didn't he used to play for the Nuggets or something? Wait, that guy started for the Nuggets?

We've come a long way baby. Thank you Mark Warkentein for being Jewish and attracting such wealth to the Denver Nuggets. The market is bullish on the Nuggets.

I've always been hard on the "east coast bias" that has perennially, if only in my own mind, underrated the Nuggets. But the truth is, the criticism was valid. Everyone that frustrated me on the court so much that I ended up hating them is gone from the team. I used to hate Eduardo Najera, the Mexican Glen Davis sans 100lbs, for jacking up three's, for having no left hand, no vertical jump and that weak haircut. Now, he's in the NBA hell that is New Jersey. I used to hate Marcus Camby's behind the head, rainbow arching, "favorite shot" from the top of the key when he should have been around the basket. Off with you to the bowels that are the L.A. Clippers! I used to hate Linas Kleiza being an invertebrate. Now, the Greek league gets to watch Linas the menace brick threes in a contract year. I used to hate the Anthony Carter's party faux pas. Now, who the hell is Anthony Carter?

I am the self-actualized Nugget fan, completely content with pretty much every player on the team. Who beside Malik Allen and Johan Petro is there to hate anymore? The most frustrating player this year has been Chauncey Billups, and if he's the worst player on the team, then I think I'll have a coke.

If I could paint, I would paint a mural of Anthony Carter driving off into the sunset on a road to nowhere-in-particular, waving to us behind him from his little red convertible. "God speed AC." I'd like to think he'd be blasting Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" on the way to looking for that beach at the end of Shawshank Redemption... Zi-huatane-o. He gave one-hundred percent to this team, and while we've had some laughs and mainly tears, Ty Lawson is exponentially better than you, and George Karl realizes it.

- Alright let's try this again, raise your hand if you haven't had sex with Tiger Woods.

Whoops how'd that get in there. If we have learned anything from the Tiger Woods "scandal," it is that Tiger Woods is a pompous ass who's good at golf. More importantly however, we learned legal names that contain pronouns and adjectives that can be used during sex like "Tiger," "Magic," "Johnson," and "Magic Johnson," have a direct correlation to how much these people get laid! Consider myself Amazing Bonner. Tiger's wood, Magic's johnson, Amazing's bonner... bulletproof, now to just avoid a disease...

- Tack Kiki Vandeghwe to the list of people that suck at their jobs and still have one.

While we can thank Mark Warkentein, we can curse Kiki. The man who passed on Amare Stoudamire for Nickolai Tskitisvili, the man who signed K-Mart to a contract larger than the K-Mart company's net book value, the man that loved the aforementioned Eduardo Najera so much he brought him with him to New Jersey. How's that going for you never-gonna-get Lebron Nets? If you're keeping track, the list consists of Dan Hawkins, Jake Delhomme, Bill Hanzlik, Kiki Vandeghwe.

-Lebron James is even more annoying than last year.

There is a level of celebrity in which people who are natural ego-maniacs literally live in their own world. No one in the real world is so overwhelmed with the joy of being in love that it causes them to jump up and down like a three year old on Oprah's big couch. When I watch Tom Cruise demonstrating the full spectrum of jackass he can be, I can't help but think how disconnected he is with the world. If he wasn't an actor, he'd be a freak.

This alternate state of reality known as the "Tom Cruise plane of existence" is not limited to the title character. This season, we have watched as Lebron voluntarily informed the public that he smoked weed in high school. Um, cool, who asked? Lebron danced on the sideline during a rout of the Chicago Bulls without so much as a fine or statement from the league. Only people on the Tom Cruise plane of existence can make me side with Joakim Noah. In case you were wondering, Lebron does think he can be an All-pro tight end in the NFL. By the way, I still have as many NBA championships as Lebron James, and could dominate the MLB if I wanted to.

Tom Cruise Plane of existence is not limited to athletes and actors. I recommend the Jersey Shore, this trailer, and primarily what happens at minute 1:21. Needless to say these background dudes shared my exact same reaction. This sums up the plane, the people who live in it, how they think, and how disconnected from society I feel.


- Called it.

Is everybody having fun in this 2009-10 NBA season, also known as the breakout year of Carmelo Anthony? I know I am...

"It's easy to say that, but then if you go out there and not do it, or if you win in the regular season and not in the playoffs, then people will say that you don't care about winning. But how can you say that? It's not like I went out there and tried to lose all those games in the playoffs. . . . You start winning games in the playoffs, then people start saying that everything has changed." -Carmelo Anthony

Transgressions

Did you know Eldrick "Tiger" Woods cheated on his wife?

Reading between the lines of Tiger's "apology":

I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions (oh? so that would be more than one transgression, as in more than one woman? only Tiger Woods can make "transgression" the word du jour and code for midnight romps behind your wife's back) with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. (cumming... pun... from a man who demands perfection from himself on the golf course, this is quite an admission. I wonder if Tiger slammed the condom to the ground after a curse-laden tirade post-coital relations.)  I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.(wait...this can't possibly be the beginning of a lecture?)

Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means. For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives. (awww... poor little Eldrick...wait, you cheated on your wife!... sorry... you transgressed on your wife! your family isn't being hounded to expose intimate details of your personal lives, you, Eldrick, are the only one in your family that "transgressed." You'd think you would have realized your personal media coverage when you dropped a fart at the Buick, not Cadillac, open. the only moral issue here is adultery, you can't make this another issue.) 

The stories in particular that physical violence played any role in the car accident were utterly false and malicious. (or utterly true and frightening, but if I don't lie about this too she might take that nine iron to my face next time.) Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect.(She will also be receiving a 15 million dollar rock, and I will be selling the commercial rights to Kay jewelers)

But no matter how intense curiosity about public figures can be, there is an important and deep principle at stake which is the right to some simple, human measure of privacy. I realize there are some who don't share my view on that. But for me, the virtue (take it from me kids, always be virtuous) of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one's own family. Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions. (then give your endorsement money back.)

Whatever regrets I have about letting my family down have been shared with and felt by us alone. I have given this a lot of reflection and thought (balls deep for about 31 months worth) and I believe that there is a point at which I must stick to that principle even though it's difficult.(you always have been a man of principle Eldrick, like when you sank that putt behind your wife's back in a hotel penthouse..)

I will strive to be a better person and the husband and father that my family deserves. For all of those who have supported me over the years, I offer my profound apology. 

Normally I wouldn't care or comment on a celebrity scandal that doesn't affect the outcome of a sporting event I care about. However, with this statement, Eldrick (sounds dirty to call him 'tiger' anymore) Woods has jolted himself perhaps above Brett Favre and Lebron James as the most arrogant, pompous, "better-than-you" athletes in the modern era.


I've never understood why athletes get married before age 40. I understand a male's sex-drive, I understand the abundance of fast times and fast women that throw themselves at professional athletes, and I understand that Eldrick is probably the most famous athlete in the world.

Chances are, that when I'm thirty years old, marriage will make sense because among other things, the pickens of women that want to sleep with me will be slim.

So I'm not surprised Eldrick is an adulterer, I'm just surprised at his arrogance. Rather than owning up to his "transgressions" in front of the media that makes him famous, and gives him his money, his "apology" is nothing more than a lecture to everyone to leave him alone. Being a billion-dollar endorsed athlete does not give you liberty to choose when you want to be famous, and when you don't want to be famous. The media didn't cheat... damnit, transgress... on your wife, Eldrick, you did.

Last week: 7-8
All time: 88-79

(A refresher on these picks. They are against the spread. So if I pick the Buffalo Bills (+3), I am picking the Bills to lose by less than 3 points, or win. Conversely, a pick for the Jets (-3) would mean they win by more than 3.)


BUFFALO BILLS (+3) over New York Football Jets

To start Terrell Owens, or not to start Terrell Owens, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and decide to start his ass in fantasy football, or to take arms against his sea of troubles, and by opposing leave him benched.

KANSAS SHITTY CHIEFS (+5) cover Denver Broncos

At Kansas Shitty, at Indianapolis, home vs Joakland, at Philthy, home vs Kansas shitty. The broncos need to win three more games to pretty much guarantee a playoff birth. That makes this game a must win, unless Bronco fan sees themselves winning in undefeated Indianapolis, or a battling for the division and playoff Philadelphia.


Big Mac's MF-bomb was awesome. Damnit, that's two in-game instances I've like Big Mac for. No matter, it doesn't make up for the "transgressions" that traded away a quarterback that can throw more than 20 yards (this is me still doubting Noodlearm Neckbeard), and the arrogance he has after finally winning his first of the last five games.

I said it before, the Broncos do not want to lose the "no one thinks we're any good" mentality. They have not the talent to compete with the big boys week in and week out unless they have the motivation of world-wide disrespect. The Broncos can't handle expectation, they can't handle being the hunted, and they struggle in KC. They HAVE to win this game.

Joakland Raiders (+14.5) cover PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Steelers and big spreads, what do you know about it? The last time this was questioned, they blew a 13 point spread, and LOST to Kansas Shitty.


How does it feel Steeler fan? Does it seem like the media wants to create drama that distracts your football team. Do you think the Hines Ward comments were blown out of proportion, and the attempt to divide the lockerroom is bullshit? Welcome to the spotlight. Praise God "Melrose Place" has been moved from Dallas to Pittsburgh.


Houston Texans (even) over JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

It's time for Mr. Kubiak to start crackin' skulls and yelling at his players. This pretty close routine is tired... light em up a fire coach!


MIAMI DOLPHINS (+4.5) cover New England Patriots

Ricky Williams + Patriot Killers + Pats' 0-4 road record = Dolphins win? I'll buy.


Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+9) CAROLINA PANTHERS


I'm not letting this spread fool me into thinking the Panthers are anything better than mediocre.

In this horrible economy, and the unemployment rate much too high, it's hard to see people that are horrible at their job and still get to keep it. Think if you were personally as bad at your job as Jake Delhomme, Dan Hawkins, or Bill Hanzlik, would your boss keep you? In this economy? It's offensive to the thousands of unemployed that are forced to sit and watch these clowns get paid millions for the equivalent of showing up to work drunk.

CHICAGO BEARS (-9) over St. Louis Rams

A little humble pie for thanksgiving can't do anything but help ol Jay Cutler.

CINCINNATI BENGALS (-13) over Detroit Lions

Can anyone believe that the Bungles completely swept their division?


Larry Johnson's homophobic slur was the best career move he's ever made. If dropping a bomb like that get's me a foot in the door of a successful franchise/company then.... FAG!

Tennessee Titans (+7) over INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

The bye week is a hell of a drug. After their respective bye weeks the Broncos: 1-4, the Titans: 5-0. Is it possible that one goes to the playoffs while the other does not? yup. 


Chris Johnson is the best runningback in the league... that goes for you too Adrian Peterson.

New Orleans Saints (-9.5) over WASHINGTON REDSKINS

Would anyone be angry to see one of the worst franchises in the history of the NFL be the first team to go 16-0 and win the Super Bowl? I guess I'm just saying if I can't see the Cowboys do it... go 'Aints.


P.S. Top of the division to you Redskins!

Philthadelphia Eagles (-5.5) over ATLANTA FALCONS

Ask Marion Barber last year about the impact of turf toe. Matty-ice is probably not alright, and neither are the Falcons chances of making the playoffs. Drop a homophobic slur, Tony Gonzalez, it's the only way to get yourself on a championship contender.

P.S. Top of the division to you too Eagles!

San Diego Chargers (-13) over CLEVELAND BROWNIES

See? Another late season fantasy run for LaDainian Tomlinson that will end up making him not such a bad fantasy pickup after all. Someone take old yeller (the browns) out back and put him down already.


SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (even) over San Francisco 49ers

Nuva Ring. 


Dallas Cowboys (-2.5) against NEW YORK GIANTS

It's officially the first week of December... which means it's officially time for Romo's sphincter to tighten up air-tight.


I have remained successful by not picking Dallas Cowboy games, they have gone 2-0 since I have forgone expectation and I see no reason to change things now. Especially with this daunting December schedule remaining:

at New York
home vs. San Diego
at New Orleans
at Washington
home vs Philly

ugh.

So for possibly the last time this season... Top of the division to you everybody!

ARIZONA CARDINALS (+5.5) cover Minnesota Vikings

How awesome was Vince Young punking Matt Lienart on the final drive... again.


Baltimore Ravens (+3) over GREEN BAY PACKERS

Running game and Defense vs Passing game... eh... whatev.



Comments, criticisms, and creole:


Greg writes: All right, you called the Broncos getting blindsided by the hype wagon. I'll give you that. Being a Cowboys fan, nobody can see that catastrophe coming from farther away than you.

But now the hype is going against the Broncos again. In an NFL.com survey, 70% of the roughly 22,000 people who voted said that the Chargers would take this matchup. It looks like the same old story we've seen before: Denver gets an early lead, San Diego falters, then recovers just in time to treat the good citizens of Colorado to a strong helping of shame to go with their Thanksgiving turkey. Yum.

Call me bananas, but that's not going to happen this year.

This is a different team, with a different frame of mind. Win or lose this Sunday, being considered an underdog again will be enough for the Denver Broncos to pick themselves up, dust off the tiara and glass slippers, and become a Cinderella story again.

Oh, you'll see another fist pump.

Also- I sincerely hope that Bret Favre plays until he's 50. I want to see an NFL player whose health insurance is covered by the AARP.

That's all I was really saying. The Broncos really don't want to lose that edge, it's the only way they can make up for the lack of talent, and depth on the defensive line.


Having said that (Curb your enthusiasm reference), it doesn't mean the Broncos are going to be able to channel this to get into the playoffs. In fact I'll lay it out right now. Broncos lose their playoff spot to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans. Have fun debating whether or not the Broncos should burn a first round pick on a quarterback next year, thus forgetting about the defense... again.

Somebody give Brett Favre a concussion already.