Player Of The Week
Greetings Gridiron Fanatics! I want to talk for a moment about the NFL's Player(s) of the Week program. It's a marvelous idea that nets dollars for the charities NFL players partner with by giving a large contribution, $5K a week, to the top offensive, defensive and special teams player from each conference. That's $30K a week! And at the end of the year there will be player of the year awards thru which the NFL doles out $25K to each recipient's favorite charity. Great stuff. But this week I take issue. This week's AFC defensive player of the week announced yesterday? You guessed it... ALL TEDY, ALL THE TIME! Hey, NFL - enough Tedy already. Let's roll the numbers, shall we? Tedy had 2 solo tackles and was in on 5 more. For contrast, consider the stats of the NFC defensive player of the week, Bears CB Charles Tillman. Tillman had 9 tackles, 2 passes defensed, AND let's not forget that 1 interception returned for a game winning touchdown in overtime. If I'm Tedy I'm not putting the plaque on the wall, my wife's selling it at a yardsale.
If you didn't hear, Tedy returned. But, the news will not be so good for Terrell Owens this week in Philly. Word is he's out this week, and likely the next week too. I think he's planning his next holdout with his agent. You remember, Terrell has a family to feed. One player who is back this week is Cardinals' QB Kurt Warner. Coach Denny Green is trying everything to get his team on track and handing the ball back to Warner is this week's plan. Steelers' QB Big Ben Roethlisberger is doubtful for his team's game against the Packers. That might actually allow the Pack to sneak up and play the Steelers. And the soon to be household name, Cody Pickett, gets his first NFL start at QB for the 49ers against the East Rutherford Giants. Welcome to the NFL, Cody.
Picks? Get to the picks, you say? First allow me to speak to my performance last week. Since the NFL is so generous in awarding players of the week, have they considered my 11-3 performance? If you're counting that's 74-42 on the season. How about giving me a Player of the Week award? Maybe once I eclipse that coveted 70% mark on the year they'll recognize me as Player of the Year? I better start looking for a charity to give the $25K to. Maybe Terrell Owens' kids. They need to eat, you know. Here's those picks...
Here are those 'cushy-charitable-feeling, get-off-the-TEDY-story, write-a-check-to-feed-Terrell's-kids' picks for week number 9: Falcons over Dolphins; Bucs over Panthers; Bengals over Ravens; Vikings over Lions; Jaguars over Titans; Chiefs over Raiders; Chargers over Jets; Browns over Titans; Bears over Saints; Giants over 49ers; Seahawks over Cardinals; Steelers over Packers; Redskins, ahem - Native Americans over Eagles; Patriots over Colts (nope, that's not a typo - afterall, Tedy is playing!). Bye: Bills - wishing they still had Bledsoe; Cowboys - trying to decide which RB starts next week; Broncos - wondering if fans would like Plummer better wearing number 7; Rams - having all their coaches' hearts evaluated.
If you didn't hear, Tedy returned. But, the news will not be so good for Terrell Owens this week in Philly. Word is he's out this week, and likely the next week too. I think he's planning his next holdout with his agent. You remember, Terrell has a family to feed. One player who is back this week is Cardinals' QB Kurt Warner. Coach Denny Green is trying everything to get his team on track and handing the ball back to Warner is this week's plan. Steelers' QB Big Ben Roethlisberger is doubtful for his team's game against the Packers. That might actually allow the Pack to sneak up and play the Steelers. And the soon to be household name, Cody Pickett, gets his first NFL start at QB for the 49ers against the East Rutherford Giants. Welcome to the NFL, Cody.
Picks? Get to the picks, you say? First allow me to speak to my performance last week. Since the NFL is so generous in awarding players of the week, have they considered my 11-3 performance? If you're counting that's 74-42 on the season. How about giving me a Player of the Week award? Maybe once I eclipse that coveted 70% mark on the year they'll recognize me as Player of the Year? I better start looking for a charity to give the $25K to. Maybe Terrell Owens' kids. They need to eat, you know. Here's those picks...
Here are those 'cushy-charitable-feeling, get-off-the-TEDY-story, write-a-check-to-feed-Terrell's-kids' picks for week number 9: Falcons over Dolphins; Bucs over Panthers; Bengals over Ravens; Vikings over Lions; Jaguars over Titans; Chiefs over Raiders; Chargers over Jets; Browns over Titans; Bears over Saints; Giants over 49ers; Seahawks over Cardinals; Steelers over Packers; Redskins, ahem - Native Americans over Eagles; Patriots over Colts (nope, that's not a typo - afterall, Tedy is playing!). Bye: Bills - wishing they still had Bledsoe; Cowboys - trying to decide which RB starts next week; Broncos - wondering if fans would like Plummer better wearing number 7; Rams - having all their coaches' hearts evaluated.
3 Comments:
Whose money is being donated?? We should all be able to take a big, fat tax deduction every time we spend money to go to a game!
By Jackie, at 11/04/2005 12:09 AM
Go to a game?
Are you NUTS woman?
You have to have a Lexus just to get in the parking lot! You have to be wearing Gucci to get in the gate!
Tailgating used to mean a bunch of guys, a cheezy hibachi and a lot of sausages.
Now it means Pate of wild fowl with terrine of squab. Served on linen. in your neighbors' $225,000 motorhome.
Go to a game? One ticket is a semester's college. At Harvard.
So, if you're going to a game, Jackie... cut me in!
:)
D
By Higher Up, Further In, at 11/04/2005 6:52 AM
D....
I have the Gucci so I can get into the gates! I love sausages! If I ever land any tickets---I'll take you!
By Jackie, at 11/04/2005 9:09 AM
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