I tried a different strategy this week... I went 16,15,14,13,12,11 on the early games... And it WORKED!! I was looking great.
Then the afternoon games came, like a gut punch to the stomach... OOf!
RONFIC seemed to have a handle on it last night... but this morning, I see SHARPCHEDDAR has tied him up. I don't see that anyone besides those two can win. So, good luck tonight fellas! The all important Jets at Miami matchup...
(I coulda swore I took Miami in that one... musta changed my mind at some point... I either need to drink more, or drink less...)
Did you see the Minnesota Vikings bandwagon parade go by?? Did you see my Escalade there?? I am officially ON BOARD with the Vikings. 16, no drama, blowout from the start, thank you...
Remember when Packer games were like that?? Yeah. Before THE DARK TIMES. Before The Tedly.
Needless to say, the Carolina game made me very nervous. There's a real bad vibe down there right now... They gave Jake Delhomme a huge guaranteed deal after their deep run into the playoffs last year, and now, well, he's not playing great. But they are really tied to the mast with this guy.
That pick was a case of, the Redskins are in even MORE disarray than Carolina, on the road...
Not all of you are up to speed on this, so let me break it down for you: The Redskins named Sherman Lewis as an offensive "Consultant" this week... And for those of you NOT from the greater Milwaukee Metroplex, Sherman Lewis was Mike Holmgren's O-Coordinator when we won the Super Bowl, and we were good.... Before the Dark Times. Before the Tedly. Back then, Big Mike was basically his own O-Coordinator, so no one up here, to this day, is real sure what exactly Sherm Lewis did while he was here. He did sit in the press box, with a headset on... There is photo evidence of that...
He had a few HC interviews, never got a job. Big Mike left for Seattle, didn't take Sherm Lewis with him, and shortly thereafter, Sherm was sitting at home retired, and has been for several years.
He gave a brief presser at Redskins Park, and mainly made comments about how he had to call the bingo parlor and cancel his gig as a bingo caller, and had to call meals on wheels, and cancel his gig as a MOW delivery driver... and there's been some talk about whether he was kidding or not. I think not. I think the dude was fully, firmly retired. And hey, good for him. I hope to be like that someday.
Pretty murky though, why Dan Snyder needs to bring in Sherm Lewis. If I'm Jim Zorn, I don't see that as a positive sign... And they lost to the Carolina Panthers in horrific fashion. Jim Zorn is nursing a major headache this morning, and may well have to make an emergency run to the liquer store, for some more Jack Daniels...
But wait, no, just hold the phone for a second... Jim Zorn is merely our second place finisher in this week's new feature, COACH ON THE HOTTEST SEAT, Sponsored by Coors Light, The Official Beer of the NFL...
(I know, you're dying, the guesses are flying right now...)
(And yes, there are many many deserving candidates, tru dat, but....)
(Give it one more second of pregnant pausing...)
Of Course, It's Dick Jauron. The story is an old one, the record a clear one. Besides ONE SHINING MOMENT, when he was Coach of the Year with the evil Chicago Bears, he has stunk on ice. His tenure with the Buffalo Bills has been, shall we say, disappointing.
And to put the capstone on it, Yesterday the woeful, pathetic, sorry Cleveland Browns rolled into Buffalo and beat them in their own place! Gaaah! Aaaugh! Ugh!
Congrats, Dick... You are... the COORS LIGHT COACH ON THE HOTTEST SEAT. Grab a cold Coors Light and try to cool off while you sit in the toaster oven, waiting for the phone to ring... Look on the bright side: did you REALLY want to stand on the sidelines in Buffalo, in December, with an icy wind whipping off the lake?? Of course not... Nobody does, it's ridiculous.
The Moral Defeat
Not enough time has been spent discussing "The Moral Defeat". Tip of the cap to Bill Simmons, who recently broached this subject.
We all know what a "Moral victory" is. That's where you LOSE the game, but you played well, against a superior opponent, and everyone feels good about that.
A "moral defeat" is when you WIN the game, but against a wildly inferior opponent, who ALMOST beat you, and thus even though you won the game, it leaves a bad taste, and may well be a harbinger of bad things to come...
That's a lot of run-up... What am I about to talk about???
Give yourself a cigar: The Dallas Cowboys!
Talk about a moral defeat... ugh. They coulda lost that game. I was physically ill, watching my 15 points go flying out the window.
This is the perfect illustration of the moral defeat, right here. They should have won by 3 touchdowns. I read last week that new Kansas Cuty Head Coach Todd Haley has already lost the team... The Cowboys needed to win by 3 touchdowns... not go into overtime... Ugh.
And for those of you who thought Wade Phillips should have been the Coors Light Coach of the Week, well.... He's right there. He's in the conversation. Despite the brutal moral defeat nature of yesterday's performance, however, it turns out that The Dallas Cowboys did in fact score more points than the Chiefs... and thus, by rule, they will be awarded an actual victory in the official standings of the National Football League.
As Dick Jauron wakes up this morning, looking for the Jim Beam... he can't say that.
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