# NFL Week 13 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 5, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006 "2010-12-05T05:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/1 "2010-12-05T05:17:12Z")
13 hours until kick-off and still no topic yet? Certainly there must be something to discuss. Ravens v. Steelers! Jets v. Pats! Other games, I’m assuming. Plus, with only five weeks left, no team has more than a one game lead in their division. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/2 "2010-12-05T17:05:45Z")
I think the Browns would comfortably beat the Dolphins if McCoy was starting, but it’s always tough to overcome Jake Delhomme’s guaranteed pick 6. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/3 "2010-12-05T17:26:47Z")
Derek Anderson had better be on a very short leash today. The Cardinals are having a bad season, but I don’t want them to go back to being a joke. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/4 "2010-12-05T18:43:00Z")
Jor Haden is really good… Looks like he could be a top corner soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/5 "2010-12-05T19:08:20Z")
Shaun Rogers has 14 blocked kicks in his career. That has to be a record, right? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/6 "2010-12-05T19:24:25Z")
I can see it coming. I’ve heard it from enough Lions fans to know better. I know I shouldn’t, but I simply can’t help myself. I have hope. God, I pity you Lions fans if this is what it is like. I know they’ll blow it. The 2 play 91 yard drive to take the lead at the end of the half was a thing of beauty. But I’m terrified how this will end. God I’m glad I’m only a Lion fans a few games a year. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/7 "2010-12-05T19:56:37Z")
I’m listening to the Giants game on the radio (they’re up 21-0 despite yet another horrible Eli pick in the end zone) and Carl Banks has TWICE said “If it ain’t broke, don’t **break** it”. Aaaaargh! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/8 "2010-12-05T20:00:46Z")
If Hester just followed either of his two blockers he’d have sole possession of the NFL return record right now. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/9 "2010-12-05T20:02:53Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Carl Banks has TWICE said “If it ain’t broke, don’t **break** it”. Aaaaargh! I LOVED him in Fresh Prince of Bel Air. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/10 "2010-12-05T20:08:05Z")
I wish I knew what the cockles of my heart are so I could say how much they’re being warmed by the Vikings succeeding with Favre on the sidelines. 'Cuz I’d bet they’re pretty warm. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/11 "2010-12-05T20:25:03Z")
Bullshit roughing call in favor of the Bears leads to a touchdown. How many breaks can the Bears get in a season? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/12 "2010-12-05T20:52:30Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Bullshit roughing call in favor of the Bears leads to a touchdown. How many breaks can the Bears get in a season? They probably would’ve got the touchdown anyway. Cutler made it to the first down and he was down before the fumble. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/13 "2010-12-05T21:11:37Z")
Seriously? Screen and spike is your plan there? ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/14 "2010-12-05T21:28:13Z")
Chicago should have destroyed Detroit. This is why people are skeptical of their 1st place status. Additionally I hate when we win by running out the last two minutes of the clock. This is two weeks in a row isn’t it? I know it’s legit but I still don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/15 "2010-12-05T21:29:11Z")
Cardinals off to a nice start. Let’s hope they can keep it up. They need a win bad. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/16 "2010-12-05T21:50:23Z")
At this rate they Indy is gonna have to play to win games in week 15-17. No one on their team has any experience doing that. The Dolphins managed to stop Peyton Hillis today, they’re the first team to do it. Too bad for them Reggie Hodges and his Epic Punting won the game anyway. Actually that game featured great punting on both sides and great ST coverage units all around. Pretty good field position battle. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/17 "2010-12-05T22:00:11Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > At this rate they Indy is gonna have to play to win games in week 15-17. No one on their team has any experience doing that. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Schadenfreude strikes again! Damn Quitters, if they hadn’t put in Curtis Friggin’ Painter last year while up on the Jets in the next to last week they might have had an undefeated season and Pittsburgh would have made the playoffs. Well, now they have to win out? I’m loving it. The only thing better than ManningFace is CaldwellFace. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/18 "2010-12-05T22:29:36Z")
Is it in the rulebook that alternate uniforms have to be ugly? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/19 "2010-12-05T23:22:40Z")
I wonder if Jimmy Clausen is aware that every TAINT he throws brings Andrew Luck closer and closer to his job? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006/20 "2010-12-05T23:24:59Z")
That was some crushing neutral zone infraction by the Bengals right there and the end of the game… You could see that Payton/Brees were going to try to draw them with a count and they still fell for it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/563006.md?page=2)