Freakin’ A
The 49ers Red Zone offense is horrendous. Truly incompetent. Awful. Useless. [assorted synonyms for “shitty”]
Ted Ginn returns it to the 4 yard line? Field goal.
Interception returned to the 16? Field goal.
Long pass to Davis to the 13? Field Goal.
It was an awful game plan to begin with, too. No slants, no counter runs, no swing passes. It was Singletary’s offense this week.
The GIANTS hate me. Can’t we just win a game. Must every game be a nail-biter?
Wow, as I’m typing, a blocked field goal after icing the kicker. I need a defibrillator every time I watch this team.
I hate when that works.
Well, that certainly was an exciting SNF.
Fuck me, that was nitro-fueled awesome.
That was an amazing game.
I’m never sure, when i watch the Giants and the Cowboys, whether i want Tom Coughlin or Dallas to lose more. It is nice to see Dallas lose on their home turf, though.
The Druidess works at a local TV station. Her rooting interest in Sunday Night Football is always for a quick game, no overtime. Normally, she can’t come home until after the news which can’t start until the game ends. She says the entire newsroom cheered the blocked kick…
For those who didn’t watch the Jets game, they screwed up their first play after the kickoff and only had ten men on the field. By the time they realized it and tried to fix it, they couldn’t get the play off in time. So they had to call a time-out six seconds into the game. The announcers speculated this was the earliest a time-out had ever been called in an NFL game. Has this been confirmed or debunked?
It’s not unreasonable to imagine a scenario where a team has taken a touchback on the opening kickoff and, at the line of scrimmage, calls a timeout, for whatever reason, before they snap the ball. That is 0 seconds elapsed. I’d be surprised if that’s never happened.
The Chiefs have fired head coach Todd Haley:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/12/12/todd.haley.fired.ap/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a3&eref=sihp
They’ve looked particularly bad the past few weeks, with Palko at QB, so I guess I’m not too surprised.
I’m not surprised, but I’m sometimes confused by some owners.
I guess fans are always calling for change after a losing season (see any Houston team of the last decade), but it really depends on why you think the season is a loser.
The Chiefs had some key injuries throughout the season. But they had their moments, too.
And it’s not like there’s a ton of top tier coaching talent on the market. That ignores all the competition for the few name coaches against Jacksonville, probably New York, probably St Louis, probably Indy, probably San Diego, maybe Minnesota, DC and Philly, possibly Miami and Tampa Bay, and any others I might have missed (Chicago?).
If anyone should be fired it should be Caldwell from Indy. No team should be so bereft of talent or motivation that the loss of a starting QB should lead to the disaster that the colts are dealing with now.
Agreed. They were awful the first two or three weeks of the season, but then played pretty well until about the midway point of the season.
I do agree that injuries were likely the big reason for the poor play (and Haley’s undoubtedly not the first coach to take the fall due to that). I also wonder if things had soured between Haley and Scott Pioli.
Man, Palko has one of the weakest arms I have ever seen on on an NFL starter.
I get the impression that Hailey is pretty good and was a key factor in the big turnaround last year. Surprised they’re willing to let him go so soon. A quick turnaround deserves trusting him through a bad season with significant adversity.
They promoted Crennel to interim head coach. Good luck with that.
By most accounts, Haley’s pretty much an asshole. He chased off Weis and has been often described as hard to work with/play for. He’s had an open rift with Pioli. If you’re a tactical genius, people will put up with that, but I don’t see any signs of Haley being especially good coach. Cassel and the passing game did not show signs of developing, and that was supposed to be Haley’s thing. They had a fluky playoff berth because Jamaal Charles ran for 6.4 yards per carry, in spite of Haley keeping him on the bench.
If Pioli has lost faith in him, better to act now; if you wait, maybe he lucks into a couple wins and then it gets harder. As it is, you can let Crennell audition and you have a month to sweet-talk Bill Cowher before the competition arrives.
It’s actually an appealing opening: there is some solid young talent there, and it’s a weak division.
Aaand, Sparano’s apparently gone, too:
http://tracking.si.com/2011/12/12/report-dolphins-fire-tony-sparano/?sct=hp_t2_a6&eref=sihp
First time I’ve had a chance to watch the Rams since I left St. Louis. Gosh, this should be exciting.
I’m sad to see that called as pass interference. It may be the right call by the rulebook (I don’t know), but it was great defense - the hand on the shoulder didn’t prevent the receiver from making the catch. I hate to see that penalized. Hope it doesn’t result in a touchdown.
+1. Unbelievable.
I’m probably biased as a Seattle fan, but I tend to think, regardless of the game I’m watching, that the NFL could do with fewer PI penalties called.