# NFL Week 9 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 6, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073 "2011-11-06T17:23:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/161 "2011-11-09T17:55:43Z")
A few weeks ago, people were talking about how and why it was that the Colts had gotten so bad at player acquistion over the last few years, after having been so good a few years back. This article was interesting: > [@](#): > > [This may be Chris Polian’s first full year with complete control over the team’s daily operations, but since he started moving up the organizational ladder in the early 2000s for no apparent reason other than being a Polian, he has been instrumental in hastening the exits of scouts and assistant coaches who led the Colts to previous greatness.](http://www.indystar.com/article/20111106/SPORTS15/111060364/Kravitz-Who-s-blame-0-8-Colts-Chris-Polian-one?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CIndyStar.com) FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/162 "2011-11-09T21:26:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Pats cut Albert Haynesworth. Buccaneers put Gerald McCoy on IR. I am very excited about the possibility of getting Haynesworth; he really belongs at the three-technique. [Ta-da!](http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7213105/tampa-bay-buccaneers-claim-albert-haynesworth-waivers) Bucs got Haynesworth. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/163 "2011-11-09T22:37:57Z")
Yesssss. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/164 "2011-11-10T00:08:44Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Yesssss. Do you really think that Albert will find new life with his third team in as many years? I would be surprised if he returns to anything resembling his old self. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/165 "2011-11-10T12:17:39Z")
I wonder if Ochocinco is about to be released? He’s been quiet on Twitter all season, but this morning he’s sending out hundreds of tweets. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/166 "2011-11-10T13:22:13Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I wonder if Ochocinco is about to be released? He’s been quiet on Twitter all season, but this morning he’s sending out hundreds of tweets. They might as well release him. He isn’t doing anything other than taking up a spot and getting paid. I guess he’s done, which is weird to say as a Bengals fan and a former fan of the player once named Johnson. He’s the Bengals all-time leading wideout…a stat I expect Adriel Jeremiah Green to surpass in relatively short order… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/167 "2011-11-10T15:16:11Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Do you really think that Albert will find new life with his third team in as many years? I would be surprised if he returns to anything resembling his old self. I’m not saying he’s a sure thing. I’m just saying that he’ll be more productive in Tampa than he was in Year 2 in Washington or in New England. Whether he’ll be as good as he once was, or just better, is the question. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/168 "2011-11-10T18:04:33Z")
He’ll be “as good” as he was in New England. Fewer than a dozen tackles the whole rest of the year, I say. Maybe end up on IR. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/169 "2011-11-10T18:12:48Z")
I’m willing to place a gentleman’s wager on it, if you are. 12 tackles and I win (including sacks). ---
**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:** [November 10, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073/170 "2011-11-10T20:01:35Z")
Since the Thursday games start this week, I created a [week 10 thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=630976) now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/602073.md?page=8)