Still undefeated!

Bowe Knows

Dwayne Bowe has always been a good receiver. But this year, he's not only given life to the Chief's passing game, he may have also risen his game to elite status. Check it out:

- 2007 stats: 16 games, 70 recpts, 995 yds, 5 TDs

- 2008 stats: 16 games, 76 recpts, 1002 yds, 7 TDs

- 2009 stats: 11 games, 47 recpts, 589 yds, 4 TDs

- 2010 stats to date: 11 games, 58 recpts, 885 yds, 14 TDs

Through his first 4 games this year Bowe totalled 9 recpts, 152 yds, and 1 TD. Hardly deserving of elite status. But then something clicked and over the next 7 games Bowe has totalled 49 recpts, 733 yds, and 13 TDs...in only 2 games over that span did he score less than 2 TDs. Incredible numbers. Even more incredible considering that Matt Cassell would never be mistaken for Peyton Manning.

Cowboys Win!

A few of us went down to Dallas for last week's Thanksgiving game. We were hopeful for a Cowboys win but expected a loss at the hand of the Saints. Personally, I saw a 10-17 halftime score with the Saints winning 17-27 as the final...never really being in any danger. What we saw was a completely different game that the Cowboys were a Roy Williams fumble away from winning.

The big question after that game was whether Jason Garrett helped or hindered his chances of winning the coaching job in the loss.

Hindered: Dumb play calling and an inability to recognize mismatches created by New Orlean's passing schemes leads to a 0-17 start and ultimately the loss. Terence Newman lets Robert Meacham run right past him for a 55 yard gain? Roy Williams ignores the rules of basic ball security? Marion Barber consistently runs in between the tackles for a 1 yard gain on 1st and 10? Wow.

Helped: The defence steps up and the Cowboys don't roll over coming back from 0-17 to take the lead 27-23 with 4 minutes to play. If not for a lapse in ball security, the Cowboys win a shocker.

Even though they didn't beat the Saints, I think the Cowboys still won. They've won back their pride. That can only help Jason Garrett's chances of being the coach in 2011.

What do you think?

My Favourite Dog

Are you a betting man? Then you'll be interested in the following factoids courtesy of Steeler loyalist Lloyd Sison:

"...the bias towards dogs are [the] result of of the first seven weeks on the year where dogs won the majority of the games six weeks out of seven...and by a ratio [of] 2:1 and 3:1 in five of those six weeks. Since Week 7, it's been mostly back and forth between favs vs. dogs. I suspect that there will be a bias [towards] favs for the remainder of the season'.

"The last two weeks were particularly interesting in that Week 11 had a number of big spreads that dared you to take the points. In spite of the big spreads, favs wons 63% of the games. Week 12 had much smaller spreads that dared you to lay the points and the dogs won 62% of the games".

How many of you lost $$ on the Packers and Saints last week?

What will the upcoming weeks bring?

Cortland Fine-Again

Ok, so everyone knows that mild-mannered Andre Johnson beat the stuffing out of that scorch Cortland Fine-Again on Sunday. Well known as a dirty player, most of the fans (not to mention most NFL WRs) felt that the Cortland's thumping was warranted.

- September 2010 fined $5,000 for throwing NYG WR Steve Smith to the ground by his helmet.

- October 2010 fined $10,000 for unnecessary roughness after hitting a helmet less Denver Broncos guard Chris Kuper.

These are but 2 of Cortland's fines this year alone. "Did I want it to escalate into that? Absolutely not," Finnegan said Monday on a Nashville radio show.

What did he think would happen when he yelled "Watch this" at the Texans sideline before proceeding to set things off by jabbing Andre in the neck and face mask? Damn right he wanted something to happen, he purposely wanted to push Andre over the edge.

And he still doesn't get it: "This is not hockey this is the NFL," Finnegan said Monday. "It's crazy to me to see people condoning this like I got what I deserved."

Exactly what did you deserve Fine-Again?

Touch Football Update

The Canes finished the regular season as the number two seed with a 7-1-2 record. After demolishing the Mudrunners in their first playoff game, the Canes went on to face number one seed Brick in the Division Final.

Down 0-26 at the half, the Canes did not fall apart proclaiming a new half and promising the comeback of the year. Owing much to their Championship pedigree, the Canes mounted a furious rally but unfortunately fell short losing by a final score of 24-37. Although the Canes would not repeat as Division Champs, they've proved themselves as the best team over the last two years with a 17-1-2 regular season record with a Division Title. Congratulations Hurricanes!

Bear Obsessions- Stunk last night (the score is not worth mentioning). No other way to put it. Currently 4-2 but played like they were 2-4. Have to do better than that man.

Newsflash!

Pittsburgh Steeler James Harrison has been fined yet again by the league. I have to believe he just doesn't care about the NFL's edict. When will they start doling out suspensions? And are we dedicating this money to the poor? Sounds like a good idea to me.

Derek Anderson...

...was terrible Monday night. But an even worse performance came during the post-game interview. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIy5YZdKT8E

Even funnier was Jim Rome's comments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toiTrEDKqk0

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Random Shots (courtesy of Footballguys.com)

- Quarterback glitch in the Matrix as the Steelers get ready for the Ravens: Over the past 4 games, both Roethlisberger and Flacco have thrown for exactly 1,071 yards.

- ...Steeler's coach Mike Tomlin was bringing the comedy on Tuesday. Talking on NFL Sirius Radio about the fines James Harrison has received he said, "he's got two kids. That's some serious college schooling right there potentially for those kids 16, 18 years from now." He left out the part about Harrison's $51 Million contract.

- Stan Kroenke is the man behind the Denver-based sports empire that includes the Nuggets, Avalanche, and the MSL champion Rapids. He also owns the St. Louis Rams. Must have been weird for him to watch his Rams take down the Broncos in Denver.