Insanity the NFL way

The great AlBozo Einstein is credited with saying the definition of insanity is doing the same exact thing and expecting a different result. After a wonderful holiday of important football, I’m convinced this Bozo Einstein might be on to something. At some point you watch these NFL games and have to wonder if they are required to do the same exact thing game in and game out in order to keep the particles in Einstein’s universe in sync. An object in motion tends to stay in motion if there is no gravity and a proven loser as a head coach tends to get one job after another despite over whelming proof that he couldn’t win Jeopardy if you gave him all the answers on a sheet of paper.

The NY Jets have made the decision to keep Todd Bowles as head coach for the remainder of the season because; well that is what we do in the NFL. Failure breeds more failure so let’s keep the failure in place. His record is now 13- 30 the last three years but if we bring him back out next Sunday, I’m sure he will find a way to score, stop the run and develop a rookie QB.

Miami Dolphins come into each year with high expectations and in the NFL inner physics circles, head coach Adam Gase is a “QB Whisperer” because he did wonderful work while with Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos a few years ago. Yup, that must have been pretty tough trying to mold a successful season out of that chump Manning. He has worked wonders in Miami with Ryan “I pulled my Hammy” Hill and the other Bronco stud “Broken Osweiller”. The Dolphins actually have talented receivers and backs but Gase finds a way to hide them amid runs up the middle and short passes for no gain to the flats. Maybe he should try subliminal whispering with Tannehill and whisper in his ear at night “you are Tom Brady, you are Tom Brady”. Lately it seems he is whispering to him “Tim Tebow was better than you”.

Jacksonville has finally decided to bench “Flake” Bortles as the QB. What gave it away to Coach Doug Marrone? Was it the massive turnovers, the 6 straight losses or the fact that in a close game last week the Jags called for a run on 17 of 18 consecutive plays even on 3^rd and long? This is a passing league in case some haven’t noticed and if you have such a fear of letting Bortles throw, why not claim Tim Tebow off the Mets waiver wire and have him return to his hometown of Jacksonville? At least fans would be excited and crime would surely drop with baby Jesus in the house (I’m referring to his teammates, not the city)

Cincinnati has under preformed for years, yet management continues to strut out Marvin Lewis and QB “Opie” Dalton and hope for a different result. After a decent start the Bungles are in a state of chaos right not. Not only did they lose to the Browns last week, but they hired Huge Mistake Jackson to run their offense and there are rumors that Marvin Lewis will resign to the front office and leave Jackson as the head coach. That’s quite the succession plan you have there. Once again, why would you continue down a pass of proven failure and expect a different result? This reminds me of when Kramer and Newman went into the sausage making business together on Seinfeld. What could possibly go wrong?

San Francisco has parted ways with linebacker Rueben Foster. It was a shocking development to say the least. Foster was arrested in Tampa prior to the game for beating his girlfriend up. How in the name of Jose Feliciano could we not see this one coming? Rueben failed multiple drug tests prior to the draft, was present at a shooting that left three dead (Hey, didn’t Ray Lewis claim this too?), was suspended by the league for failed drug tests and then arrested in early February for beating up the same woman. GM John Lynch was disappointed in this latest development because THIS time was going to be different. He really thought this time Foster was going to settle down, by a house and find a nice Amish girl on Match.com and raise horses and a family. One would assume this act of making the same mistake over and over would finally stop the insanity, but late last night the Redskins announce they are claiming Rueben Foster.

-BSB