The Good, the Bad and the Ugly- NFL Week 13 Wrap up

Three quarters of the season is in the books. Week 13 saw some of the good, the bad and the ugly.

First, the good:

As the Bozos predicted, the Chargers went into Pittsburgh and beat the Steelers 33-30 after being down 23-7 at the half on a Phillip Rivers 4^th quarter winning drive. This was the first time EVER the Steelers had relinquished a 16 point lead at home. 175 games, EVER! The Bolts were fortunate to have benefitted from an uncalled offsides penalty to score their first TD and got a break on a double tipped ball for an endzone TD reception. Rivers put a charge into LA with 299 yards passing and Desmond King returned a punt 73 yards for another score as karma seemed to lock in on LA for this one night. On the game winning FG with no time left, Pittsburgh was offsides three times in a row. A ridiculous lack of discipline. The Chargers remained one game behind KC in the AFC West at 9-3 and the Steelers fell to 7-4-1 after dropping their 2^nd straight.

December remains Bill and Tom’s excellent adventure as the Pats held off the Vikings in NE 24-10. Lots of milestones were set, BB with 287 wins overall, 250 in the regular season. TB with 508 TD passes ties with Brett Favre. NE won 8 of last nine and Brady rushed for his 1000^th career yard in 19 seasons. Billy Boy is 65-13 and TB12 is 59-11 in December. As the Bozos surmised, the Vikings were outplayed, outcoached and outfoxed. Everybody in the Norris lost so Minny stays a game and a half back of the Bears at 6-5-1. Winning only half of their 12 games is not what the Vikings had in mind when they signed savior Kirk the Purple to that insane contract. But in the parity NFL, 6 outta 12 means you’re still in it.

The Texans won their 9^th straight, shutting down the Browns 29-13 and continue to be a force in the AFC and all but clinched the AFC South after Indy lost to the Jags.

Russell Wilson threw somebody’s shoe across the field to elicit a sneaky offsides penalty as the Hawks roll scoring 43 points against a flummoxed Niner team.

Now for the bad:

Yes the lowest scoring game occurred this past weekend as Jacksonville shut out the Colts 6-0. The Jags D finally showed some of last season’s moxie. The Colts went 0-3 on 4^th down in the red zone and head to Houston next week, where if they don’t shape up, the season will be over.

The 11-1 Rams and Lions played a lackluster game in Detroit however Todd Gurley led the Ram offense with his 15^th TD and 132 yards. Gurley did it again! He purposely stopped short of scoring again, this time with over 2 minutes in the game, what in the name of Joe Pendleton is this guy doing? Did he short himself on Draft Kings? Coach, pleaser have a talk with this dude! LA was lucky to cover 30-16. Matt Stafford suffers another pathetic losing season. He’s been seen hiding in his locker texting Barry Sanders’ psychotherapist. Fat Matty Patty sure turned out to be the answer the 4-8 Lions were looking for.

“Humble” Cam Newton had a remarkably inept game against the lowly Bucs, chucking 4 INTs in a 24-17 loss in Tampa for the Panthers 4^th straight loss. Winston the Groper settled down and settled his UBER lawsuit and did not throw one his usual picks.

The incredibly pathetic Bungles continue their path to demise as Opie Dalton and AJ Green have both exited the team for the season. Denver kept their slim playoff hopes alive winning in the Queen City 24-10.

And now for the ugly…

Do I have to even mention how bad both teams (SF and Oakland) from the Bay area are? Combined record of 4-20. Even Huge Mistake and the Meadowlands boys are laughing.

The way the J-E-T-S are playing (or not playing in the 2^nd half) they are surely heading toward another high draft pick. Leading the Titans 16-0 a minute before the intermission, the NY drab Green make dumb ass mistake after mistake. 11 penalties (one a costly facemask), settling for FGs (5) is not going to cut it as Todd starts making tee times for early January.

The GB Packers new coach, Smokin’ Joe Philbin will take the reins from the disemboweled Mike McCarthy after the Pack lost their 7^th game in 12 against the mighty Cardinals 20-17. In Lambeau. Larry Fitz tied Jerry Rice for most receptions by a receiver for one team (1,281) as AZ notched a key third win. GB looks lost and Rodgers seems like he has lost his confidence. Hope you fare better than you did in Miami, Smokin’ Joe!

Somehow, miraculously, the NY Football Giants lucked out in OT to overcome donating 10 points to Chicago in the final 1:13, scratching out their 4^th win 30-27. And this is their signature win. A signature win over a Bears team led by Chase Daniel! Likely Pro Bowler Aldrick Rosas booted a 44 yarder in OT after nailing a Giants record 57 yarder in regular season. The ugliness generated by Eli and Chase in the first half continued late into the 4^th quarter on and into OT. Chase threw a pick 6 to Ogletree on his first series giving the G-Men a 7-0 head start. The Giants didn’t nail down the win until Jackrabbitt Jenkins knocked away a deep fourth-down pass to Taylor Gabriel to set up a fourth-and-8.

Odell threw his second TD pass of the year to his former LSU QB Russell Shepard, this one for 49 yards to give New York a 17-14 lead. He leads Eli for the team lead in long TDs, 2-0. Chicago (8-4) forced overtime down 27-17 late by getting a 21-yard field goal by Cody Parkey and a 1-yard touchdown pass from halfback Tarik Cohen to Anthony Miller as time expired in the fourth quarter. The trick-play touchdown was set up by a recovered onside kick by Daniel Brown on a play Giants star receiver OBJ did not dive for the loose ball. The golden receiver decided not to mix it up and took a swipe at the tumbling pigskin as it rolled the necessary 10 yards. Andy Robustelli and Jim Katcavage would have chomped OBJ’s head off seeing that lack of effort! He swiped with his right paw and whiffed! A play before the TD, the refs called a ridiculous pass interference call in the end zone against cornerback B.W. Webb with three ticks to go. Cohen to Miller-tie game.

The Bears had tied the game! Saquon Barkley bolted up the field for 29 yards after the Giants received the OT kickoff. Saquon is undoubtedly the most productive player New York has ever seen. Let’s hope he tones down some of the hurdling as he is taking too many chances with a potential for an ankle or knee injury. After the ensuing Rosas FG, Chase fumbled (two on snaps) three times in a row and the Giants defense stepped up and held the Bears without a score for the win to go 4-8. Ugly but a win nonetheless.

The Redskins lost their division lead and their 2^nd QB in their Monday night loss to the Eagles, 28-13. Colt McCoy broke his leg just two weeks after Alex Smith went down for a broken leg as well. Talk about ugly! Butt ugly. Mark “Buttfumble” Sanchez filled in. The Skins season came to an abrupt halt at that exact point in time. Dirty Sanchez is back baby! Should be entertaining. Colin, get off your knees, your cell might be ringing!

-HB