Much to the chagrin of racially-aware football fans, “Plantation Pete” and his loathsome Seahawks club are clearing peaking. In the playoffs, they’ll surely be a major threat to the Packers, no matter the game’s location. To ease the pain of their unfortunate success, at least TE Luke Willson has been coming on lately. Last night’s 80-yard can-and-run left a plethora of “fast” ******* defensive backs eating his dust. One of his hapless black chasers, Rashad Johnson (#26), actually got Willson’s heel lodged in his throat, causing his helmet to fly off and him to leave the game with a blood-soaked face...
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Did anyone see the way that Cam Newton defended Johnny Manziel at his post-game press conference? Apparently, Panther fans were raucously cheering when Manziel left the game with a pulled hamstring. Newton said the following about the situation…
"Well, I'm a fan of his just like a lot of people are. But, there's a lot of things he has to learn and it's just a learning curve. I'm hoping that he was alright. Only thing I can say is, I was saddened to see the crowds' response to when he was getting hurt. I just think it was classless at that time. Anytime when a person is hurt, you don't celebrate. I've had that done in my career and it takes the integrity out of the game. I told him I was pulling for him and I hope in the offseason we can link up. But, for the crowd to respond in that type of way, we're better than that. That's not who we are.''
As much as I dislike Newton’s personality and have enjoyed his many failures over the years, what he said was very classy and respectable. Some here at CF have asserted that they’d rather see the Falcons make the playoffs instead of the Panthers. I disagree, as Carolina has Olsen (19 yards away from his 1[SUP]st[/SUP] 1,000-yard season), Bersin, Kuechly, Klein, and Colin Jones, whereas Atlanta merely has Ryan, Biermann, and Worrilow. I understand that we don’t want black QB’s to make the playoffs, but after the Packers, Eagles, and Cowboys, what other NFC teams have as many whites to root for as the Panthers? Perhaps only the Vikings?
Speaking of the Eagles…it seems that Nick Foles will have a very good chance to return as the starter next season. At least Riley Cooper and Zach Ertz had nice games, finally, in a playoff-killing loss to the lowly Redskins. Both of these guys have talent, but have been grossly under-utilized this season in Kelly’s boring, ineffective, Matthews/Maclin/McCoy/Sproles-heavy offense…
It’s sad that the NFL’s whitest team failed to make the playoffs, but realistically, how far would this average team have gotten anyway? In the NFC, the Packers have far less whites on their roster, but their offense is centered around the NFL’s best WR, Jordy Nelson. For this reason, they were always our #1 choice in the NFC.
It was great to see New England “hold off” the putrid Jets, who always seem to play them tight. Edelman didn’t play due to a phantom concussion, so hopefully in the next game against the Bills, he manages to compile the 28 yards needed for his 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] 1,000-yard season. I almost hope that Denver wins tonight, if only so that New England won’t have any reason to “rest” their starters next week. In a sluggish day for the Patriot offense, Gronkowski had another TD, his 12[SUP]th[/SUP] of the season…
The much-despised Danny Amendola filled in nicely for Edelman, logged 8 catches (many of which converted critical 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] downs) for 63 yards and added an awesome 40-yard punt return. Let’s hope Edelman returns next week and the Pats can take care of business and secure the #1 seed against the Bills. As usual, ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss gets it right...
Take your pick, but before you do, let’s briefly pause to give due to one much-maligned player who delivered a performance that was critical in the Patriots’ too-close-for-comfort victory over the Jets.
If the Patriots didn’t have receiver Danny Amendola, this probably would have been a loss.
How many times have we said that?
By our count, it has been exactly three times since Amendola signed a
five-year, $28.5 million contract in March of 2013. He was immense in the season opener against Buffalo that year before hurting his groin.
He came up with a clutch touchdown grab on third-and-19 in the Patriots’ 27-25 win over the Jets on Oct. 16 earlier this season. This Sunday, he finished with a team-high eight catches for 63 yards to go along with a 39-yard punt return that set up the team’s first touchdown.
If there was one play that perfectly summed up Amendola’s contributions Sunday, and the Patriots’ overall performance, it was on the final drive to run out the clock while clinging to the 17-16 lead.
Facing third-and-7 with 4:38 remaining from the Patriots’ own 45-yard line, Amendola caught a quick receiver screen on the left side and ran seven yards for the first down.
Toby Gerhart had a nice game (12 carries, 53 yard, TD) against the Titans, so hopefully he can finish the season strong next week…
Houston won and the planet’s best football player, JJ Watt, had another masterful performance (8 tackles, 1 sack, 3 TFL)...
With 17.5 sacks, Watt is unlikely to match his 2012 mark of 20.5. Throughout this magical season, he’s done so much more than sack the quarterback…he’s amassed 72 tackles, forced 3 fumbles, defended 10 passes, scored receiving TD’s, scored on fumble recoveries, and scored on intercepted passes.
For Houston to make the playoffs, they’ll need to defeat Jacksonville next week, and for the Ravens AND Chargers to both lose. Let’s hope that somehow, someway, the game’s best player will be playoff bound.
The ascension of Dallas WR, Cole Beasley, continued against the Colts. Beasley scored his 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] TD in 3 weeks…
Jordy Nelson had his 7[SUP]th[/SUP] 100-yard game and scored his 13[SUP]th[/SUP] TD of the season. With one very meaningful game remaining, the game’s best receiver has 92 catches, 1,433 yards, and 13 scores. Pretty nice season...
For the upcoming week, let’s hope that Houston can make the playoffs, Edelman and Olsen reach the 1,000-yard mark, and the Patriots/Packers secure the #1 seeds in their respective conferences.