Week 15 2006

[backrow]

Offense

RUNNINGBACKS:

Mike Alstott FB Bucs: 6 carries for team high 26 yards (4.3 ypc) and 1 huge TD run on 3rd and 1, went for 14 yards! also had a 4 yard reception... seems like ego maniac Gruden understands what he means to this offense.

Brad Hoover FB Panthers: 1 catch for 8 yards

Heath Evans FB Patriots: 8 carries (!) for 24 yards, his average would be better had it not been for one run for a loss of 7, i don't know what was that all about; ha also had 1 catch for 4 yards

Mike Karney FB Saints: 1 carry for 6 yards

John Kuhn RB Steelers: 1 carry for 2 yards and 1 catch for 15 yards


WIDE RECEIVERS:

David Kircus WR Broncos: used as a punt returner, 3 returns for 8.3 average, long one for 16 yards

Joe Jurevicius WR Browns: 5 catches for 46 yards and 1 TD catch

Brandon Stokley WR Colts: IR

Wes Welker WR Dolphins: 4 catches for 56 yards, longest went for 38 yards

Matt Jones WR Jaguars: 3 catches for 12 yard and a TD

Mike Furrey WR Lions: 3 for 20 and this 1000 receiving yards on the season doesn't look like a lock anymore...

Kevin Curtis WR Rams: 0 catches

David Anderson WR Texans: 1 catch for 27 yards, his first NFL catch! Kevin Walter had a catch for 6 yard, Owen Daniels had one for 9 yards and Bruener had a 6 yarder

Drew Bennett WR Titans: no catches

TIGHT ENDS:

Stephen Alexander TE Broncos: zip

Tony Scheffler TE Broncos: 3 catches for 58 yards, longest one went for 29 yards; i am glad to see him becoming a cornerstone of Cutler's offense

Steve Heiden TE Browns: 3 for 20

Adam Bergen TE Cardinals: zip

Dallas Clark TE Colts: Out this week

Ben Utecht H-Back Colts: 4-35

Jason Witten TE Cowboys: 5 catches for 56 yards, unfortynately with Owens and Keyshawn he hardly ever gets end zone looks anymore...

Eric Johnson TE 49ers: DNP, missed 3rd game in a row with a knee injury

Jeremy Shockey TE Giants: 8 catches for 70 yards

good game, but he needs to get some deep looks, he doesn't get many long balls thrown to him at all, his ypc is below 10 first time in his career.

Casey Fitzsimmons TE Lions: 4 catches for 29 yards

Kris Mangum TE Panthers: zip

David Thomas TE Patriots: 3 catches for 24 yards

John Madsen TE Raiders: 1-7

Todd Heap TE Ravens: 5 catches for 58 yards

Chris Cooley TE Redskins: 4 catches for 80 yards, with lon one going for 44 yards

Mark Campbell TE Saints: zip

Heath Miller TE Steelers: 2 catches for 25 yards, longer for 20 yards

Owen Daniels TE Texans: 1-9



Defense

DEFENSIVE TACKLES:

Kyle Williams DT Bills: 4 tackles

Simon Fraser DT Browns: 3 tackles

Chris Hovan DT Bucs: zip

Luis Castillo DT Chargers: 3 tackles, 1 sack

Matt Wright DT Patriots: 4 tackles, plus his first NFL sack

Kelly Gregg DT Ravens: 2 tackles, half of a sack

Rodeny Leisle DT Saints: 5 tackles

Brian Young DT Saints: 4 tackles, 1 sack


DEFENSIVE ENDS:

Justin Smith DE Bengals: 6 tackles, including 3 for no gain

Aaron Schobel DE Bills: 3 tackles, 1 sack

Chris Kelsay DE Bills: 3 tackles

Ryan Denney DE Bills: 4 tackles

John Engelberger DE Broncos: 2 tackles, 1 sack

Igor Olshansky DE Chargers: 5 tackles

Jared Allen DE Chiefs: 4 tackles

Josh Thomas DE Colts: 1 tackle

Matt Roth DE Dolphins: 4 tackles

Paul Carrington DE Falcons: 5 tackles

Josh Mallard DE Falcons: zip

Rob Meier DE Jaguars: 1 sack

Jared DeVries DE Lions: 2 tackles

Aaron Kampman DE Packers: 7 tackles, 2 sacks (finally ending 4 game streak without a sack)

Tyler Brayton DE Raiders: 5 tackles

Grant Wistrom DE Seahawks: 3 tackles

Aaron Smith DE Steelers: 3 tackles and a sack

Brett Keisel DE Steelers: 3 tackles, 1.5 sack

Kyle Vanden Bosch DE Titans: 5 tackles, 1.5 sacks

Travis LaBoy DE Titans: 3 tackles, 0.5 sacks


LINEBACKERS:

Brian Urlacher LB Bears: 11 tackles

Hunter Hillenmeyer LB Bears: only 2 tackles, but was very active and put some pressure on QB

Caleb Miller LB Bengals: relegated to backup duty now that Simmons is back... all he did during his starting stint is to put in more tackles than anyone else on the team... 1 tackle in 4th quarter.

Barrett Ruud LB Bucs: zip

Rob Morris LB Colts: when his team needed some physical presence in the middle they called upon Morris to start; had 7 tackles in the contest

Bobby Carpenter LB Cowboys: 2 tackles, 1.5 sack

Zach Thomas LB Dolphins: 22 tackles!

this has got to be some sort of record??? he also forced two fumbles!!!

Matt McCoy LB Eagles: still dealing with shoulder injury, played some in this game but mostly special teams

Keith Brooking LB Falcons: 9 tackles

Jeff Ulbrich LB 49ers: 5 tackles

Nick Greisen LB Jaguars: 2 tackles, 1 should have been sack (tackled Young for a loss)

Brett Kassell LB Jets: zip

AJ Hawk LB Packers: 1 tackle

Brady Poppinga LB Packers: 3 tackles

Mike Vrabel LB Patriots: 4 tackles

Tedy Bruschi LB Patriots: 10 tackles

Brandon Chillar LB Rams: 1 tackle

Scott Fujita LB Saints: 7 tackles

Mar Simoneau LB Saints: 6 tackles

Scott Shanle LB Saints: 4 tackles

Jason Babin LB/DE Texans: 2 tackles, 1 sack

Colby Bockwoldt LB Titans: finally got a chance to play and put in 3 tackles and a sack

Ben Leber LB Vikings: 5 tackles


DEFENSIVE BACKS:

Kevin Kaesviharn FS Bengals: 8 tackles

John Lynch FS Broncos: 5 tackles

Brian Russell FS Browns: IR

Aaron Francisco FS Cardinals: zip

Matt Giordano FS Colts: started his first NFL game, had a good performance, tackles and two defended passes

Sean Considine SS Eagles: 3 tackles

Eric Smith FS Jets: zip

Jon McGraw FS Lions: 2 tackles

Stuart Schweigert SS Raiders: 5 tackles


Edited by: backrow

 

[Don Wassall]

With TEs Ben Watson and Daniel Graham questionable (Graham has been questionable all season), the Patriots just signed O. J. Santiago, a washed up journeyman. Healready is nowalso questionable for Sunday.

Man, these black players get hurt easily.


I would have liked to have seen the roles of David Thomas and Garrett Mills stepped up instead. Thomas will probably play more now out of necessity, but Mills has been a forgotten man. Seemed to me he came out of college NFL ready. He should be playing.

 

[backrow]

i don't know what the deal is with Mills. Thomas has played some at least.

 

[lumsdenpower]

Great Job Backrow, I like the way you put the white player in order!

 

[lumsdenpower]

uhhh? what's wrong whit Seth Payne? the white tackle starter in Houston?

In my white list of LB, I put Lofa Taputu? I'm wrong?

Oh don't miss Jim Leonhard who start last game of bills!

John Standford can be on your list now

Edited by: lumsdenpower

 

[backrow]

yeah, the players that don't usually start i will put on as the week goes along and they actually play. it is not a list of all white layers in the league at these positions, just the ones that played recently and have a good chance of playing in week 15Edited by: backrow

 

[Don Wassall]

Did you catch Cris Collinsworth's excuse for all the balls being dropped in the rain in Seattle? He said it was caused by "slimy arms"!

Expect it to soon be a full-blown medical condition used to explain why most black "professional receivers" have hands worse than those of white great-grandmothers -- Slimy Arm Syndrome.

 

[backrow]

yeah...
Eric Heitmann was carted off the field, i hope it's not serious.

 

[LabMan]

slimey arm syndrome!,I love it!!!

 

[Ground Fighter]

Offense

RUNNINGBACKS: John Kuhn RB Steelers:

I find this to be suspicious...one of the blacker teams in pro football actually list a White player as a RB and not a FB on their roster. Has Mr. Caste System himself, Bill Cowher, been off his medication again? lol.

According to his player bio, Kuhn worked for two years as a lab technician for the Pennsylvania EPA. Not bad. Says a lot about his scholastic achievmement. I wonder where a player like Joey Porter worked before making it to the National Felons League? Selling crack on a corner somewhere, probably.

 

[backrow]

Kuhn even had a carry from a singleback as far as i remember last week. it was his first career carry and it was also the last one of the game. it went for 16 yards!

 

[backrow]

well i didn't see the game tonight because i was working but updating the stats i noticed that Bobby Carpenter had 1.5 sacks, his first in NFL!

 

[white is right]

Offense

RUNNINGBACKS: John Kuhn RB Steelers:

I find this to be suspicious...one of the blacker teams in pro football actually list a White player as a RB and not a FB on their roster. Has Mr. Caste System himself, Bill Cowher, been off his medication again? lol.

According to his player bio, Kuhn worked for two years as a lab technician for the Pennsylvania EPA. Not bad. Says a lot about his scholastic achievmement. I wonder where a player like Joey Porter worked before making it to the National Felons League? Selling crack on a corner somewhere, probably.

I think Kuhn is being used as a hybrid. Similar to Heath Evans was last season. Let's see if he can make the roster next season though........

 

[backrow]

it would take Parker being out for one reason or another... who knows maybe Kuhn still has a chance? they did give him 1 carry... he also has a distinction of being the only white RUNNINGBACK in the league this season...

 

[White Shogun]

I'm surprised no one is talking about last night's game.

Vick played well (for him) but took himself out of the game with just over 2:00 minutes left and down ten points. He had a 'groin injury' but he was walking around on the sideline without a limp. The announcers were ripping him pretty bad. One of them made a comparison between Vick and Warner, and said that no matter how many points they were down Warner ALWAYS wanted to be in the game, that he would play through injuries and would never give up no matter how far behind they might be.

Schaub came in and threw a couple of completions but his last pass was a long bomb that was intercepted after his receiver collied with a Dallas defender. I noticed that when one of Schaub's passes sailed high the announcers were prompt to mention that Schaub 'overthrew' the receiver. But I can't count how many passes I saw Vick throw way over the leaping, outstretched hands of his receivers with little comment other than 'incomplete.'

I also noticed what seemed to be a lot of cheap shots by the Falcon's defenders, especially against Witten. They were bending him over backwards at the waist after the play was whistled dead, throwing elbows at his head when he was in the grasp, twisting his ankles during tackles, things like that. I kept waiting for a penalty, but none ever came. But the Falcons did pick up a few unsportsmanlike penalties toward the end of the game, so maybe the refs picked up on it later.

It was a fun game to watch. There were a lot of bonehead plays and a lot of big plays. Sweetest of all had to be DeMarcus Ware jump in front of a Mike Vick pass and run it back for a TD. Vick looked like a child trying to make a tackle on Ware.

 

[backrow]

double post, sorry guys

Edited by: backrow

 

[backrow]

With TEs Ben Watson and Daniel Graham questionable (Graham has been questionable all season), the Patriots just signed O. J. Santiago, a washed up journeyman.  He already is now also questionable for Sunday. 

  Man, these black players get hurt easily.


I would have liked to have seen the roles of David Thomas and Garrett Mills stepped up instead.  Thomas will probably play more now out of necessity, but Mills has been a forgotten man.  Seemed to me he came out of college NFL ready.  He should be playing. 

Watson and Maroney are out for Texans game, let's hope that Heath Evans and David Thomas will get some looks!

 

[backrow]

David Anderson and Kevin Walter are so far the only Texans receivers to have caught a pass!

PS Kyle Boller is in for McNairEdited by: backrow

 

[Run Stuffing LB]

Bret Favre just broke the all time completion record!

 

[lumsdenpower]

A-TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHIK CHIK CHIK CHIK CHOUU CHOUUU
MIKE ALSTOTT BEEYATCH!!!!!!

 

[backrow]

Mike Alstott to the rescue! 14 yard TD run with a little juke move on a defender! gotta love it

here it isEdited by: backrow

 

[lumsdenpower]

Shockey just have only 2 catches over 20yards this season. I don't know why and his long went for only 25..
That's really a shame for a talented player like him. He should be have season of 1000yards each season..

 

[Bart]

I don't know, but I'm ready to ask Bigunreal to check into the Titans recent victories. The most implausible scenarios have developed the last several weeks. The Titans beat the Jaguars today. How? Young was 8-15 and threw for 85 yds. He ranthe ball 4 times for another 4 yds, totalling89 yds. without anINT or TD. On top of that Bennet didn't playand the Jaguars self destructed. Jags QB threw 3 picks and the Titans defense returned turnovers of83, 92 and 61 yds for touchdowns! A franchise record 3 defensive TD's and 370 yds of returns. Come on! I guess stranger things have happened, but gimme a break.

 

[jaxvid]

The Detroit Lions were pathetic as usual. Their running game was non-existant like it has been all year. This time they did not have Kevin Jones who is lost for a year with a foot injury. The back ups were two guys that had already been released and resigned this year. So the Lions are using a couple of scrubs as their primary runners. This is what happens when 60-70% of the population is excluded from running the ball. I really think that the NFL has a serious shortage of quality running backs because they only have black runners to choose from and there just are not enough good ones to fully stock 30 teams. I also wonder why Corey Schleslinger who has played fullback for the team for many years doesn't even get consideration. The guys they had ran for 18 and 6 yards total. Why not try the FB? Very frustrating.

 

[white is right]

The Detroit Lions were pathetic as usual. Their running game was non-existant like it has been all year. This time they did not have Kevin Jones who is lost for a year with a foot injury. The back ups were two guys that had already been released and resigned this year. So the Lions are using a couple of scrubs as their primary runners. This is what happens when 60-70% of the population is excluded from running the ball. I really think that the NFL has a serious shortage of quality running backs because they only have black runners to choose from and there just are not enough good ones to fully stock 30 teams. I also wonder why Corey Schleslinger who has played fullback for the team for many years doesn't even get consideration. The guys they had ran for 18 and 6 yards total. Why not try the FB? Very frustrating.

It's the same reason why US heavyweight boxing is paper thin depth wise. When only 12 percent of your population is doing a sport the depth won't be there.