Week 17 games started and finished. The day head coaches of bad teams have dread since week 13 "Black Monday" has hit the NFL and it was not as bad as expected. Both New York teams look like they are keeping their head coaches when a lot of people wanted them to started over, or thought they should. Jerry Jones has shown faith in Jason Garrett even though this is his third 8-8 finish. The one firing where it makes you shake your head cause you are not quite sure what is going on is in Cleveland. After one season Rob Chudzinski was shown the door along with a $10 million dollae pay out. In total there was six head coaches that was given the pink slip on Monday ( Browns,Lions,Vikings,Texans, Skins,Buccaneers). I rated the jobs from the best on the market to the the one most coaches are not to thrilled to interview for.
Detroit Lions: Just like the Kansas City Chiefs of last year the Lions are stocked and the right coach signing away from winning their division and more. With Calvin Johnson the best wide out in the NFL along with Reggie Bush the Lions have the star power on offense. They have one of the best defensive lines in the league, they might need to add another pass rusher since they had only one player with more then seven (Ezekiel Ansah) sacks this year. Now the question is what to do with quarterback Matthew Stafford, and is he a product of having the best receiver in the game or is he really that good. Stafford just needs somebody to help him with his mechanics, not a complete overhaul but a little retooling. With the Lions picking in the top ten in a loaded draft this coming April, the Detroit Lions is the job most coaches should want to coach next year.
Houston Texans: I'm still not sure what happen to the Texans this year. They was a Super Bowl contender before the season started. Two games into the season they looked like they was on their way to make that prediction true. 15 games later and they fired Gary Kubiak and Wade Phillips (interim). Unlike the Lions Houston have quarterback issues. I was never a Matt Schaub fan from the jump and I felt much of his success was from Andre Johnson and Adrian Foster. Case Keenum may not be the answer either which. The one thing they have going for them is on the defense with JJ Watt and Brain Crushing leading this unit they have the ability to be a top 10 defense again.What makes the Texans a good job is they have the first pick in the draft and can go any way, whether it is picking a quarterback or trading down for more draft picks.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Another team with quarterback issues with no answer in sight. Just two years ago the Bucs looked like a young team on the move up the ladder in the NFC South. They had what it seem like a very good young quarterback in Josh Freeman, great young defense and a young coach who looked to be leading them in the right direction. Greg Schiano fate was determined not because he started the season 0-8, but I believe because the way he handle the Josh Freeman situation. The way everything went down Schiano in my opinion lost the respect of some of the players in the locker room. Greg did not leave the cupboard bare, well not on the defense side of the ball. Even with a bottom of the barrel offense the defense finished in the middle of the pack on defense. With the third pick in the draft it gives the in coming coach the opportunity to pick their share of offensive players to fit their system.
Washington Redskins: No first round draft pick because they traded their picked to the Rams last year to move up which resulted in the Skins picking Robert Giffin III. A franchise quarterback who is still struggling to recover from his ACL injury last year. Not every coach is equpped to take the Skins job I feel it is better suited for a lay back coach who has a background in defense, and can work with a young quarterback. With RG3 and Alfred Morris they have a form-able back field. Pierre Garcon is turning out to be a solid number one receiver. The defense has potential, but it is going to be hard work with no first round draft pick and playing in the NFC east does not help.
Cleveland Browns: Inconsistently at the quarterback position will always get a coach fired and it has bitten another coach working for the Browns organization . After trading Trent Richardson it seem like the Browns was willing to rebuild with Rob Chudzinski as their head coach. Nobody would have guessed that the Browns was going to fire him after one season. Chudzinski had to deal with the most inconsistent play from his quarterbacks this year, with the future being drafting another quarterback in the first round. There was a some Cleveland players who was in disbelief when they found out that Rob was getting fired. The Browns are one of the worst job openings this year. They have Josh Gordon, Jordan Cameron, and Greg Little, but nothing else on offense. On defense Joe Hayden and TJ Ward are a solid one-two in the secondary. But the Browns are going to need a lot more then those players to win the AFC North or even a wild card spot in the future.
Minnesota Vikings: The Vikings are in worst shape then the Browns. Who else besides Adrian Peterson do the Vikings have on the offense that can make the opponents defense coordinator fear them? Nobody. The signing of Josh Freeman did not work out like they plan. Matt Cassel or Christian Ponder does not seem to be franchise quarterbacks. Cordarrelle Patterson was a nice pick up in last year draft though, reminds me of a bigger Percy Harvin. The defense has no young stud but is workable for the incoming coach. The Vikings have to figure out whether they want to sign Jared Allen back. Plus the Vikings will be moving to a new stadium in 2015, so next season they will play all their home games at the university of Minnesota stadium. That is a lot for a coach to think about when deciding to sign a contract with the Vikings.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
Chip Talk All-Pro team
With the first inaugural Pro Bowl draft in the next two days, we have the first Chip Talk All-Pro team.
Offense
QB- Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos: Season passing yard record, season touchdown record, fifth MVP, enough said
RB- LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia Eagles: Finished the season as the leading rusher, and was Philly's best player
LT- Tyron Smith, Dallas Cowboys: Is becoming the best left tackle in the game
LG- Kyle Long, Chicago Bears: I believe the steal of the 2013 draft
C- Mike Pouncey, Miami Dolphins: This year he took his brother spot as the best center in the game
RG- Logan Mankins, New England: The one consistent player on the Patriots on offense, besides Tom Brady
RT- Branden Albert, Kansas City Chiefs: Running tackle ( check Jamaal Charles stats)
WR- Calvin Johnson, Detriot Lions: Down year in stats, but still the best wide out in the game
WR- Josh Gordon, Cleveland Browns: Break out year for himself and fantasy owners who drafted him
Flex Back- Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs: Andy Reid has another do everything back (Westbrook, McCoy)
TE- Jimmy Graham, New Orleans Saints: Brees go to weapon, you stop him the Saints can be beaten
Defense
DE- Robert Quinn, St Louis Rams: Career high 19 sacks
DT- Ndamukong Suh, Detroit Lions: Less news about his fines and more news about his disruptive play on the field
DT- Haloti Ngata, Baltimore Ravens: His play is less about stats, still the anchor of a top 15 defense
DE- Greg Hardy, Carolina Panthers: Hardy is that pass rusher that helps lead the team to a Super Bowl
LB- Robert Mathis, Indianapolis Colts: Showed he still has some gas left in the tank, leading the league in sacks (19.5)
LB- Luke Kuechly, Carolina Panthers: The best middle linbacker in the league (1b)
LB-NaVorro Bowman,San Francisco 49ers: Still number one middle linebacker in the NFL (1a)
CB- Patrick Peterson, Arizona Cardinals: Becoming the Deion Sanders of this time
CB- Richard Sherman, Seattle Seahawks: Big corner, big talker, shows up in big time games
FS- Earl Thomas, Seattle Seahawks: With Sherman on one side he is able to roam the field and be the playmaker he is
SS- Antrel Rolle, New York Giants: The best player on the Giants this entire year ( not saying much), but the best stats out of all strong safeties this year
Punter-Jon Ryan, Seattle Seahawks: His punts equal to the lease punt return yards this year
Place Kicker- Justin Tucker, Baltimore Ravens: 38 out of 41 field goals made this year, almost kicked the Ravens into the playoffs
Offense
QB- Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos: Season passing yard record, season touchdown record, fifth MVP, enough said
RB- LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia Eagles: Finished the season as the leading rusher, and was Philly's best player
LT- Tyron Smith, Dallas Cowboys: Is becoming the best left tackle in the game
LG- Kyle Long, Chicago Bears: I believe the steal of the 2013 draft
C- Mike Pouncey, Miami Dolphins: This year he took his brother spot as the best center in the game
RG- Logan Mankins, New England: The one consistent player on the Patriots on offense, besides Tom Brady
RT- Branden Albert, Kansas City Chiefs: Running tackle ( check Jamaal Charles stats)
WR- Calvin Johnson, Detriot Lions: Down year in stats, but still the best wide out in the game
WR- Josh Gordon, Cleveland Browns: Break out year for himself and fantasy owners who drafted him
Flex Back- Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs: Andy Reid has another do everything back (Westbrook, McCoy)
TE- Jimmy Graham, New Orleans Saints: Brees go to weapon, you stop him the Saints can be beaten
Defense
DE- Robert Quinn, St Louis Rams: Career high 19 sacks
DT- Ndamukong Suh, Detroit Lions: Less news about his fines and more news about his disruptive play on the field
DT- Haloti Ngata, Baltimore Ravens: His play is less about stats, still the anchor of a top 15 defense
DE- Greg Hardy, Carolina Panthers: Hardy is that pass rusher that helps lead the team to a Super Bowl
LB- Robert Mathis, Indianapolis Colts: Showed he still has some gas left in the tank, leading the league in sacks (19.5)
LB- Luke Kuechly, Carolina Panthers: The best middle linbacker in the league (1b)
LB-NaVorro Bowman,San Francisco 49ers: Still number one middle linebacker in the NFL (1a)
CB- Patrick Peterson, Arizona Cardinals: Becoming the Deion Sanders of this time
CB- Richard Sherman, Seattle Seahawks: Big corner, big talker, shows up in big time games
FS- Earl Thomas, Seattle Seahawks: With Sherman on one side he is able to roam the field and be the playmaker he is
SS- Antrel Rolle, New York Giants: The best player on the Giants this entire year ( not saying much), but the best stats out of all strong safeties this year
Punter-Jon Ryan, Seattle Seahawks: His punts equal to the lease punt return yards this year
Place Kicker- Justin Tucker, Baltimore Ravens: 38 out of 41 field goals made this year, almost kicked the Ravens into the playoffs
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
All-Star Hiccup
Over the last few years a lot of people whether they covered the NBA or just an average basketball fan has voice their opinion about taking the All-Star voting out of the hands of the fans, I was never one of them. That is until this year. Last week the first round of all star voting was released and it was sad to see some of the players the fans voted for.
LeBron James and Paul George led the east, which was not much of a shock. They play for the only two teams that have winning records in the eastern conference. The shock was that the fans did not vote for a player who plays the center position. The fans voted Carmelo Anthony as the other front court player. Now I can't put all the blame on the fans the NBA suits have to take some of the balme also. The ballot is not set up in positions any more. It is now front court and back court. With the lack of centers I can understand why they made the change, but that change is now causing a bigger problem. If the all star game was to start next week the east would not have a starting center. Which is unfair for the Brook Lopez and the Roy Hibbert of the world. I also have a problem with the guards that was selected too. I like Kyrie Irving being the sarting point guard the league needs to show off their young talent. The problem is not Irving, the problem is Wade he does not deserve to be the other starting guard.
The western conference did not do any better with Kobe starting in one of the guard spots while only playing in five games this year. I would love to see another center start over Howard this year, somebody like Demarcus Cousins. But at least the west has a starting center. Blake Giffin and Kevin Durant is the other front court mates to go along with Dwight Howard which is not bad. I can deal with Chris Paul being the starting point guard, I would love to see Curry or maybe Westbrook start along side him.
Just like the NFL pro bowl the NBA all star game has had its critics, about how there is no defense being played during the all star game and how it is not that entertaining. To make it more fun how about keep the fan voting, but it does not go for the starting five instead it is for the captains. You have the two with the most votes be able to pick their team no matter the conference, just like a pick up game. That give the fans more to root for. It can also showcase their young talent that the average fan may not be aware of. Can you imagine team James playing team Durant one year, or how about team Kobe matching up against team Howard.
LeBron James and Paul George led the east, which was not much of a shock. They play for the only two teams that have winning records in the eastern conference. The shock was that the fans did not vote for a player who plays the center position. The fans voted Carmelo Anthony as the other front court player. Now I can't put all the blame on the fans the NBA suits have to take some of the balme also. The ballot is not set up in positions any more. It is now front court and back court. With the lack of centers I can understand why they made the change, but that change is now causing a bigger problem. If the all star game was to start next week the east would not have a starting center. Which is unfair for the Brook Lopez and the Roy Hibbert of the world. I also have a problem with the guards that was selected too. I like Kyrie Irving being the sarting point guard the league needs to show off their young talent. The problem is not Irving, the problem is Wade he does not deserve to be the other starting guard.
The western conference did not do any better with Kobe starting in one of the guard spots while only playing in five games this year. I would love to see another center start over Howard this year, somebody like Demarcus Cousins. But at least the west has a starting center. Blake Giffin and Kevin Durant is the other front court mates to go along with Dwight Howard which is not bad. I can deal with Chris Paul being the starting point guard, I would love to see Curry or maybe Westbrook start along side him.
Just like the NFL pro bowl the NBA all star game has had its critics, about how there is no defense being played during the all star game and how it is not that entertaining. To make it more fun how about keep the fan voting, but it does not go for the starting five instead it is for the captains. You have the two with the most votes be able to pick their team no matter the conference, just like a pick up game. That give the fans more to root for. It can also showcase their young talent that the average fan may not be aware of. Can you imagine team James playing team Durant one year, or how about team Kobe matching up against team Howard.
A piece of the Chip
Central replay: NFL's competition committee is looking to Institute all game replays from the NFL offices in New York City. Great idea you have two maybe three people look at the replays and have the able to say what should be replayed and if anything should get over turned. I say take it out of the refs hands let them worry about the action on the field only.
Rant of all rants: If you have not seen Sourthern Illinois basketball head coach Barry Hinson rip his team after last night game you should Youtube it. Once I saw it I loved it from a fan point of view, hated it if I was a player or if I was a parent of one of those players. As a parent you never want to see your child get humiliated and have to go through the aftermath of this. I have to say I never heard of Barry Hinson before now but I have to rate his rant top five of all time of head coache rants. How can it not be? He mentioned everything from his players being mama's boys, too they was giving the ball away like it was a tax exemption, to even bringing his wife into it saying she could make more then 2 shots out of 11 attempts . Top notch rant coach, top notch.
Down play game: If one team down play the importance of a game, is it still a big game? That is what the Miami Heat is doing for tonights match up against the Pacers. Everybody on the Heat team as a whole is sounding a little bit like politicians whenever the importance of this game is brought up. The NBA season is a long one, but every once in awhile there is a big marquee match up that gets a ton of attention. Somebody should let the Heat know they have one tonight. I feel the Heat are down playing the significance of the game just in case they lose it will not affect their psyche for the next time they play the Pacers later this season and if they see each other in the playoffs.
D.C. Drama: The owner backs the franchise quarterback, the head coach sits the franchise quarterback for the remaining three games of the season for a unclear reason, franchise quarterback is known to have a "all about me" type of personality and does not seem too fond of the moves of the head coach has made. The day time soaps do not have this much drama. I don't know how they go from winning the NFC East division and making the playoffs, to now where there are questions on RG3 work ethic, and questions about Mike Shanahan job security and the way he coach the team.
Non-Sport
Gladiators: For those who watch the ABC tv series Scandal must have loved the season final last week like I did. Season finale left the fans with so many questions. How did Olivia's mom get back into the country? What is Olivia' s dad going to to now that he is not the head of B-13? What is baby Huck going to do now that she knows how Huck feels about her? What will happen to the vice president? An how many more people will find out she killed her husband? Can't wait until February 27th to get most of these questions answered.
Rant of all rants: If you have not seen Sourthern Illinois basketball head coach Barry Hinson rip his team after last night game you should Youtube it. Once I saw it I loved it from a fan point of view, hated it if I was a player or if I was a parent of one of those players. As a parent you never want to see your child get humiliated and have to go through the aftermath of this. I have to say I never heard of Barry Hinson before now but I have to rate his rant top five of all time of head coache rants. How can it not be? He mentioned everything from his players being mama's boys, too they was giving the ball away like it was a tax exemption, to even bringing his wife into it saying she could make more then 2 shots out of 11 attempts . Top notch rant coach, top notch.
Down play game: If one team down play the importance of a game, is it still a big game? That is what the Miami Heat is doing for tonights match up against the Pacers. Everybody on the Heat team as a whole is sounding a little bit like politicians whenever the importance of this game is brought up. The NBA season is a long one, but every once in awhile there is a big marquee match up that gets a ton of attention. Somebody should let the Heat know they have one tonight. I feel the Heat are down playing the significance of the game just in case they lose it will not affect their psyche for the next time they play the Pacers later this season and if they see each other in the playoffs.
D.C. Drama: The owner backs the franchise quarterback, the head coach sits the franchise quarterback for the remaining three games of the season for a unclear reason, franchise quarterback is known to have a "all about me" type of personality and does not seem too fond of the moves of the head coach has made. The day time soaps do not have this much drama. I don't know how they go from winning the NFC East division and making the playoffs, to now where there are questions on RG3 work ethic, and questions about Mike Shanahan job security and the way he coach the team.
Non-Sport
Gladiators: For those who watch the ABC tv series Scandal must have loved the season final last week like I did. Season finale left the fans with so many questions. How did Olivia's mom get back into the country? What is Olivia' s dad going to to now that he is not the head of B-13? What is baby Huck going to do now that she knows how Huck feels about her? What will happen to the vice president? An how many more people will find out she killed her husband? Can't wait until February 27th to get most of these questions answered.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Can the Cowboys win with Tony Romo?
By now everybody knows about the debacle that happen in Dallas Sunday night. Whether you watch the game, caught the never ending discussion on Sportcenter or the NFL network about how they blew a 23 point lead in the second half, and who fault it was. I'm not here to put blame, I'm here to figuare out is Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys the right fit. Yes I know the Cowboys invested $55 million in guarantee money to Romo this off season, does not mean the Cowboys are hand cuffed to Romo until the latter part of his contract. They already gave him his money, so the money he is getting in his contract is not a big deal.
The way Romo was playing earlier this year, I was hearing a lot from the Cowboy fans that Romo should be known as a top 5 quarterback, and they would start throwing out a whole bunch of numbers to back up their case. You can't just go by the numbers to decide if he is top 5 material or not. Romo puts up numbers in the regular season with the likes of a Brees, Rodgers, and Peyton Manning, but he does not win division titles like Brady. Those four quarterbacks have played in a combined 59 playoff games to Romo's 4. Romo has one playoff victory under his belt out of the eight years he has been the Cowboys starting quarterback. Any other quarterback would have seen the door, or the organization would had spent a high draft pick on a quarterback. Before Joe Flacco won his ring last year there was talk about how the Ravens wanted to see vast improvement from Flacco. They wanted more from their quarterback who at that time was in his 5th year as a starter, and played in more playoff games then Romo also. My question is why is Romo who is has not won anything in his 11 year career held to a higher standard then any other quarterback?
Looking back at the quarterback history of the Cowboys of the last 20-25 years can explain why the Cowboys are still holding on to Romo. Since they drafted Troy Aikman back in 1989 the Cowboys have had 13 quarterbacks start at least three games in one season, six has played at least one. An since Aikman last suited up in 2000 Jerry Jones have not had that star studded quarterback until Romo fell in his lap in 2006. Now this has nothing to do with the sport of football, but Romo has that look that Jerry has been looking for to play quarterback for his team. Which makes you think that at his age (71) Jerry Jones seem to be more concerned with making money then winning titles. As a owner of a football team you would expect him to want both.
As a New York Gaints fan, I hope every off season that this is not the year that Romo and the Cowboys finally get it together becoming the Cowboys that I hated from the 90's. The best thing is that the Cowboys have not had a head coach like Jimmy Johnson who led them to two titles. Romo is on his third head coach since taking over for the Cowboys, he is also on his third offensive coordinator, which is a lot for a quarterback with the talent of Romo. That can explain why Romo is having a problem succeeding in the playoffs and late in the season. When you have a new offense every few years or a new offensive coordinator comes in and wants to change something about your mechanics or way of thinking during a game, it can affect you mentally. Plus all these changes affect the identity of the team. The Cowboys is the only team who can still make the playoffs, who change their game plan every week no matter who they play. They never seem to have any balance, whether they throw too much or they they run too much and choose not to pass.
If we was talking about a star in the NBA or the MLB we would be talking about how a change of scenery could be a good thing for both. I'm not sure why nobody is bringing it up in this situation. I personally think that Romo can be successful somewhere else. I believe that the star on the helmet is becoming too much for Romo. Plus I don't think Jerry is going to change his ways on how he run the team anytime soon. So to sum it all up and answer the head line question, I think it is the best move for both to part ways cause the last nine years have not produce anything but headlines. Which does add up to wins or titles in the NFL.
The way Romo was playing earlier this year, I was hearing a lot from the Cowboy fans that Romo should be known as a top 5 quarterback, and they would start throwing out a whole bunch of numbers to back up their case. You can't just go by the numbers to decide if he is top 5 material or not. Romo puts up numbers in the regular season with the likes of a Brees, Rodgers, and Peyton Manning, but he does not win division titles like Brady. Those four quarterbacks have played in a combined 59 playoff games to Romo's 4. Romo has one playoff victory under his belt out of the eight years he has been the Cowboys starting quarterback. Any other quarterback would have seen the door, or the organization would had spent a high draft pick on a quarterback. Before Joe Flacco won his ring last year there was talk about how the Ravens wanted to see vast improvement from Flacco. They wanted more from their quarterback who at that time was in his 5th year as a starter, and played in more playoff games then Romo also. My question is why is Romo who is has not won anything in his 11 year career held to a higher standard then any other quarterback?
Looking back at the quarterback history of the Cowboys of the last 20-25 years can explain why the Cowboys are still holding on to Romo. Since they drafted Troy Aikman back in 1989 the Cowboys have had 13 quarterbacks start at least three games in one season, six has played at least one. An since Aikman last suited up in 2000 Jerry Jones have not had that star studded quarterback until Romo fell in his lap in 2006. Now this has nothing to do with the sport of football, but Romo has that look that Jerry has been looking for to play quarterback for his team. Which makes you think that at his age (71) Jerry Jones seem to be more concerned with making money then winning titles. As a owner of a football team you would expect him to want both.
As a New York Gaints fan, I hope every off season that this is not the year that Romo and the Cowboys finally get it together becoming the Cowboys that I hated from the 90's. The best thing is that the Cowboys have not had a head coach like Jimmy Johnson who led them to two titles. Romo is on his third head coach since taking over for the Cowboys, he is also on his third offensive coordinator, which is a lot for a quarterback with the talent of Romo. That can explain why Romo is having a problem succeeding in the playoffs and late in the season. When you have a new offense every few years or a new offensive coordinator comes in and wants to change something about your mechanics or way of thinking during a game, it can affect you mentally. Plus all these changes affect the identity of the team. The Cowboys is the only team who can still make the playoffs, who change their game plan every week no matter who they play. They never seem to have any balance, whether they throw too much or they they run too much and choose not to pass.
If we was talking about a star in the NBA or the MLB we would be talking about how a change of scenery could be a good thing for both. I'm not sure why nobody is bringing it up in this situation. I personally think that Romo can be successful somewhere else. I believe that the star on the helmet is becoming too much for Romo. Plus I don't think Jerry is going to change his ways on how he run the team anytime soon. So to sum it all up and answer the head line question, I think it is the best move for both to part ways cause the last nine years have not produce anything but headlines. Which does add up to wins or titles in the NFL.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
" All Chips In"
Last week edition of All Chips In was all about the college conference championship games and I went a modest 2-3. I was more shocked about the Friday game of Northern Illinois/ Bowling Green score then I was of the Buckeyes losing to the Spartans. I was extremely happy about the SEC championship game, which I got right (don't know to many people who did). Since there is no major college football games on this week, it will be all about the NFL.
The first game is the Thursday night game San Diego Chargers take a visit to the mile high to play the Denver Broncos. The spread is Broncos -10 on the visiting Chargers. Both quarterbacks had great performances last week. Rivers game was never in doubt, meanwhile Manning was behind one point at halftime but ended up in a blow out. I don't expect a blow out because Broncos will be without Wes Welker who suffered a concussion in the game against the Titans. Plus the Chargers defense is playing a lot better then the Titans and the last time these two teams met five weeks ago Denver only won by eight 28-20, even with Peyton throwing four touchdowns. In this rematch I'm All Chips In on the points, Thursday games are never that entertaining.
Minnesota is playing host to the Philadelphia Eagles for this 1:00pm game. The Eagles are -4.5 point favorites which is not a surprise. That is only because you can never know what you going to get from the Vikings, expect that Adrian Peterson is their only and best player. AP is questionable to play in this game since he injury his ankle last week against the Ravens. Even with Peterson I don't see the Vikings winning this game. Nick Foles is really showing people that he can play quarterback in this league. Foles and the Eagles struggled in the first half against the Lions, because of the snow storm that hit the Philadelphia area around the time the game started. Once the snow stopped falling the Eagles started scoring and McCoy was the reason. McCoy should start being mention as one of the top runningbacks in the NFL. With Foles, McCoy and the Eagles offense on their A game and playing in a dome I'm All Chips In on the Eagles
The Detroit Lions are a -6 point favorite over the Baltimore Ravens. Each team played in memorable games in week 14. The Lions played in that snow bowl against the Eagles, which was a disaster for the Lions fumbling the ball seven times . The only good thing was they only lost three of them, yeah that was the good thing. The Ravens played in snow themselves just not as much as Detroit. They also was able to score points, combining with the Vikings to score five touchdowns in the last 125 seconds. The Lions are happy to be home in a temperature control stadium, having gone 1 for 2 in their last three away games (which was at cold city stadiums). For the Lions to win this game Matthew Stafford has to limit his mistakes. For the Ravens they have to give the ball to their playmakers, and it helps that Dennis Pitta is back on the field. I like the Lions when they play at home, bit not when they play a defense like the Ravens I'm All Chips In on the points
Whew!! That is how the Dallas Cowboys defense is feeling after hearing that Aaron Rodgers is highly doubtfully for this weeks game. Early Wednesday afternoon the line was even for the Packers/Cowboys game, that was before the news about AA-Rod. Now the Cowboys are -7 point favorites over the Packers who will be starting Matt Flynn. If AA-Rod was playing I would have went with the Packers, but I have to ride with the Cowboys. I believe that Tony Romo will bounce back from his so-so game (11-20 104 yards 3 TD's) he had against the Bears. The Cowboys running game was on point running for almost 200 yards. Don't expect anything different against the Packers defense. What the Cowboys need to do is get up on the Packers early and try to take their run game out of the gameplan. The last thing the Cowboys want to do is allow Matt Flynn and the offense to be in the game with the way the Cowboys secondary is playing this year. Even with a bad defense I'm All Chips In on the Cowboys and the points
The first game is the Thursday night game San Diego Chargers take a visit to the mile high to play the Denver Broncos. The spread is Broncos -10 on the visiting Chargers. Both quarterbacks had great performances last week. Rivers game was never in doubt, meanwhile Manning was behind one point at halftime but ended up in a blow out. I don't expect a blow out because Broncos will be without Wes Welker who suffered a concussion in the game against the Titans. Plus the Chargers defense is playing a lot better then the Titans and the last time these two teams met five weeks ago Denver only won by eight 28-20, even with Peyton throwing four touchdowns. In this rematch I'm All Chips In on the points, Thursday games are never that entertaining.
Minnesota is playing host to the Philadelphia Eagles for this 1:00pm game. The Eagles are -4.5 point favorites which is not a surprise. That is only because you can never know what you going to get from the Vikings, expect that Adrian Peterson is their only and best player. AP is questionable to play in this game since he injury his ankle last week against the Ravens. Even with Peterson I don't see the Vikings winning this game. Nick Foles is really showing people that he can play quarterback in this league. Foles and the Eagles struggled in the first half against the Lions, because of the snow storm that hit the Philadelphia area around the time the game started. Once the snow stopped falling the Eagles started scoring and McCoy was the reason. McCoy should start being mention as one of the top runningbacks in the NFL. With Foles, McCoy and the Eagles offense on their A game and playing in a dome I'm All Chips In on the Eagles
The Detroit Lions are a -6 point favorite over the Baltimore Ravens. Each team played in memorable games in week 14. The Lions played in that snow bowl against the Eagles, which was a disaster for the Lions fumbling the ball seven times . The only good thing was they only lost three of them, yeah that was the good thing. The Ravens played in snow themselves just not as much as Detroit. They also was able to score points, combining with the Vikings to score five touchdowns in the last 125 seconds. The Lions are happy to be home in a temperature control stadium, having gone 1 for 2 in their last three away games (which was at cold city stadiums). For the Lions to win this game Matthew Stafford has to limit his mistakes. For the Ravens they have to give the ball to their playmakers, and it helps that Dennis Pitta is back on the field. I like the Lions when they play at home, bit not when they play a defense like the Ravens I'm All Chips In on the points
Whew!! That is how the Dallas Cowboys defense is feeling after hearing that Aaron Rodgers is highly doubtfully for this weeks game. Early Wednesday afternoon the line was even for the Packers/Cowboys game, that was before the news about AA-Rod. Now the Cowboys are -7 point favorites over the Packers who will be starting Matt Flynn. If AA-Rod was playing I would have went with the Packers, but I have to ride with the Cowboys. I believe that Tony Romo will bounce back from his so-so game (11-20 104 yards 3 TD's) he had against the Bears. The Cowboys running game was on point running for almost 200 yards. Don't expect anything different against the Packers defense. What the Cowboys need to do is get up on the Packers early and try to take their run game out of the gameplan. The last thing the Cowboys want to do is allow Matt Flynn and the offense to be in the game with the way the Cowboys secondary is playing this year. Even with a bad defense I'm All Chips In on the Cowboys and the points
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
A Piece of the Chip
NBA a 1 conference league?: There is a big fuss being made about the lack of good teams in the eastern conference. I seem to be the only one who knew the east was not going to be that good. As of Tuesday night the east has two teams (Heat, Pacers) with a record .500 and better, and one team (Hawks) at .500. But if you look at the east before the season started they only had four maybe five teams who was real contenders for the title anyway. The Heat, Pacers are the best in the conference the Bulls are playing the season without Rose again. The Nets are going through a slew of injuries themselves having Deron Williams, Jason Terry,Paul Pierce, Brook Lopez, Andrei Kirilenko all out at the same time at one point this season. Winning two in a row and getting Williams back should get them back on track. The only team I'm worried about is the Knicks they can't seem to get back to playing like they was last year. Missing Tyson Chandler has hurt but so has been the lack of ball movement and the lack of inside play. Other then those teams everybody else was on a "if everything goes right" gameplan. So in my eyes the east is right where I expected them to be .
_ allas is missing their D: Usually in the month of December and January when you say the Dallas Cowboys are struggling it is because of their quarterback Tony Romo. This year is that rare difference, it is their defense who is the big disappointment. After giving up 45 points to the Bears back-up quarterback on Monday night. It seem like the team is destin for another 8-8 finish instead of their first playoff berth since 2009. Ranked last in most major defense categories, Dallas is the only team to have two teams in one season go the whole game without punting the ball. How can you expect to be successful in this league playing D like that. Even though it is going it against his win-lost record, this year it is not Tony Romo's fault, but I doubt anybody outside of Dallas would care.
To resign or not to resign: Tuesday afternoon there was breaking news that Texas university head coach Mack Brown was going to resgin by the end of this week. The only problem was nobody let Mack Brown know about that. Mack Brown stated that he was in Florida on a recruiting trip and have not decided on whether to resign or not. Even Texas is not sure if they want to let Brown go. There is no word on if Texas has any other coach on their list to replace Mack Brown besides Nick Saban. So why allow Brown to go recruit if you are not going to keep him. I have to say that I was one of those voices that wanted Brown gone when things was not going right earlier this year. But he got things going because they was one win away from winning the Big 12 conference. I say if you not going to get Saban then bring back Brown for a year and spend the entire year looking for his replacement, that seems like the right thing to do.
HOF Bound: The three best baseball mangers I have seen in my lifetime was announce to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame Tony LaRussa, Joe Torre, and Bobby Cox. These three mangers finished 3rd, 4th and 5th on the all time wins list. Like I say they was the best mangers I seen, Tony LaRussa was the best at knowing how to use his bullpen which resulted in three World Series titles. Joe Torre was that manger that led the Yankees on that dominating run thur the mid 90's winning for championships out of five trips to the World Series. Then you have Bobby Cox who only got that one World Series title while managing the Atlanta Braves, but they was still one the best in the National League winning 16 division titles. So I would like to send my congratulations to those three great mangers.
I would also like to bid a farewell to Roy Halladay who sgined a one day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays so he can retire as a Blue Jay. You can expect to see Roy in the HOF in the next few years once he becomes eligible.
_ allas is missing their D: Usually in the month of December and January when you say the Dallas Cowboys are struggling it is because of their quarterback Tony Romo. This year is that rare difference, it is their defense who is the big disappointment. After giving up 45 points to the Bears back-up quarterback on Monday night. It seem like the team is destin for another 8-8 finish instead of their first playoff berth since 2009. Ranked last in most major defense categories, Dallas is the only team to have two teams in one season go the whole game without punting the ball. How can you expect to be successful in this league playing D like that. Even though it is going it against his win-lost record, this year it is not Tony Romo's fault, but I doubt anybody outside of Dallas would care.
To resign or not to resign: Tuesday afternoon there was breaking news that Texas university head coach Mack Brown was going to resgin by the end of this week. The only problem was nobody let Mack Brown know about that. Mack Brown stated that he was in Florida on a recruiting trip and have not decided on whether to resign or not. Even Texas is not sure if they want to let Brown go. There is no word on if Texas has any other coach on their list to replace Mack Brown besides Nick Saban. So why allow Brown to go recruit if you are not going to keep him. I have to say that I was one of those voices that wanted Brown gone when things was not going right earlier this year. But he got things going because they was one win away from winning the Big 12 conference. I say if you not going to get Saban then bring back Brown for a year and spend the entire year looking for his replacement, that seems like the right thing to do.
HOF Bound: The three best baseball mangers I have seen in my lifetime was announce to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame Tony LaRussa, Joe Torre, and Bobby Cox. These three mangers finished 3rd, 4th and 5th on the all time wins list. Like I say they was the best mangers I seen, Tony LaRussa was the best at knowing how to use his bullpen which resulted in three World Series titles. Joe Torre was that manger that led the Yankees on that dominating run thur the mid 90's winning for championships out of five trips to the World Series. Then you have Bobby Cox who only got that one World Series title while managing the Atlanta Braves, but they was still one the best in the National League winning 16 division titles. So I would like to send my congratulations to those three great mangers.
I would also like to bid a farewell to Roy Halladay who sgined a one day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays so he can retire as a Blue Jay. You can expect to see Roy in the HOF in the next few years once he becomes eligible.
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