2011 Week 16: What I Learned

Sugar Huddle!  All Week 16 games in almost no detail as we get ready for a fun and frenzied Week 17:

• I guess one of the hottest teams in the league the last two weeks is...the Indianapolis Colts!  Way to fuck up the #1 draft pick.  Houston is not ready for prime time, or playoff time.
• The league's worst defense strikes again and almost costs New England the game.  But hey, way to keep fighting, Dolphins, for whatever it's worth.
• Baltimore continues to underwhelm me as they barely beat the Browns, giving me a cheap cover.  Can't emphasize how much I hate the Ravens in the playoffs, especially with their only consistent WR at less than 100%.
• Yep, Jason was right.  We couldn't get the Cincy-Arizona spread right.  Never works out when we try that shit.  In other news, catch of the millennium.
• Nice job, Redskins--take out the stud RB and young QB for the Vikings, and still get your doors blown off.  You suck hard.  Neither Minnesota or Washington is any good.
• Neither is Denver.  News flash:  Tim Tebow is bad at QB.
• Congrats to the Steelers, who stepped up for their missing QB by routing their opponent and building momentum for a playoff push...oh wait, they beat the Rams.  Never mind.
• Can you give failing grades to both QBs in the same game?  Because Eli Manning and Mark Sanchez both stunk out the Meadowlands.  The momentum changer was, one QB has Victor Cruz, and the other doesn't.  I love Dallas to come into New York and win the division next week.  The Giants have only one effective WR, and their QB is ice cold.
• Tampa Bay blows.  If the Panthers get some kind of D next season, watch out.
• Tennessee blew the spread for me on purpose, it seemed.  They threw two picks while driving to put the game away, then fumbled a ball in their own territory after stopping Jacksonville on 4th down.  The Titans were determined to not cover the number, and they succeeded.  And they're still in playoff contention!  Bastards.
• Interception Santa in KC?  That would be Kyle Orton, the Chiefs QB.  But that's not even what lost the game.  That would be Richard Seymour blocking two FGs for Oakland, forcing OT, where the Raiders kicked the winning FG.  Guess that's why Oakland paid Seymour the big bucks.
• San Diego is unstoppable when Philip Rivers is on.  Rivers was 28-53-299, one TD, 2 INT.  Rivers was not on.  San Diego is out.  Detroit is in.  Norv Turner is fucked.
• The moment Tony Romo was knocked out of the Dallas-Philly game, as Hawk Harrelson would say, it was OVAH.  But Romo will be fine for next Sunday night in the Meadowlands.
• SF keeps finding ways to win ugly.  I still don't want any part of them in the playoffs.
• And let's make this a combo entry: The two best offenses in the NFC lit it up on Sunday and Monday night.  I'm laying it all down right here--there's absolutely no fucking way that the NFC title game won't be New Orleans at Green Bay.  All the other prelim fights in the first two playoff weekends won't matter.  The Saints and Packers are running their offenses too damn good to be stopped by anyone except each other.

Week 16 Records--Dre 7-9, .438; Jay 9-7, .563
YTD Records--Dre 107-124-9, .463; Jay 117-114-9, .506