2014 Week 9: Leftovers

Some additional thoughts and observations that I didn't get to on our recap show:

• I said that San Diego could use a bye this week because their team isn't young and the old players need a break.  Maybe the coaches do too.  Dennis Allen Mike McCoy made a very bad choice on their first drive at Miami:  The drive stalled in FG range at the 22 and on 4th-and-1 Allen not only chose to go for it and ignore the 3-0 lead, but he chose to run Branden Oliver, who may be talented but is still running behind a line gaining a rancid 3.1 yards per carry coming into the game against a Dolphins team giving up 4.1 yards per run.  The result was a stuffing and a turnover.  What the hell was Allen thinking?  This is sometimes what happens when a team is successful early and loses their way--cooler heads don't prevail, and panic moves are made.  That was one of the worst.  San Diego wouldn't score the entire game, and that really set the tone.  Oh, and that Ryan Tannehill read-option shit will get popped against good defenses, but he can get away with it for now.
• Hmmm...Kansas City is playing against the New York Jets, the team behind the Buttfumble, and TE Anthony Fasano catches a deflected pass for a TD while on his ass.  So the Chiefs create the Buttcatch.  (That sounds really gay, so forget I said that.)  But this happens against the Jets on the same day that the creator of the Buttfumble, Total Fraud, takes the field in an emergency for the Eagles and leads them to an impressive victory.  There's some kind of cosmic force working there, but I'm not bright enough to figure it out, so I guess I have to chalk it up to weird coincidence.  As for the Michael Vick Experiment, well...uh...hey, he threw for a high percentage!
• Speaking of Philadelphia, call me Mr. Obvious, but Total Fraud may have extended success if LeSean McCoy is back to his old tricks.  He was an overlooked large piece of the Eagles' unlikely win after Nick Foles was driven out of the game.  Shady McCoy is going to be leaned on big time the rest of this season.  Let's see if he can carry the weight.
• I'd like to ascribe some sort of frigid weather factor to Peyton Manning as a way to explain the Denver blowout loss in New England, but Peyton played a good game save for a couple of key mistakes.  I still think the Broncos are going to win the Super Bowl.  I realize there's a damn good chance they will have to come back to Foxborough in order to do that, but I'm confident.  I'll give Tom Brady and Bill Belichick credit for pouncing a very good team.  They earned that victory.  I loved how Brady smelled blood after Peyton's INT to Rob Ninkovich--one run play, then all passes including the go-ahead TD, 13-7 Pats, and no looking back.  New England actually may be getting a bye at the worst time.
• Finally, I had a list of possible teams to look out for the FedEx Mail-It-In Team that I meant to run by Jason.  They include the Jets, who sport a very good rush attack, with or without Vick, and an excellent run defense, but may not care anymore with all the QB shenanigans; the Buccaneers, who have QB troubles of their own and a Tampa-2 defense that they're clearly not grasping; the Raiders, who are just letting their rookie QB fling it around in lieu of any kind of running attack and as a result have no wins; and, unfortunately, the Bears, who come back from a bye with a losing record, a coach who doesn't appear to have the ability to put a foot in someone's ass and fire up his squad, and team leaders who have agendas and would rather play politics than actually lead and rally the team.  That situation could get very ugly fairly soon.

Week 9 Records--Dre & Jay 8-4-1, .667

YTD Records--Dre 67-62-5, .519; Jay 70-59-5, .543