FANTASY Dr X
12-05-2007, 01:44 AM
By Derek Lofland.New England survived a second consecutive scare and won a game that Baltimore should have won had it not been for a huge meltdown caused by questionable penalties and a lack of intelligence or execution. The Patriots are three fourths of the way to perfection. Dallas won the Game of the Century, Part III and became the second team in the 2007 season to clinch a playoff birth. Meanwhile, Miami lost their best chance to gain a victory this season. They are three fourths of the way to perfect imperfection. I hereby present to you a recap of the thirteen week in the National Football League.
The Cam Cameron Award (Excellence in Coaching): I have a lot of candidates this week.
1) Joe Gibbs calling 2 consecutive timeouts. That is a 15-yard penalty and resulted in Buffalo having a 36-yard field goal instead of a 51-yard attempt. Gibbs was a class act after the game and took full responsibility for the mistake, 2) Tom Coughlin. He won the game, but Chicago had 3 attempts at the endzone, because he elected to score a touchdown with 1:33 instead of taking the knee at the 1-yard line and depleting the Bears of both time and timeouts. Then he didn’t go for 2 points that would have made it a 6-point game instead of a 5-point game. Apparently he feel the extra point is a formality for the Bears, but a field goal from the same distance is too risky for his squad. I instantly became a Bears fans because I hate seeing stupidity rewarded, 3) Sean Payton. Can’t call a half back reverse gadget play late in the game trying to run out the clock with a lead. The result was a Reggie Bush turnover and new life for the Bucs. 4) Finally, Brian Billick. Not so much for his timeout that negated a 4th down stop of the Patriots. That could happen to anyone. It was unfortunate. The real problem is that he was unable to keep his defense together after that. That final drive demonstrated the lack of cohesion between Offense, Defense, and Coaching Staff. As I stated above, that is a team in desperate need of a change at the top. Read the rest>>> (http://fantasyfootballmaniaxs.alexia.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=482&Itemid=50)
The Cam Cameron Award (Excellence in Coaching): I have a lot of candidates this week.
1) Joe Gibbs calling 2 consecutive timeouts. That is a 15-yard penalty and resulted in Buffalo having a 36-yard field goal instead of a 51-yard attempt. Gibbs was a class act after the game and took full responsibility for the mistake, 2) Tom Coughlin. He won the game, but Chicago had 3 attempts at the endzone, because he elected to score a touchdown with 1:33 instead of taking the knee at the 1-yard line and depleting the Bears of both time and timeouts. Then he didn’t go for 2 points that would have made it a 6-point game instead of a 5-point game. Apparently he feel the extra point is a formality for the Bears, but a field goal from the same distance is too risky for his squad. I instantly became a Bears fans because I hate seeing stupidity rewarded, 3) Sean Payton. Can’t call a half back reverse gadget play late in the game trying to run out the clock with a lead. The result was a Reggie Bush turnover and new life for the Bucs. 4) Finally, Brian Billick. Not so much for his timeout that negated a 4th down stop of the Patriots. That could happen to anyone. It was unfortunate. The real problem is that he was unable to keep his defense together after that. That final drive demonstrated the lack of cohesion between Offense, Defense, and Coaching Staff. As I stated above, that is a team in desperate need of a change at the top. Read the rest>>> (http://fantasyfootballmaniaxs.alexia.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=482&Itemid=50)