#hangover

By Joe Schackman

It has been a long time since we did one of these. Lets knock that rust off and get into it. 

• Geno Smith is a terrifying quarterback. He is like Tono Romo but without the talent. Basically he just turns it over.

• Eagles haven’t won at home in over a calendar year. That is amazing and pathetic at the same time. Redskins couldn’t be coming at a better time

• The Ed Reed addition for the Jets got a lot of attention this week. Its a good savvy move by the Jets but its one of those mid-season moves that makes headlines but probably makes little impact on the field.

• On one of the first plays of the game Geno Smith goes down hard and is shaken up. If Geno Smith is terrifying I’m not sure what the hell to call Matt Simms.

• 3rd and 17 and the Jets go to the air to try and convert. Geno avoids a mistake but that is a dumb call. Should be handing it off or running a screen. Know your personnel Marty Mornhinweg.  

• Jacksonville scores their first TD at home this season on a 62-yard pass to Danny Noble. Ya its been that rough.

• Larry Fitzgerald sighting. Remember when we thought Carson Palmer would save him?

• So the wind is pretty strong in Buffalo. Nick’s Folk FG gets ripped off course.

• Cleveland is reviving careers… Jason Campbell leading the Browns down the field.

• Matt McGloin is doing things in Oakland.

• There has been a lot of discussion this season about the lack of quality backups in the NFL. Matt McGloin, Jason Campbell and Josh McCown thumb their nose at this.

• Antonio Brown is having a monster first half

• Ridiculous weather coming through Chicago and postponing that game for the time being

• Mike Pettine, the jets former defensive coordinator showing Rex Ryan he knows how to blitz too. Jets defensive line having serious issues keeping Geno upright

• Greg Schiano realizing he has nothing to lose because he’s probably already lost his job, attempts an onside kick and his team pulls it off

• It is easy to pick on Dee Millner this season but that TD is almost impossible to stop. He had good coverage but the ball is caught by the wind and falls into the hands of TJ Graham.

• Greg Schiano is doing insane things

• Calvin Johnson is an animal

• Buffalo goes from barley leading the Jets to blowing them out. 17-0 after a lucky TD, a turn over and a quick score.

• I defend Rex Ryan a lot but the Jets look horrible coming off their bye week, did they even practice or prepare?

• The Bills are even without their 2 best WRs

• Geno Smith. Terrifying.

• Must be nice when you are Matt Stafford and you can just throw it up to Megatron. Who does amazing things on a regular basis.

• ACL surgery is obviously very serious and RGIII needs more than half a season to gauge whether or not he is healthy but so far the results are not good.

• If you are an NFL player and you are thinking of growing your hair out. Don’t.

  

• The Texans go back to Matt Schaub which makes little sense. At this point your season is basically over. You know what you have in Matt Schaub. Even if he comes in and plays well again, what do you gain? Also Keenum wasn’t even playing that poorly. This is a panic move by Gary Kubiak who fears for his job.

• Speaking of Kubiak. The guy had a mini-stroke a few weeks ago ON THE FIELD and he is back coaching. He may fear for his job but I fear for his life.

• Organizational stability is probably the most overlooked aspect about good teams It is a chicken or the egg question. Do great coaches have stability because they are great or are they great because they have stability.

• Not that it is surprising but Geno Smith is handed a clipboard for the fourth quarter. Matt Simms coming in.

• Geno Smith has had just a terrible game. 3 touchdowns and a fumble. His offensive line did him no favors but that is not an excuse. I realize that he is a rookie but after 11 weeks the progress isn’t really there. He makes the same dumb decisions he made in the first weeks that he does now. He also seems to crumble anytime the defense pressures him.

• Matt Simms comes in and marches his team down the field.

• This is a pointless conversation but I’m curious how the Jets fair if it was Sanchez under center. I do not think they beat the Pats or Saints but I’m confident they could be 5-5 and maybe even better. You have to imagine with Sanchez in the game they don’t get blown out by Cincinnati or Buffalo. Again, pointless discussion but I’m a Sanchez apologist.

• So I guess Calvin Johnson doesn’t catch every ball that Stafford just launches into the air.

• I don’t want to rip the Lions for that failed field goal because NFL coaches need to be more aggressive but man that call was bad.

• The afternoon slot of games is a good one. Only topped by the prime time games this week. Thank you flex scheduling.

• Scott Tolzein representing the backups well on his third drive. Hits James Jones down the middle of the field. Looking more and more confident.

• Then, in the redzone, the Packers hand it to James Starks twice and settle for the FG.

Maybe it just seems this way but more so than any offense, I feel like Eli and his WRs have way more communication errors than any other team. Half of their interceptions come in situations where Eli throws it one place and his WR goes another place.

I could be really late to this but Ryan Tannehill looks a lot like Tate Donovan

At what point do we criticise the 49ers for trading Alex Smith and sticking with Colin Kaepernick?

I like the timing of this Bears-Baltimore game. Having a game end around 6 o’clock is great. With all the 4 time slot games heading into halftime this has a different feel. Although if the game wasn’t close I wouldn’t care at all so this isn’t really a revelation for the NFL.

Charles Clay just caught a short pass, scorched Manti Teo and trucked some dude on his way to a 40 yard touchdown. That boy can play.

Was just told by Soldier Field employee that concessions were stopped because TOO MUCH beer was being sold.

— Amy Jacobson (@AmyJacobson)

November 17, 2013

Brandon Jacobs vultures Andre Brown and fantasy players everywhere think its 2008.

It is easy to forget how important a rookie contract is to the future earnings of a player when you realize Victor Cruz is still underpaid after signing his extension.

I’ve had a hangover for three days straight. yup.

I need a book hangover recovery manual for every time I finish a series

I can’t handle all this grief by myself