Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Aftermath and Rubble of Week 3

It has got to be a realistic idea that the owners could vote to remove him following this season.
We are starting to enter extremely murky waters this NFL season. After two incredible primetime match-ups were ruined at the end by poor refereeing, this whole 2012 season is entering asterisk territory. Luckily, the madness of the week resulted from things other then refereeing, but when the national spotlight was shining brightest, the officials were melting like butter. All throughout Monday and Tuesday I tried to figure out which angle I was going to tackle for this blog entry. Eventually, I realized my only course of action was to tackle every single angle from the weekend.

Insane Upsets.

Any of the people who picked the Titans, Raiders, and Vikings in their pick em leagues had to either be drunk, or forced to make these picks at gunpoint. The Chiefs to a lesser degree shocked lots of people as well, but me and the majority of the people in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome took this loss with a bit of subdued resignation. As someone who does a pick-em blog, I had been disappointed with my picks thus far. Until I looked at the leaderboard and saw that I was in the 97th percentile. My records have been 8-8, 11-5, and 9-7, and I am one of the elite game pickers so far this season. The Titans allowed two touchdowns to tie the game in 18 seconds, AND STILL WON. And they won because Jim Schwartz couldn't communicate the correct play to his charges. I surmise that Oakland decided they had enough from the Steelers after Ryan Mundy attempted to murder Darius Heyward-Bey (he was only able to hospitalize them. The Raiders made a late charge to win on a Janikowski field goal. And the now arrived 49ers do what all big wig teams do against lesser opponents, they look past them. Speaking of the Vikings...

Christian Ponder shows he is not Blaine Gabbert.

Yes I know Blaine Gabbert won on Sunday, but his 80 yard game winning score accounted for over 50% of his total for the game, and he still did not have more yards than Maurice Jones-Drew. Christian Ponder on the other hand, has looked the most impressive out of last year's QB draft class. He was poised and unfazed by the vaunted 49er defense. He showed that he is made in the Big Ben mold in that he can escape the pocket when it collaspes, find a window, and get the ball to one of his receivers. Both TD passes to Kyle Rudolph were big time NFL throws that has to have Vikings fans salivating.

The Immutable law of 6-in/6-out.

You hear it leading up to every season. The Law of Playoff Turnover. Every year, there are 6 teams who make the playoffs that didn't make it the year before, leaving 6 teams that did make the playoffs out of the tournament. Lets look at our playoff participants from last year and see where they stand so far.

AFC- New England (1-2), Baltimore (2-1), Pittsburgh (1-2), Cincinnati (2-1), Houston (3-0), Denver (1-2)
NFC- New York (2-1), Green Bay (1-2), Detroit (1-2), New Orleans (0-3), Atlanta (3-0), San Francisco (2-1)

That's right, 6 of our teams are currently under .500 with almost a quarter of the season down. New England and Pittsburgh are surprises at this record, Green Bay should be 2-1 (but that's for another section of this article), and New Orleans is dead in the water. I'm not saying the 1-2's are finished, but the empirical data strongly points towards the law of 6-in/6-out surviving through 2012.

When will the outcry for Roger Goodell's head begin?

Seriously, I'll say it: Roger Goodell deserves to be fired. I held my tongue throughout the entire Bountygate because I am a diehard Saints fan, and I thought my bias was just boiling over. Now that two wonderful primetime games were ruined by officiating, I know can say with a clean conscious that Roger Goodell is the worst commissioner is sports. He does not care about the NFL at all, all he cares about is fueling his own God-Complex power trip. He wants everyone to know he is running the biggest show in town, when all he is doing is running the biggest show in town straight into the ground. He is worse than David Stern, who often likes to flaunt his own power and don't-give-a-fuck nature. He is worse than Bud Selig, who has been dead for 4 years. He is worse than Gary Bettman, who is on the verge of losing the second NHL season in 7 years. Seriously he is that bad. Only someone as pig headed as he can watch what the fake referees are doing to the game, and not immediately seek to get something done with the real zebras. Hey, speaking of the fake zebras...

Fake zebras ruin two of the best NFL primetime games in recent memory.   

The officiating was so poor in both primetime games this weekend that instead of the disgust most showed toward Bill Belichick for grabbing an official, I think he should have just punched him. In all seriousness, the officials were jobbing both teams to a degree where both coaches ganging up to jump the referees at the end of the game would not have surprised me at all. Going to a non primetime game, the New Orleans/Kansas City game featured FIVE call reversals. The game lasted over four and a half hours. In the Baltimore/New England contest, the officials were trying their hardest to give the game to New England with ticky-tack defensive penalties. It was so bad that Baltimore's defense was forced to go into a sort of Viking-beserker trance just to stop the New England and the referee offense. In Seattle, prior to the last drive, I was lauding the refs for getting the game finished in a timely manner. There had been numerous penalties, but most of them just and not negatively affecting the flow of the game. As soon as this thought crossed my mind, there was a flag on 5 consecutive plays, the fifth one being a pass interference called against Sam Shields for being yoked up by Sidney Rice. I won't even discuss the final play because it has already been beaten to death by the talking heads, and truth be told, the play still makes me feel dirty on the inside.

What does this leave us for next week?

More and more uncertainity. I honestly suggest boycotting the games for next week, maybe then the referee situation will be solved. But we aren't strong enough to do that, so we'll keep watching in hopes that the season rights itself before we have to put an asterisk on the whole year. Next week, I'll attempt to give you an accurate forecast for all the teams after the quarter pole of the season. 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Ladder of League Quarterbacks.

Early success by this year's class of rookie QBs added a degree of difficulty to this week's power rankings.
Everyone is ranking the teams from 32 to 1, but there are too many variables with the whole team to use the rankings as a predictor for the rest of the season. If you go by a QB power rankings you can use this to have an idea of where your team is going for the rest of the year. That is, if your team isn't under political embargo by commissioner Roger Goodell. These power rankings only reflect current starting quarterbacks in the league, so no Tebow, Skelton, or any other back up quarterback who is priming to become a fan favorite.

The Un-throwables

32. Blaine Gabbert

While much improved from last season, Gabbert has still shown he lacks the basic skills required to be an NFL QB. Skills such as throwing accurately, completing over half of your passes, and not crapping your pants when the pass rush is coming.

31. Kevin Kolb

When people say the Arizona Cardinals are 2-0, they really mean the Arizona Cardinals defense is 2-0. Kevin Kolb made one play in each game that kept the tides in their favor, but for the other 59:10 of the game, Kevin Kolb has been inefficient, inaccurate, and running a drip-drip-drip offense.

30. Matt Cassel

Matt Cassel is well on his way to being replaced by Matt Barkley in the 2013 season.

Lost in No-Mans Land

29. Carson Palmer

Carson Palmer does not seem to realize he plays for the Oakland Raiders. If he did, he might notice he was often throwing to people that are not Oakland Raiders. Some may point to his high volume of passing yards, but those people are unaware of what occurs during garbage time in late game blow outs.

28. Jake Locker

Jake Locker is looking like a guy who was started a year too early. Why when you have Matt Hasselbeck on your team, who almost led the team to the playoffs last year, would you hand the team over to a guy who hasn't really shown that he is ready to win in the pro game just yet. All Mike Munchak is doing is ruining Locker's confidence and his team's ceiling.

27. Josh Freeman

Josh Freeman seems like he should have all the tools to succeed in this league. Big build, big arm, big time swagger. This year he even has a decent offense around him. The only logical explanation I have for his lack of success is good old fashioned Buccaneer stink.

Growing Pains

26. Brandon Weeden

Browns brass had to heave a huge sigh of relief after Weeden's week 2 performance against the Bengals. Weeden looked flat out incompetent against the Eagles in week 1. If he can even approach that performance on a weekly basis, he should have no problem keeping Colt McCoy on the bench.

25. Ryan Tannehill

I regarded the Dolphins as one of the worst teams in the league. Before the Raider's game I had the Dolphins on 0-16 watch. Tannehill looked bad in week 1, but like Weeden, bounced back to show signs of life.

24. Christian Ponder

In year two, Ponder has made great strides. He still needs to prove a lot more to show that he will be able to take the Viking's cadillac-esque offense to the high octane level it should be at. An offense with All Day, Percy Harvin, and Jerome Simpson should not be struggling.

You Got Paid, But You A'int Money

23. Ryan Fitzpatrick

The Bills gave him $60 million dollars last season, and he wasted no time mailing it in. The Bills were 5-3 at the time of the signing, and they are 2-8 since. Money well spent, Bills.

22. Jay Cutler

Petulent, big armed, locker room cancer, hates offensive lineman, favors skill players, douchebag, "Gooood Luuuuck.", The Denver fiasco, the list goes on and on....

Growing Pains II

21. Russell Wilson

Russell Wilson should have a bit of an easier learning curve knowing that he has a defense that will always keep him in ball games. My mindset going in if I'm Russell Wilson is just to play within myself and not make and game killing errors.

20. Andy Dalton

Andy Dalton should be in the GM's office daily begging for offensive line help. Everyone knows the Ginger is known to be frail and easily broken. If the rest of the season goes the way the first two weeks have, we will get to see Dalton placed into an ambulance at some point during the season.

19. Sam Bradford

I'm much higher on Sam Bradford than his power ranking indicates. Jeff Fisher has always been known to build strong lines. Once Bradford gets a line to protect him, expect him to become one of the leagues next stars in the new generation of QB's coming up.

Caught Between Stardom and a Hard Place

18. Andrew Luck

I can guarantee by season's end Luck is no lower than 13 on the rankings. He showed poise, and the ability to make the tough throws as well as the throws he is not supposed to miss. Ryan Grigson better do his draft homework, he may not be picking as high as everyone was expecting this year.

17. Mark Sanchez

Does he get it? Will he ever put it together? Even though its my job to know, I just don't.

16. Robert Griffin III

Everyone was hopping on the bandwagon, and while Griffin will still have a great individual year, his team is being devoured by injuries. Right now, the injuries are mostly on defense, but if they creep over to the offensive side of the ball, his performance could suffer.

15. Matt Schaub

I'm a big Schaub guy, and don't the Texans make the Super Bowl with Schaub last year? But until he proves himself a healthy QB and proves he can get it done in the post season, he remains in the middle ground.

14. Cam Newton

Superman while extremely great in bursts needs to show he can string four quarters together and win games before proving he can win over a prolonged period of time.

Bursting At The Seams of a Breakout

13. Peyton Manning

I'll say this, I hope before it is all said and done, Peyton Manning can reign triumphant at the end of a season. Right now, the arm strength scares the crap out of me. No one masks their deficiencies better than Manning, but if he can't throw it deep, corners will continue jumping routes, and the INTs will keep coming at a higher and higher volume.

12. Phillip Rivers

He's got a perennial all-pro level offense, and one of the best offensive minded coaches in the league. Phil Rivers--you are out of excuses. Time to produce.

11. Tony Romo

Champion quarterbacks are never this consistently inconsistent. If you can't string together 4 quality regular season games, who will ever trust you to do it four times in a row in the playoffs. It takes time to break out as a playoff QB...but 6 years is a bit overdue.

10. Mike Vick

Vick has totally changed his life. I can see how he leads his team, he has the "it" of a championship quarterback. But right now, he has the erratic play of a Blaine Gabbert. If he gets rid of the turnovers, the Eagles become a force in the NFC.

The Alleged Next Big Things at Quarterback
9. Matt Ryan

Everyone is getting very high on this kid. He doesn't have the same pressure this season as Joe Flacco does. Most people will be happy if he can get a playoff win. Personally, I'll be happy if he even just shows signs of life in a playoff contest.

8. Joe Flacco

You have been to an AFC Championship twice, you have won playoff games. The time is now if you want to challenge Rodgers for the QB crown once Brees and Brady finally step aside. You're carrying the Ravens, something the defense has done for a decade. Prove this postseason you will be worth Manning money.

Playoff Contenders

7. Alex Smith

The way he ran the 49er offense in the Detroit game sold me on Alex Smith. He has made one of the truly great comeback stories in the league since Jim Plunkett. 3 years ago, the Candlestick crowd screamed for DAVID CARR (you read that right.) Now he runs the offense with such a cool, he looks like some of the other legends at QB in San Francisco history.

6. Matthew Stafford

Big time arm. He needs to really rise up as the leader of this team and get some of his wild west teammates to get their act together. This Lions team only goes as far as Stafford leads them.

5. Ben Rothelisberger

He's not the prettiest QB. But he is the guttsiest, and he has rings to back it up. No other QB can frustrate a defense mid play quite like Big Ben. I cannot wait to see how he develops in the Todd Haley air it out offense.

The Current Mt. Rushmore

4. Eli Manning

Can anyone do it better late game than Eli. We saw it on full display last Sunday. It helps having a defense that will never let the game get away from him. Eli Manning single handedly prevents the prevent defense from being an option.

3. Tom Brady

Tom Brady burns for that 4th Superbowl. 8 years ago, did you think that would be a realistic scenario. Bill Belichick, who made his bread and butter on defense, ignored it when he had an invincible offense. Now that Brady is getting older, you're seeing him revert back to building a defense that helped Tom win 3 in 4 years.

2. Drew Brees

The best QB in the league wastes a year of his prime under political embargo by Roger Goodell. Hooray. 

1. Aaron Rodgers

If Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco and the past two rookie class QBs don't try to model themselves after Rodgers, Aaron Rodgers could end up with rings galore. Right now, he has to take his game to the next level and learn some new tricks, because as we saw in the 49er games, coaches are beginning to figure out some of his old tricks.


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

The Dreaded "Overreaction" Monday

RG3 propelled Saint's fans to a very over reactive Overreaction Monday.

All across the nation, fans of every team in the league are in a state of "It's our year" ecstasy, or are in a state of "It's all over" despair. No one fan has a level headed view of their team at this point, there just isn't the sample size of game action to go by. As we head into our second week of action, here are five teams on each side of the win-loss column who need to prove the most in week 2.

The "Sky's Falling" Division

Green Bay Packers

Anytime when you threaten to surpass last season's loss total in week 2, there is a general cause for concern among any fan base. I don't really put do or die labels on a week 2 game, but the Packer's game against the Bear's will be a wonderful litmus test for both teams going forward this season. The Packer's run defense should be working double time this week to get ready to defend against Matt Forte and Michael Bush, who ran all over the Colt's defense Sunday.

New York Giants

Of course the sky is falling in New York, it always is. It shouldn't be however, as Thursday's loss was more of Dalla's doing. The Cowboy's came out looking way better than anyone could have predicted. The team will be fine, so long as Victor Cruz can learn how to catch again.

Buffalo Bills

This was the one that really took me by surprise this weekend. The Jet's anemic offense found its supply of iron against the Bill's defense. 100 million dollar man could only complain about whoever was playing RT for the Jet's playing dirty. Instead of whining, you should be finding ways to get through him or around him. The Fred Jackson injury is only going to put more pressure on the already floundering Ryan Fitzpatrick to get it together.

New Orleans Saints

While I don't throughly believe the sky should be falling in New orleans just yet, you can't say you weren't worried by some of the things seen Sunday against the Redskins. In the first half, the Saint's were embarrased by RG3 running a college Run N' Shoot offense. That just can't happen. And with the way they allowed RG3 to run all over unmollested, Saint's fans have to be worried going to Carolina to face Cam Newton.

Philadelphia Eagles

Wait why are they on this side of the column? They won on Sunday, right? Well yeah, but it was by one point...to the Brown's. Who had a QB with a 5.1 passer rating. Hey Andy Reid, if you want to win the NFC East, Mike Vick can't throw it 56 times. I'm also sure LeSean McCoy fantasy owners would try to lynch you if this type of behavior continues. Utilize your all-star offense properly, and you will see the results.

The "Inflated Egos" Division

Detroit Lions

Lions fans have to like a gritty victory. it shows character, right? It shows their QB has stones to bounce back from a putrid performance to win the game. Unfortunately, when it happens against a team you should blow out the water, it loses its meaning. The Lion's need to start fast and wipe out the bottomfeeders on their schedule if people want to take this team seriously this year.

Washington Redskins

Here's the deal on Washington. They stole a game against a reeling team who's defense was just not ready to handle Robert Griffin III. All this should change about your season outlook for this team is a one game improvement, because I don't think anyone had them upsetting the Saint's. Redskin's fans, your heads shouldn't be ballooning, but for the first time in a long time, you should be feeling hope.

Dallas Cowboys

No one doubts that Dallas has a very talented roster. Where Dallas needs to make their mark is showing consistency from week to week. Claiborne and Carr could be the saving grace this team has needed to make the leap to next-level contender. Keep an eye on this Dallas team, they look different from the year end swonners of years past.

San Diego Chargers

This team is another team that should be blowing its opponents away, not squeaking out wins against the Raider's. This team is stacked at WR, and they need to just let River's air it out. They have enough receivers to where River's doesn't need to force it into coverage, on every play they should have someone reasonably enough open to make a good play. Then once Ryan Mathews return's they can transition to complete offense.

San Francisco 49ers

This is the one team that can be rightfully big headed. Repeat after me: I do not want to play the San Francisco 49ers this year. I will loudly cheer if they are not on my team's schedule.

Coming Next: A referendum on the replacement refs on the Spin It! Blog tomorrow. On this blog, you can expect a week 2 preview on Thursday.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

AFC Predictions

Some must be wondering when Bill Belichick will go from coaching genius with Tom Brady, and revert back to the way he was with Cleveland. Only this time with old age induced paranoia.   



Monday, September 3, 2012

Intro and NFC Predictions

Welcome readers. If you are an avid observer of the sports world, you may have noticed a disturbing trend in sports media today. As in, it is incredibly shitty nowadays. On ESPN, Bill Simmons had to create his own website so that you could actually read about sports, so I hope to breathe some life and information back into the world of football coverage. You can hold me to this, Tim Tebow will never be mentioned more than 7 times in any given blog, and I feel like that is damn refreshing (not to toot my own horn too hard.) Since this is my first blog post and I'm dying from exhaustion, there won't be any links supporting my facts or fancy pictures or goofy memes, but bear with me, as I get better at this whole blogging thing, so will my presentation. So with no further delay, let's take a look at my conference: the NFC.

(Note: The way it will work is I will go division by division placing teams in order of predicted finish with predicted record. I have not gone through the schedule so these are approximations, do not come at me with your records are impossible...bc no one likes those kinds of people.)

NFC East

1. Philadelphia Eagles- Vince Young, the man who brought the football Gods black cloud to the city of brotherly love is gone, so that alone leads me to believe this vaults the Eagles to the top of the pack. This all hinges on the health of one Mike Vick. If Kevlar can keep number 7 on the field, the Eagles have an dynamic offense rivaling the Saints, Packers, and Patriots. A hungry defensive line that should continue to improve on run defense under Jim Washburn and a secondary that should not be as bad as it was last year make this team much more complete. Note to DC Juan Castillo, just put Nnamdi Asomugha across from your opponents best receiver and leave it at that. Being cute and trying to use him as a Charles Woodson hybrid DB clearly failed last year. A team that tradtionally learns from its mistakes under Andy Reid is poised to be at the head of the pack in this division. Record: 10-6

2. New York Giants- This is not a knock against the Giants whatsoever. In their 2 championship seasons under Tom Coughlin, they have proven that domination in the regular season is not their MO. Anyone recall in 2008 when they went 12-4 and flopped in the first round. Sure the season feel apart when Plaxico shot himself, but the record still supports my argument. I expect Eli to have one gaffe filled game and Tom Coughlin to make a late game error that throws the season in doubt, but this team is clearly good enough to grab one of the two wild card spots. Record: 9-7

3. Dallas Cowboys- Short and simple, the Cowboys will never be good so long as Jerry Jones occupies the GM office. The man with arguably one of the more talented rosters in the league refuses to hire a coach that will take them to the next level, simply because Jerry Jones has an ego the size of the 600 lb woman. Therefore they will be good enough to win games, but not good enough to win the tough, gritty games. Record: 8-8

4. Washington Redskins- Facts: Robert Griffin III will excite the league week in, week out. The running game, which has been the bread and butter of Mike Shanahan's resume, will sputter at times. The defense will continue to play at a tenacious level. Saddest fact: The team simply lacksenough play makers to be any better than mediocre. Best Fact (at least for Shanahan): We will see year 4 of the Shanahan regime. Record: 7-9

NFC North

1. Green Bay Packers- Many talking heads are predicting a falling off for the Packers. No shit, they went 15-1 last year. But ludicriously, many predict the Bears to overtake them. I just can't see it. They have a top 2 QB in a QB league, enough play makers in the passing game to continue to mask a suspect running game. They also possess strong leadership on defense that should keep that unit producing at an acceptable level. I am going to go ahead and put the early bird crown on the Packers. Record: 12-4

2. Chicago Bears- The biggest reason I am so high on the Bears is what they have done to their offense. They won't play a conservative offense per se, but it will certainly be one that no longer places Jay Cutler's life in jeopardy. Matt Forte and Michael Bush should be one of the leagues top running batteries, and Chicago's defense is always strong under Lovie Smith. I am sensing a wild card spot for these Bears. Record: 10-6

3. Detroit Lions- Another short and simple one. The Lions simply lack maturity. I don't even feel I need to get into the X's and O's of it, its just a team thats still growing up. I see them playing like they have already arrived, and that will most likely leads to some "stunners" for this team. It won't be a steep regression, but a regression nonetheless. Record: 7-9

4. Minnesota Vikings- I like Christian Ponder. I think Adrian Peterson will bounce back. I think this roster is swiss chesse. Record: 4-12

NFC South

1. New Orleans Saints- This is objective Ricky speaking here. This reeks of the "Eff You" Patriots season of 2007, just hopefully with a different ending. Pete Carmichael proved he can do Sean Payton's job of calling plays, but you will see a slight slip in the offense without Payton's flair coming through in late game situations. At the end of the day, Drew Brees is still the sheriff and will keep that offense purring. I'm also bank that Steve Spagnoulo can work his magic on what has been a historically bad defense. Gregg Williams masked so many of the team's weaknesses. We had first rounders at all of the D-line positions and got 33 sacks out of that. This is where the Spags magic really needs to come into play, seeing as how our championship hopes rely on it. Record: 11-5

2. Atlanta Falcons- Mike Smith probably ends this season with his seat a bit hot, which is unfair seeing as how he has made a joke of a franchise into at least a yearly playoff contender, but the fact of the matter is the defense is a bit spotty, and Matt Ryan is like a small toy, a choking hazard. That offense has scary potential though and could make my prediction look like a Matt Ryan playoff performance.  Record: 8-8

3. Carolina Panthers- I wish this team was over in the AFC so I could be more excited about this team. Cam Newton will not have a sophomore slump, with a 3 man backfield that will be sure to take loads of pressure off of him. Jon beason's health can make or break how Ron Rivera's defense plays. This team will ruin playoff hopefuls late this season, and I will be excited to see them against any team except the Saints. Record: 8-8

4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- I like Josh Freeman. I like Greg Schiano. However, he doesn't have a very complete roster to work with. An incredible free agency will keep this team from being dreadfully bad, but a suspect defense and Schiano transitioning into the pro game will mean some growing pains for this Buc team. Record: 5-11

NFC West

1. San Francisco 49ers- This team could have gone 16-0 with Peyton Manning. I mean they went 13-3 with Alex Smith. While I don't think you'll see drastic improvement from Smith, adding Randy Moss and Mario Manningham will lead to more than 17 TDs for Smith, and that defense will continue to be incredible scary. Also, not having very stiff competition for 6 games within the division will lead to another first round bye for this 49ers team. Record: 12-4

2. Seattle Seahawks- Russell Wilson won't be great, but he should be serviceable this year as a rookie. I'm sure Matt Flynn loves having the money in his pocket, but I'm not sure this is what he thought was in store for him this season. I'm sure Arizona in their two games this year would be pining to have his skills put to use for their team. I love the way Pete Carroll has this team playing defense, but i think their best shot to have a winning season would have beein in Matt Flynn's hands. It will be Lucky 777 for the first three years of the Pete Carroll era, which leads me to suspect thats why he went with Wilson. Had Matt Flynn gone 7-9, Carroll is likely out. With a rookie QB, 7-9 is a step in the right direction. Savvy man, that Pete Carroll. Record: 7-9

3. St. Louis Rams- This is a growing team that will actually be a lot better than their record. I think Sam Bradford has star potential if he stays healthy, and the dearth of young talents under the leadership of Jeff Fisher will have hiccups this season, but are on the right track to developing a strong team in a weak division. Record: 5-11

4. Arizona Cardinals- This has disaster written all over it. Ken Whisenhunt is a great coach, but has failed to get a QB to play in his timing-based offense. Kevin Kolb seems to be stuck in the fetal position, and while Skelton can be a QB in this league, he just seems to innaccurate for the offense Whisenhunt runs. Note to Arizona's GM, just go ahead and trade Larry Fitzgerald and scoop up some O-linemen and draft choices, it's just simply the best thing for both parties. Record: 4-12

AFC coming at you tomorrow, thanks for reading, and continue to read. It's only getting better.