We came up with what we think is the best looking professional football helmets in our book. That means no college helmets were involved in this list. We went with professional leagues still around or part of the past. We did both W.F.L’S. The one from the 70’s and the one from the 90’s. The USFL. We even dabbled in the Canadian Football League however we did not inhale.. Most are from the NFL. However we liked a lot of helmets from the AFL before the merger of the NFC and AFC. We found some cool ones in Arena football that we liked. The X.F.L we did really not care about. Any leagues we have forgotten, oh well that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

We picked helmets with cool logos. Logos that say something. We did not pick old traditional helmets with the city’s first letter on the side of the helmet. No plain ole Jane like the Browns. We went with helmets with a logo that says we are going to kick your ass today. This list is not in any order. We broke them down with the different leagues. We probably missed many others that should be on this list. If we started a league, this is our 25 helmets.

W.F.L   (1970’S)

#1. JACKSONVILLE SHARKS

#2.HONOLULU HAWAIIANS

C.F.L

#3.OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS

#4.WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS

#5. SACRAMENTO GOLD MINERS

ARENA LEAGUE

#6.DENVER DYNAMITE

#7.SAN JOSE SABERCATS

#8.IOWA BARNSTORMERS

#9.NEW YORK DRAGONS

WORLD LEAGUE (1990’S)

#10.BERLIN THUNDER

#11.NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY KNIGHTS

USFL

#12.PITTSBURGH MAULERS

#13.OKLAHOMA OUTLAWS

#14.SAN ANTONIO GUN SLINGERS

#15.OAKLAND INVADERS

NFL/ AFL

#16.TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (80’S)

#17.OAKLAND RAIDERS (1963)

#18.BOSTON PATRIOTS 1974

#19.BUFFALO BILLS 1965

#20. LA CHARGERS 1965

#21.NEW YORK JETS 1960’S

#22. DENVER BRONCOS 1966

#23.HOUSTON OILERS 1975

#24. CHICAGO CARDINALS

#25. WASHINGTON REDSKINS

 

 

 

RECORD FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS

STRAIGHT PICK-EM

THURSDAY GAMES 5-1

SUNDAY/MONDAY GAMES 24-14

TOTAL RECORD  29-15

OUR THREE LOCK DOWN PICKS OF THE WEEK RECORD 8-1

OUR UPSET OF THE WEEK SPECIAL 0-3

OUR SURVIVOR PICK OF THE WEEK  2-1

WEEK 13 SLATE

MATCH UP                             OUR WINNER

VIKINGS AT FALCONS              FALCONS

TEXANS AT TITANS                   TEXANS

CHIEFS AT JETS                           JETS

BRONCOS AT DOLPHINS           BRONCOS

COLTS AT JAGUARS                     JAGUARS

BUCCANEERS AT PACKERS        PACKERS

PATRIOTS AT BILLS                       PATRIOTS

LIONS AT RAVENS                        LIONS

49ERS AT BEARS                            49ERS

BROWNS AT CHARGERS               CHARGERS

GIANTS AT RAIDERS                      RAIDERS

PANTHERS AT SAINTS                   SAINTS

RAMS AT CARDINALS                    RAMS

EAGLES AT SEAHAWKS                 EAGLES

STEELERS AT BENGALS                 STEELERS

MY THREE LOCK DOWNS OF THE WEEK

CHARGERS OVER BROWNS

STEELERS OVER BENGALS

RAIDERS OVER GIANTS

UPSET OF THE WEEK

TEXANS OVER TITANS

SURVIVOR PICK OF THE WEEK

CHARGERS

Week 13 Could be an unlucky week for many teams. But we will let you know what we are feeling this week. Lots of love. Lots of name calling. We’re flinging it. That’s our new motto. When the shit hits the fan, will your team prevail and make it to the playoffs?

RANKING   TEAM  RECORD   UP/STAYED PUT/DOWN   COMMENTS

#1.PHILADELPHIA  10-1 Same   Last Sunday it was like the Varsity team which were the Eagles against the Freshmen team, the Bears. The Eagles razzled the Bears with their play on the field. Then dazzled us with the Electric Slide. They even did their own version of bowling in the end zone as the players were the pins and they all fell down. Former Bear Alshon Jeffrey  led the celebrations as he caught a TD against his former team. It looked too easy. The Bears should have walked on the field during the coin flip and handed the Eagles their lunch money, left the stadium and called it a day. Maybe stop to see the Rocky Statue before hitting the airport.

#2.NEW ENGLAND 9-2 Same  I know you play the games on your schedule. The Patriots now can feast on teams like the Dolphins and the Bills. Teams in their own division which they ravage through every year. Their remaining schedule they play the Bills twice, the Dolphins one more time, and the Jets from the division. Only game they have that will be a contest is the Steelers. They will be 13-3 or even 14-2 at the end of this. PUNCH THEIR TICKET NOW TO HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS ….

#3.PITTSBURGH 9-2 Up 1 spot  Pittsburgh played a tight game with the Cheeseheads on Sunday night. They still won. You have to wonder how they let a back up quarterback play you that tough. They beat teams they need to beat but just barely. Plus I still can’t get over how you let the Bears beat you. They have all the pieces in place. Is this bad Coaching? Is it time to let someone different in there than Tomlin? In a few weeks they play New England for all the marbles, home field advantage. That will be the game we will use as our measuring stick with these two power houses unless the Steelers stumble to some inferior team along the way.

#4.MINNESOTA 9-2 Up one spot   Minnesota has quietly moved into the power rankings top 4. They had some hiccups last week against the Lions on Thanksgiving. However they still managed to win the game with Detroit making it interesting at the end. They keep winning. However I still scratch my head… Are they really this good? Are they missing something?  If they are, what is it? Can Keenum continue to play this well coming out of nowhere? Maybe he made a deal with the devil? That might have been RG2’s problem after having that one big year. When it’s time to pay up oh boy…

#5.LA RAMS 8-3 Up one spot  Maybe it was Hunter bobblehead day at the old LA Memorial Coliseum to see the Rams beat the Saints in the game of the week. I thought Dee Dee McCall on Hunter was a sexy fox. Her and the Angels. Nobody is getting kicked off that island.

That was a huge game for the Rams. After losing to the Vikings a week before, they had another tough contest that could be a playoff preview against the Saints who have been red hot. They won the game and they stayed ahead of the hated Seahawks.

#6. NEW ORLEANS 8-3 Down 3 spots  What do you have to do in the Saints division? Do you have to win all the games? They had a 8 game winning streak and now they are tied with the Panthers and look who’s only one game behind both of them. The Falcons. It’s like the Falcons are how Jerry Seinfeld would say NEWMAN!! This Sunday the Saints have to make a statement and knock off the Panthers. This would be a bad time to take the Chutes and Ladders long slide down to the Tampa Bay level. Maybe it’s a bad day to stop sniffing glue.

#7.CAROLINA  8-3 Up 1 spot     The Fig Newton has his team tied for the division with a match up against the Saints. The Jets were very close last week to upsetting the Panthers. Panthers to me are one of those teams where you do not know what you may get. Love that defense as they were able to get a score late in the game to prevent the upset. Panthers are finding ways to win as they have now won 4 in a row. Will Newton be strutting his Superman pose or will be in the fetal position in the locker room after next week’s game? “Those reporters were so mean they asked me game questions.” As he sucks on his thumbs wearing Hello Kitty PJ’S.

#8.ATLANTA 7-4 Up one spot   Falcons were 6-4 before last week’s win. It was the same record they had the previous year at the same time. Last year they went to the big dance. This year the division is much better. This week they have a tough game against the Vikings. This game could be a playoff preview as well. To keep up with the Jones’ they will have to unleash their Jones as they continue to hunt down the Panthers and the Saints. Before that they need to derail a hot Viking team. Will the Falcons have a Viking funeral this week in Atlanta? Some huge games in the NFC this week.

#9.SEATTLE 7-4 Up one spot   Seattle needed some 49er scooby snacks after coming off a loss to the Falcons. Will the Seahawks secondary hold up ? Will Sherman continue to be annoying on twitter? Does he even know how to post things on Twitter or is it the equipment coach? Seahawks find themselves one game behind the Rams however they have a date with the best in the NFC, the Eagles. What bird will be flying higher after this contest? A loss could set them back especially the way the Saints, Panthers and Falcons are playing. Poor Petey…

#10. LA CHARGERS 5-6 Up one spot The Chargers are the only team in my top ten with a losing record. Is this team for real? Or are they playing teams at a good time? This week they have a chance to be tied with the Chiefs after the weekend. Chargers can easily take down the Browns. Chiefs could struggle against the Jets. I think this Charger defense will wreck havoc on teams. Rivers is having a good year. Their offense is staying healthy. When Rivers has people around him and they make the playoffs, I love him. He was always that dark horse that upset some of the greats like Brady and Peyton Manning. He never got to the Superbowl but he played you tough. That division is so rotten they should have no problem winning it. Do the Chargers have a fan base yet in LA? I would hate to be in San Diego seeing this. Maybe with the great weather, they do not care. I hate the owner. But many of them are not great people.

#11.JACKSONVILLE 7-4 Drop 4 spots   I had these guys in the top ten. They have the best defense in the game. How does Blaine Gabbert and the Cards beat you? They have everything on this team except a quarterback. This will haunt them. They are lucky they play in a crappy division. They may make the playoffs. But it will haunt them when they get exposed at that position when they are one and done. For christ sake you beat a bad Browns team 19-7. That should have been the red flag right there.

#12.DETROIT 6-5 Up 1 spot  Lions move up one spot because I think they are better than the Titans. They did play the Vikings tough last week. They find themselves in search for a wild card with 5 games left. They have a chance to run the table and it starts with the Ravens. Then they have the Bucs, Bears, Bengals and the Pack (we do not know with or without Rodgers.) The lions will win the next 4. Then Rodgers will be back and throw a Hail Mary pass at the end of the game to beat the Lions and knock them out of playoff contention. Like that is something new in that division.

#13.TENNESSEE Up 1 Spot    The Titans were finally winners in Indianapolis last Sunday. A house of horrors for them almost over a decade. Plus Jacksonville finally came back down to earth with a loss. Could the Tuxedos be eyeing the division title? Both them and the Jags are tied in the division right now as both would play each other at the end of the year. They still get to feast off Texans and 49ers. They play a tough Rams team. The Cardinals, you do not know what team will show up there. They look to be in a good position, a playoff position. Music City will be rocking the New Year if this works out.

#14.DALLAS 6-6  UP 2 SPOTS. The Cowboys have been horrible without their running back Elliot who is suspended. Finally yesterday they won their first game without Elliot in the mix. They destroyed their rival Washington. Which evens their record up at 6-6. They probably need to win out their remaining games to have a chance for the playoffs. With the Saints, Falcons, Panthers, and Seahawks well ahead of them, they need a lot of help as well. At least you have those hot cheer leaders to look at. You might need to make a donation to the local church while you’re at it. Jones’ assassination plot has not gone down yet on the Commissioner.

#15.BUFFALO 6-5 Up 2 spots  Finally the Bills break their losing streak last Sunday against the Chiefs. They went back to Taylor. No interceptions like last week with rookie Peterman behind center. They played a ball control game as Taylor made no mistakes. Either the defense rose up or the Chiefs are just playing horrible. You finally win hoping to get things back on track and now you have to play the Patriots. The Cubs had a goat for many decades. The Bills’ goat is Tom Brady. Buffalo has the Patriots two times in the last five games. For a team trying to break out out of their own playoff drought, you need to slay the dragon. Call up Mario!!

#16. KANSAS CITY  6-5 Down 4 spots  It’s hard to believe the Chiefs  are still in first place. They have lost 5 out of their last 6 games. Then last week lost to another struggling team, the Buffalo Bills. Alex Smith and their rookie running back have gone cold. The defense has been up and down. The Chargers are whispering in their ears. It’s like if Rivers was in the movie, Warriors.

Rivers would be saying Chiefs come out and play. Now they play the Jets which will not be easy. At the end of the weekend they might not have first place by themselves.

#17.WASHINGTON 5-7  Down 2 spots   They need to let Cousins go. It’s like he’s Washington’s personal gimp they have trapped in the basement. They pay him big money. They will not give him a long term contract. They strip him down of his receivers.  However they keep putting the franchise tag on the man. It’s like they own him and he will not go somewhere else and do better with another team. Dan Snyder is a big gigantic BOOB. Like a blob, boob. No offense to all of the great boobs in the world.

Dan Snyder owner of Washington Redskins

#18.OAKLAND 5-6 Same    When are they going to move to Vegas? If I was an Oakland fan, this would be the perfect time to let go of your team. Last year’s excitement made you sad because you thought this year was going to get better. This train wreck is like a helicopter going down in flames. You do not know where it’s going to land. Guys on defense are pissed off with last week’s firing of Norton, the defensive coordinator. Crabtree is rumbling during the game protecting his necklace. It’s not looking good so get out now. Abandon ship!!!!

#19.BALTIMORE 6-5 Same I moved the Ravens up 5 spots last week. This week they are the same as they took care of business against the Texans. They have a wild card position at this time. The AFC has a bunch of teams jumbled up and there are still plenty of games left to see this go south for the Ravens. The Ravens defense has shined against the bottom of the shoe teams. This week the Lions have a way better offense so we will see how this unfolds. Flacco has thrown only nine touchdowns while being picked off 11 times. That will be the team’s down fall.

#20. CINCINNATI 5-6  Same  In the movie Elf, Will Ferrell sees the sign on the cafe window saying World’s Greatest cup of Coffee. Then he opens the door and yells Congrats to the people inside. The Bengals beating the Browns is like getting a coffee mug – World’s greatest boss. I can see Marvin Lewis himself buying himself one wearing dark glasses. Oh Cleveland will seek their revenge in the battle of Ohio when their Indians meet the Reds this summer.

#21. NEW YORK JETS  4-7 Up one spot     McCown almost had the Jets upsetting the Panthers last Sunday. If he did not fumble to give the Panthers the clean pick up and run for the touchdown, it could have been J-E-T-S jets, jets last week. They are one of those teams that if you are on the bubble, you do not want to play. Plus now they can laugh at the Giants for starting Geno Smith, a former Jet GREAT, at least in Brandon Marshall’s mind which is not saying much.

#22. GREEN BAY 5-5 Down 1 spot   I’m indeed a fan of poor Rodgers commercials. Thor wants to be Matthews making life tough for Rodgers and his dog. I feel since Rodgers is sidelined, he and his dog are looking for answers. It’s like George Costanza went down to the beach to think things over and then asked Susan to marry him. Later the toxic envelopes killed off Susan. The injured Rodgers is in deep thought on what he’s going to do missing the playoffs. Should he come back? Or should he play even if Green Bay has no shot of making it to the playoffs? I would let Rodgers sit. Don’t want the Romo thing to happen. He was back from an injury then a few plays in, boom he was sidelined again. The season is a wash you might as well season the back up quarterback. The more experience he has going forward, the better he will do next year if it happens again. Brett Hundley threw three touchdowns against the Steel Curtain last Sunday. You might have something. Maybe a trading chip.

#23 ARIZONA 5-6 Up 4 spots  Blaine Gabbert led his team over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Gabbert probably said the right things, but you know in his head he’s, “How do you like me now, bitches,” as he beat his former team in a big upset. Gabbert might find himself in a better role next season. Perhaps a starting position as the league of quarterbacks is watered down. Definitely a back up. He can run and make some throws. Arizona still has some talent. They have a list of injuries. But they could still beat you. However they are a team that one week looks great. Next week they lay an egg while the Joker got away.

#24. TAMPA BAY 4-7 Same Looks like Tampa Bay is not going to run the table and make it to the playoffs. They could be the only team in their division not to make the playoffs this season. They might feel like the NBA teams that do not make it to the playoffs. Most of the league makes it. Maybe the NFL needs to set up a losers playoffs. Like the NIT tournament. I can see see Fitzpatrick celebrating with his team in the locker room after winning the NFL NIT. Instead of champagne, they are spraying Old Milwaukee beer all over each other.

#25. HOUSTON 4-7 Up one spot.    Houston is up one spot because many other teams are playing very bad. Houston was in most of the game against the Ravens. Then Savage threw a pick right in the hands of the Raven defender towards the end of the game to seal it for Baltimore. Maybe Savage can change his last name to Saviors. Join Negan and help him get out of the factory surrounded by deadly walkers. Who’s having a better season, the Saviors or Savage? SAVIORS….

#26. CHICAGO 3-8 Down 2 spots   The Bears finally saw one of their own blossom as a receiver. Too bad he’s on the Eagles this year. Maybe their contacts were not in. Maybe their glasses were steamed up in the meeting they had at the Hooters in the off season when they discussed what are good receivers and which ones do we cut. Keep the one with all the medical questions. Do not sign the one that can catch the ball and score touchdowns. Mitch Trubisky has hit some turbulence. While the former Eastern Illinois quarterback is coming to town. Plus he is from the Chicagoland area, Jimmy Garoppolo. I know the Bears did want him before the draft. Jimmy will come in to Soldier’s field and have a big day. Make the Bears brass do their meeting next year at the Sizzler. While 49ers brass will still scratch their heads over why he did not start playing weeks ago for them.

#27. INDIANAPOLIS 3-8 Down 2 spots   The Titans finally broke a nine year losing streak in Indianapolis last Sunday. You know when your good streaks end, now its Race for Your Life Charlie Brown to get one of the top draft picks. This is another team that has lots to do in the off season. Will they have the Luck they need? Or is it time to kick the tires on another quarterback and press the reset button?

#28. NEW YORK GIANTS Same 2-9 Now the G-MEN have finally hit ROCK BOTTOM. Manning out. Geno Smith is your starting quarterback this week. Jets fans are laughing themselves to the loony bin as we speak. First of all Manning is not hurt. His streak of games played will be over. Second of all, no one has punched Geno Smith this year. Maybe he’s not welshing on bets. Maybe he uses cash for car title services. BLOW IT UP IN NEW YORK. Trade Manning to the Jaguars, they need somebody better than what they got. Besides, Manning’s former coach Tom Coughlin is the man in charge down there.

#29. DENVER 3-8 Same  The Broncos have been doing the Volley Ball approach when it comes down to quarterback. After the play is done on the court, they rotate. Paxton Lynch did not last long last week. Did not play well and he got hurt. Could the future be Trevor Siemian? He has been the quarterback that has played the most this year behind center for the Broncos. Horse face John Elway probably scratching his head on the quarterbacks he has. Probably remembering when Dolphins met the Broncos, it was him versus Marino. Yep back in the day when the league was filled with great quarter back play.

#30. MIAMI 4-7 Same    I remember Ndamukong Suh back when he was on the Lions. Might be one of the dirtiest players of all time. As he stepped on Rodgers when he was down. He flung around Cutler like a rag doll. Many thought when he just signed with the Dolphins he was going to be a free agent bust like Albert Haynesworth was in Washington. With the Dolphins sliding they are paying this guy a Brinks truck of money each year. Maybe a few. Dolphins need players and if they get rid of the big man, they can help their roster depth next year. Cutler’s back under center this week in the I don’t give a crap bowl against the Broncos. The team that drafted Cutler. He does not care. The Broncos gave him the lotto numbers for the last ten years.

#31. SAN FRANCISCO 1-10 Same   Well, how do you like those apples? The 49ers finally put Jimmy in the game. IT’S ABOUT TIME!!! The front office and the coaching staff’s thought process on this decision was slower than a snail’s pace. However they were forced to put Jimmy in due to an injury. I apologize to all snails. SERIOUSLY I start to think Shanahan is a moron. First you had a big lead at halftime against the Patriots in the Super Bowl. Then you run a very bad selection of plays in the second half and end up losing the game. It takes an injury to finally see Jimmy on the field. Jimmy Garoppolo was a perfect 2-2 with a TD pass in his brief appearance. You’re building for next year. You have to see if this is the guy. He could be Scott Mitchell for all we know. He has only played in a few games. MY GOD MAN!! Glad I’m not a 49er fan.

#32. CLEVELAND 0-11 Same  You think some how they would get lucky and run into a victory. Like a team bus crash. Get the opposing team food poison at their hotel. They need to start thinking outside the box to come up with a victory. Take the other team’s quarterback hostage like that movie Celtic Pride. It had Dan Akroyd and Daniel Stern who are big Celtics fans. They take the other team’s best player hostage who is Damon Wayans.  It’s right before a playoff game. The Browns would still lose the game without the other team’s starting quarterback. Just like how Weekend at Bernie’s Two failed at the box office.

The Wild shamrock Pick-em’s for week 13 in the NFL.

THE THURSDAY NIGHT GAME

MATCH UP                                   OUR WINNER

REDSKINS AT COWBOYS                REDSKINS

We have been doing the pick-em the last three weeks on this blog.

LAST WEEK

The Wild Shamrock Crystal Ball was perfect over Thanksgiving 3-0

Our total record for Thursday Night is perfect at 5-0

 

WEEK TWELVE PICK EM

SUNDAYS SLATE

MATCH UP                                    OUR WINNER

BILLS AT CHIEFS                             BILLS

BROWNS AT BENGALS                   BENGALS

BUCCANEERS AT FALCONS             FALCONS

DOLPHINS AT PATRIOTS                 PATRIOTS

BEARS AT EAGLES                              EAGLES

PANTHERS AT JETS                           PANTHERS

SEAHAWKS AT 49ERS                       SEAHAWKS

SAINTS AT RAMS                                SAINTS

JAGUARS AT CARDINALS                 JAGS

BRONCOS AT RAIDERS                     RAIDERS

PACKERS AT STEELERS                     STEELERS

TEXANS AT RAVENS                            RAVENS

MY THREE LOCK DOWNS

STEELERS OVER PACKERS

EAGLES OVER BEARS

PATRIOTS OVER DOLPHINS

MY UPSET OF THE WEEK

SAINTS OVER RAMS

MY SURVIVOR PICK

STEELERS

 

Week Twelve power ranking and I’m all hooped on deep fried Turkey and White Castle stuffing mixed with cranberry sauce and a few too many beverages. However I hammmed and yammed it through another week of NFL power rankings.

RANKING  TEAM   RECORD   UP/STAYED PUT/DOWN  COMMENTS

#1.PHILADELPHIA 9-1 SAME Eagles continue to soar as they demolished the Cowboys last week and probably insures that they have their own division wrapped up as they would now be seeking home field throughout the playoffs.While Philadelphia is number one, it gives us a chance to tell you how we rate all the Rocky Movies. #1.Rocky #2 Rocky 3. #3. Rocky 4. #4. Rocky Balboa #5.Rocky 2 and #6 Rocky 5

#2. NEW ENGLAND 8-2 Moved up one spot. I got an email that it was cute I had the Rams last week before the Patriots. Yes, I was being cute on that. I was holding off as long as possible moving New England up. Of course the Rams made a fool out of me by the Vikings. The Patriots as usual were written off by many people when they were at 2-2. I think people just want to see them go down in flames. Now the defense has been fixed. It seems all the pieces are in place for them to get back to the Super Bowl and defend their crown. Just writing that just gave we the wet willies.

#3.NEW ORLEANS 8-2 Moved up one spot  Last week the Redskins were up on the Saints by a few scores heading to the fourth quarter. Then the comeback was on as the Saints somehow tied it up at the end of regulation to win the game in OT. When things like that happen you know the football gods are on your side. All great teams have this type of game where they are playing, ugly then put it together and end up winning a game they probably should have lost. They are making comebacks. They are winning on the road. The defense has been playing well.

#4.PITTSBURGH 8-2 Moved up one spot.Last few years the Steel Curtain has been pretty much non existant. Everyone knows Big Ben and company have a great offense. This year the defense has risen from the ashes of the NFL. The only unit that has not allowed 20 points scored on them in regulation. The unit ranks near the top in all the major categories. As long as they figure out what to do during the National Anthem, this team will make the AFC championship.

#5.MINNESOTA 9-2 Moved up two spots.   They held off the Lions yesterday on Thanksgiving which should win them their division. Case Keenum has been a great story at quarterback for the Vikings. The last three games he has a QB rating of 100 or more. The only way any of the other Vikings QBs see the field is if Keenum gets hurt or in mop up duty. They will be set up very nice when the playoffs start with their quarterback situation. Bradford will be back by then. Plus Bridgewater has been back the last few games. They have some nice insurance policies set up just in case. I love the Viking receiving core. Jarius Wright, Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs. Plus the big tight end in Kyle Rudolph. The Vikings have quietly assembled a cast of characters that are not talked about a lot.

#6. LA RAMS 7-3 Dropped 4 spots.   Rams have another tough game this weekend, this time against the Saints. This game will be another measuring stick to see where they are at in the thick of things against some of the NFC elite. The loss against the Vikings is not walking on ledge time. Even if they lose two in a row they still will win their division. They have a young team. I want to see how they respond. If they can give the Saints a fight to the end in a loss, I think they will rebound nicely. Obviously a win would be huge. But if they get blown out, that could let the sails out of them as they could plummet into the pool of other crappy teams in the NFL.

#7. JACKSONVILLE 7-3 Moved up one spot   The Jags continue to play awesome defense. They might be one of the top defenses in the league. Their offense has not been doing anything special. Just doing enough to get by. The Jags held off the Chargers in a close one. However they only beat the Browns last week 19-7. I worry that will not be enough offense when it comes time for the playoffs. This week they meet their old friend Blaine Gabbert. If you dissected both Bortles and Gabberrt and combined their talents as one quarterback, would you still get the same type of Jacksonville quarterback?

#8.CAROLINA 7-3  Moved up two spots. Carolina had a bye week and I have moved them up as the team is starting to come together. First they play the Jets which they should win that game and get their eighth win. Plus their tight end Olsen is ready to come back which he’s a big part of that offense. They got some rest with the bye week after they destroyed the Dolphins on Monday night. If Cam can keep his head level, which I know that is a big IF. I like McCaffrey becoming a pivotal part of the offense. Reminds me of a Danny Woodhead type. Plus Riverboat Ron has that defense playing well which is the biggest key since his quarterback lacks spidey senses. As long as they don’t look ahead of the Jets to the Saints the following week, that will be a huge match up .

#9. ATLANTA 6-4 Moved up two spots. Don’t look now the Falcons are back in the thick of things. Finally popped a few Excedrin and maybe indulged in a few bloody Marys to get rid of that Superbowl hang over. Wow they really did some binge drinking. The Saints are looking at the Panthers in their rear view mirror. While the Panthers are looking at the Falcons in their mirror. Might be the toughest division. Is it possible to have three playoff teams from the same division? That would suck to be a Tampa Bay fan. However can Fitzpatrick lead the Buccaneers over all three of these teams? Another round of shooters while I continue to write nonsense.

#10. SEATTLE 6-4 Drops one spot.    Watching Pete Carol fake field goal implode on him on Monday Night as they lose to the Falcons by three points. Oh poor Petey as they also missed a game tying with a field goal at the end. Oh poor Petey. The Seahawks are the most penalized team in the league. That’s poor coaching Petey, I want to be your friend, coach. Finally all the cheap shots are probably being called this year. The Seahawks better go to the 13th man as the 12th man is not quite that loud these days. Seeing Ricard Sherman on a scooter on the sideline, oh Poor Petey. I feel like you might be on the bubble not making the playoffs at the end of all this.

#11. LA CHARGERS 5-6 Moved up seven spots. Do you remember those army ants in the cartoon Tom and Jerry where the head ant yells CHARGE!!!? Then the ants take the picnic basket. The LA Chargers are moving up to take the picnic basket from the Chiefs in the AFC WEST. Yesterday they destroyed the Cowboys and that’s coming off a week they destroyed the Bills. Is it just they are playing crappy teams. The Chargers have been in all close games before these recent two games they have played. They could easily have a better record as they lost a few games by missed game winning field goals at the end of the games. Rivers still leads the league in kids. However that defense is led by Joey Bosa who has 10.5 sacks already this season. If they stay hot the rest of the way, watch out.

#12. KANSAS CITY 6-4  Dropped six spots. They lost to the Giants last weekend, you’re lucky I did not get them kicked out of the league. Besides that this team has been spinning out of control after starting 5-0 for the year. They have lost 4 out their last 5 games. If Chiefs lose to the Bills this weekend, you know fans will be chanting for Patrick Mahomes. During this free fall in this crappy division, the Chargers are the hottest team right now. They are breathing down the Chiefs neck. They say this is Alex Smith last year in a Chiefs uniform. Can you imagine him playing for the 49ers next season? Do you think by that time Jimmy Garoppolo has played in any games for Niners?

#13.DETROIT 6-5 Same. They usually play very tough on Thanksgiving. They did make it a game and had chances to steal one away from Minnesota yesterday. However they lost and break their winning streak of crappy teams they have been playing against. The Lions are a team that can come back. I find them getting behind too early against good teams and always have to claw themselves back in the game and come up short in the process. Last weekend against the Bears they had to come back and if Barth did not miss the field goal at the end of the game, who knows they might have lost in Overtime.

#14. TENNESSEE 6-4 Same. It seems like the Titans have not played a game in years. Since they got destroyed by Pittsburgh, they’ve been quietly waiting for this weekend to get back on track against the Colts. The Titans find themselves still in a good position as they have the number one wild card spot right now. They could easily be 7-4 after this weekend. However first they have to exercise their own demons as they have a nine game losing streak at Indianapolis.

#15.WASHINGTON 5-6 Moved up one spot  I moved up the Redskins because they broke the Giants winning streak at one game yesterday. I moved them up because I think they would beat the Cowboys if they played them right now. This team is a team where one week they win, the next week they lose. They can’t string a few wins together. I think their whole organization is in disarray.

#16. DALLAS 5-6 Dropped 4 spots. Just a few weeks ago I had the Cowboys in the top ten. However I admit I was sniffing glue. The league finally suspended Elliot and now the Cowboys feel like a Turkey gone wrong in a deep fryer. They were humiliated by the Chargers on their home turf on Thanksgiving yesterday. Then the Eagles destroyed them on National telecast on Sunday night. Jerry Jones probably plotting an assassination attempt on the commissioner of the NFL. Why don’t the two just meet by the bike rack after school?

#17.BUFFALO 5-5  Dropped two spots Buffalo has been free falling as now they have lost three in a row. They have been destroyed as nothing has gone right. They switched QBs last week and that insulted the Chargers defense. I thought the kid Peterman was going to be pretty good but he was rattled for 5 INTs as the Chargers killed the Bills last week. The Bills defense has disappeared in the last three games and that is not going to help many QB’S not named Brady. They still are in the playoff picture. However it’s a must win against another team on the down slide to the Chiefs this weekend. The Bills lose and they might as well start eyeballing the QB’S in next years draft

#18. OAKLAND 4-6 Dropped one spot  Oakland were at one of their homes away from their homes in Mexico City last week where they got destroyed by the Patriots. The Raiders made the playoffs last year because of Carr and their great offense. Last year their defense was very good as well, but this year the defense has not been able to stop anybody. They fired the defensive coordinator which will not save their season. However I do like the Raider guy in the Christmas commercial. Wearing a Christmas sweater that lights up at a table of Chiefs fans.

#19. BALTIMORE 5-5 Moved up 5 spots. Do not let the five spots they jumped fool you. This team will go 500 because of their defense. Plus there are still many bad teams and the Ravens can feast on them. Flacco just needs a small amount of points and the Ravens will look like world beaters one week, then get beat by the good teams.   They will hang around in those games until the defense runs out of gas for being on the field too long.

#20.CINCINNATI 4-6 Moved up one spot  Remember when the Big Guy and Herb Dropped the Turkeys from the Helicopter on the Thanksgiving episode of WKRP? They thought they could fly. But the birds hit the pavement AND WENT SPLAT. Bengals won last week. But Marvin Lewis will be the latest turkey to go splat when the season is over.

#21. GREEN BAY 5-5 Dropped two spots  Ravens blanked them last week. Now they play the Steelers this week, during which they will continue their down slide. It will be too late even if Rodgers returns at the end of the season. No Hail Marys will happen and the Pack will be packing for the off season as it will be the year without a Santa Claus in Cheesehead land.

#22. NEW YORK JETS  SAME 4-6   Jets stay the same since they were on a bye week. Do Jet fans miss Geno Smith? Would they be better off with Smith than McCown? Maybe when it comes to next season’s draft order. I think watching the Jets this year has been very exciting. They should call the Jets the island of misfit toys. It’s a roster of players probably nobody wanted around the league. McCown is the jack in the box leader as he’s been springing the ball down the field. While Forte is the train with square wheels and not able to play the whole games. Maybe Santa will find them all new homes next season.

#23. CHICAGO 3-7 SAME  The Bears QB Trubisky had a great run to get the Bears into field goal range at the end of the game against the Lions last week. Then to see Connor Barth miss the tying kick to send the game in to OT. What a shame as it was the worse kick I’ve seen. The Bears cut him. Barth has rejoined Wayne playing the air guitar on the couch in the basement for the rest of the regular season. Meanwhile the Bears will hopefully stop buying their players from the Tampa Buccaneer Costco.

#24.TAMPA BAY 4-6 Moved up 3 spots. Winston was reportedly grabbing some woman’s tush in Arizona. What’s with Arizona and pro athletes? The Oakland A’s catcher holding a gun at a female food delivery person. It might not be true with Winston, but when you first hear it, you think yes he totally did it. Arizona, it’s a dry heat. Women walk around in Daisy Duke cut offs. It does something to a man’s brain. Or perhaps they are just scum. Meanwhile another veteran quarterback has gotten McCown streaky. Fitzpatrick has gotten the Buccaneers a two game winning streak.

#25.INDIANAPOLIS 3-7 Same. The Colts stayed in the same spot after having a bye week. Colts fans are probably looking through the Black Friday ads for help next season. I’m sure they will be waiting for Black Monday when they ax their head coach. They’re probably dreaming that sugar plums can repair Luck’s shoulder over the holidays. At least they have Pacer Basketball. That will not work. They can always pop in Hoosiers in the dvd player if they a reason to get away from the pro teams sucking.

#26. HOUSTON 4-6 Moved up two spots. The Texans moved up two spots after beating the Cardinals last week. I do not know if Savage is your answer at back up quarterback for next season. Next off season, I think they should address the need for a back up quarterback just in case Watson has an injury. I would also get another big name defensive player just to play along side Watt and Clowney or who can take over for Watt just in case of another injury. The Texans have lots of talent on the roster. It’s a shame that if the main cogs go out, their season derails with it.

#27. ARIZONA 4-6 Dropped seven spots. I did like the way Blaine Gabbert played last week. He could be a nice back up quarterback option for the Cardinals next season. The Cardinals would only have two wins if they did not play the 49ers twice a season. This team has been free falling faster than Tom Petty could sing the words. Palmer is too old he is done. They’ve got the spanking machine who has sprung an oil leak. Maybe AP could go in porn business after football. He can be the principal and spank white women.

#28. NEW YORK GIANTS 2-9 Moved up  3 spots.  Finally the G-MEN prevailed over the Chiefs last week. They played a strong game yesterday as their defense has finally shown up. This team has taken on many injuries this season on both sides of the ball. They have some talent, but this is a team that will need a make over next season. Too many egos. Laurence Taylor would say, “a bunch of crazed dogs out there.” The Giants have too many of Mike Vick’s dogs in cages ready to rip each other apart.

#29. DENVER 3-7 Dropped 3 spots I still wonder why they even signed Brock Osweiler. Your season was already in the crapper. Finally they are going to give the keys to Paxton Lynch, a guy they drafted not too long ago. He has a few starts under his belt. Find out what you got. Give him the rest of the starts this season. Next year in deep draft of QBs if Paxton is not the man, you draft a guy.

#30. MIAMI 4-6 DROPPED ONE SPOT   I blame the signing of Jay Cutler on the collapse of a playoff team from last year. Miami offense ranked 31st in points scored. Cutler is ranked 25th among 35 quarter backs who have started games this season. Cutler did not really want to even play football this year.  Plus you paid him TEN million dollars for what? To throw picks. Once the Miami ship hits the iceberg, Cutler will be pushing women and children out of the way to be first off the ship. Miami fans should watch for the good ole days when your team was going well. Ace Ventura and Dan Marino looking for the missing Dolphin.

#31.SAN FRANCISCO DROPPED ONE SPOT  Only the 49ers can drop one spot on the bye week. Do you remember the guy they called Stork in Animal House?

He says to Blutarski when things are going South,  “What are we suppose to do you damn moron?”

Stork is the 49ers brass. Since the Germans bombed Pearl harbor. Since now the 49ers record is 1-9. I think they need to see what they got in Jimmy Garoppolo. What are they waiting for the damn morons?

#32. CLEVELAND 0-10  SAME  The front office needs to be put down. Since they probably had to neuter all their fans. Because who would show up to watch this disaster every week and not get angered. The Dawg pound has lost their bark out there in the stands. All the males that walk through the turnstiles immediately get snipped snipped so they can’t pea on management. Now it’s a controllable environment for management not to feel any kind of backlash. Now a days the DAWG pound fans are cheering cross legged and tame as they were stripped of their man card. The Browns, I’m running out of things to say about this sorry franchise. Let’s go down memory lane in Brownland and let’s recall my favorite 3 Cleveland running backs of all time. Peyton Hillis, Touchdown Tommy Vardell, and Kevin Mack. Three backs that could bruise their opponents.

The last two weeks we have gotten both Thursday night games correct. Lets see if we can nail down the Thanksgiving games.

STRAIGHT PICK-EM

THE TURKEY BOWL GAMES

Match-Up                              Our Winner

VIKINGS AT LIONS               VIKINGS

CHARGERS AT COWBOYS    COWBOYS

GIANTS AT REDSKINS          REDSKINS

Record so far on Thursday 2-0

This smell was not coming from the urine in the garbage cans. Nor the puke in the sinks. This bad smell was not even coming from the kick that sailed not even close to those yellow uprights. This stench was coming from the Bears brass. Ryan Pace. I will even throw Coach Fox under the bus too, as that stench is clearly coming out of his pores. The stench of failure. The stench of we have no idea on how to stop this uncontrollable bus out of control we call a football team. Yes, if the Bears go under 50 mph, the bus is going to blow up to kingdom come.

Why was Connor Barth still on the team against the Lions? He should of been gone before the season even started. Finally the Bears send Barth back to Wayne’s World where he can watch the rest of the NFL season from his couch with his buddy playing the air guitar. Connor Barth came off his worst year of kicking in 2015 with the Buccaneers. He was no good last year as well. He was 11-15 before he shank the 46 yard attempt last week with a chance to tie the game. He was 2-6 for the year from 45-49. He had missed 5-15 kicks.

At the end of the 2015 season, the Bears cut their all time leading kicker who was Robbie Gould. He was Mr. Reliable when it came down to a game winning kick or even a game tying kick. Robbie Gould kicked it through the uprights. He was a fan favorite and he got the job done. Especially the conditions he kicked under. Kicking at Soldier field is far from kicking in Denver or in a dome. However, he managed to get a high percentage through at Soldier field battling cold frigid temperatures along with swirling winds. So why did the Bears cut him? He was not the highest paid kicker in the league, but he was paid pretty well. During his last years in a Bears uniform, he was struggling at the end of the season. Overall he finished the year with a pretty good percentage, 84.6.

It’s clear the Bears do not think a kicker is that important. How about ask the Buffalo Bills back in the 90’s when Scott Norwood’s heart wrenching kick went wide right? Look at the Patriots with their dynasty going on when they had Adan Vinatieri, a great kicker. Then they replaced him with another great kicker, Stephen Gostkowski. Bears are shopping the Target dollar bin or haggling for a kicker at the local flea market. Especially having a rookie quarterback like Mitch Trubisky. He ran for his life on that play that got the team into field goal range to tie the game. Instead of watching Mitch engineer a game winning drive in overtime, Barth misses the kick. For christsake you give him no receivers and a crappy kicker. What do you want from Mitch?  A one man army? The more wins Mitch gets this year and the more overtimes he has success in, the confidence will sky rocket.

Meanwhile Robbie Gould last year was perfect with the New York Giants. This year Robbie is playing for the crappy 49ers in which he is 19-21 so far this season. He is 14-15 from 40 yards or more. He is 6-7 from 45 yards or more. Plus Robbie is 2-2 from 50 yards out. The Bears are lucky Watson got hurt from Houston. Lots of conversations were getting to the boiling point on how the Bears could have gotten Watson without trading all those draft picks to the 49ers for Trubisky. Before Watson got hurt he looked like the better quarterback than Trubisky.

It’s tiresome seeing the Bears shop for players at the Tampa Bay Costco. They have failed miserably at that store. Totally back fired in their face with Mike Glennon this year. The last two years with Connor Barth. They even had the kicker who Tampa Bay cut. The Buccaneers drafted Roberto Aguayo in 2016 very high. He was a total bust. Then immediately Ryan Pace swoops in to pick up this guy who was out on the curb.  He competed with Connor Barth in the preseason. Roberto Aguayo is probably washing dishes somewhere as he was a disaster that only saw the preseason. Shocking they could not find a better kicker then Barth all these weeks. Finally they signed Cairo Santos who’s not from the Buccaneers. Hopefully the X Chief can help. Hopefully someone realizes higher up that they need a cleaning crew to get rid of the bad B.O that is clouding up the skies on Lake Michigan.

 

 

LAST WEEK RESULTS

STRAIGHT PICK EM SUNDAY’S SLATE 7-6

MY 3 LOCK DOWNS  3-0

MY UPSET OF THE WEEK 0-1

WEEK 11 SUNDAY’S SLATE PICK EM

MATCH UPS                                                       WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

LIONS AT BEARS                                                           LIONS

JAGUARS AT BROWNS                                                  JAGUARS

RAVENS AT PACKERS                                                    PACKERS

CARDINALS AT TEXANS                                                CARDINALS

BUCCANEERS AT DOLPHINS                                         DOLPHINS

RAMS AT VIKINGS                                                            RAMS

CHIEFS AT GIANTS                                                           CHIEFS

REDSKINS AT SAINTS                                                        SAINTS

BILLS AT CHARGERS                                                         BILLS

BENGALS AT BRONCOS                                                    BENGALS

PATRIOTS AT RAIDERS                                                     PATRIOTS

EAGLES AT COWBOYS                                                       EAGLES

FALCONS AT SEAHAWKS                                                  FALCONS

MY THREE LOCK DOWNS

CHIEFS OVER GIANTS

PATRIOTS OVER RAIDERS

JAGUARS OVER BROWNS

UPSET OF THE WEEK

LA RAMS OVER MINNESOTA

SURVIVOR PICK OF THE WEEK

KANSAS CITY

 

 

 

 

 

This is our second week doing the NFL power rankings. We might need another season or two to get this down to a science since the league is watered down these days. However we will still throw down the field on our comments, not holding back. We don’t believe in the prevent defense. We never punt.

RANKING         RECORD  UP/STAYED PUT/DOWN     COMMENTS

PHILADELPHIA   8-1  SAME    MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU!!!! Jim Schwartz was a boob when he was the head coach of Detroit. He was the guy that tried to pick a fight with Jim Harbaugh after a game. Now he is the defensive coordinator for the Eagles and they are playing well. In 2014, he was defensive coordinator for the Bills and had that side of the ball playing one of the best in the league for the Bills . Then Rex Ryan came in and ruined it all. No Elliot for the Cowboys this week. It’s all Spaceballs on Sunday night.

#2. LA RAMS  7-2   SAME   I scratch my head when the youngest guy hired as head coach in the league, Sean McVay, has the Rams offense executing well design plays. While a team I root for in the Bears are still coming up with their plays on the ground as Trubisky is the bottle cap and his wide outs are the sticks and you go that way and he goes that way. Rams have a tough contest with the Vikings could be a playoff preview.

#3.NEW ENGLAND 7-2 SAME  Here they coming walking down the street, hey hey we’re the Patriots we are not going away!! The Pats are the monkeys on everyone’s back. I kept the Rams at number two, but my stomach felt funny about it. Maybe it’s more the Pats that give me bathroom problems. Plus the Patriots were a part of the big miracle last week. Poor Marty Bennett had an injury that he could not get on the field for the Packers. He was even thinking retirement. Patriots claim him, Belichek gives him a deep dark oil rub down, while Brady makes him swallow a few vitamins. TA DA, Marty is back on the field Sunday Night catching balls. It’s a Thanksgiving miracle. Maybe Tom Brady will have my bathroom problems when he drinks the water in Mexico City when the Pats meet the Raiders there this weekend.

#4.NEW ORLEANS 7-2   UP from 7th spot  They went on the road to Buffalo and demolished the Bills. Saints always have been a team to win big at home and struggle a bit or just plain suck on the road. They have won seven straight. It’s like Sean Payton and Drew Brees are playing their last year together as coach and quarterback as a mission to win it all or bust. I like their two headed monster at running back. Some great young talent on the defense as well. Last time Saints were in the Superbowl, it was a very exciting game. Sean Payton is one of the brightest minds in the game.

#5.PITTSBURGH 8-2 Same spot  I had Pittsburgh in the same position because of what they did to the Titans yesterday at home. Even though last week, they had to take it to the limit against the Colts on the road.  Like I said last power rankings, they need to get home field advantage in playoffs. I like their chances of beating the Pats in their own stadium instead of going there and getting embarrassed like in the past.

#6.KANSAS CITY 6-3 SAME SPOT  This is where the Chiefs soar or continue to fall flat on their faces. Andy Reid pretty much owns any team when his team comes off the bye week. I think Alex Smith has lot to prove as this could be his last year in a Chief’s uniform since they drafted a quarter back in round one and he’s waiting patiently.  This week they will feed off the Giant misery in New Jersey.

#7.MINNESOTA 7-2 Moved up one spot. This is the week we find out if the Vikings and the Rams are real or pretenders. This is a game that should be the clash of the titans in week 11. Detroit is rolling and Green Bay is showing some life so this would be a big win to keep them at the top of their division by multiple games. Bridgewater is now moving up the charts as he is the number two waiting just in case something goes wrong with Case Keenum who has been playing very well.

#8.JACKSONVILLE 6-3 Moved up one spot. If the Jaguars had a top five quarterback they would be unstoppable. Maybe Mark Brunell will come out of retirement. The defense has been stopping people in their tracks. Leonard Fournette has been a beast in his rookie year.

#9. SEATTLE 6-3  Moved up one spot. I don’t like wishing anybody hurt. What comes around goes around Richard you are a douche bag Sherman. Out for the year and hopefully signs of this team sliding down the big slide of Chutes and Ladders. Sherman known as a cheap shot artist in his career with many other questionable hits as well. Him and Pac Man Jones could be like Beavis and Butthead and host their own show in the playoffs on some dark web and talk about all their feelings about how bad they think they are. How many white bitches they have scored on.

#10. CAROLINA 7-3  Moved up two spots. Love River Boat Ron’s defense. They destroyed a bad Dolphin team last week but the whole team gave a well balanced attack in this one. Even Superman had a great night. Probably went out to the bar to pick up chicks after the game. Then tell them he’s Superman and the greatest quarterback. Gets them interested then insults them telling them stay in the kitchen where you belong. Or How dare you think you know about a man’s game. Cam Newton needs a Wonder Woman to knock his figs out with her lasso.

#11. ATLANTA 5-4 Moved up three spots. Finally the Atlanta Falcons played very well with all their talent they have. They gave the Cowboys a butt whipping to send a message the dirty birds are not quite done. The Cowboys without Elliot were like shell shocked. Atlanta exposed some of Dallas’ weaknesses they have without their star running back. This game was a must win for the birds to keep them off life support if they lost.

#12. DALLAS 5-4 Moved down 8 spots. Dallas was the team that moved the most spots from last week. They were a different team without Elliot. They played very poorly. If Elliot is out for five more games they might find themselves on a slow ride down the slide to 49er land. Now they play the Eagles next week which is not going to go down well. Meanwhile Jerry Jones is getting backlash from other owners about the whole commissioner thing. When it rains it pours as Dallas might do a total 360 in the second half of the year.

#13. DETROIT 5-4 MOVED UP 3 SPOTS.  LIONS TIGERS AND NOW THE BEARS OH MY!! The Lions are feasting on the field with teams that have been taken out to the shed and shot. If they beat the Bears they will  have a three game winning streak established. You don’t make your own schedule, all’s you can do is beat the teams you play on any given Sunday and that’s what they are doing.

#14. TENNESSEE 6-4 Dropped one spot. They won last week against the Bengals. Then yesterday got killed on the road in Pittsburgh. I think Tennessee is still a good team and could still get in the playoffs. They had a bad game. Lots of teams do bad in Pittsburgh especially in a short week as well.

#15. BUFFALO 5-4 Dropped down 4 spots Two weeks in a row the Bills have not been able to stop anybody. The defense has played great all year and the Saints throw a 40 burger on them at home in Buffalo. Only thing going well on offense last week was a streaker from the crowd. He was wide open, cheeks and all.  However like in Star Wars NEW HOPE, Taylor finally was benched and I hope it is permanently because he was Rex Ryan guy and he knows nothing about quarterbacks. My evidence, the butt fumbler, yes Dirty Sanchez. The new young Jedi, Nathan Peterman, can throw the ball down field..  Yes his father is J. Peterman from Seinfeld.

#16. WASHINGTON 4-5 Dropped one spot. The Redskins are a team that cannot string a few victories together. The Vikings turned the Redskins into Deadskins last week after Washington beat the Seahawks the week before. Redskins are stuck in the middle with clowns to the left and  jokers to the right. The clowns would be the owner. The jokers would be the people that got rid of all of Cousins’ receivers. They still have not signed Cousins to a multiple year deal. He will be franchised again and get a payday as one of the elite quarterbacks which he’s middle tier.

#17. OAKLAND 4-5  Same spot. With the bye week I kept them in the same spot. However before they move to Vegas. I’m sure they will drop several spots next week in the power rankings after they play the Patriots. The Pats will win big and crush the silver and black hopes of making it to the playoffs two seasons in a row.

#18. LA. CHARGERS 3-6 Same spot. If the Chargers managed to play a full game instead of giving it up late or getting down early, which results in the comeback falling short. They might be in the thick of things especially the way the whole division has been playing . In the beginning of the year they missed a few winning kicks right at the end of regulation. You play in a soccer stadium and you can’t find someone to kick the ball for you. I still love that they had San Diego all to themselves. Then they moved to LA and now are the second fiddle to the Rams.

#19. GREEN BAY 5-4 Moved up 8 spots. All Green Bay needs is Chicago on their schedule. That is when Green Bay turns their season around. The Bears made Brett Hundley look all pro with 110.8 passing rating. This week Green Bay has another winnable game against the Ravens and are at home. They could be 6-4 after ten games. You knock out the big cheese and then the little cheese with bits of salami in it, haunts you.

#20. ARIZONA 4-5 Moved up 4 spots. Arizona has plenty of talent. But they are a weird team, one week they play tough like they played against the Seattle Seahawks. Then they get blown out. In the Terminator movies they had one called the Rise of the Machines. I want to see the rise of the X Jacksonville quarter backs. We start in Arizona with Blaine Gabbert who looked pretty good in Preseason. Gives the team that quarterback that escaped the belt whippings of Adrian Peterson. It will be an epidemic across the league X Jaguar quarterbacks will rise up and defeat the fox robots.

#21.CINCINNATI 3-6 Moved up one spot. Even though they lost they have moved up one spot because they still played Tennessee tough. They still have talent on this team to stay in games. However they are not going anywhere. Should they play their second string quarterback AJ McCarron to see what you have? Cleveland wanted him and could of had him but forgot to fill out the proper paper work which is priceless. What if AJ does not do well then his stock will drop and you might get nothing for him. What if he is better then Andy Dalton? Bengals need a new direction.

#22. NEW YORK JETS Dropped three spots. I was raving about the journeyman McCown as he is the big reason why the Jets have wins. It was going to be the year where the team was going to tank it all. As they gutted their team. Last week they lose to Tampa Bay.  It’s like they told McCown you lose or you don’t get to keep your jersey at the end of the year. As you know McCown collects jerseys from around the league as he has almost played for each team.  It’s like not completing the page of stamps or missing a few key cards from the series.

#23. CHICAGO 3-5 Dropped 3 spots. You had Green Bay in your own building without Rodgers. Your team was playing well. What the hell happened? Maybe the Bears have a cheese phobia where they see the color and immediately go into their fetal positions. You can probably put Osweiler and Savage in a Green Bay uniform and the Bears would still lose.  Take the training wheels off Mitch Trubisky. Let the youngster throw down the field more. Mitch threw a nice tight perfect spiral that floated right to Rock Hands Bellamy and he caught it. I still can’t believe he is still out there. The new guy from the Chargers, Inman looked good. Fox should get the ax too.

#24. BALTIMORE Moved up 2 spots.  The bye week helped Baltimore in these power rankings. I’m sure that lack luster offense they have will send them back to the scrap yard where they will be the rest of the season waiting to melted down.

#25.INDIANAPOLIS 3-7 Moved up 4 spots. The NFL has too many bad teams. The Colts took the Steelers last week to the brink. They lost in over time and now they get to move up 4 spots. With the bad roster. They still are better than many of these other crappy teams. This will probably cost them a higher draft though. I see them getting rid of Chuck Pagano as he was a great story. However it seems to me Bruce Arians did way better than Chuck filling in for him when he was sick.

#26.DENVER 3-6 Dropped  5 spots. When you lose 5 in a row, you lose 5 spots in the power rankings. What happened to the Broncos defense? The year Brock Osweiler came in for injured Peyton Manning and had that one really great game against the Bengals on Monday Night. Who do you think made more money for one good game they had in their career which resulted in big juicy steak of a contract, Brock or Matt Flynn?

#27 TAMPA BAY 3-6 Moved up one spot. I was surprised when they beat the Jets who I think would win 2-3 if these teams had the best out of three series. I should have realized Fitzpatrick had a revenge game on his mind, as he played with the Jets two years and had that magical year almost leading them to the playoffs. Then Jets did not want to pay him the following season and low balled him. So Fitzpatrick tanked that season and then gave the Jets some more medicine to complete his revenge plans he had planned out for a few years and it unfolded in his favor. Don’t mess with a Harvard man that can probably fix his own concussion on the side line with a needle and thread.

#28. HOUSTON 3-6 Dropped 3 spots. What a quarterback can do for your team is either make you or break you. Tom Savage is horrible. Think about that he was the one that beat out the 70 million dollar man in Osweiler. Someone call Tom’s brother, Fred Savage, to see if he can play quarter back. At least we can see how Winnie Cooper is looking.

#29. MIAMI DOLPHINS 4-5 Down six spots. The Dolphins slid down the stripper pole in a very ugly way. Next season Cutler will be all dressed up and nobody to blow at this time of the year. All the talent, the arm strength, however dumb as a rock at the same time. It’s like he owed Luke Kuechly money as he threw right to him. Merry Christmas happy Festivus to your family as well.

#30 SAN FRANCISCO 1-9  Up one spot. CONGRATS YOU JUST WON THE TOILET BOWL WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? I’m going to Denny’s whoot whoot. Heard some whispers Jimmy is going to be behind center soon. I was watching some reruns of Sons of Anarchy and they have a rival Mexican biker gang called the Mayans. For some odd reason I thought they were calling them the 49ers.

#31. NEW YORK GIANTS 1-8 Dropped one spot.  Giants lost last week to the 49ers. If college called a bowl the Toilet Bowl. this would of been it.  Giants are that ugly girl in high school desperate for a makeover. I think it’s time to trade Eli Manning and see if you can get some old worn out shoulder pads for him. That might be asking too much.

.#32. CLEVELAND   0-9  SAME Last year Cleveland could have landed Watson. Will it be the same old song and dance in next year’s draft as well? Find the lemon of the whole group of quarterbacks and pick the one that will be the next Johnny Football. In a town where the Cavaliers and the Indians have been playing very well the last two years, you feel like saying, “You are the weakest link good bye.”