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.”

It was October 17, 2017 when Bobby Portis’ punch was heard around the Berto Center. The beatdown of Niko Mirotic was so bad he had to go to the hospital. Two bones in his face broken. Add a concussion as well. Immediately Bobby Portis was sent home on a timeout. The league then suspended Bobby Portis for 8 games. Since then Niko Mirotic has been recovering. He is able to do some light workouts. Only when the team is not present. Meanwhile Bobby Portis served his 8 games and has come back and played very well. Seems like the rest of the team are giving their support to Portis. While stories out of Mirotic camp are he wants to be traded one day and the next day he’d like to play for the Bulls.

“Both Niko and Bobby are on our roster right now and Niko’s getting cleared to do more. This obviously is coming to a position where it’s going to have to be resolved between the two.”

Words spoken by the Bulls President of Basketball Operations, John Paxson. Again since October 17 and it’s the middle of November now and the Bulls do not have this situation taken care of. BRAVO again for a job not done. I guess Bobby Portis tried to reach out with texts and voice messages. Nothing has happened. The Bulls way is let it linger instead of cleaning the stink out and moving on to the regular season and day to day basketball operations.

I know the Bulls are in position just to release their players as it’s a team with a lot of young and unproven players who need time to get better. Both Portis and Mirotic will have to be on the court at some time. Bobby Portis is a young player that has still been developing so not really a trade market on his ability as player yet. Meanwhile Mirotic had some interest from other teams in the off season but not much as no one offered him a big contact. They kicked the tires on him and left him to another lot down the block. No one is going to want damaged goods either. If Mirotic wants a trade, he will have to get on court and show the whole league he can rebound after his face got beaten in and play well like he did towards the end of last year’s regular season. He’s got a very good stretch of games where he caught on fire.

Seriously what in the world does John Paxson or Gar Forman do over there? They should have  handled this already. I know the players are adults they are dealing with, but some way they should have these two in the office and lay out all the facts for them and tell them how this will play out. Where’s the Coach in this? Is Fred Hoiberg’s job only to come up with offensive schemes to shoot the ball from the outside? If you have to lock these two guys in a room until they kiss and make up, then do that. Maybe the Irish way, go out have some drinks and sweep this mess under the rug, so the story goes away.  I do not expect them to be riding a tandem bike singing “my buddy.” However they just need to coexist on the court and take it from there. Meanwhile someone put a sign on the Berto Center, “HELP WANTED apply with in” to take over Bulls’ management. I would even take the guy that runs the local Dairy Queen. He might be off at this time of the year as it’s their off season. Dilly bars for everyone when the team scores over a 100 points.  DILLY DILLY!!!

 

STRAIGHT UP WEEK TEN PICK EM PREDICTIONS

SUNDAYS SLATE                          OUR WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

BENGALS AT TITANS                             TITANS

BROWNS  AT LIONS                                LIONS

PACKERS  AT BEARS                                DA BEARS

CHARGERS AT JAGUARS                          JAGS

VIKINGS AT REDSKINS                             REDSKINS

SAINTS AT BILLS                                         BILLS

COWBOYS AT FALCONS                             COWBOYS

JETS AT BUCCANEERS                                 JETS

STEELERS AT COLTS                                    STEELERS

TEXANS AT RAMS                                        RAMS

GIANTS AT 49ERS                                         GIANTS

PATRIOTS AT BRONCOS                              PATRIOTS

MONDAY NIGHT

DOLPHINS AT PANTHERS                            PANTHERS

UPSET OF THE WEEK

BUFFALO BILLS OVER NEW ORLEANS

MY THREE LOCKED DOWN GAMES

RAMS OVER THE TEXANS

STEELERS OVER COLTS

LIONS OVER BROWNS

BEST SURVIVOR PICK FOR POINTS

LA RAMS

READ OUR POWER RANKINGS. WE TELL YOU ABOUT EACH TEAM, THE WILD SHAMROCK WAY. WE THROW CONVENTION OUT THE WINDOW SINCE THE NFL IS SO WATERED DOWN. IT’S A FREE FOR ALL. WE MIGHT JUST BE RIGHT.

OUR FIRST POWER RANKINGS OF THE SEASON. I HOPE YOU ENJOY

RANKING TEAM                  Record             comments

#1.  PHILADELPHIA     8-1     Does Donavan McNabb understand the overtime rules yet from his playing days?  Stellar defense/ adding Jay Ajari gives their back field a thunder & lighting combo with smoking Blount. I want a team of all guys from the Dakotas like the Eagles Quarterback. Can you imagine the supply of chewing tobacco and spitoons you would need on the side lines?

#2.  LA RAMS               6-2    How pissed I would be if I lived in St. Louis right now. Oh they are texting each other WTF. They need to bring back Fred Dryer and make a new Hunter. Maybe bring him back as a coach. Rams are for real. They are firing on all cylinders. Goff is making Buffalo reject receivers look like all pros.

#3.  NEW ENGLAND     6-2  WHY CAN’T THIS TEAM GO AWAY!!! Brady is still a menace. Maybe Bill Romanowski has giving his secret case of vitamins to Brady to keep him performing at this kind of level. Sammy Sosa called them Flintstones Vitamins. With Belichek scheming in his sleep, he gets that defense into shape. Bunch of bastards.

#4. DALLAS    5-3     OH MY GOD!! I HAVE TO SAY IT,  HOW ABOUT THOSE COWBOYS? Will their running back ever serve his suspension.? He probably still would play even if he’s wearing McFadden’s jersey. Cowboys are looking well balanced and playing some excellent  football. I say Jerry Jones and the Commissioner battle it out to the death in the Thunder dome since both them are not getting along.

#5.  PITTSBURGH  6-2  They need home field advantage in playoffs. Do not trust them on the road. They seem to have figured out what to do on the National Anthem so that will help. They have to put a muzzle on their bitchy receivers. At least they have some bitches playing that position, not like the ding dongs in Chicago.

#6.   KANSAS CITY      6-3    Zack on Saved by the Bell says time out and Kansas City can enjoy a bye week. They have plenty of work to do because they’ve been free falling like the great Tom Petty would say   I’m giving these guys a high ranking still because the Walrus Andy Reid will get them playing strong when they return from their bye week. They are a team that will string six to seven in a row like how they started the season.

#7.  NEW ORLEANS  6-2   The Saints are marching right now. They have a thing called a defense.  Is Bounty gate back ? They found some ballers that can play defense. Drew still got the high powered offense rolling like a well oiled machine. In a division with dirty birds and a Superman who’s been sniffing the kryptomite and Tampa Bay in the toilet they can steal their division.

#8.    MINNESOTA     6-2   THEY GOT SPUNK!!! I HATE SPUNK. Not a very impressive div. Taking advantage of Rogers being out. I like the defense. However they’re playing who’s on first with the quarter back position as Bridgewater is back practicing.

#9.JACKSONVILLE   5-3   FINALLY WITH ALL THE TOP DRAFT PICKS THEY HAVE COLLECTED, ARE DOING THINGS. The Jaguars coach Doug Marrone will probably quit after he gets the division title.

#10. SEATTLE   5-3  Raise your hand if you hate Pete Carol. Lots of thugs lead by that slime bag Richard Sherman. Talk about such a Jekyll and Hyde team. One week they score 40, the next week they can’t get of the teens. Overall I do not trust this team. It’s another team I would love to see go away.

#11. BUFFALO  5-3    They played their first bad game of the year last week. I love them at home where they have been taking it to their opponents. This is a team where they need to have the lead to win the game. Do not trust Taylor when he’s down a few scores. He has precision with the dink and dunk passing. But when it comes to throwing down the field he sucks. If they want to get to playoffs and break that long drought, they need to step up their game quickly. They need to rebound from the loss and beat a tough Saints team coming in hot. Hopefully the Buffalo temperatures can freeze the Brees. Oh do I miss Jim Kelly.

#12. CAROLINA  6-3    They traded one of their best receivers away. However they are still in the thick of things. Their quarterback may be Superman but is lacking the spidey senses. Loved when the Bears defense kicked  Newton butt all over the field and did their best imitation of their superman pose. Poor Newton will go make fun of a female reporter when the times are grim or walk out of press conferences when the questions are little tough.

#13 TENNESSEE   5-3 Nashville has a factory of country bombshells of beautiful long legged blonde girls walking the streets. Music City is ringing in my ears as I think they will get into the playoffs this season. Dick Leabeau has the defense playing well. Love linebacker Woodyard, he’s one of those grinders that never gives up on the play.

#14.ATLANTA 4-4 What the hell happened to the Falcons? The NFC south seem like they take turns every year. Last year the Falcons this year the Saints and maybe in 2018 we give the Buccaneers a whirl. They need to start winning now, it’s do or die for a team with that amount of offensive talent to be at 4-4.

#15.WASHINGTON  4-4 Another team I have no idea what they are going to do every week. I’m still shocked Kirk Cousins does not have a long term contract. The guy is a very good quarterback especially when you got rid of all his receivers from last year.

#16.DETROIT 4-4  The Lions had a great start to the season. They still have hope after Rodgers is out in Green Bay. They need to string a few wins together this second half. Stafford can not do it himself. They need to get some kind of a running game established to be a well balanced attack, especially against the Vikings defense.

#17. OAKLAND 4-5  Who can cause more damage, a Mack truck or Mack on the Raiders defense? He seems like the only guy on the defense this year. I think this team will claw their way back with Carr. Not impressed with the skittlles addict Lynch, as the other running backs have done a lot better recently. They are on their bye week so they have time to iron things out and come out strong in the second half of their season.

#18. LA CHARGERS 3-5 If Rivers continues to have the amount of kids he has. Plus when his kids have kids. Will LA’s second team or are they the soccer team in town have established a big enough fan base to stay there?

#19. NEW YORK JETS 4-5 If it was not for the play of journeyman quarterback McCown, they would be at the bottom. I loved McCown when he was with the Bears doing some great things when he took over for Cutler. However the Bears stuck with Cutler. The Jets have been in every game. They could have a few more wins as they lost some close ones. Look at them to continue to rise in the charts. I’m Dickie Kasam.

#20. CHICAGO 3-5 DA BEARS!!! The defense has been playing lights out. They have no receivers but the rookie Trubisky continues to improve. They have a weak schedule this second half. The way they started, this team I thought would win one game. But I can see them getting to 500. They get a chance to kick around the Packers at home this weekend, so let’s hope it does not come down to Connor Barth kicking the game winner for the Bears as he has sucked.

#21.DENVER 3-5 The music chairs of quarterbacks continues. As their old friend who could not manage to stick with the Browns will get his second start of the year. Osweiler who took 70 million dollars away from Houston gets the nod over the guy they drafted a few years ago. Talk about things to do in Denver when you’re dead.

#22.CINCINNATI 3-5 The team with the most convicts. At least AJ Green continues to scratch and fight as this team has no pulse. Bengal fans are better to watch reruns of WKRP in Cincinnati instead of watching the rerun of the Bengals play each Sunday. It’s time to clean house there. Enough of the Pacman Jones and the head coach has to be axed.

#23. MIAMI 4-4 When you put all your eggs in Cutler you’re dreaming of a white Christmas in Florida which is not going to happen. A playoff team last year have already waved the white flag after trading their star running back to Philadelphia.

#24.ARIZONA 4-4 Their offense has gotten ancient. Maybe they need to move from Arizona and come back to Chicago play at Guaranteed rate field where the arrow is always going down. Actually I knew one person from Chicago that was still a Cardinal fan since they moved decades ago. That bar now is out of business where this guy was. I wonder what he will do now? Another bar or does he hope the owners will relocate?

#25.HOUSTON 3-5 HOUSTON WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM AT QUARTERBACK. This city saw a Hurricane wipe out their city. They seen Watt go out with another year ending injury. Then they were hopeful when Watson was lighting up teams. Then he falls to a season ending injury. Pour salt on wounds as people want you to sign Kaepernick. At least the Astros won the World series.

#26.BALTIMORE 4-5 Where is the offense? It’s like asking the question where’s the beef is what they are dealing with in Baltimore. You pay Flacco the most money on the team. Maybe it’s time to pull the plug on him.

#27.Green Bay 4-4 When the Bears are favored to beat you this week, you know you have hit skid row. Christmas came early in Chicago this year. Anybody for some Cheese whiz?

#28. TAMPA BAY 2-6 Only if they played the Bears every game this season. If Winston is out, at least Fitzpatrick can continue to pad his stats for the most games played by an Ivy league quarterback. Plus he is good for a few picks a game as well.

#29 INDIANAPOLIS  3-6  NO LUCK THIS YEAR. One of the worst rosters assembled, but they have three wins. The owner is a moron. Bright spot Jacoby Brissett. Usually when QB’S leave New England they are horrible. This guy has been pretty good. Could be a valuable back up to Luck when he returns next year.

#30. NEW YORK GIANTS 1-7 The fall of the G-MEN is perhaps another bright spot of the season. Bunch of dogs at the receiver position. Beckham actually pees on the goal post after touchdowns. Brandon Marshall continues to bring teams down. This year it is probably not his fault but still look at the resume.

#31. San Francisco  0-9 Maybe they should bring back Colin Kaepernick. They trade for Jimmy Garoppolo and they seem like they are not going to play him. The Niners and the Browns are at the bottom for idiots running the show while they both have not won a game.

#32.CLEVELAND 0-8   They continue to hit rock bottom as they forgot to file some paper work in a trade for a quarter back. Sell the team to Bernie Kosar. At least he could parade his hot porn daughter in the press conferences. Weekend at Bernie’s is always a cult favorite.

 

When it comes to the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers, it has been a one sided affair. Green Bay has owned the Bears. Sure the Bears got lucky on a Thanksgiving and stunned the Pack that year. Even the year they took out Rodgers, the Bears managed to win the game. Bears fans can count on their fingers how many times we beat them over the years. While Green Bay fans know it’s a easy win on their schedule. If you ask people from Wisconsin who their rival is, they will tell you it is the Vikings. They say it’s the NFL’s best and oldest rivalry. the Bears and Packers. I would agree on oldest, but best no way, it’s been one sided since 1980’s. That’s when the Bears won the decade over the Packers. You have to go way back in time when these two teams played each other regularly when both teams were evenly matched up. When both teams fought each other for every yard on the field. When both teams spilled blood and whatever team bled the least, won the game.

This week with the warden out of the game and most likely out for the year, the Packers find themselves doing hard time. The Bears have been doing life with no parole it seems for years. Jay Cutler, Kordell Stewart, Henry Burris, Cade McNown, Jonathan Quinn, and then Mike Glennon are a recipe for a chain gang, not a leader of a football team. While the Packers trot out Farve and Rodgers for decades and go to Superbowls and make the playoffs almost every year. While the Bears hibernate for the playoffs in their cells.

Could this be the week where the Bears finally turn the tables? The Bears are favored to win this weekend over the Packers. When was the last time this has happened? When Ronald Reagan was in the White house? Maybe in 2006 when the Bears found their way to the Super bowl? The Packers are coming to Chicago. The Bears have played very well at home this season. The Bears are coming off a bye week while the Packers just played the Lions on Monday night. The Bears defense has been playing tough this year as they held the Saints high power offense to only 20 points. But the biggest difference in this game is we have a better quarter back in this round. Mitch Trubisky has been getting better every week since he took over for Glennon. Meanwhile Brett Hundley has not been very Packer like.

This game could be the get out of Green Bay Packer jail card. We know Rodgers will return next year. If the Bears win this game Sunday and Mitch Trubisky is a big part of that win, it will grow the young quarterbacks confidence. Then you still have multiple games left on the schedule this year to continue to grow and play with a higher ceiling of confidence. By the time next season rolls around, maybe the Bears front office will add the weapons needed for Mitch Trubisky to throw the ball down field and have guys that can catch the ball. Rodgers is getting older. Former QB Tony Romo broke his collar bone. He came back then to get injured again which then Dallas already made another plan at QB. Tony played one more game and could of played with another team but chose to retire and head to the broadcasting booth. If Bears win on Sunday, perhaps you can mark this game down as the inmates have taken over the prison as the Houston Texans owner likes to call his own players and the league. The Rise of Trubisky and the fall of the Cheeseheads.

The Chicago Bulls organization reminds me of high school. The management would not be the principal or the teachers either. The Bulls front office is broken up into groups that can not get along. Your typical high school groups such as jocks, stoners, greasers, the socials, and your out casts. I see these groups walking the Berto center or even the United Center whispering the latest gossip. I see them trying to rough up some people in the bathroom for stepping on one group’s turf. In high school it always comes down to a gal where a fight will break out. In the Bulls world we can say a draft pick. As the semesters go on the more back stabbing is done at Bulls High. I can see two teenage girls saying, “Oh my god do you believe what Gar Forman was wearing?”

I really don’t want to know what that slut Forman was wearing. Right before the Bulls season tip off Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic were involved  in a fight. Probably two key guys you need on the squad in a rebuilding year. This was not your typical scrap that was broken up and swept under the rug. Nikola Mirotic is out 4-6 weeks with some broken facial bones. Meanwhile the league and the Bulls have to suspend Portis for 8 regular season games.

“FOR US THAT IS INEXCUSABLE IT’S NOT WHO WE ARE” said by John Paxson.

Yes the same John Paxson who had a throw down with former Bulls head coach Vinny Del Negro. This fight occurred after school by the bike rack where Paxson reportedly threw a few punches and actually choked him. Ladies and gentleman this is your President of Operations.

The Bulls are in a big time rebuilding as they traded their best player in Jimmy Butler. They had to buy Dwayne Wade out and send him on his way. Now the team has a lot of young guys and they were told hard work would be noticed and awarded. The young guys would show up and work out every day and practice their game. At the same time Nikola Mirotic was a free agent and he would work out but not participate in the basketball part of it. The Bulls finally signed Mirotic to a two year deal and they penciled him in as a starter. Plus Mirotic and the Portis feud has been going on for years as I take it they might be from two different groups.  Maybe one’s a jock and one’s a stoner who knows.

This has been going on for years so who has the responsibility to take care of this mess. I would say it should be handle by Fred Hoiberg. Known as the Mayor down at Iowa State. He went to school there and he became head coach of the basketball team. He played with the Bulls a long time ago as well. Mr. Popularity roams the halls as everyone likes him and he’s BFF with all because he’s the mayor. He has gotten Iowa State to the NCAA tournament however never advanced past the first round. He’s the puppet that Paxson and Forman can control. It seems like Fred sends his team mixed messages. This is not the first time someone has said that. It has happened last year. Maybe he says something which he thinks is right, but then has to look over his shoulder and change his answer when Pax Forman don’t like what he said. However Fred gives his assistant coach Jim Boylen power to handle the bad boys in class. Jim is one of Gar’s henchmen who I guess they would call the Jug master. Meanwhile Fred continues to high five people walking the halls so he can think about his three point attack offense with no defense.

Then lets not forget the GOOCH, Gar Forman. The Gooch was the bully you never saw on the show Different Strokes. He was the guy Arnold Jackson was afraid of at school. Gar Forman is the guy that smokes in the bathroom The guy that will settle his fist of cups in the stall where he will corner you and demand you do not say things about him or the Bull’s organization. Years ago when Jeff Van Gundy was announcing the game and stood up for Tom Thibodeau, his friend, and let the Bulls management have it. Rumors were swirling about how the Bulls could not handle Tom Thibodeau. They did not like how he won games and a guy like Bill Belichek on the Patriots kept his foot down on the pedal until the final buzzer sounded. They did not like his ideas in the draft room. He was the new guy at school and a free thinker. Did things his own way and they hated him for it. He was the John Bender of high school. Did not care what others thought of him. As Jeff Van Gundy is taking a leak, the Gooch sneaks up from behind on him. Very Bulls like.

Jerry Reinsdorf is like the clueless principal Mr. Weatherbee from the Riverdale High.  He let them fire the best coach since Phil Jackson in Tom Thibdeau. I predict you will see Minnesota Timberwolves get to the playoffs this year as Thibs has full control of the basketball operations. You will see him get his team farther and quicker to a championship than the meat heads you have running the Bulls now. If they ever get this boat afloat you will never see a big name free agent want to sign with the Bulls. The Bulls are the same organization that did not give Jackson and Jordan another year to defend their title until they actually lost in playoffs or a championship. It’s time to fire the little skirts you have running your team. Just because John Paxson played for three of the championships does not give him a life time job. I used to like him as a player but now he makes my stomach turn. His brother failed in the Celtics front office. They are not cut out for front office work. The Gooch should be put down at the pound. At least neuter him if he’s going to bite people in the bathroom. I do not know what it will take to pull the plug on the front office and current coaching staff. Right now they are the worst franchise in Chicago. Before I thought the Bears as they runs things like the Dinosaurs were still around. Only way things change is if people hurt their wallets and not buy overpriced tickets to watch a inferior product on the court. They might be the only game in town. However people will wise up.

It was supposed to be the year of Mike Glennon. He even said that “it’s my year”.

The 2017 NFL season was going to be like the summer of George in Seinfeld. Glennon signed a three year deal with the Chicago Bears in the off season. Eighteen million big ones guaranteed in the bank. This is his big chance to be a full time starter in the NFL. Finally get out of backing up number one draft pick Winston in Tampa Bay. Life was looking good as Mike was probably whistling Dixie. Getting another opportunity to start and show that he can be a full time starter in the NFL. The games he has already started, his numbers were very respectful. Way more TD’s thrown to interception rate. He was a guy with a reputation that did not turn over the ball. He was replacing Jay Cutler who was a turn over machine. Glennon was probably the best available in the off season which helped get a nice payday for the former Buccaneer.

Then in April, Glennon is invited to the Bears draft party. He’s meeting all the higher up in the front office. Hanging out probably with former Bear greats as well. In his mind he’s probably thinking, “What am I going to get from Santa Claus?” Will it be a tight end? How about a receiver. He will learn later on that the Bears don’t know what a Receiver looks like. Maybe he did not remember ex-Bear Muhsin Muhammad saying “Chicago is where Receivers come to die”.

If he did think about Muhammad’s words he might of thought that was all in the past. The Bears have the right people in place nowadays. That thinking was probably Glennon’s first mistake. The Bears front office has been off the charts horrible. Saying they hired Dave McGinnis when he did not accept the job was mind boggling and that was years ago. Then passing on Bruce Arians to hire Mark Trestman was all time dumb. As the night goes along, Mike Glennon probably laughing it up hoping for an offensive tackle to protect his bum. Then the Bears announce they have drafted Mitch Trubisky. GUT PUNCH!!!!  The Bears moved up one spot and gave away some draft picks for moving up one peg. Yes, another year with out a wideout, the Bears Christmas party theme will be.

So now in Mike Glennon’s mind, no worries I’m still the starting quarter back. The better I play, the number one draft choice will sit. He could of been thinking if he does play well he could start for another team after the season is over. Because you know the writing is on the wall. The media, the fans… would be asking when Mitch is going to play. The Bears probably hoped Glennon played well so they can use him as a trade chip. Plus have Mitch sit for one and soak in all the knowledge, was probably the plan of the year for the Bears brass. They were probably high fiving and patting each other on the back, saying “How do like us now bitches?”

However, you know and I know the wheels on the bus are going to start coming off in Bears world. In preseason, Glennon was not doing well. He had some good drives but he was showing us his imitation of Jay Cutler with picks six to other team. We’ve already seen that show. Somebody switch the channel to Barney Miller or WKRP because that Cutler show is very very bad. Then Mitch Trubisky showed everyone what a quarter back looks like in his preseason play. It was like seeing the eclipse. It was like seeing Haley’s comet in the sky as you have no words you just enjoy the moment in hope of seeing again.  Now that opened up the biggest can of worms and the biggest amount of pressure for Mike Glennon.

Then Glennon played decent in the first game of regular season. They actually should of won the game. However the Bears wideout comes into play. You run the pattern and then you catch the ball. However the Bears wide out can run the pattern but can’t complete the sequence in catching the ball. Then Glennon played awful in the next three games. It’s like if Cutler took over his body awful like. He did win against Pittsburgh. I think Pittsburgh was still confused on what the team was going to do for the National Anthem that game. The confusion spilled out on to the field as the Bears ended up winning. Early Christmas gift from the steel curtain.  Then finally the Bears are making the switch as Trubisky will be the starting quarterback this Monday night.

Did Glennon get a raw deal? YES. However it shows me one thing. With all that pressure on Glennon, how would he do in the playoffs or the Superbowl? He would go into a fetal position sucking his thumb as the other team walks all over us. I know it would be close to impossible to lead the present Bears offensive to the playoffs. Even though overall the whole league is watered down. If Glennon showed me toughness and not turn over the ball. If his leadership skills help his unit stay in every game. If he made the team around him better then I would say he’s a quality quarterback. However when he played in Tampa Bay those years before Winston, he had no pressure on him. They were a losing team. Lots of players can play better when they are out of contention with nothing on the line. He had a good opportunity. Maybe it would have been better for Glennon if they did not draft a quarterback that high. But it showed us that he is not the guy to lead the Bears to the promise land.