Stroll down the NFL Boulevard Divisional Round

Stroll down the NFL Boulevard

Divisional Round

 

                Well here we are. Does anyone know what this is? Yea yea yea, this is the Stroll. And while that is true, it is also a milestone. It is one that we should stop and reflect on. Do you know what it is?  Go ahead and think. We will wait. Did you think about it? Do you know? Okay we will tell you. This is the 100^th post of the Stroll down the NFL Boulevard. And you are lucky enough to read it? Aren’t you the lucky one? So Last year when some folks moved on, and had to be replaced, well he came back for this special occasion. So Expo if you will can you please Kick it!!!

 

                So here we are with the New Orleans Aints heading to the great northwest. Did anyone tell the Sean Peyton that his team was playing on Saturday? They really didn’t show up till the fourth quarter. And that just will not due in these playoffs. While the Shehakws put up their best effort like Russell Wilson performing at a Geno Smith level of expertise. He actually complete 50% of his passes. It is just that he attempted only 18, meaning that he completed 9. Really? You played a whole game and only completed 9 passes? The Shehawks had the ball 1770 seconds in the game, (Just so you know 1800 seconds is 30 full minutes) and he completed a pass every 197 seconds. For those of you grabbing your calculator, let us help you out that it is one completion every 3 minute they had the ball. How pathetic. But what is even worse is that the Saints couldn’t take advantage of anything. So this is the most telling stat of the day. The Saints had the ball for 70 plays and threw the ball 43 times. The Shehawks had the ball for 56 plays and threw the ball 18 times.

Final Score the Aints 15 the Shehawks 23. And the game wasn’t this close.  If 8 points is close.

 

                So next up at our house we watched this show where a group of friends came to the Northeast and some of them were killed by Blunt force trauma.  There were people there, but no one could stop what was happening. And it wasn’t bad enough that the trauma had to happen to the group that was supposed to corral the home team. But the leader of the visiting team just kept throwing the other team the ball. We thought that this was football but it looked more like an episode of “lack of Law and Order” the New England Patriots should have been given taken in for questioning as they intercepted Andrew Luck 4 times. Good God it was like the defense knew what the play was before Luck threw the ball. Maybe Coach Belacheat had some good practice film to watch this week. If we were to tell you that Tom Terrific was going to complete only 13 passes do you think that the Patriots were going to win? We didn’t either, but LaGarrette Blunt ran the ball for 93 yards on 23 carries and one carry for 73. And four touchdowns. And the Luck is over now.

Final Score the Colts 22 the Patriots 43. About the only thing good that happened to the Colts is that after the game Quarterback Andrew Luck decided to shave off that stupid looking beard.

 

                So we move to Sunday and find that the 49ers are traveling to North Carolina. The 49ers didn’t out gain the Panthers, the 49ers dint have more passes completed, they did have more first downs and they did have fewer turnovers. And that was the difference. Cam “the Fig” Newton didn’t play poorly, except for the two interceptions that was bad. But he also didn’t do anything special to win. And in the playoffs it is all about doing something special. And we don’t mean the Short bus kind of special where the quarterback drops back and soils himself then falls down. We are talking about doing something that is great to help your team win. About All Cam Newton was help hi team win this Week’s Birth Canal team of the week.

Final Score the 49ers 23 the Panthers 10. So the NFC is set with the number 1 and the number 5 playing for the championship and the right to go to the Super bowl. Wow next week is set.

 

                And lastly on Sunday the White Bronco invited the San Diego Super chargers to Denver. And the Super chargers were a lot of things but super was not one of them. Peyton Manning drove up and down the field and scored like he was playing in the back yard against his sister. And with 25 of 36 for 230 yards 2 touchdowns with a laser arm and a minivan with flames on it. The White Bronco was not going to lose this game. After the game Head coach John Fox was asked about his Quarterback “What can I say that has not already been said? His Humvee is more earth friendly that a Prius. Ghosts sit around the Campfire and tell stories about him. He is just that damn good. This is his first playoff win as a Bronco and we hope there are many more.

Final Score the Super Chargers 17 the Bronco’s 24. While this game was not as close as the score would indicate, we would like to leave you this little gem. You might not hear this anywhere else but right here on the Stroll. Peyton Manning now has as many playoffs wins as Tim Tebow. Does that surprise you?

 

  Well that will do it for us this week. We hope you have enjoyed the one hundredth episode of the Stroll.

 

And remember like we always say….

 

 

The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me.
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon