Stroll down the NFL Boulevard Wildcard Week 2016

Stroll down the NFL Boulevard

Wildcard Weekend

2015

 

                Well it is finally here. For 17 weeks these teams have been fighting, and clawing to get to this week. Scratching their way to the playoffs and it is finally here. We finally have some great games to get to. So Expo we have waited long enough don’t you think? Let’s Kick It Wildcard style!!!

 

                Welcome to the Final Episode of the JJ Watt show. The Season finale of the show will be very emotional. In the first segment JJ will discuss how it feels to be behind on the scoreboard before he puts his helmet on. “I guess I need be on the Kick off team” JJ said. Then in the Craft segment JJ will talk about his favorite table scape for the buffet when he has his Superbowl party. In the Cooking segment JJ will show everyone his special his recipe for his Cornbread Dirty Bean Boats. And in an emotional final segment JJ will discuss the injury he suffered. “There are lots of times I would like to have my groin pulled on, but rushing the passer is not one of those times.” 

Final Score Kansas City 30 the Houston 0. So this week we really thought we were going to have a hard time picking the Birth Canal Team of the Week. But then the game started and Kansas City ran the opening Kickoff back for a touchdown, and Houston could never recover. So this week’s Birth Canal Team of the Week is… The Houston Texans.

 

                Next up in an odd NFL configuration we find the second AFC game is on the same day. Now, if you are not a fan of the NFL and you wanted kill the game, while concussion talk is a good one to start, this game can be pointed to as the game that killed the NFL. A game being “Chippy” is a kind way to say that both teams were be aggressive. This game was so far from being aggressive that you could not even see the line that was crossed. This game was the third between these two and should not be an example of sportsmanship. WE could point out several examples. There were too many fights, so we are going to talk about a couple of plays. First Cincinnati was driving the ball and had gotten inside the Pittsburg 30 yard line when the Bengals ran a swing pass to a running back. The Steelers linebacker attacked the receiver by Launching himself at the receiver. He lead with his head and hit the receiver in the facemask with the crown of his helmet, he left his feet thus causing the word “Launching”. The Receiver was knocked out and lost the ball. The officials called it a fumble, but decided that flagging the defensive player for Launching himself into the receiver was not to be applied in this situation. The receiver was knocked out completely for several minutes on the ground. He left the game and did not return. While this incident alone is not conclusive, we shall continue. Second late in the game while Pittsburg was driving a pass across the middle was incomplete. The defensive player hit the receiver in his helmet with his helmet and knocked him out. A flag was thrown on the play and the defense was penalized 15 yards. A Pittsburg Coach ran on to the field, not to check on his player, not to discuss with the officials the vicious hit, no he went onto the field to talk trash to the opposing team. This resulted in a scrum on the field causing an additional flag to be thrown on the defense. This penalty changes the distance of the possible game winning field goal from 50 yards to a 35 yard. That difference while it seems to be small, we must say that the weather was a driving rain storm, and the kicker’s career long was 45. We aren’t saying that he would have made or missed the 50 yard field goal but the 35 yard was more automatic. The Coach who entered the field not to check on his player but only to instigate the other team, should have cost his team 15 yards as well. If we were in charge it would have cost the coach just a bit more, like possible suspension for the balance on the year and a review for extending it to the next season. The player who launched himself in the first example should have been declared ineligible for the remainder of the game, and the next few games as well, 6 should be good, Spearing well never stop until you start to consider the safety of the player. If the players don’t like it, have them spend some time in the offseason learning how to tackle, their arms and hands are their friends and should be used as such. Third there was a play earlier in the game where an offensive player was pushed out of bounds by a defensive player on the offensive side of the field, then a coach for the offensive team pushed the defensive player as he was trying to get back to the field. The coach was flagged, and should have been set to the locker room for the remainder of the game, and possibly for about 6 more games in the future. Coaches should be held to a higher standard. Okay with all of that let’s get to the game.

Final Score the Steeler 18 the Bengal 16. We were appalled watching this game. We could talk about how the NFL has decided to grade officials and then match up groups of officials to a game. We could say that this is stupid and that a team of officials should stay has a team and move forward through the playoffs, but that would be redundant to our previous comments on this subject.

 

                In the first game on Sunday we find a battle of who could survive the cold weather. With temperatures in the low digits (Like 0 or 1 degree) we find that neither team would really do enough to win. The cold effected both teams the same, however it seemed like the Viqueens were afraid to attack the endzone. It appeared that the Viqueens endzone was for of polar bears, not the friendly little polar bears trying to have a coke and a smile with you, but the vicious polar bear that wants to rip your face off. Let’s take a look at some of the stats, Viqueens won the Battle of first downs, 14 to 13. Yards gained was won by the Shehawks 226 yards to 183 yards. The Viqueens won the field goal battle 3 to 1. And the Shehawks won the touchdown battle 1 to 0.

Final Score the Shehawks 10 the Viqueens 9. Expo how did we miss this stat? Adrian Peterson had 23 carries for a total of 45 yards with a long of 13 making his 22 carries for 32 yards. That kind of productions is not going to let the world on fire. Hell it is not even going to allow the running back a warm spot on the bench.

 

                And lastly the Green Bay Packers invaded the Deadskins territory, Burned down a few Teepee’s raped a few Squaw’s and killed a few papooses. Just like the Indian wars of the 1800’s Captain Arron Rogers, Circled his wagons and dug in. once he got the lead he fought through to the Village and started to Pillage from there. The ACLU now wants to Ban the Packers from returning to Washington, because now they have to use Tax Dollars to rebuild the Indian Village, better than what it was before. There were riots, and some looting has the Packers were leaving to head back to Wisconsin.

Final Score the Packer 35 the Deadskins 18. Owners from other teams we willing to come in a help with the rebuilding of the Deadskins, but they only wanted to loot the free agent braves IE R G 3…

Well this was the oddest Wildcard weekend ever in the NFL as all four visiting teams won, that made this weekend more exciting. Or it just made the weekend as crazy as the rest of the year.

And remember like we always say

 

 Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence