Hall
of Shame - Week 11
Everybody Knows Your Name
I
don't care who you are; Player, Coach, Broadcaster, Writer, you name it.
You sucked, and we're going to tell you why.
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CrunchTime
- LaDanian Tomlinson
After
putting up monstrous numbers against Minnesota last week (162 rushing
yards, 45 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns) Tomlinson took a nose dive this
week against the Broncos. LaDanian has had some success against them in
the past, but he and the Chargers' entire offense put forth one of the
worst offensive performances in quite some time.
There
is no excuse for a back that is supposedly one of the top few in the
league to rush 8 times for 29 yards. To make matters worse, 16 of the 29
came on one carry. Add to that the overall collapse of the offense (3
yards in the second and third quarters, are you kidding me?) and you end
up with a team that didn't even break the 100 yard mark. That's just
plain pitiful.
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Smokin'
Joe - The Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota
was my preseason prediction for the NFC North division winners and I was
really confident in my pick until recently. The Vikings have lost four
straight games and have dropped their once perfect 6-0 record to 6-4.
What makes matters worse is that all four losses have come to teams that
do not have winning records. The combined record of the four teams they
lost to is 14-26.
The
Vikings looked like they were going to run away with the North but now
they are holding on to a one game lead over Green Bay. Next week they
face another team with a losing record and that's the Detroit Lions who
the Vikings face at home. The Lions have not won a road game in over two
years so the Vikings should be able to get a win next week. Maybe.
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Smokin'
Joe - The NY Jets Defense
Sunday
morning the Jets passing defense was ranked third in the NFL allowing
only 172 passing yards per game. After the Sunday night's game
they are ranked 12th in the NFL, allowing an average of over 194 yards
per game. The Colts were without quarterback Peyton
Manning's two favorite options, star receiver Marvin Harrison and tight
end Marcus Pollard, yet Indianapolis still posted 538 yards of offense
on the Jets. If Troy Walters (88 yards), Harrison's replacement, had not
pulled a hamstring and sat out most of the second half, the Colts could
have had three receivers with over 100 yards receiving, Reggie Wayne
(141 yards) and Dallas Clark (100 yards) being the other two.
The Colts have a very good offense but the Jets defense looked dazed and
confused for most of the day. Welcome to the Hall gentlemen, try not to
hurt yourselves while you are here.
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The
Sandman - NFL Broadcasters
First
of all, I have many problems with the broadcasters of football and this
isn’t the time for me to get all over them, but this week I couldn’t
help but notice how many of them just don’t know the rules.
Example one: I was watching part of the Rams/Bears game this weekend.
The Bears punted the ball and it was downed on the 2-yard line. Both
announcers went on to describe what a great job the gunner had done
downing the ball and as they did I couldn’t help but raise my voice. I
told them that the gunner stepped into the end zone and didn’t
reestablish himself back in the field of play. Of course, after the
referee explained the call they had all kinds of excuses but this is
something that they should have seen and announced before the referee
pointed it out.
Example two: This happened when I was watching the Chiefs / Bengals game.
Jeremi Johnson caught a pass and ran towards the end zone. When he
reached the 2-yard line, he leapt toward the end zone and got pushed out of bounds
and the ball never crossed the goal line, inside the pylon. The referee
called it a touchdown and the announcers said that the Chiefs should challenge
since the ball didn’t cross the goal line. Once again I had to raise
my voice and tell them that the goal line goes on forever and the ball
doesn’t need to cross it on the inside of the pylon.
It's kind of like the Pepsi commercial with the kicker, he has only one
job – to kick the ball. These announcers have only one job, to know
football.
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(Hindsight) Yeah, like I'm going to research which announcers
covered these games, and then scour the 'net looking for their pictures. What
are you, new?
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Hall
of Shame 2003 Archives
Week 16
: John Carney, Peyton Manning
Week 15
: Michael Vick, Mike Shannahan
Week 14
: The BCS, Matt Hasselbeck
Week
13 : John Kasay, Jeff Garcia
Week
12 : Miami's Uniforms Designers, Dick Jauron, Jim Fassell & John
Gruden's Play Calling
Week
11 : LaDanian Tomlinson, The Minnesota Vikings, The NY Jets Defense,
NFL Broadcasters
Week
10 : Brian Griese, The New York Giants, William Green
Week
9 : Aaron Brooks, Steve Spurrier, Smokin' Joe's Neighbor
Week
8 : The Oakland Raiders, Plaxico Burress, Drew Bledsoe
Week
7 : Jim Fassel, David Boston, Donovan McNabb
Week
6 : Kerry Collins, Terrell Owens, Drew Bledsoe
Week
5 : Tommy Maddox, Keyshawn Johnson, Aaron Brooks
Week
4 : The New Soldier's Field, Jeff Garcia, Corey
Dillon
Week
3 : Jerry Rice's Hair, Peerless Price, Rich
Gannon
Week
2 : Cedrick Wilson, Steve McNair, Mike Holmgren
& Koren Robinson, Donovan McNabb
Week
1 : New York Jets Offense, Bill Belichick, Mike
Martz, Tom Brady
