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Hall
of Shame - Week 7
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.
Another staff
favorite, our Hall of Shame picks highlight our individual selections for the
worst sports-related performers of the week.
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StingRay - Bill
Parcells and the Dallas Cowboys
On Monday night back in week 2 the Dallas
Cowboys looked like they were going to be 2-0 as they led the Washington
Redskins 13-0 with a few minutes left in the game. At that time, Bill
Parcells' teams were 77-0 when leading by at least 13 in the 4th
quarter. Instead of getting the sure victory at home, the Cowboys
allowed Mark Brunell to throw two touchdown passes to Santana Moss in
the closing minutes to win that game.
Two weeks ago the Cowboys were ahead 13- 6
against the New York Giants and they allowed Jeremy Shockey to catch a
touchdown pass in the closing seconds to force overtime. The Cowboys
managed to win that game but again, they blew a lead late in the game.
Last Sunday the Cowboys went on the road
and played a great game in Seattle for 3+ quarters. They held Shaun
Alexander out of the end zone and Matt Hasselbeck had two interceptions
and no touchdown passes. However, like the prior weeks, Matt
Hasselbeck managed to throw the game tying touchdown with 40 seconds
left in the game. Drew Bledsoe then threw a terrible interception and
the Seahawks won the game on a 50 yard field goal kicked by Josh Brown.
The Cowboys should be 6-1 but instead they
are in last place in the NFC East with a record of 4-3. (The rest of the
NFC East is 4-2.) These two collapses by the defense could cost the
Cowboys a playoff spot.
Shame on you Tuna for not teaching this
team how to finish a game!
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Smokin Joe - Chris
Brown
The Titans brought in Travis Henry this
off-season because they knew they couldn't count on Chris Brown to stay
healthy for a 16 game season.
Henry has been out the last 4 weeks for
violating the league's substance abuse policy so this was the perfect
opportunity for Brown to lock up the starting job. He failed miserably.
Henry is coming back next week and should
start to steal plenty of carries because Brown does not have a 100 yard
rushing game so far this year and he left the game in the second quarter
on Sunday with a shoulder injury. The injury isn't being
considered serious, but 10 carries for 37 yards before the injury is
seriously underperforming and has opened the door for Henry.
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CrunchTime - Carson
Palmer
Palmer has been praised at every turn this
season. It is to some extent deserved, with his 72.6 completion
percentage and 13 touchdowns to only 2 interceptions. However, this was
to be a different week.
With Pittsburgh in town this marked the
most important game of the season for the Bengals and Palmer was shut
down. His completion percentage wasn’t abysmal but was down about 15%
and he matched his season total for interceptions with another 2.
If we’re going to consider him a top tier
quarterback, then he’s going to get criticized like one. As a
result he gets his first visit to the Hall of Shame.
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The Sandman -
LaDanian Tomlinson
It is not often that the best running back
in the league will win this award put this week there is no other choice
for me. Tomlinson, who had scored a least one touchdown in eighteen
straight weeks, had a terrible performance against the Eagles.
The Eagles were determined to let someone
else beside Tomlinson beat them as they dedicated eight and nine players
to stopping the run. The defense worked as Tomlinson had only 7 yards
rushing on 17 carries.
This is the world we live in, one week he
has three touchdowns and the next he gets to hear these famous words,
Welcome to the Hall L.T. |
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Hall
of Shame 2005 Archives
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Chad Pennington, Daunte Culpepper, Brett Favre
Week 2:
Jamal Lewis, Corey Dillon, Daunte Culpepper
Week 3:
Chad Pennington, Antwaan Randel-El
Week 4:
Kerry Collins, New England Defense, Mike Martz
Week 5: Michael
Clayton, Andre Johnson, Aaron Brooks, Donovan McNabb
Week 6: Game Playing by NFL
Coaches, Stephen Davis
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