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Robert Griffin III doesn’t get to determine if he’s healthy enough to play

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Reaction, Robert Griffin III on Jan 06, 2013

Please accept my apologies for what’s about to follow, Seattle. Your team won this game, and it deserved to win this game, and in the immediate aftermath of the Seahawks’ 24-14 win over Washington — their first playoff road win since 1983 — our focus should be on those fine Seahawks with their youth and swagger. Oh, and douche punk cornerbacks. That too.

Blame Mike Shanahan’s stubbornness, and total disregard for his quarterback’s health. Blame an asinine football culture in which playing on one leg is viewed as honorable. Blame a tough guy, rah rah, mentality. Blame logic, and the lack thereof.

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Boldin or bust: Chunk plays led to the Colts’ undoing

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Reaction on Jan 06, 2013

Phil Simms has very little wisdom to bestow upon us on any given Sunday. He’s the same fountain of knowledge who once told us that a forward pass has to go…forward. Mind blowing, yes.

Early in the third quarter today following an opening half when Joe Flacco had completed just five of his 12 pass attempts, Simms encouraged the Ravens quarterback to start chucking deep after a third and long when he indeed attempted a throw which traveled a great distance. Simms’ philosophy as simple: “just heave it up there. Nothing can go wrong.”

Well, it’s been nice, guys. I’m pretty sure that what happened next indicates we’ve reached the end of our civilized existence.

Although Simms’ logic is still bat-shit crazy, through some kind of cosmic connection Flacco seemed to agree. That long heave ended with a 50-yard completion to Anquan Boldin, and it set up another lengthy catch and run — a 20 yarder to Dennis Pitta — a few plays later for a touchdown. Suddenly, Baltimore’s passing offense was uncorked, and a four-point game at halftime slowly grew to where it ended: a 15-point Ravens win over Indianapolis, with a final score of 24-9.

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Joe Webb is not a professional quarterback

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Reaction on Jan 05, 2013

It was just over a year ago when we watched a quarterback look lost, and unable to complete a pass on a simple check down during a playoff game. His name was Tim Tebow. Or, as you know him, the guy who used to do all of the winning, and he’s now been deemed worse than Mark Sanchez and Greg McElroy.

A week after Tebow looked more than competent, and indeed able to complete meaningful forward passes while upsetting the Steelers in the first round, the Earth’s normal rotation was restored. He was sacked five times by the Patriots during a 52-7 loss in which he completed only nine of his 26 pass attempts, finishing with only 5.2 yards per attempt.

But for what it’s worth (nothing…absolutely nothing), a year later we’ve now discovered that Tebow had one victory that day. He was still better than Joe Webb.

Hooray?

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A win is a win is a something: Texans win, but it was ugly

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans, Reaction on Jan 05, 2013

If the Texans somehow beat the Patriots in New England a week from now and then keep chugging to the Super Bowl through an AFC road that will likely go through Denver, none of this will matter. We’ll look back on today’s game, and then regret looking back on today’s game. Let’s never speak of this again.

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We’ve all been Romo’ed

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Reaction, Tony Romo on Dec 31, 2012

I tried, guys. I tried to resist the delectable nectar of the low-hanging fruit, and make Washington’s win much more about Alfred Morris’ brilliance or Robert Griffin III’s resilience than Tony Romo’s failure. The former two are more than deserving of the accolades, and while Romo was again awful throughout an elimination game and especially at a crucial juncture, he often receives far too much blame.

But this time, he needs to wear it.

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Six Pro Bowl Questions: Will this ever stop being a popularity contest?

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Reaction on Dec 27, 2012

This > anything on the field at the Pro Bowl.

When the Pro Bowl rosters were announced last night, I was busy consuming my third Christmas meal over two days. Typing this was difficult because my fingers have swelled to twice their normal size (#bloglife).

I had many questions about the rosters, but I narrowed it down to six. So come with me and let’s complain together, and split hairs in many different directions together.

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Let’s get our Eli Manning hate on

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Reaction on Dec 23, 2012

The daytime programming of this final Sunday in the fantasy football calendar for most of you featured a late-afternoon slate of three games that were, in a word, the worst.

Yes, that was two words. Whatever. Everything that’s wrong everywhere is Eli Manning’s fault right now.

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