Hooray for Joe!

I'd like to thank Joe Gibbs for being old and stupid.

Was the NFL really that different in the 80s that he was able to take three differently horrible quarterbacks (Joe Theisman, Doug Williams, and Mark Rypien) to Super Bowl Championships, but now can't get out of his own way?

I think the time out just before the ball is snapped thing is getting really old too. I think they should go back to the old rule where only players on the field are able to call time-outs. I mean the NFL has made it a major point of emphasis that every team has captains, they should do something besides call heads or tails.

Other NFL thoughts:

• The Lions might as well stop playing. They have to play the Cowboys, Chargers, and Packers, and Chiefs. They went from playoff team to possible top ten pick real quick.
• The AJ Feely love affair was short lived, but I still think that Donovan is done in Philly.
• If the Chargers beat the Titans next week and the Bills take care of business in Buffalo against the Dolphins the Bills v. Browns game in Cleveland will be huge for that last AFC playoff spot.
• Reggie Bush stinks. Yeah, Sean Payton should not have called a gimmick reverse play in the fourth quarter, but still it is a player's responsibility not to make a horrible lateral. Didn't he do something like that against Texas in the BCS game?
• In the 2006 last place team playoff watch: The Bucs barring a collapse are in. The Cardinals, Lions, Browns are still alive.
• Rian Lindell may spell his name like a guy who has pantie lines from his tighty whities and wranglers, but he's hit 17 field goals in a row tying the Bills record set by the immortal Steve Christie.
• Why was I the only one in my twenty plus yahoo pick em league that took the Raiders over the Broncos? Sometimes coaches go over the deep end with their egotism. Mike Shanahan has been teetering there for a couple of years now--inexplicably loading his defensive line with former Cleveland Browns and the third round drafting of Maurice Clarrett are just two examples. Last week's just plain silly kicking and punting to Devin Hester I think was the tipping point. Plus, the Raiders have really been playing better. Justin Fargas has been a fantasy waiver wire vulture's dream.
• Its halftime right now in the Pats/Ravens game and the last two weeks the Pats have looked very beatable, especially in inclement weather. This Patriots team is not like the tuck rule team that grinded teams out and won close games. A snow game in Foxboro actually might hurt the Patriots this time around.