Churning out the Bits and Pieces
- While being a diehard Dallas Cowboys fan, I have to admit that although they will more than likely secure home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, they will not go very far. The reason? Too many breaks have gone in their way so far. From that crazy comeback at Buffalo (the on-side kick and the twice-taken 53-yard field goal) to that scare at Detroit (fumble after fumble but somehow managed to score the go-ahead touchdown with just 18 seconds left). Sometime somehow their luck will run out.
- I have a gut feeling that the New England Patriots will not go undefeated this season. It's true that they are sitting pretty at 13-0 with two cup cakes (3-10 New York Jets and the 0-13 Miami Dolphins) on their remaining schedule (plus the wildly inconsistent New York Giants). However, they will lose their bid for a perfect season not because of their own undoing. Instead, in a bid to keep annoying everyone, Pats' coach Bill Belichick will decide that he DOESN'T want a perfect season and will somehow allow the winless Dolphins to pick up their first win of the season on December 23.
- And speaking of the Patriots, could everyone please start rooting for the San Francisco 49ers for the final three games of the season? If the season ends today, the 49ers will have the second overall pick in next year's draft. However, the 49ers had traded that pick to the Patriots in order to trade up to draft offensive tackle Joe Staley in this year's draft. Well, who on earth would like to see the rich just getting richer? If the 49ers could win out their remaining games, it would relegate them somewhere down to fifth or sixth in the draft order. It won't mean anything to the 49ers, but it would mean the world for the Patriots-haters.
- I have a gut feeling that the New England Patriots will not go undefeated this season. It's true that they are sitting pretty at 13-0 with two cup cakes (3-10 New York Jets and the 0-13 Miami Dolphins) on their remaining schedule (plus the wildly inconsistent New York Giants). However, they will lose their bid for a perfect season not because of their own undoing. Instead, in a bid to keep annoying everyone, Pats' coach Bill Belichick will decide that he DOESN'T want a perfect season and will somehow allow the winless Dolphins to pick up their first win of the season on December 23.
- And speaking of the Patriots, could everyone please start rooting for the San Francisco 49ers for the final three games of the season? If the season ends today, the 49ers will have the second overall pick in next year's draft. However, the 49ers had traded that pick to the Patriots in order to trade up to draft offensive tackle Joe Staley in this year's draft. Well, who on earth would like to see the rich just getting richer? If the 49ers could win out their remaining games, it would relegate them somewhere down to fifth or sixth in the draft order. It won't mean anything to the 49ers, but it would mean the world for the Patriots-haters.
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