December 19, 2007

4 Observations from Week 15 + 1 pat on the back

Filed under: NFL — Drew @ 8:23 pm
  1. First off, congrats to the Dolphins for their first win of the season.
  2. Why was Brian Billick given passage to coach next season? I can think of a number of reason why he should be fired. 1) He lost to the lowly Miami Dolphins, 2) He continues to play Kyle Boller even though Troy Smith seems to bring a spark to the offense when he enters the game and 3) What happened to him being an offensive genius? The Ravens have been mediocre at best during his tenure and Marvin Lewis was as much a reason for the Super Bowl win as Billick.
  3. I have seen several instances where a team calls timeout to decide whether or not to challenge the previous play. This happened during this past weekend’s Eagles-Cowboys game. When will coaches learn that it makes more sense to just throw the flag than to call timeout. If you call timeout and then challenge, but lose the challenge, then you lose two timeouts. Whereas if you just throw the flag, you lose, at most, one timeout. Sounds simple to me.
  4. I still believe that the Packers are the best team in the NFC. After Sunday’s loss by the Cowboys and their struggles against my Lions, they are starting to look eerily like last year’s one and down Cowboys.
  5. It has been reported on ESPN a few times over the past 24 hours that the Falcons and Dolphins are courting Bill Parcells to join their respective front offices. Excuse me, but I have long sense made this recommendation. Only, in my story, he goes to the Lions.

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