16 Dec 10 NFL Thanksgiving: Things I Am Thankful For

Thankful he is on his way out SATIRE ; Thanksgiving is here—can't believe it. It kinda crept up this year. Even more shocking to me is that we are in Week 12 already. Seems like just yesterday I was counting down the days until opening day. But here we are, so here are things Reebok Oakland Raiders #21 Nnamdi Asomugha Realtree camo Jersey
I am thankful for this NFL season:
1. I’m thankful that there are three games on Thanksgiving because otherwise we would have nothing else to do but talk to our relatives. This year when the Detroit Lions game is on and we use the excuse, “Hey this game is getting good, I want to watch it” to get out of a conversation with someone we see once a year, we may actually mean it.
2. Thanking coaches for their time. Brad Childress, I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did, and thankful because I don’t think any owner ever again will hire this man to coach his football team.
Would it surprise anyone if he were a high school football coach next year? That or he will portray Mr. Burns in the real-life movie version of the Simpsons. Also, I'm thankful that we won’t have to hear him talk anymore. Every time he opened his mouth it sounded like he was giving a eulogy.
Marvin Lewis, Terrell Owens has done it again. At this point last year the Bengals were 8-2, and now by adding Owens and not losing anyone else they are 2-8.
The 49ers are probably the worst coached team in the NFL...eh, they are the worst. If there is a record for calling timeouts and delay of game penalties and no one having any idea of what they are doing after any kind of dead ball, the 2010 San Francisco 49ers have it. What’s even Reebok Pittsburgh Steelers #86 Hines Ward Realtree camo Jersey
worse is that at 3-7 they still have a legitimate shot at the playoffs.
You're still alive, Mike Singletary. Maybe if you keep saying we need more effort, you’ll get to 5-11.
Gary Kubiak, has any team ever stolen more victories while giving away even more in any one season than the Texans? He is as good as out. And watching the craziness that is Mike Shanahan, having Kubiak be a direct disciple of Shanahan probably won’t help him, either.
John Fox, to be fair, has almost no talent to work with. Plus, I think they are making him start Jimmy Clausen, who gives the Panthers less than a zero percent chance of winning any game.
3. I am thankful that this is Brett Favre’s last season…I hope. I don’t know why, but I see him playing for the Arizona Cardinals next year. Good thing I’m usually wrong about everything.
4. I am thankful for Icy Hot and alcohol. Flag football is a tradition on Thanksgiving morning, and if you play one flag football game a year like I do (usually hungover, too) you need both of these the rest of the day, all day, and probably even more the next day.
5. Thankful for leftovers and not just turkey sandwiches on Friday, but these guys on draft night…Kyle Orton, Peyton Hillis, Darren McFadden, Steve Johnson, Brandon Lloyd, Mike Williams. That’s a championship squad right there of mostly undrafted guys.
6. At this point of the season you either love fantasy football or hate it. Either way, if you’re involved, you are thankful for it. Thankful for Arian Foster, if you own him—I bet you whoever has him in your league is in contention for a playoff spot, at the very least.
7. Also, is there anything worse than having someone talk to you about the fantasy league that you’re not in? I'm also thankful I didn’t draft Randy Moss in any league (see how annoying it is to have people talk about their own league, especially if you have Moss and continue to start him?).
8. Thankful that the Cincinnati Bengals are losing. Imagine how much more Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco would be on TV if they had a winning team?
9. Thankful that there is a white running back starting in the NFL and that he is actually good. Peyton Hillis, it’s just fun to see.
10. Thankful the Raiders finally once again resemble an NFL team. Yeah, they looked brutal on Sunday, but really they had no shot at winning. They were playing at Pittsburgh, who was coming off a bad loss, and playing at 10 a.m. Pacific time. They probably won’t make the playoffs, but at least they are justifying the Richard Seymour trade, so thankfully they won’t be giving up that high of a No. 1 pick.
The biggest turkey award goes to Brad Childress. This team was one play away from the Super Bowl and now is a 3-7 team loaded with turmoil. Not only was Brett Favre’s last NFL season (again we hope) a forgettable one, one of Adrian Peterson’s prime football Reebok Pittsburgh Steelers James Harrison Realtree camo Jersey
years was lost in fantasy football land.
The pumpkin pie awards (or whatever is the best part of the meal) goes to all the QBs out there. Granted, they get all the credit as it is, but is there any scenario where a QB won’t get the MVP award this year? Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Phillip Rivers, Matt Ryan and why not Josh Freeman? It’s gotta be some QB winning it, as usual.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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