John Skelton of the
Cardinals wins games and he did it again this week as the Cardinals won in overtime to bring Skelton's record
this season to 6-2. Kevin Kolb
might have
received a big contract, but Arizona just
didn't win with him like they do when Skelton is under center. I'm starting to get the feeling Skelton is going to get a chance in the offseason to compete for the starting role. I know one
thing for sure, Skelton gets the ball to Larry Fitzgerald and the
nine receptions for 149 yards
in the finale should go a long way toward solidifying Skelton's opportunity next season.
Joe Webb in Minnesota might be a long shot, but Christian Ponder better come out winning games next year
or the
fans will
be crying for Webb. Webb makes things happen when
he's on the field and even though he threw two interceptions this week, he deserves a shot at the starting job
next season.
We entered
the Week 17 games with a new league record for quarterback
passing days
of more than 300 yards. The record before this year was 104 games and this
year it was 112 games even before last weekend. Week 17 just added more 300-yard games to the record, which now stands at 120, as I predicted last Friday. One head
coach I spoke to said he would guess most of them came in losing efforts, but it's not true. This week 300-yard passing efforts delivered a
5-3 record, which for the year stands at 65-55.
It's amazing that
some of the best teams heading into the playoffs don't seem capable of slowing down
opponents. It's starting to look like giving up 300 yards and less than 30 points is
a pretty good day for a playoff team. The Saints and San Francisco 49ers did just that and it was good enough
for
solid wins.
After watching the Packers, Patriots, and Lions surrender 1, 527 yards and 107 points between them, all I can say is Rodgers,
Tom Brady and Matt Stafford better be close to perfect in the playoffs or this formula is going to blow up in their faces.
Of course the
Steelers played a typically great defensive
game coming off a loss last week, as I expected. In the last two years when
the Steelers lost a game, they came back the next week and not only won the game but held their opponents to 11 points or
fewer. They were right on schedule this week when the
Cleveland Browns could only manage nine points.
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