Well, quite a few upsets so far today. The Browns actually managed to beat the Chargers. Gotta blame the Chargers, though; they gave it to them. They even missed a FG that could have sent the game to OT. 

Chargers kicker Josh Lambo gives Browns fans a present, their one and only win. Meanwhile, new Bengals kicker Randy Bullock gives Bengals fans a present, a better draft pick.

Bengals need to draft a kicker in April. Then again, a good number of teams would probably be better off with a new kicker. The number of extra point misses this season is ridiculous.

Kickers are a dime a dozen honestly and it rarely works out drafting a kicker high. I mean look at the ups and downs a guy like Aguayo had this year when he came in with huge expectations. I mean even my Bears had to dump Gould this year due to the struggles he had over the prior few seasons, even though he was great over most of his career.

Looks like the Cardinals met my expectations and predictions early in the year and didn't make the playoffs. Outside of David Johnson, (who's AMAZING by the way) they really don't have a whole lot on offense. Sure Fitz is great, but he's on the downside of his career and honestly Carson Palmer is not a guy that can take you through 16 games in a season and through the playoffs to win. Honestly with how injured he's been throughout his career, it's amazing he can still play at all. He probably should retire, but with the shortage of decent QB's in the NFL, I'm sure he will milk it for a few more years, just like guys like Romo are able to hang on for so long.

The biggest take away I had from this weeks slate of games, there were a lot broken bones. Sad to see great young players like Carr and Mariota go down with such serious injuries. Especially since they both were competing for the playoffs. In Carr's case, competing for the top seed. Sad to see a young player having such a great season go down before the playoffs. Although I am by no means a Raiders fan, I feel cheated that we are not able to see the full Raiders team in action vs the AFC. I was hoping at least to see if someone could beat the Pats. Was going to be a tall order for he Raiders either way, especially if they had to go on the road out east, but the Raiders have surprisingly won several of those games this year. So who knows. Always better to see teams at their best in the playoffs though.

Well I'm glad my Bears didn't do the annoying thing and win this week. Seemed like something they would do, but thankfully with the Jags winning as well as the 49ers the Bears draft pick might improve a little.

Jordanv78 : I'm still hurting over the Ravens / Steelers game. Don't get my wrong, that was a hell of a game, and an even more helluva reach across the goal line by AB to win it. The Ravens defense just fell apart in the 4th quarter. 

It still hurts to the core. 

tornadocam : correction, the Broncos were mathematically eliminated last week.

It's pretty surprising to see both of last year's Super Bowl teams miss the playoffs. It's the first time that's happened since 2003.

Well I guess the only good part about the Bears season this year is that they now have the #3 pick. Here's hoping that they can actually use the pick well and get a playmaker. I think Ryan Pace will really set his legacy with the Bears one way or another depending on how the do with this draft.

Jordanv78 : "The Bears are gonna win it all in 2017. I guarantee it!" ... I'm dying. 

thing1 : Who said that? If someone really did say that, I have to wonder if they were sober at the time of saying it ;-) . At this point you just have to hope they can compete next year and sneak into the playoffs. I don't think anyone in their right mind believes they will be good next year.

Jordanv78 : A Bear's player did, actually. XD I saw it scrolling through my Facebook feed the other day. XD 

thing1 : I actually do remember hearing that recently and honestly I thought it to be so crazy I didn't even really let it register. Honestly I wouldn't be entirely surprised if Jeffrey wasn't even on the team next year, so I'm not really sure why he's even talking about that.

Jordanv78 : Well, look at the Coybows... as much as we thought they were on drugs and needed a random UA, Jeffrey might be onto something. 




NOT. XD

thing1 : What made the whole thing even worse, is that the Bears GM, Ryan Pace, said he was glad that Alshon made that statement. Like he somehow shares those beliefs, realistically. So does that mean if they don't make it next year that himself and Fox will be on the hot seat?

We shall see...

Well, hasn't the Bears coach been there awhile? What has he done in his time there? XD 
That being said, maybe he is trying to stay on the positive side? "If you believe it, it's bound to happen" kind of thing? I mean, it's pretty unrealistic, but still, I can see why he would support his players; it's kind of his job as the coach, isn't it?

Ehh, I think the bears may be and for a long time plague with Jay Cutler's.... idk but I blame it all on him, he should've never been their QB in the first place. For some reason the announcers talk really good about him, was he really good in the beginning?
Oh, and I pick the Steelers to beat everyone they face in the AFC except for the villainous and despicable Patriots. 
My apologies to all the Pat fans out there.