Week 14 Thursday Night Pick

Six takeaways from Week 13

1. Nobody is going to win in Seattle

After the demolition of the Saints on the Monday night, I think it's pretty clear that the Seahawks are the best team in the league at the moment. I also don't see anyway that the Seahawks lose in Seattle for the rest of the year (maybe ever again). They have yet to lose at home since Russell Wilson has been the starter. They have pretty much locked up home field advantage for the NFC Playoffs, so what I'm saying is I'd be very surprised if the Seahawks aren't playing in the Super Bowl.
Sure, it only takes one mistake to cost a team a game in the playoffs but they are so dominate at home when it's a big game. Also the NFC competition doesn't worry me. The Niners going to Seattle has been a debacle. I can't trust Cam Newton in his first playoff run. The Saints just got destroyed. Lions, not so much. Tony Romo has had his playoff mishaps in Seattle. Eagles and Packers would be my favorites and both of them might miss the playoffs.

P.S. I dislike the Seahawks defense so much. They are all punks. Every single one of them. Richard Sherman is great but the hit he made on Kenny Stills in the end zone for no reason was ridiculous. Earl Thomas made a nice hit on a Mark Ingram seven yard run and then he danced like he just won the game. The guy just ran for seven yards, calm down. I like Russell Wilson, I think he's a great leader but the defensive players are lose cannons and I can almost guarantee that they will commit a few personal fouls in one game. That will most likely be their downfall now that I think about it.

2. Russell Wilson vs Andrew Luck

Remember when people thought RG III and Colin Kaepernick were in the same class as Luck and Wilson? Seems like ages ago. Anyways, I've been a Luck guy since he came into the league. But, right now I think Russell Wilson is very very close to him. He was awesome against the Saints and he has been awesome all year. 22 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. He's an MVP candidate at the moment. Wilson has the better team at the moment, especially a better O-Line, so I still think Luck will ultimately be the better QB but how the hell did he fall to the third round? Just because he is six feet tall? The NFL screwed up on that one.

3. Nick Foles for MVP

19 touchdowns. Zero interceptions. The Eagles are 5-0 in games when he starts and finishes. He's the Eagles starting quarterback for the next 1000 years according to Chip Kelly. He won't win the MVP, I know that but he deserves some credit for how the Eagles have turned things around. They have won four in a row and they have a clear path to the playoffs (win out and beat the Cowboys).

4. Bye-Bye Rexy or Geno

To be fair, coming into the year if you told me the Jets would be 5-7 after 12 games, I would have said that's very good. But right now after the past three weeks I think Rexy's time as the Jets coach or Geno's time as the QB has to come to an end. One of these two should go after this year.
I'd vote to give up on Geno, who has 1 touchdown and 11 interceptions since week six. He has been miserable. I understand he's a rookie and maybe we all expect too much from rookie QB's now because of people like Russell Wilson, but Geno doesn't appear to have the capabilities to become a great player.
But this is where I can see Rexy getting the blame because he and the GM's (Tannenbaum and John Idzik) haven't attempted to build an offense. All they do is draft defensive players, which has obviously made the defense one of the best in the league but you need an offense to win in this league now and Rexy is not an offensive guy. I think Rex is a very good head coach and a great defensive coordinator but without a steady QB it just isn't going to work for him as the man in New York.

5. Josh Gordon. Stud.

After week six I said Josh Gordon and Justin Blackmon were top ten wide receivers and they both would be great for a long time if they stayed out of trouble. Well at least one of them is still on the field making me look good.
Josh Gordon has to be in the discussion as one of the best in the game at the moment. He became the only person in NFL history to record back-to-back 200 yard receiving games. Mind you he did this with Jason Campbell and Brandon Weeden. I'd say I'm getting nervous as a Steelers fan foreseeing the idea of having to face him twice a year from now on but let's be serious they are still the Brownies. And if I know the Brownies like I think I do, he will end out somewhere else eventually.

P.S. I need another big week from you Josh. The Cleveland Brownies fantasy football playoff hopes rely on you.

6. Who's the worst team?

A few weeks ago this was an easy question. The Jaguars or the Buccaneers. Both of them were 0-8. But now both of those teams are 3-9. The Jaguars have won three of four and I am starting to believe that Gus Bradley might actually have a chance to make it work there eventually. The Bucs may have found their QB in Mike Glennon and maybe Greg Schiano survives but that leads me to not knowing who the worst team is. Record wise it's the 2-10 Texans but last week they almost upset the Patriots and they won the AFC South the past two years so I have to believe they have some talent on that roster. The Vikings are 3-8-1 but they are undefeated the past two weeks(1-0-1). The Falcons only have three wins but they are a bit like the Texans, I think they have talent something just went wrong this year. Maybe it's the Washington Redskins. They could be worst right now but then again they made the playoffs last year so are they horrible or is it just an injured QB and a bum head coach issue?
In conclusion, I'm not too sure who the worst team is at the moment but what I do know is that four of the six teams I just mentioned made the playoffs last year. Things change quickly in this league.


Thursday Night Pick (Not that anybody will watch this game)

Jaguars 21, Texans 20 --- The Jags just beat the Texans two weeks ago in Houston. They have won three of four and really seem to have some momentum. I just heard Gus Bradley on the Peter King Podcast, I really like him. He sounds like he has a plan to make Jacksonville (or wherever they move to) relevant again. Anyways, the Texans have lost ten straight and I think last week was sort of their Super Bowl so it wouldn't shock me at all if they don't play with a ton of emotion tonight. The only thing that worries me is that the Jaguars are 0-5 at home this year but I think they get it done.