NFL Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous NFL thoughts and observations.



- Wow! Did you see the end of that Seattle / Dallas game? The Cowboys are down by a point with a minute and change and go for the field goal only to have Tony Romo muff the snap. I have to wonder if Drew Bledsoe had conflicting emotions there at the end. Some people may still be on the Tony Romo bandwagon but to me he is giving off Rob Johnson type vibes.

- I have to put some of the blame on the failed field goal on Martin Grammatica. The Cowboys have the tiniest kicker in NFL history. If Grammatica was just a little bit bigger then maybe he slows down Jordan Babineaux just enough so that Romo can scramble for either the first down or a TD. Watch the replay and see how Babineaux just runs by Grammatica without slowing even just a bit. Just saying but no way Babineaux gets by Adam Vinatieri so easily.

- The betting line just before the game was Seattle -1.5 points. Once again - Dallas fans who bet on their team saw their team lose but they won their bet while Seahawk fans had the opposite. Its uncanny how the Vegas guys get these lines so spot on.

- Herm Edwards is Rich Kotite with charisma.

- The Deion Branch Experience. The Cold, Hard Football Facts have a nice little set of stats that sum up having Deion Branch as your top reciever:

For the record:

* The Patriots went 10-6 last year with Branch and scored 23.7 PPG.
* The Patriots went 12-4 this year without Branch and scored 24.1 PPG
* The Seahawks went 13-3 last year without Branch and scored 28.2 PPG
* The Seahawks went 9-7 this year with Branch and scored 20.9 PPG.

I admit to being among those who over-valued Branch but I bow before the Cold, Hard Football Facts. As Kevin Bacon once said, "These are the facts and they are undisputed."

- It has to be said - John Madden should retire. Last night he was just awful. Every prediction he made was wrong. He was just awful.

- I have the feeling that either Chad Pennington or Eli Manning will have such a mistake riddled performance today that people will stop talking about Tony Romo for at least a day.