week 13 - Desert Beat Down

Ugh!

That was painful. Everyone except HARVIN had a bad game.

The fun part of a game like that is seeing how it affects the morale.

The TEAM said what they're supposed to, players took the blame on themselves, CHILLY blamed himself for not preparing them etc. I just think it was a combination of everything happening al at once. weird temporary injuries. poor tackling on big plays, blown coverages on big plays. We gave up 3 TDs basically on three plays over 30 yards (i'm counting the punt return to our 1 as a TD) and that put them comfortably ahead. Also, on FAVRE's bad picks, we held them to only FGs which was respectable.

FAN wise I saw a huge surge of the "oh no here we go's" where people start worrying that we're gonna drop 3 in a row, maybe not even win the division, or we will have to face the Packers in the playoffs and we'll lose etc. It's funny to me because people start second guessing and freaking out. Then you look at the opposite kind of fans, the New England fans and the Pittsburgh fans, who see their teams choke and underachieve but sit their cocky and calm just expecting (naively) for their teams to make a push and make the playoffs.

Who really knows, common sense tells me we will lose one or two more games and finish with 12 or 3 victories. Very Nice. Sucks if the Saints have more but you never know, they have a porous defense and face some familiar division opponents.

I read an interesting thing in the Strib, it said that we were the worst team as far as how many runs for no yards or for a loss, and we were 2nd in the league with number of runs over 10 yards. Feast or Famine indeed as AP says.. we really are backwards, using the pass to set up our run these days. Just how the other teams manipulate us. I bet CINCI will take away AP as well. It'll be fun to see if we pass a lot or enforce our will and run anyways, they have a great run defense, 2nd in the league. That will be a big key to the game.

I don't even wanna talk about losing EJ Henderson, I feel so bad for him. I'd rather have lost anyone else just so he could at least finish the season and enjoy his come back.

Everyone is saying this is our "big game" and it's true, though ARIZONA was supposed to be too. I can accept a loss so long as we play great. But I am hoping and even betting on a win. I think if we're a championship caliber team, we will be the "angry giant" next week... And i really feel sorry for whomever has to tackle AP next week. He is gonna smash people. And Favre is gonna play a perfect game i bet management wise and frustrate the stripes off of them. (let's hope)

Lots of injury questions for the game.. IDK who is gonna be suiting up and sitting out.. I anticipate most of our starters in. And let's hope that EJ's fill in has a solid start! He's athletic I know that much.

We shall see.