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John Madden Follows Brett Favre Into Retirement . . .


Posted on April 16, 2009. . . The moment Brett Favre retired for real, you knew John Madden wasn far behind. Without the favrelous one on the field, is football even worth watching? Not for the Godfather of video games. Check this out and be sure your volume is up it hysterical:


That isof course,courtesy of Mike and Mike, ESPN Radio and Frank Caliendo. Good stuff.


All kidding aside, if John Madden doesn Brettire instead of retire and is really gone from the broadcast booth, he will be sorely missed. At least by me. I learned all the nooks and crannies of the game of football from him. He is a unique personality and I willalways remember he and Pat Summerall calling Dallas Cowboys games and Madden giving play by play of the offensive line sweaty pants race. And him still being bitter about the immaculate reception . . .


I wonder if the turducken will live on?


My husband [url=http://www.officialnflvikingsjerseys.com/Nfl-Teddy-Bridgewater-Mens-Elite-B... always said that Madden was Mr. Obvious, but that how I became a football afficienado listening to him repeat himself over and over again, talking in circles, and cracking jokes.


NFL Week 12 Wrap: Historic QB Performance, Benching Don Plus More (Part 1)


Posted on November 24, 2008. As I wade through the empty cans of whoop ass littering the NFL landscape, I see the monumentalbenching of a franchise QB, comeback wins that [url=http://www.officialnflvikingsjerseys.com/Nike-Teddy-Bridgewater-Jersey.html... Teddy Bridgewater Jersey will go a long way insolidfying playoff contention,the last unbeaten team falling, and a surprising upset of a division leader by a team whose ruthless leader can be found at thrift stores shopping for wind pants and jogging suits . . .


Here are my miscellaneous musings and insightful insights into the week that was:


FORGET THE TITANS: Tennessee winning streak came to a crashing halt as the Jets came into Nashville and throttled the NFL last unbeaten team. The green machine steamrolled the once mighty Titans by a score of34 13 and didn even give the music city maestros a chance to be competitive. Bywinning thetime of possession battle by a ridiulously large margin of 20 minutes and 30 seconds (Jets 40:30 and Titans 19:30),the tauted Tennessee defense tired quickly and the game plan of short dink and dunk passes combined with Leon Washington 10 yardper carry average and 2 rushing scores made quick work of their so called D FACT: Brett Favre has passed Dan Marino in the record books yet again to win as a quarterback in 32 different stadiums, the most since the Super Bowl era (1966 for those not up on football history). Dan Marino took down opponents in 31 different venues.


ONLY 5 QUARTERBACKS HAVE DONE IT: And no, the NFL favorite son is not one of them, but his back up is . . . Matt Cassel recorded back to back 400 plus yard passing games becoming only the 5th QB to sling it [url=http://www.officialnflvikingsjerseys.com/Nike-Teddy-Bridgewater-Jersey.html... Bridgewater Youth Jersey four lengths of the football field or more in consecutive games since the merger (once again, for those who don know, that 1970). He joins Dan Fouts, Dan Marino, Phil Simms and . . . Billy Volek? What ever happened to him? Anyway, besides the latter, Cassel in is [url=http://www.officialnflvikingsjerseys.com/Nfl-Teddy-Bridgewater-Mens-Elite-B... some pretty good company. Sorry Billy, you had your time, but youjust don belong in that group. Will Matt Cassel? I sure we have a chance to find out . . .


FUN FACT: Cassel DOUBLED Tom Brady numberof games with a 400 plus passing performance for his career. Is that chowdah ora quarterback controversy I smell brewing in New England?


STEELERS DEFENSE IS BETTER THAN ADVERTISED: Yeah, I know it hard to believe the vaunted Dick LeBeau scheme could be even better than their 1ranking, but they are. For those don follow the Steelers or watch their games, not onlydoes the D have to play against opposing offenses andthe more than occassional flag happy official, but they also have to protect against . . . their own sad punter, Paul Ernster,whowith a 32 yard average constantly givesadversariesgood field position and forces the D to step up their play.


BREAKING NEWS: Mike Tomlin must have been looking over my shoulder this morning because that sorry excuse for a punter, Paul Ernster, was just released. . .