Ringing In The New Year

The last game of the regular season in the NFL.

For some teams, the last game should end on a high note, especially if their season has been complete blah or if they want to atone for being a bunch of underachievers...your call here.

But for some, this last game is do or die when it comes to playoff implications. Yes, yesterday was kind of a big deal for teams like Washington, Cleveland, Tennessee, etc. scrambling to get that last coveted postseason spot & dang if they didn't.

Well, Cleveland's sitting at home. New Orleans & Minnesota are wondering what might have been. What about the other folks who made it into the playoffs?

(1) Washington, after facing every hardship & adversity under the sun & especially the loss of one of their own, paid their dues to get in & right now they're the hottest team in the NFL...take that Green Bay & Dallas!!
(2) Tennessee...man, did they have luck on their side or what? Well, Indy decided to rest a slew of their starters last night & I wish they could have won...then again, the Browns today felt the exact same way too, glued to the screen in hopes that the Titans would lose but nope, it wasn't meant to be. If they made a resurgence of any kind, it was a rather small one & their opponent for next weekend, San Diego, will see to it in short order that Tennessee's journey into the playoffs is just as brief.

Brian Billick, after 10 years at Baltimore, was given the boot. I don't know what happened to the Ravens this season; sure, they had injuries left & right (& with that, a key defensive player's move to those hated New England Patriots - you know who!!) but Baltimore's front office felt something had to give; they must have surmised his players couldn't see him eye to eye or he wasn't on the same page as they. At any rate, he's now out as head coach & may the best candidate for this vacancy take all!!

That's all as far as my musings about Week 17 in the NFL are concerned. Next weekend is like a whole new season altogether & may the team who's most prepared to play & most determined to get their point across to the doubters win it all this year...did I just forget to say go Colts...hahah.

Until the start of the New Year, peace out!!