NFL 2006 Season Week 12 Picks

	Scott - Ma'am, can you make sure your computer is turned on? 11/22/2006 @ 10:38:48 AM
Make sure everone knows that there are games on Thursday!!! Get your picks in today!!!		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - 6225 Posts 11/23/2006 @ 08:34:01 AM
Tell Jon to get up and make his picks.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jon - 1000000 posts (and counting!) 11/23/2006 @ 11:35:04 AM
Hey Scott thanks for the info. We haven't been doing this for 5 years or anything. Oh I kid, Happy Thanksgiving Scott!		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - Get Up! Get outta here! Gone! 11/25/2006 @ 10:10:54 AM
Hey Jon, Noah got engaged! Just FYI.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - No, I did not change your screen saver settings 11/25/2006 @ 10:26:33 AM
Bledsoe gets hurt in New England, loses job to Tom Brady. Bledsoe gets hurt in Dallas, loses job to Tony Romo. I hope Bledsoe never gets hurt at home. I have fear that his wife might leave him.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - So's your face 11/26/2006 @ 10:33:13 AM
I hate Best Buy, I just want to reiterate that. No Wii for me today. = a mad face		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - How do you use these things? 11/26/2006 @ 12:04:37 PM
OOO that just might've made up for it. I wasn't even watching the tv and all I heard was only Longwell has the chance to tackle him. HA HA HA.		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 3 times.

	Sarah - 4671 Posts 11/26/2006 @ 06:24:27 PM
Dumbass bears. They had a chance to win the game and instead leave it in the hands of Rex Grossman. I don't like the Bears, but I decided I don't like the Patriots. They are cheap and dirty. Even just watching this game I saw how cheap and dirty they are. I'm tired of hearing about them. They better not go to the Super Bowl I swear.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Alex - Who controls the past now controls the future 11/27/2006 @ 06:33:36 PM
I want to change my pick to Green Bay if for no other reason than to try and tie for the weekly lead. Honestly though this game could be 40-0. And either team could be the one with 40. I shouldn't jinx myself, but it's looking like Favre over Rothlisburger was the correct fantasy QB call this week.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - 9543 Posts 11/27/2006 @ 06:46:31 PM
Matt Hasslebeck said he was going to "suck it up like Brett Favre" tonight. What is the record for INT's in an NFL game?		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - 9543 Posts 11/27/2006 @ 06:50:03 PM
Also if you want to change your pick go change your pick.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - 9543 Posts 11/27/2006 @ 07:03:39 PM
Though I'm not a big fan of picking to win the week.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Alex - 3619 Posts 11/27/2006 @ 07:19:51 PM
Well, that's not the only reason and it would be a tie not a win. It's Favre on MNF. I just have a feeling.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - 4671 Posts 11/27/2006 @ 07:23:49 PM
"Whether it's Aaron Rodgers or the next guy, I have a responsibility to set a good example." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. That event just made my day and it didn't even include a Wii. Favre knows how to text message? Hilarious.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - So's your face 11/27/2006 @ 07:29:00 PM
So i was the only original picker of the Packers? Shame on all of the Packer fans!!		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - So's your face 11/27/2006 @ 07:58:36 PM
ooo that takes ya back. Why didn't he run it in with his hand up in the air??		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.

	Sarah - How do you use these things? 11/27/2006 @ 08:59:32 PM
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	Alex - 3619 Posts 11/27/2006 @ 10:23:59 PM
goodness gracious that's a bad call		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.
Alex screwed with this at 11/27/2006 10:24:12 pm

	Sarah - So's your face 11/27/2006 @ 10:27:43 PM
bs		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.

	Alex - Refactor Mercilessly 11/27/2006 @ 10:39:42 PM
who is francis?		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.
Alex screwed with this at 11/27/2006 10:42:01 pm

	Sarah - How do you use these things? 11/27/2006 @ 10:52:21 PM
francies		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - 4671 Posts 11/27/2006 @ 11:00:10 PM
The Giants lost their game against the Titans because that one guy didn't want a roughing the passer call and now we get a bullshit roughing the passer call and it costs us our game. Sounds fair.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - I believe virtually everything I read. 11/27/2006 @ 11:00:33 PM
that was a bad call.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - Resident Tech Support 11/27/2006 @ 11:34:13 PM
My dad said that he thinks that was the worst call he has seen in about 20 years. I think Jenkins actually got a piece of the ball whilest in the process of tackling hasselbeck. Oh crap.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - 6225 Posts 11/28/2006 @ 11:16:50 AM
I think the NFL needs to seriously reconsider their policy for calling roughing the passer. I'm all for protecting the qb from blatant acts of dirtiness, late hits, un-necessarily rough hits (driving a qb into the ground, piling on, etc), but I don't think I will meet much opposition when I say that the NFL has gone a bit too far. This weekend has provided 2 golden examples of why roughing the passer needs fixing. The Giants-Titans game: defensive end has Vince Young wrapped up, thinks that Young had thrown the ball, fears getting called for a roughing the passer on a QB without the ball, player lets Young go, and Young picks up a first down on 4th and 10. If this defensive end hadn't been so terrified of getting flagged, the Giants most likely would have won. Packers-Seahawks: Cullin Jenkins hits Matt Hasselbeck on 3rd and 9, Matt Hasselbeck throws incomplete pass. Jenkins gets flagged for rtp despite the fact that the hit actually altered the throwing motion of matt hasselbeck. Where was the late hit? In fact, Jenkins put his hands up right from the start of the hit in an attempt to show the ref that he wasn't hitting the qb late. Ironically enough, his putting his hands in the air caused him to apparently tap the back of Hasselbeck's helmet. So Jenkins tried to avoid making the hit bad so that he wouldn't get called for RTP, and because of that his actions made something worse happen. Say what you will about Brett Favre and the alleged rule named after him, but this is a much bigger problem than one guy getting some alleged special attention (along with the fact that I have never heard of the rule outside of the Vikings fan base). Protect the qb, don't let players have their way with a defenseless qb 4 or 5 steps after the throw or play, or hitting a qb after a feet first slide. But let defensive players play their game. The NFL has sold whored out everything possible to make the game more exciting offensively, but sacking a qb is pretty exciting. Let them play. Let the boys play.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.
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	Jeremy - 9543 Posts 11/28/2006 @ 11:43:57 AM
A few thoughts: 1) Somehow to me the fact that the call was technically correct makes it even worse. Calls get blown a lot and it sucks. However the fact that by the letter of the law a hand sliding up and brushing the helmet when the QB has the ball and is 98% of the way to the ground already IS a penalty is worse. 2) Either Joe Buck or Troy Aikman discussed the "Brett Favre Rule" on TV. 3) I think we've exceeded the allotted amount of times recent comments can contain forms of the word "whore".		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.
Jeremy screwed with this at 11/28/2006 11:46:20 am

	Scott - 6225 Posts 11/28/2006 @ 12:35:02 PM
I retract my use of the word in question		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - 6225 Posts 11/28/2006 @ 12:45:42 PM
the explanation the ref gave was correct, except that the replay showed that Jenkins didn't do what the ref said he did. But your point is a good one nonetheless.		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.

	Alex - 3619 Posts 11/28/2006 @ 01:13:25 PM
Maybe this is just my own personal perception, but I've been thinking the same thing all season but more so along the lines of qbs running down field. Does anyone else think that qbs probably average at least a yard longer on runs than a rb ever would? No qbs give themselves up by sliding feet first 2 yards in front of the defender. They always try to wait to the last possible moment and do some sort of awkward fall over motion, seemlingly trying to have the ball more forward of their body position than a "normal" slide would be. A running back trying to do that would be pounded into the ground, but defensive players are too afraid to hit qbs. I have similar feelings that they've gotten too touchy about hitting people on the sidelines. If the defensive player begins his tackling motion before the offensive player has physically touched down out of bounds it shouldn't be a penalty. I think it was the Bears that got called for this Sunday and it was ridiculous.		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.

	Scott - Get Up! Get outta here! Gone! 11/28/2006 @ 01:59:09 PM
The NFL should adopt the "if there is any doubt, it most likely is not a penalty" policy. It is usually pretty obvious when there is something blatantly late, or overly vicious. When there is any question at all, it almost definitely means that there was no intent to harm anyone.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.
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	Jeremy - I hate our freedoms 11/28/2006 @ 02:04:19 PM
They should apply the same late hit rules to the sidelines that they do anywhere else. If the whistle blows and the player does something avoidable it's a penalty. If the player hasn't been out of bounds long enough for the whistle to blow the play dead how can you call a "late hit out of bounds?"		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.